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of the Washington Patent Office, invented in 1837 a reaping machine having a scalloped reciprocating cutter; the cutting apparatus jointed to a double arm, the opposite end of which was in turn jointed to the main frame, coincident with the axis of the crank-shaft; both supporting-wheels were drivers for the cutters. It was a front-cut machine, and had a lever to raise the cutting-bar to clear stumps and other obstructions. A machine was constructed in 1838, and in 1839 was purchased by Joel Lupton, who rode upon the machine along the turnpike to his home, near Winchester, Va. The machine was used occasionally during a few of the following years, but was soon laid aside, owing to a fear of the neighbors that it would disturb the relations of labor. It was afterward purchased by one of the large firms of reaping machine makers, who became involved in the tedious and expensive litigation which ensued when the reaper became an important article of manufacture and trade. This machine