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The objective of this paper is to present the recent developments in the field of agricultural technology with respect to human powered threshing machines. This paper covers the form and existence of human powered threshing machines as well as manual methods from last decades. The different types of designs and progressive developments with operating parameters and mechanisms used can be overviewed from the literature review to find out the scope for further developments in human powered threshing machines.
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Zakiuddin, K.S., Sondawale, H.V., Modak, J.P., Ceccarelli, M. (2012). History of Human Powered Threshing Machines: A Literature Review. In: Koetsier, T., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4_30
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