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Andrew Meikle

Agricultural Mechanization

Scottish millwright and mechanical engineer of East Lothian, credited with inventing the threshing machine that mechanized the separation of grain from stalk and husk, one of the signature advances of the British Agricultural Revolution. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1719 1
Death Year
1811 1
Nationality
Scottish 1
Defining Contribution
Built a working threshing machine using fluted feed rollers and a rotating drum around 1786 at Houston Mill, East Lothian, and patented it in 1788; widespread adoption of the machine later helped trigger the 1830 Swing Riots. 1
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Developed

Threshing Machine, Implements and Machines
Source Andrew Meikle (Wikipedia)

Works In

Agricultural Engineering, Disciplines
Source Andrew Meikle (Wikipedia)
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1. Andrew Meikle (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    This was regarded as one of the key developments of the British Agricultural Revolution in the late 18th century.
  • Biography section
    a Scottish mechanical engineer credited with inventing the threshing machine
  • Developed: Threshing Machine
  • Works In: Agricultural Engineering, Lead paragraph, field of work
    Andrew Meikle (5 May 1719-27 November 1811) was a Scottish mechanical engineer credited with inventing the threshing machine, a device used to remove the outer husks from grains of wheat.
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