A BRIEF NARRATIVE 



OF THH 



INVENTION 



OF 



Reaping Machines; 



AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE 



CLAIMS FOR PRIORITY OF INVENTION: 



BY A MARYLAND FARMER AND MACHINIST 



ALSO A SHORT APPENDIX, 



CONSISTING OF 



ENOIvISH RUBLICAXIONS, 



AS TO THE 



Operation and Success of Reaping Machines 



IN ENQLAND, 

 IN THE YEARS 18S1, 18S2 and 18S3. 



BALTIMORE: 

 FROM THE PRESS OF MILLS & COX, 



(OFFICE OF THE "AMERICAN FARMER,") 



No. 128 Baltimore Street. 



185-4. 



RerrinteJ by the W. B. CONKEY COMPANY 

 1897. 



