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Bells improved reaping machine by Crosskill, c1840s. Artist: Joseph Wilson LowryBells improved reaping machine by Crosskill, c1840s. A farmer operates the machine by guiding two horses behind which push the harvester forward
Bells reaping machine, 1851. Artist: GH SwanstonBells reaping machine, 1851. Scottish clergyman and inventor Patrick Bells (1799-1869) reaping machine of 1826 was the first successful reaping machine, but was not commercialised
Patrick Bell (1799-1869), Scottish clergyman and inventor, 1868. In c1827 Bell invented a mechanical reaper which Cyrus McCormick later perfected