James Small (inventor) explained

James Small (1740, Dalkeith, Midlothian – 1793) was a Scottish inventor instrumental in the invention of the modern-style iron swing plough in 1779–80.^[1]

External links

• Dunse History Society

Notes and References

1. Jonathan. Brown. Small, James (bap. 1740, d. 1793). 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/51709. . Date also given as 1763 (Book: Smout, T. C.. Christopher Smout

   . Christopher Smout. A History of the Scottish People 1560-1830. Collins. London. 1969. 235. 978-0-00-686027-3.) or 1784 (Web site: James Small. Gazetteer for Scotland.)