Description of Heathcoat's steam plough, with illustrative drawings. /
Blacklock, Ambrose,1816-1873.
Dumfries : Sold by John M'Kie, Mid-steeple, and the other booksellers.,
1837.
Brochure describing in detail one of the very earliest steam ploughs in Britain. The identity of the machine's inventor is open to question. Woodcroft's "Alphabetical Index of Patentees of Invention, 1617-1852", identifies the inventor as George Heathcoat who was granted patent no. 6267 on 15th May 1832 for "draining and cultivating land; machinery and apparatus applicable thereto".
Includes bibliographical references.
Steam plows
Scotland Dumfries.