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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 - Wikipedia

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    The young McCormick was granted a patent on the reaper on June 21, 1834, [6] two years after having been granted a patent for a self-sharpening plow. [7] None was sold, however, because the machine could not handle varying conditions. Sketch of 1845 model reaper. The McCormick family also worked together in a blacksmith/metal smelting business.

  4. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    America's meat packing industry; a brief survey of its development and economics. (1939) online edition; McCormick, Cyrus (1931). The century of the reaper; an account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the inventor. Mullendore, William Clinton. History of the United States Food Administration, 1917–1919 (1941) online edition; Nourse, Edwin Griswold.

  5. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    Cyrus McCormick's reaper (invented in 1834) allowed farmers to quadruple their harvesting efficiency by replacing hand labor with a mechanical device. John Deere invented the steel plow in 1837, keeping the soil from sticking to the plow and making it easier to farm in the rich prairies of the Midwest .

  6. Cyrus McCormick Farm - Wikipedia

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    Cyrus Hall McCormick improved and patented the mechanical reaper, which eventually led to the creation of the combine harvester. The farm is near Steele's Tavern and Raphine , close to the northern border of Rockbridge and Augusta counties in the U.S. state of Virginia , and is currently a museum run by the Virginia Agricultural Experimental ...

  7. It's worth noting that while this theme of female silence is prevalent throughout the written fairy tales published in Germany and enduring in America today, this trend wasn't always the norm: Charles Perrault's French renditions of these stories place greater value on beautiful women who are also articulate.

  8. Mary Virginia McCormick - Wikipedia

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    Mary Virginia McCormick (May 5, 1861 – May 24, 1941) was a wealthy American philanthropist [1] who donated to humanitarian causes in the United States and Canada in the early twentieth century. She was a member of the McCormick family and had schizophrenia [ 2 ] and a reclusive lifestyle.

  9. 3 questions for Patricia McCormick, whose book 'Sold' has ...

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    Yahoo News spoke to McCormick about how Sold became a target of those seeking to ban books. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. The interview has been edited for length and ...