Person
Morrow, James (1843 - 1910)
- Born
- 1843
Tyrone, Ireland - Died
- 3 September 1910
Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Inventor and Manufacturer
Summary
James Morrow patented a stripper harvester in January 1884. He had won £75 in the Dookie field trials in December 1883 and it was in operation two months before H.V. McKay (qv) completed his machine. It was thus the first successful machine of this type.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Parsons, George, 'Morrow, James (1843-1910), inventor and manufacturer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 298-299. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050344b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Morrow, Robert B., 'James Morrow, inventor of the stripper harvester', Victorian Historical Journal, 64 (1993), 159-71. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24087679. Details
- 'Morrow, James (1843-1910)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467531. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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