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
I did not see a mowing or a reaping machine in the Tyrol, either on this or the other side of the mountains.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
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
I had never seen or formed an idea of a reaping machine until I went to Hutchinson's.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
He rejoiced that Mr. Hussey's reaping machine was now in the hands of a jury of Cleveland farmers.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
