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

It was at the time Mr. Hussey was residing in Baltimore that he turned his attention to the idea of a reaping machine and spent his leisure hours in working out his model.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton

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)

In the distance the regular click of a reaping machine falls on the breeze.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold