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
Obed Hussey and C. H. McCormick, were striving to produce a successful reaping machine for cutting grain and grass, as were many others, before and since.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
The Earl of Zetland again referred to the reaping machine.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
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)
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)
