Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
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As far back as 1873, experiments were carried out to see whether the electric trolley system applied to omnibuses could be adapted to ploughing and tilling fields. In 1913, 1,600 trolley/cable ploughs were in use across German farmlands.
The arrival of the gasoline tractor relegated the use of electricity to electroculture, short haul farm machinery and lawn mowers. But it is only with the commercial availability of the lithium-ion battery during the last decade, that electrically powered drones and more recently tractors and earth movers are being seen as the way ahead. In this, the sixth in his seminal electric transport history series, Kevin Desmond portrays the life and work of the innovative engineers who perfected these e-tractors and agricultural drones.
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Author Biography
Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 32 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects. This is his sixth book on the history of electric transport – following boats and ships, airplanes, bicycles, trucks, and buses.
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- Publisher NIPA GENX ELECTRONIC RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS P LTD.
- Publication Date January 2020
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789389547962
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 245.99 USD
- Pages204
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2020
- Page size6 X 9 (229 X 152) mm
- IllustrationYES
- Reference Code9789389547962
