McCormick Grain Binder Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1875 - 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-12-09
name: label: inventor
content: McCormick, Leander J.
notes: label: Description
content: This model accompanied the patent application for Leander J. McCormick’s “Improvement in Grain-Binders” assigned patent number 222,416 on December 9, 1879. The grain binder was incorporated into McCormick’s mower and raker to form the self-binding harvester. The machine would mow the hay, rake it into bunches, and then tie the bunches into sheaves that would dry in the field before being threshed.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.222416
label: catalog number
content: 222416
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 222,416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, grain binder
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)