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HISTORY OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION TIMELINE
1700 |
The weather improved producing the first good harvest for seven years. The amount of enclosed land accelerated. |
1701 |
Jethro Tull developed the seed drill and the horse-drawn hoe. |
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1700 |
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1710 |
1721 |
Broccoli was introduced into England as a crop for the first time. |
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1730 |
The weather brought very good harvests for the newt ten years. Charles Townsend introduced Four Year Crop Rotation from Holland. |
1731 |
Tull published his book "Horse Hoeing Husbandry" (Revised in 1733). |
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1730 |
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1740 |
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1755 |
Robert Bakewell produced Leicester sheep by selective breeding methods. |
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1750 |
1760 |
Agriculture was revolutionised by enclosures and new innovations. |
1766 |
The chemist, Henry Cavendish, experimented with electric charges to turn nitrogen gas into nitrate salts. His experiments had great significance for the future production of artificial fertilizer. |
1769 |
Bakewell produced Longhorn cattle by selective breeding. |
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1760 |
1770 |
Potatoes were grown for sale for the first time in England. |
1772 |
Thomas Coke began his selective breeding experiments |
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1770 |
1780 |
By this time the better agricultural methods used in England had taken effect. Most of the rest of Europe was still medieval in its farming techniques. |
1782 |
Tull's seed drill was improved by adding gears to the rotary mechanism. |
1783 |
The first plough making factory in England was opened. |
1784 |
Small developed an iron plough |
1786 |
Scottish agricultural engineer, Andrew Meikle, developed a threshing machine. The grain was rubbed between a metal drum and a concave metal sheet. |
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1780 |
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