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FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864)

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 761 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA
FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864) ,
English
  inventor, was born at Melksham, Wilts, on the 1th of July 1826. He learned
practical
  engineering at Middlesborough-on-Tees, and about 1850 invented a mechanical
system
  for the drainage of
land
 . In 1852 he began experiments in steam cultivation, and in 1858 the Royal Agricultural Society awarded him the prize of 500 which it had offered for a steam-
cultivator
  that should be an economic substitute for the plough or the spade. In 186o he founded at Hunslet, Leeds, the
firm
  of
Fowler
  & Co., manufacturers of agricultural machinery, traction engines, &c. He died at Ackworth,
Yorkshire
 , on the 4th of December 1864.


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