Cyrus McCormick

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His mechanical reaper had 7 basic mechanisms that are basically the same as those in the modern equivalent Cyrus McCormick $1,000 J INVENTORS & INVENTIONS 2014-04-01 #6807
Built in 1831, his first mechanical reaper resembled a 2-wheeled horse-drawn chariot Cyrus McCormick $600 DJ INVENTORS 1997-09-02 #2987
2 early reapers he sold in 1840 got hopelessly clogged when cutting wet grain McCormick $600 DJ INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS 1995-09-22 #2540
His son was the first president of the International Harvester Company Cyrus McCormick $400 DJ INVENTORS 1994-11-16 #2348
In 1842 he sold only 7 of his improved mechanical reapers McCormick $600 DJ INVENTORS 1994-10-19 #2328
In 1855 this manufacturer's reaper won the Grand Medal of Honor at the Paris Int'l Exposition McCormick $200 J INVENTORS 1994-06-17 #2270
His middle initial, H., stood for Hall, not Harvester Cyrus McCormick $400 DJ INVENTORS 1994-05-12 #2244
He "reaped" the Grand Medal of Honor in 1855 at the Paris International Exposition Cyrus McCormick $400 DJ INVENTORS 1988-04-04 #836
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