cyrus mccormick

     

May 13, 1884:<br />This inventor did not fear the (mechanical) reaper

Trivia about cyrus mccormick

  • After his father failed several times, this man succeeded in developing the mechanical grain reaper
  • His son was the first president of the International Harvester Company
  • Built in 1831, his first mechanical reaper resembled a 2-wheeled horse-drawn chariot
  • Born in Virginia in 1809, invented reaper in 1831, reaped in profits until death in 1884

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