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[–] 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

Wiki says the tractor was invented in 1812 with first real one in 1839.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractor

So 1873 doesn't match anything.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    The "first real" tractor wasn't invented in 1839 (that one wasn't self-propelled, it was just a movable steam engine). The first actual self-propelled traction engine was produced in 1859, and obviously many traction engine-related inventions followed in the next couple of decades.

    The plough page you linked earlier mentions several different kinds of ploughs being invented around 1873 -- for example the stump-jump plough which was invented in 1876. It's entirely possible that there was some kind of plough invented in 1873.

    However, the most likely explanation is probably this: John Deere created the first steel plough in 1837. The author of this meme found this fact and mistakenly swapped the 3 and 7 around, arriving at 1873.

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