The Illustrated Encyclopedia of TRACTORS by John Carroll (Anness Publishing)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of TRACTORS\n\nThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of TRACTORS by John Carroll (Anness Publishing).\nThe history of the tractor is a short one of rapid development, from the turn of the 20th century, when it was seen as little more than a substitute for the horse, to today's sophisticated machines, which boast a whole range of technologically advanced equipment.\n\nAt first defined purely as an engine on wheels - a source of motive power to haul farming implements, or drive a belt to power a threshing machine - the tractor's farming uses are now manifold and today are even controlled by on-board computers and satellite navigation systems.\n\nIn this fact-packed illustrated encyclopedia, John Carroll charts this exceptional history, the machines and their manufacturers from the early days of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company and its experimental gasoline tractor of 1892, to the JCB Fastrac, one of the numerous state-of-the-art machines now on the market.\n;