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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, 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).
18 sty 2007 · 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.
The manhood home of Jethro Wood was at Scipio, Cayuga County, New York, a purely agricultural town, with nothing in its later history to distinguish it; but in its palmier early days of the present century, it must have been a nursery of invention.
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.
28 wrz 2012 · The book details Wood's significant contributions to farming through his invention of the cast-iron plow, emphasizing the impact this innovation had on agricultural practices in the United States.
29 lip 2018 · Book from Project Gutenberg: 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
