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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.
Robert Hall McCormick (June 8, 1780 – July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper which his eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented in 1834 and became the foundation of the International Harvester Company.
McCormick's chief rival was Obed Hussey who patented a reaper in 1833, the Hussey Reaper. [9] Made in Baltimore, Maryland, Hussey's design was a major improvement in reaping efficiency. The new reaper only required two horses working in a non-strenuous manner, a man to work the machine, and another man to drive.
1851 illustration showing two horses pushing a Bell reaper Bell invented the reaping machine while working on his father's farm. His interest in mechanics led him to work on a horse powered mechanical reaper for speeding up the harvest.
Obed Hussey circa 1850 Poster for Hussey's Reaping Machine. Obed Hussey (1792–1860) was an American inventor. 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.
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collapse of Bear Stearns (which sum have dubbed the end of global-free market capitalism) and unprecedented capital infusions and rate cuts. 1 As central bankers prove themselves ineffective, politicians exacerbate the problem by inciting national pride policies and disguise economic