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Hellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. Creator: UnknownHellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. 'Cutting the corn [ie wheat] when it is ripe is one of the most important operations of harvest...the improvements
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: UnknownThe International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862
Reaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. Creator: UnknownReaper & Binder Competition, Mount Blowhard, near Ballarat, 1901. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]
Reaping Machine, early 19th century. Creator: J MoffatReaping Machine, early 19th century. Diagram of a farm implement used for harvesting crops mechanically. Plate CCCCLXXIX from the " Edinburgh Encyclopaedia" edited by David Brewster
Reaping Machine Invented by James Smith of Deanston, 1816, (1904). From Social England, Volume VI, edited by H.D. Traill, D.C.L. and J. S. Mann, M.A
Cyrus Hall McCormick, Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, and marketer, (c1924). McCormick (1809-1884) became famous as the inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1831
Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine of 1831 (patented 1834), c1851. This, the first widely adopted reaping machine, was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London where it was awarded a gold medal
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
Reconstruction of reaping machine used in Gaul in Ancient Roman times, as described by Pliny, c1890Reconstruction of reaping machine used in Gaul in Ancient Roman times, as described by Pliny, Engraving, c1890
Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny, Engraving, 1860Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny. Engraving, 1860. Aristotle believed that motion was a continuous pushing action
Cyrus McCormicks reaping machine, 1862. Patented in America in 1831and shown at the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, London, 1851, it was the first widely adopted mechanical reaper