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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. As Cyrus's father saw the potential of the design for a mechanical reaper, he ...
Cyrus McCormick claimed that his reaper was actually invented in 1831, giving him the best claim to the general design of a working reaper. Over the next few decades the Hussey and McCormick reapers competed with each other in the marketplace, despite being quite similar.
The Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop is on the family farm of inventor Cyrus Hall ... Prior to the invention of the reaper, farmers could harvest only 0.5-acre (0.20 ...
The McCormick Reaper Legend: The True Story of a Great Invention (2008); McCormick III, Cyrus Hall. The Century of the Reaper (1933), popular history online; McClelland, Peter. Sowing Modernity: America’s First Agricultural Revolution (Cornell University Press, 1997); wide-ranging history of major farm tools in Europe and U.S. Marsh, Barbara.
Bell invented the reaping machine while working on his father's farm. ... A vibrating cutter was patented by Cyrus McCormick on June 21, 1834.
His most notable invention was a reaping machine, patented in 1833, that was a rival of a similar machine, patented in 1834, produced by Cyrus McCormick. Hussey also invented a steam plow, a machine for grinding out hooks and eyes, a mill for grinding corn and cobs, a husking machine, a machine for crushing sugar cane, a machine for making ...
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. The harvester, self-binder, and combine ...
McCormick reaper – Cyrus McCormick; Melba toast, Peach Melba, Melba sauce – Nellie Melba; Melvillade – Robert Melville; Mercator projection – Gerardus Mercator;