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

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

Indeed the most unqualified approval was given by the gentlemen present, to the applicability of the reaping machine to the purposes for which it is designed.

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

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