Agriculture & Food
Mechanical reaper
A mechanical reaper cuts standing grain with a moving blade while gathering the stalks. Horse-drawn reapers reduced the hand labour of harvesting and helped establish the mechanisms later used in combine harvesters.
About this artifact
A mechanical reaper cuts standing grain with a moving blade while gathering the stalks. Horse-drawn reapers reduced the hand labour of harvesting and helped establish the mechanisms later used in combine harvesters.
Sources & image credits
Documented image of this machine or its operating principle; see image credits for the original date and subject.
Image: Fahr-Getreidemähmaschine_2.jpg
Creator: Späth Chr. (user ChiemseeMan)
License: Public domain
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