. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . Fig. 44.—Scythe of Modern Times ; Used for Mowing 138 INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS. had a series of knives or cutters affixed to the lower end ofa vertical spindle, which was arranged on wheels, and causedto revolve against the grain by being pushed forward frombehind. In the following year. Letters Patent were grantedfor a meclianical reaper to Robert Meares, of Frome, Somer-setshire, on the twentietli of May. V
. The journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York continental regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's campaign against the western Indians . Fig. 44.—Scythe of Modern Times ; Used for Mowing 138 INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS. had a series of knives or cutters affixed to the lower end ofa vertical spindle, which was arranged on wheels, and causedto revolve against the grain by being pushed forward frombehind. In the following year. Letters Patent were grantedfor a meclianical reaper to Robert Meares, of Frome, Somer-setshire, on the twentietli of May. Various attempts were made and patents granted in Eng-land prior to the holding of the Worlds Fair in 1851, noneof which had come into use, and all of which had evidentlybeen forgotten. The exhibition of McCorniicks and Hus-seys reapers at that time, awakened a fresh interest in JohnBull on the subject, and a trial in the field convinced himthat Brother Jonathan was fully \atch for him in peaceas well as war. The earliest patent granted in the United States on Har-vesting Machines, was to Richard Erench and John T. Haw-kins, of New Jersey, May 17, 1803, for a machine to cutgrain. Seventeen patents were granted prior to that of
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