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

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

A few words as to the reaping machine, which contributed more than any other modern implement to the development of agriculture in the past century, may not be out of place.

From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)

In 1831 he put a reaping machine in the field for trial, but it failed to work and its inventor was completely discouraged.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.

From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman