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  2. McCormick reaper - Wikipedia

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    The McCormick Reaper was designed by Robert McCormick in Walnut Grove, Virginia. However, Robert became frustrated when he was unable to perfect his idea. His son Cyrus worked to complete the project. The son obtained the patent for "The McCormick Reaper" in 1834. [4] [5] The McCormick reaper of 1834 had several key elements: [6] [7] a main ...

  3. Cyrus McCormick Farm - Wikipedia

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    The blacksmith shop was where McCormick built his reaper. The farm originally covered 532 acres, with buildings centered on a total of 5 acres. On the farm eight of the nine original buildings are still standing. Many have been renovated since the farm was created in 1822 by Robert McCormick (1780–1846).

  4. McCormick family - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus Hall McCormick Sr., founder of the McCormick business dynasty. Robert McCormick Jr. (1780–1846) was an American inventor who lived in rural Virginia. [1] His maternal grandparents were Scottish immigrants, George Sanderson and Catharine (née Ross) Sanderson, and paternal grandparents were Thomas (1702–1762) and Elizabeth (née Carruth) McCormick, Presbyterian immigrants born in ...

  5. Cyrus McCormick - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus Hall McCormick portrait, held by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. Cyrus Hall McCormick was born on February 15, 1809, in Raphine, Virginia.He was the eldest of eight children born to inventor Robert McCormick Jr. and Mary Ann "Polly" Hall.

  6. Robert McCormick (Virginia inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Robert McCormick Jr. (June 8, 1780 – July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper. His eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented this in 1834 and it became the foundation of the International Harvester Company .

  7. McCormick–International Harvester Company Branch House

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    One of those tinkerers was Robert McCormick, a prosperous Virginia farmer. In the early 1800s he constructed a horse-drawn machine for cutting (reaping) grain. Robert was an inventor, but not a businessman. Though he patented some ideas, they never got far from his farm. His son Cyrus, however, was a promoter and businessman. [3]

  8. Reaper - Wikipedia

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    However, Robert became frustrated when he was unable to perfect his new device. His son Cyrus asked for permission to try to complete his father's project. With permission granted, [10] the McCormick Reaper was patented [11] by his son Cyrus McCormick in 1834 as a horse-drawn farm implement to cut small grain crops. [12]

  9. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The McCormick Reaper was first designed by Robert McCormick in Virginia in the 1820s. By 1831 his son Cyrus H. McCormick took over; he obtained the first of many patents in 1834. By 1842 his machine worked fairly well, and started to sell. [33] The McCormick reaper comprised: a main wheel frame