ISBN: 9781235301803

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 26 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 26 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: . . . Mr. Smith-states: I believe I have the first reaping machine disposed of by Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick. I have used it every harvest since 1840P Which statements together show pretty clearly that his first sales of machines were made not earlier than 184. 0, leaving Mr. Hussey at least six years in advance of him in introducing his machine into use And during this time Husseys machine had made such an impression Upon the public mind that there began to be a demand for reaping machines. Then we begin to hear again of McCormicks reaper: We hear of one in use in 1840, and of two more in 1842. There may have been more of them in use in these years. We have. no knowledge of any more. ; To fully determine the merits of this caseit becomes, rnecessary. to trace theorigin and progress of improvementsjin the reaping f machine so far as they have a bearing upon it, and ascertain how much Mr. McCormick has invented since 1834. At the time the early efforts in this country, to which we have referred, were being made, Messrs. Moore and Haskell, of Michigan, conceived the idea of constructing a machine, not only for cutting grain, but for cutting, thrashing, winnowing and sacking it at one operation. This was a magnificent idea, and its conception at that particular time affords an interesting illustration of the progressive nature of inventions. Their machine was necessarily complicated, and required years of experiments to perfect it, but has finally been made, by the perseverance of these men, one of the most perfectly adapted mechanical arrangement, to the purpose for what it is designed, to be found in the whole range of mechanics, capable of cutting, thrashing, winnowing and sacking three acres of wheat per hour. These men constructed their first mac. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<