Obed hussey biography youtube

The crew were rescued only when a search boat from the Atlas happened upon them despite the darkness. It highlights the challenges he faced in promoting his invention against rival manufacturers and the injustices that often plagued inventors in the commercial world. In other projects. Hussey's machine performed better and Hussey gained considerable prestige.

Hussey took the position that he opposed McCormick's extension as a matter of self-defense, because McCormick had petitioned Congress against Hussey's extension. Hussey also received favorable press notices that year. In , Hussey reapers achieved results in Maryland that enhanced Hussey's reputation. From July to April , he served on the crew of the whaleship Atlas on a voyage from Nantucket to the South Seas.

What is reaper in agriculture

In , Cyrus McCormick also faced the expiration of his original patent and he sought an extension through the patent office. This served to prevent choking of the blades in the guards. Nantucket Historical Association. The crew were rescued only when a search boat from the Atlas happened upon them despite the darkness. On July 24, a head-to-head trial of reapers by Hussey and McCormick, as well a third of English design, was held.

Downloads downloads in the last 30 days. Obed Hussey was born in to a Quaker family in Maine, but moved at an early age to the island of Nantucket. This fascinating biography tells the story of Obed Hussey, a little-known inventor who revolutionized agriculture in the midth century with his invention of the reaper. In , Hussey's factory in Baltimore produced reaping machines, its maximum annual output, up from in It has been said that he: "was warm hearted, genial and companionable.

Obed Hussey was born in to a Quaker family in Maine, but moved at an early age to the island of Nantucket.

Mechanical reaper invention date

Early in , Hussey wrote a letter to the editor of Southern Planter, published in March of that year, in which he noted the attention McCormick's reaper had been given and expressed the intention of entering his reaper into contests with McCormick's; this marked the beginning of the first "war of the reapers. While in his personal life Hussey may have been "the picture of Quaker beneficence" [ 2 ] and "without an enemy in the world," [ ] his business adversaries saw him as "a fiercely tenacious, one-eyed devil" [ 2 ] who "must be watched with caution.

The family resided in Baltimore. Toggle the table of contents. Initial development: — [ edit ]. The result was that he broke his sickle and rake. The English machine was also unsuccessful, but McCormick's reaper performed well enough to cut an estimated twenty acres a day. United States. In , after Hussey's death, his heirs successfully obtained an extension of his patents.

However, during this period, Hussey focused on the eastern markets, where his machine was especially in use as a mower. Hussey sold only two reapers following these contests, while McCormick sold twenty-nine. Whaling remained an occupation for Hussey into his thirties. Hussey, Obed,