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Thomas Jefferson - A Character Sketch
The Mould-Board of Least Resistance
by Ellis, Edward S. (A.M.)
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Mr. A. J. Stansbury says: "I heard John Randolph (who hated Jefferson) once
describe, in his own biting, caustic manner, the delight expressed by him in
a new model for the mould-board of a plough.
"It was called 'the mould-board of least resistance;' and the inventor had
gone into a very profound mathematical demonstration, to prove that it
deserved its name.
"Jefferson listened and was convinced; and deeming it a great discovery,
recommended it, with zeal, to all his agricultural friends.
"The Virginia planters, accordingly (who thought every thing of their great
man as a natural philosopher), agreed, many of them, to take this new
'mould-board of least resistance.'
"It was accordingly cast,and forwarded to their farms; when lo! on trial, no
ordinary team could draw it through the soil."
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