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Robert Hall McCormick (June 8, 1780 – July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper which his eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented in 1834 and became the foundation of the International Harvester Company.
Feb 28, 2024 · Born in 1809 in Virginia, McCormick was an inventor with a vision. His dedication and relentless pursuit of a better reaping machine led to the creation of a revolutionary device in 1831: the mechanical reaper.
Nov 19, 2021 · Leander James McCormick was an inventor, businessman, and real estate tycoon who helped revolutionize agriculture with a mechanical reaper invented by his father, Robert McCormick Jr. Raised in Virginia, McCormick and his brother Cyrus Hall McCormick moved to Chicago, where they built a corporation selling their father’s “Old Reliable ...
Jun 21, 2019 · Invention of the McCormick Reaper. Cyrus McCormick, a blacksmith in Virginia, developed the first practical mechanical reaper to harvest grain in 1831 when he was only 22 years old. His machine, at first a local curiosity, proved to be enormously important.
Jul 26, 2012 · These log buildings are part of the original Walnut Grove plantation in northern Rockbridge County, the home of Robert and Mary Ann Hall McCormick Jr. and their children. On this plantation, Robert McCormick Jr. developed a mechanical reaper—an invention that helped revolutionize agriculture.
Below the illustration, Cyrus H. McCormick is credited with having invented the machine. In fact, it was his father, Robert McCormick Jr., who designed the original machine, but over time Cyrus took credit for the invention.
Robert McCormick Jr. was an American inventor who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper which his eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented in 1834.
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