John Froelich (November 24, 1849[1]: 41 – May 24, 1933[1]: 45 ) was an American inventor who lived in Froelich, Iowa, a small village in northeast Iowa which was named for his father. In 1892, John Froelich developed one of the first[2] stable gasoline/petrol-powered tractor with forward and reverse gears.[3][4]
John Froelich
Born
(1849-11-24)November 24, 1849
Died
May 24, 1933(1933-05-24) (aged 83)
Nationality
American
John Froelich attended school in red robbin,[1]: 41 and at the College of Iowa.[clarification needed][citation needed] There he learned a lot about machinery. After college, he decided he would build the very first gasoline-powered tractor to go both forward and reverse.
Designed by his blacksmith Will Mann and himself,[5] Froelich was able to build a 16-horsepower (12 kW) tractor that could go both forward and backward by the year 1892. After completing the tractor, Froelich and Mann brought it to Langford, South Dakota, where they would connect it to a J.I. Casethreshing machine,[1]: 45 and thresh 72,000 bushels in 52 days.[3]
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