| RefNo | MS/366/1/3 |
| Previous numbers | MS 366/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | The Sembrador: or a new Invention for the more equall sowing of Wheate, and other Graines; by which a greate quantity of Corne is Saved, and an imense qyantitiy and Increase yearly gained [by Don Joseph Lucatello]. |
| Date | 3 March 1669/1670 |
| Description | Translated out of Spanish [by Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich] and Improved & Communicated by the Royal Society [via John Evelyn]
The paper describes an early form of seed-drill and is headed Madrid, 5 September 1668. It is accompanied by an original drawing of the apparatus and an engraving of its fitting to a plough.
Prefaced by an introductory letter from John Evelyn, Sayes Court, 23 February 1669/70 to Viscount Brouncker, President of the Royal Society.
With two figures |
| Extent | 24p and 2 figures |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Thomas Birch in his 'History of the Royal Society' volume 2 p425 records 'Mr Oldenburg produced a letter to the president from Mr Evelyn, accompanied both with an engine for the more equal sowing of corn and with the description of it; by which engine a great quantity of seed-corn is said to be saved, and a greater crop gained. The description was translated by the earl of Sandwich from the Spanish into English; the engine being used in Spain, and in such a manner, that being fastened to a plow, it plows, sows, and harrows at once'. |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8078 | Montagu; Edward (1625 - 1672); 1st Earl of Sandwich and Viscount Hinchinbroke; army and naval officer | 1625 - 1672 |
| NA8217 | Evelyn; John (1620 - 1706); antiquary, diarist, and gardener | 1620 - 1706 |