<P> The first known European seed drill was attributed to Camillo Torello and patented by the Venetian Senate in 1566 . A seed drill was described in detail by Tadeo Cavalina of Bologna in 1602 . In England , the seed drill was further refined by Jethro Tull in 1701 in the Agricultural Revolution . However , seed drills of this and successive types were both expensive and unreliable , as well as fragile . Seed drills would not come into widespread use in Europe until the mid to late 19th century , when manufacturing advances such as machine tools , die forging and metal stamping allowed large scale precision manufacturing of metal parts . </P>
<P> The first known European seed drill was attributed to Camillo Torello and patented by the Venetian Senate in 1566 . A seed drill was described in detail by Tadeo Cavalina of Bologna in 1602 . In England , the seed drill was further refined by Jethro Tull in 1701 in the Agricultural Revolution . However , seed drills of this and successive types were both expensive and unreliable , as well as fragile . Seed drills would not come into widespread use in Europe until the mid to late 19th century , when manufacturing advances such as machine tools , die forging and metal stamping allowed large scale precision manufacturing of metal parts . </P>
who developed a seed drill that planted seeds in straight rows
who developed a seed drill that planted seeds in straight rows
Camillo Torello
Camillo Torello