reaping machine
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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
Mr Bell of Toronto exhibited his excellent plough, straw-cutter, and reaping machine.
From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)
The knife-fingers and general arrangements and operation of the cutting apparatus are found in the reaping machine of O. Hussey, patented 31st Dec.,
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
How many men has the self-binding reaping machine thrown for a time out of work?
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
At the opening of this century it was thought that a successful reaping machine had been invented, and a reward had been voted by Parliament to its author.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
