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Jethro Wood (March 16, 1774 [1] – 1834) was the inventor of a cast-iron moldboard plow with replaceable parts, the first commercially successful iron moldboard plow. His invention accelerated the development of American agriculture in the antebellum period.
Jethro Wood patented an iron plow with interchangeable parts. The agricultural revolution picked up steam during these years, with notable agricultural developments including: 1819: Jethro Wood's patenting of the iron plow with interchangeable parts;
1 maj 2005 · It was the first plow in which the parts most exposed to wear could be renewed in the field by the substitution of new parts. Wood began to manufacture his plows, spending a large part of his fortune in the process. However, his neighbors called the device “Jethro’s folly,” and all agreed that it would never work.
Jethro Wood, of Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, patented improvements in 1819. He made the best and most popular plow of its day, and was entitled to much credit for skill and enterprise, but lost his fortune in developing his invention and defending his rights.
Jethro Wood (March 16, 1774 - 1834) was the inventor of a cast-iron moldboard plow with replaceable parts, the first commercially successful iron moldboard plow. His invention accelerated the development of American agriculture in the antebellum period.
Jethro Wood, 1774–1834, American inventor, b. either in Dartmouth, Mass., or in Washington co., N.Y. In 1814, while a farmer in Cayuga co., N.Y., he patented a cast-iron plow in which he later embodied improvements (patented 1819).
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. Page text in BHL originates from one of the following sources: Uncorrected OCR. Machine-generated text.
