Tractors
1880s to 1980s
$31.61
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2010
Summary
Steam, and then cumbersome motor, tractors existed in small numbers before 1914, after which the need to produce more foods using less horse and man power saw the origins of the machine we know today. Thanks to mass production, Ford brought the price down to suit average farmers, and in the 1920s to 1940s numerous rivals brought in such novelties as diesel engines, pneumatic tyres, hydraulic implement lifts and even cost-effective all-wheel drive and weather protection. After the Second World…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780747807544 |
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| ISBN-10: | 074780754X |
| Author: | Nick Baldwin |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Shire Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 149mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Shire Library |
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About The Author
Nick Baldwin
Nick Baldwin was driving a Standard Fordson as a schoolboy in the 1950s. He later worked in the Land-Rover factory and became a writer on transport topics. He produced the first of several farm tractor books in the 1970s and now has a collection of old machines on his traditional farm. He writes regularly in Tractor and Machinery magazine.
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