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

Through it was introduced the first reaping machine into Ireland.

From What's the Matter with Ireland? by Russell, Ruth

Then came rapid development of the reaping machine.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph

In 1831 he put a reaping machine in the field for trial, but it failed to work and its inventor was completely discouraged.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

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