Object Details
- inventor
- McCormick, Leander J.
- Description
- 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.
- 1875 - 1879
- patent date
- 1879-12-09
- ID Number
- AG.222416
- catalog number
- 222416
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 222,416
- Object Name
- patent model, grain binder
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- associated place
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Industry & Manufacturing
- American Enterprise
- Agriculture
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_857896
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8155-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
