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Thresher (other)
Thresher may refer to: *Threshing machine (or thresher), a device that first separates the head of a stalk of grain from the straw, and then further separates the kernel from the rest of the head: :: Threshers, pedal powered, Pedal powered thresher, a low-tech threshing machine that is operated using pedals. *Thresher shark, a type of shark with a distinctly scythe-shaped tail *USS Thresher refers to two United States Navy submarines, named after the Thresher shark: ::USS Thresher (SS-200), USS ''Thresher'' (SS-200), a ''Tambor''-class submarine that served in World War II ::USS Thresher (SSN-593), USS ''Thresher'' (SSN-593), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines and was lost by accident on 10 April 1963 *Threshers (First Quench Retailing), a UK off licence chain *''Rice Thresher'', the undergraduate student newspaper of Rice University *Clearwater Threshers, a minor league baseball team in the Florida State League *Threshers (secret society), an Irish secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threshing Machine
A threshing machine or a thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, it removes the seeds from the stalks and husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the seeds fall out. Before such machines were developed, threshing was done by hand with flails: such hand threshing was very laborious and time-consuming, taking about one-quarter of agricultural labour by the 18th century. Mechanization of this process removed a substantial amount of drudgery from farm labour. The first threshing machine was invented circa 1786 by the Scottish engineer Andrew Meikle, and the subsequent adoption of such machines was one of the earlier examples of the mechanization of agriculture. During the 19th century, threshers and mechanical reapers and reaper-binders gradually became widespread and made grain production much less laborious. Michael Stirling is said to have invented a rotary threshing machine in 1758 which for forty years was used to process all the corn on his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
