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2. 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.

3. McCormick–International Harvester Company Branch House

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   In 1843 a competition was held in which Hussey's reaper cut two acres and McCormick's larger reaper cut seven. [3] Until 1843 the reapers were produced in the shop on the McCormick farm. In 1844 Cyrus began licensing the McCormick design to others to produce, including a company in upstate New York, but quality problems emerged at these other ...

4. John Henry Manny - Wikipedia

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   John Henry Manny (1825–1856) was the inventor of the Manny Reaper, one of various makes of reaper used to harvest grain in the 19th century. Cyrus McCormick III, in his Century of the Reaper, called Manny "the most brilliant and successful of all Cyrus McCormick's competitors," [1] a field of many brilliant people.

5. Robert McCormick (Virginia inventor) - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Reaper - Wikipedia

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   It was also ruled that McCormick's reaper patent would be renewed for another seven years. [8] Although the McCormick reaper was a revolutionary innovation for the harvesting of crops, it did not experience mainstream success and acceptance until at least 20 years after it was patented by Cyrus McCormick.

7. Abraham Lincoln's patent - Wikipedia

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   Lincoln was at times a patent attorney and was familiar with the patent application process as well as patent lawsuit proceedings. Among his notable patent law experiences as a result of his patent was litigation over the mechanical reaper; both he and his future Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, provided counsel for John Henry Manny, an ...