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)
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 was also the designer of a reaping machine, and made one and showed it with real corn for his "Benefit" on the stage of the Theatre Royal in 1815.
From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.
Dr. N. M. Hitt testified to a reaping machine being made by C. H. McCormick in 1831—it had a straight sickle blade.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
