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The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited. was a London-incorporated public listed company created to capitalize on a business established by Frederick Wolseley in Australia. The company has since been renamed Wolseley plc and remains listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is currently a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. ==Wolseley's machine== Wool was cliipped from the sheep's back by hand shears from time immemorial. Wolseley invented and developed the first satisfactory mechanical method using a power source away from the shearer's hand. The first power source was a horse gin connected by belt and pulley and a carefully designed driveshaft to a handpiece held by the shearer. As well as relieving the shearer's hand of the cutting effort, the machine clips the wool at its full length, which often doubles or triples its value. It also removes the wool in a fleece instead of chopping it into small pieces like the shears. The apparent simplicity of Wolseley's machine belies the decades of effort of many different inventors and engineers to create a satisfactory device. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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