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John Deere (February 7, 1804 [2] – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith, businessman, inventor and politician. He founded Deere & Company , one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manufacturers in the world.
Deere & Company, doing business as John Deere (/ ˈ dʒ ɒ n ˈ d ɪər /), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment and lawn care equipment.
The John Deere House and Shop is located in the unincorporated village of Grand Detour, Illinois, near the Lee County city of Dixon.The site is known as the location where the first steel plow was invented by John Deere in 1837.
John Deere Model 60 (1955) John Deere Model 530 (1959) John Deere Model 430S (circa 1960) After years of testing, Deere & Company released its first proper diesel engined tractor in 1949, the Model R. The R was also the first John Deere tractor with a live independent power take-off (PTO) equipped with its own clutch. The R also incorporated ...
John Deats; Zadoc Dederick; John Deere (inventor) William Deidrick; Alonzo E. Deitz; Patrick Bernard Delany; Ellen Louise Demorest; James Densmore; Henry Deringer; Philip Diehl (inventor) Henry Beecher Dierdorff; Joseph Dixon (inventor) Amos Dolbear; John Dolbeer; Anna Dormitzer; Philip B. Downing; Edwin Drake; Daniel Drawbaugh; Solomon R ...
John Froelich (November 24, 1849 – May 24, 1933) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the first stable gasoline-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He received several patents relating to tractors and internal combustion engines.
Harding Loevner, an investment management firm, published its “Global Equity” fourth quarter 2020 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A net return of 13.73% was ...
The same year, John Deere, the inventor of the self-scouring steel plow, relocated his steel plow company from Grand Detour, Illinois, to Moline. At the time, Moline had a population of only a few hundred, mostly involved in work at the mill.