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    Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his Great Invent
    Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his Great Invent
    Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his Great Invent
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    Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his Great Invent

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      Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow. A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his Great Invent - Frank Gilbert

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      Title: Jethro Wood, Inventor of the Modern Plow.

             A Brief Account of his Life, Services, and Trials, Together

                    with Facts Subsequent to his Death, and Incident to his

                    Great Invent

      Author: Frank Gilbert

      Release Date: September 28, 2012 [EBook #40888]

      Language: English

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      Jethro Wood,

      inventor of the

      modern plow.

      JETHRO WOOD.

      JETHRO WOOD,

      INVENTOR OF

      THE MODERN PLOW.

      A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, SERVICES, AND TRIALS;

      TOGETHER WITH FACTS SUBSEQUENT TO

      HIS DEATH, AND INCIDENT TO

      HIS GREAT INVENTION.

      No citizen of the United States has conferred greater economical benefits on his country than Jethro Wood—none of her benefactors have been more inadequately rewarded.—Wm. H. Seward.

      By FRANK GILBERT.

      CHICAGO:

      RHODES & McCLURE.

      1882.

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882.

      By I. U. KIRTLAND,

      In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

      STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED

      BY

      THE CHICAGO LEGAL NEWS CO.

      FAC-SIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD PLOW.

      EXPLANATION OF THE FOREGOING FAC-SIMILE.

      Side view of Plough. A Mould-board, the form of which is claimed as new. B Share claimed. C Standard claimed. DD Screw-bolt, and not confining the beam to the Standard. a, b, c, d, e, the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th sides mentioned in the specification. g, g. Excavation at the fore part of the mould-board to receive the share which fills it up and forms an even surface. h Hole to receive the knob or head cast on the under side of the share, which, on being shoved up to its place, nooks under the mould-board at the upper side of the hole, and is held in its place by a wooden wedge driven between the knob and the lower side of the hole. f Notches in the Standard to receive the latch i in elevating or depressing the beam. s, t, v. Straight diagonal lines touching the mould-board the whole distance. u Vertical or plumb line touching the mould-board from top to bottom. H Reverse side of the share. x Knob to hold it fast to the mould-board. y Side view of knob. zz Shiplaps fitting under the point and edge of the mould-board. k Another form of standard keyed on top of beam. Fig. 2d, landside view: E The landside. F part of landside cast with mould-board. mm Cast loops to hold the handles claimed. n Head of screw-bolt held by a shoulder made by a projection from the mould-board and standard, through which the bolt passes up to the beam. o Share claimed. p Shiplap claimed. G Inside view of landside. r Tennon at forward end to fit into a dovetailed mortice on the inside of that part which is cast with the mould-board.

      PREFACE.

      The immediate occasion of this little volume was a malignant misrepresentation from the pen of Ben: Perley Poore. With slight variation from the original text, the words of Thomas Jefferson about Benjamin Franklin and his maligners, quoted in the body of this monograph, apply to this case: I have seen with extreme indignation the blasphemies lately vended against the memory of the father of the American plow. But his memory will be venerated as long as furrows are turned and soil tilled. The present object, however, is not so much to refute falsehood as to establish the truth, and make it a part of the permanent knowledge of

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