reaping machine
Example Sentences
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It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. N. M. Hitt testified to a reaping machine being made by C. H. McCormick in 1831—it had a straight sickle blade.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
If required to name the three subjects on which the most extraordinary versatility of invention has been expended, the answer would be without hesitation, the sewing machine, reaping machine and breech-loading firearm.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
In the distance the regular click of a reaping machine falls on the breeze.
From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold
A few words as to the reaping machine, which contributed more than any other modern implement to the development of agriculture in the past century, may not be out of place.
From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)
