Wellmann Imre szerk.: A Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum Közleményei 1971-1972 (Budapest, 1973)

Blake, Susan: A geographical analysis of agricultural engineering in Britain in the 19th century

In presenting such a wide topic in so short a paper, the generalization necessary means that much variation in chronology, level of skill and development in the industry's emergence has been obscured. But even from this brief summary can be seen the complex social, economic and technological process involved, and that the ramifications of agricultural engineering in the two spheres of agriculture and industry make it a suitable indicator or nexal study. The comparatively simple geographical spread of the industry and the dramatic transformation of the implements provide material perfectly suited to museum presentation. A geographical appraisal gives a wide, composite view, and spatial analysis places the individual elements of the process in their physical and socioeconomic context.

22 Landscape effects are something of general interest but rarely presented. Locational shifts, particularly within the local or national areas are always of interest, and can provoke thoughts on the reasons behind the process. When tied together with the intricacies of innovation diffusion, we are reminded that if viewed in abstraction from its human context, any study can be tinged with artificiality and lose its immediate appeal thereby. 22BUCHANAN, R. H. Geography and Folk Life. Folk Life 1: 1969. 5—16.