The Sembrador: or a new Invention for the more equall sowing of Wheate, and other Graines; by which a greate quantity of Corne is Saved, and an imense qyantitiy and Increase yearly gained [by Don Joseph Lucatello].
Reference number: MS/366/1/3
Date: 3 March 1669/1670
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Translated out of Spanish [by Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich] and Improved & Communicated by the Royal Society [via John Evelyn]
The paper describes an early form of seed-drill and is headed Madrid, 5 September 1668. It is accompanied by an original drawing of the apparatus and an engraving of its fitting to a plough.
Prefaced by an introductory letter from John Evelyn, Sayes Court, 23 February 1669/70 to Viscount Brouncker, President of the Royal Society.
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- MS/366/1/3
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- 3 March 1669/1670
- Page extent
- 24 pages and 2 figures
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- Manuscript
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The Sembrador: or a new Invention for the more equall sowing of Wheate, and other Graines; by which a greate quantity of Corne is Saved, and an imense qyantitiy and Increase yearly gained [by Don Joseph Lucatello]., 3 March 1669/1670, MS/366/1/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_1_3/the-sembrador-or-a-new-invention-for-the-more-equall-sowing-of-wheate-and-other-graines-by-which-a-greate-quantity-of-corne-is-saved-and-an-imense-qyantitiy-and-increase-yearly-gained-by-don-joseph-lucatello, accessed on 14 September 2024
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