Seed drill
Date
1670
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
4 Figures to issue 60 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting details of the mechanics of a seed sower, or seed drill.
Figure I shows the main body of the drill, figures II and III show its inner shelves, where the seeds are held and distributed from, and figure IV shows the main box attached to wheels and a plough.
Illustration to ‘A letter of John Evelyn Esq;, to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Brouncker […] concerning the Spanish sembrador or new engin for ploughing, and equal sowing at sorts of grain, and harrowing at once’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5, issue 60 (20 June 1670).
John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), was the first President of the Royal Society.
Figure I shows the main body of the drill, figures II and III show its inner shelves, where the seeds are held and distributed from, and figure IV shows the main box attached to wheels and a plough.
Illustration to ‘A letter of John Evelyn Esq;, to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Brouncker […] concerning the Spanish sembrador or new engin for ploughing, and equal sowing at sorts of grain, and harrowing at once’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5, issue 60 (20 June 1670).
John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), was the first President of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
John Evelyn (1620 - 1706, British) , Diarist
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
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