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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.
Although interested in music and astronomy, McCormick chiefly distinguished himself by the invention of a number of agricultural implements, designed to lighten the labor of the husbandman. In 1830 and 1831, he invented and took out patents on a hemp brake, gristmill, and a hydraulic machine.
Jun 16, 2023 · Robert McCormick was an American inventor, who invented numerous devices including a version of the reaper which his eldest son Cyrus would patent in 1834. McCormick was born on the family estate of Walnut Grove in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the Shenandoah Valley on the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Robert McCormick Jr. (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. Although he lived his life in rural Virginia, he was patriarch of the McCormick family that became influential throughout the world, especially in ...
Robert McCormick Jr. (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.
Robert Hall McCormick (June 8, 1780 - July 4, 1846) was an American inventor who developed the International Harvester, which his eldest son Cyrus McCormick patented in 1834. He invented numerous devices, including a version of the Reaper that became the basis for the Company.
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