Jefferson thomas tull jethro (1 risultati)
Editore: London: Millar, 1762, 1762
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Da: 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop, Stevenson, MD, U.S.A.19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. THE EDITION THOMAS JEFFERSON OWNED. 7 engraved plates, some folding. Contemporary calf, morocco labels. Very good. The edition that Thomas Jefferson owned. Jefferson wrote from Monticello in 1817, While I was an amateur in Agricultural science (for practical knowledge my course of life never per…mitted me) I was very partial to the drilled husbandry of Tull. Jethro Tull s invention of the seed-drill helped bring about a revolution in agriculture. By contour ploughing, drilling his seed at wide intervals, and using his horse-hoe to destroy weeds, Tull was able to grow wheat on the same fields for thirteen years continuously without manuring (ODNB). The practices of drill-sowing and frequent hoeing are the greatest improvements which have been introduced into the modern practice of tillage (McDonald). Sowerby, The Library of Thomas Jefferson 701. Printing and the Mind of Man 188 (first edition of 1731).
