Among his notable patent law experiences was litigation over the mechanical reaper.

International Harvester, the one-time industry leader whose origins date to the invention of the mechanical reaper in 1831, was absorbed by Case in 1985.

At a young age he, along with his brothers, improved and later patented his father's mechanical reaper.

The mechanical reaper did not require a family to toil all day to harvest crops.

His father purchased the original design for a mechanical reaper from a blacksmith named McPhetrich.

He worked for 28 years on a horse-drawn mechanical reaper to harvest grain; however, he was never able to reproduce a reliable version.

Her grandfather was Robert McCormick (1780-1846), who invented a mechanical reaper.

In the notch, he mounted the same mechanism as the mechanical reaper, but with a 6 inch blade.

He became famous as the inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1831.

His interest in mechanics led him to work on a horse powered mechanical reaper for speeding up the harvest.