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The Timing and Pattern of Technological Development in English Agriculture, 1611–1850

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A chronology of invention in farming is given, based on patent data, for England between 1611 and 1850. The chronology is explained using market analysis. Technological constraints determined the timing of some inventions, most notably for fertilizers. Relative input costs explain the early development of the seed drill and the threshing machine. Inventive output also depended on the market for food. The overall level of patents issued was related to the level of population and to changing food prices.The output market for food was influencing invention through of population growth on the advance of farming technology.

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  • Sullivan, Richard J., 1985. "The Timing and Pattern of Technological Development in English Agriculture, 1611–1850," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 305-314, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:45:y:1985:i:02:p:305-314_03
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    1. Rajabrata Banerjee & Martin Shanahan, 2016. "The Contribution of Wheat to Australian Agriculture from 1861 to 1939," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 56(2), pages 125-150, July.
    2. Aaron Graham, 2020. "Patents and invention in Jamaica and the British Atlantic before 1857," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 73(4), pages 940-963, November.

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