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mechanical reaper
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peter mckelvey
⟶ Atualizado 31 jan 2018 ⟶
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Farming starts in india
Cyrus mcormick is born
Cyrus McCormick invented a lightweight cradle for carting harvested grain at the age of 15
Robert McCormick was unsuccessful in his efforts to invent an efficient mechanical reaper but Cyrus, realizing the importance of a mechanical reaper, continued the quest using his father's basic design
Cyrus McCormick invents the horse drawn, McCormick mechanical reaper
Obed Hussey of Ohio patented a mechanical reaper called the Hussey Reaper
Hussey's machine used a saw-like cutter bar which cut stalks far more effectively than McCormick's. It was therefore deemed of better quality than the invention of Cyrus and achieved a greater financial success
Cyrus McCormick acquires the rights to Obed Hussey's cutter-bar mechanism and improved the quality of his own machines and his business boomed
The Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. McCormick and Hussey went head to head in a competition between their machines - Cyrus won
Cyrus McCormick died in Chicago on May 13, 1884
