john deere

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Definition von john deere im Französisch Englisch wörterbuch

John Deere (1804-1886), United States journeyman blacksmith who developed and manufactured the world's first commercially; American corporation headquartered in Illinois, manufacturer of industrial and agricultural equipm

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Definition von john deere im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born Feb. 7, 1804, Rutland, Vt., U.S. died May 17, 1886, Moline, Ill. U.S. inventor and manufacturer of agricultural implements. He was apprenticed to a blacksmith and later set up his own smithy and moved to Illinois. There he found, through the frequent repairs he had to make, that wood and cast-iron plows, used in the eastern U.S. from the 1820s, were unsuited to the heavy, sticky prairie soils. By 1838 he had sold three steel plows of his own design; by 1846 he had sold about 1,000, and by 1857 10,000. In 1868 Deere & Co. was incorporated, and it went on to become the largest U.S. manufacturer of farm machinery

{i} (1804-1886) United States journeyman blacksmith who developed and manufactured the world's first commercially successful steel plow; American corporation headquartered in Illinois, manufacturer of industrial and agricultural equipment

Deere: United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)

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Definition von john deere im Englisch Französisch wörterbuch

{n} John Deere (1804-1886), apprenti forgeron qui mit au point et commercialisa la première charrue en acier coulé, devient constructeur mécanicien américain, fondateur de sa société (1868), entreprise John Deere (située en Illinois), spécialisée dans la

Etymologie

[ 'jän ] (noun.) 1856. from the name John.