John Froelich (1849 to 1933) was an Iowa inventor and entrepreneur who built the first stable gasoline-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears. He held several patents relating to tractors and internal combustion engines.
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John Froelich (November 24, 1849, May 24, 1933) was an Iowan inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the first stable gasoline-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears.
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in 1892 he and his blacksmith, Will Mann, invented one of the first gasoline-powered tractors by mounting a one-cylinder Van Duzen gasoline engine on a Robinson engine frame, propelled by Froelich's own gearing.
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