For the Scottish footballer, see Harry Ferguson (footballer). For other people, see Henry Ferguson (disambiguation) and Harold Ferguson (disambiguation).
Harry Ferguson
The 2008 sculpture of Harry Ferguson at Dromara
Born
Henry George Ferguson
(1884-11-04)4 November 1884
County Down, Ireland
Died
25 October 1960(1960-10-25) (aged 75)
Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Known for
Inventor of modern tractor
Scientific career
Fields
Engineering
Henry George Ferguson (4 November 1884 – 25 October 1960) was a British mechanic and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99.
Today his name lives on in the name of the Massey Ferguson company.
abroad. In 1904, he began to race motorcycles. In the 1900s the young HarryFerguson became fascinated with the newly emerging technology of powered human...
HarryFerguson Research Limited was a British company founded by HarryFerguson who was mostly known as "the father of the modern farm tractor". He was...
The Ferguson TE20 is an agricultural tractor designed by HarryFerguson. By far his most successful design, it was manufactured from 1946 until 1956,...
Rob Walker Racing Team. Officially named as Ferguson Climax, it derived its P99 name from its HarryFerguson Research project number. It used either a 1...
replace the TO30. Klemm wrote to HarryFerguson in July that year to tell him about the features of the TO35. Ferguson was unhappy with the project, and...
The Ferguson monoplane was the first Irish heavier-than-air craft to fly. The monoplane was designed by HarryFerguson and built by his brother's company...
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson CBE (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United...
Radiotherapy developed by John Joly. 1928: Three point linkage, patented by HarryFerguson. 1930: Nickel-zinc battery created by James J. Drumm. 1931: Sudocrem...
university professor and medical school dean HarryFerguson (1884–1960), Irish engineer and inventor HarryFerguson (footballer), Scottish footballer This disambiguation...
after losing its court battle with HarryFerguson in 1952 over the patents the Irish inventor held on the Ferguson System three-point hitch. Below the...
S2CID 4783478. Ferguson's patents for three-point hitch: Ferguson, Harry. British patent no. 320,084 (issued: 3 July 1928) Ferguson, Harry "Tractor-drawn...
alternative high school in Loveland, Colorado Harold Ferguson, character in Executive Action (film) HarryFerguson (1884–1960), Irish engineer and inventor This...
cost. His 1938 meeting with HarryFerguson was the turning point that led to the next Ford tractor, the 9N. The Ferguson system—whose hitch we now call...
author of Preacher and The Boys, brought up in Holywood[citation needed] HarryFerguson, inventor of modern tractor, Dromore Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner...
(1917–18), and many Ts were converted for field use. (For example, HarryFerguson, later famous for his hitches and tractors, worked on Eros Model T tractor...
Ford and HarryFerguson came to 'a gentlemen's agreement', whereby Ford would manufacture tractors designed by Ferguson, using the "Ferguson System"....
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