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1730s

This dimension groups agricultural implements by the era in which they were introduced. Wikipedia notes that "irrigation, crop rotation, and fertilizers were introduced soon after the Neolithic Revolution and developed much further in the past 200 years, starting with the British Agricultural Revolution." Browsing by introduced year lets a visitor compare implements that entered use in the same period.

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1. Wikipedia: Threshing machine
WikipediaThreshing machine, lead section, early power sentence
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Early threshing machines were hand-fed and horse-powered.
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