McCormick was elected into the French Academy of Sciences for "having done more for agriculture than any other living man. Returning to the U. For years, he was forced to defend his patent rights in court. The Chicago Fire of destroyed his factory. However, by the time of his death in , both his fame and his business were secure. Because his reaper enabled much fewer farmers to produce much more grain, Cyrus McCormick not only transformed agriculture, but also diversified American industry.
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Invention Activities. For Educators InvenTeam Grants. McCormick built a new factory with increased capacity and began to pursue overseas markets in earnest. By the early s, the company had expanded into markets as far away as Russia and New Zealand. His son, Cyrus Jr. Throughout the s and s the company retained its position as the leading agricultural equipment manufacturer, however it found itself increasingly challenged by competitors in a somewhat depressed market. The company's chief rival was the Deering Harvester Company.
By McCormick and Deering were nearly equal in sales. In the two companies merged to form the International Harvester Company. Cyrus McCormick's sons, Cyrus, Jr. Cyrus Hall McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which combined all the steps that earlier harvesting machines had performed separately.
His time-saving invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size and spurred innovations in farm machinery. Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, McCormick derived his interest in invention from his father, a Virginia landowner who patented several improved farming implements and worked without success for many years to perfect a mechanical reaper. In July , McCormick succeeded where his father had failed, producing a model reaper with all the essential components of later commercial machines.
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