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
From a distant cornfield came the busy rattle of a reaping machine.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
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)
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
For the great modern invention of the reaping machine, civilization is indebted to Cyrus Hall McCormick, an American.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
