Scotch name, Mr. McCormick is a native of Virginia; and if he re-invented the Reaper, it was original with ... there wasmore grain cut with my machine than with Mr. Bell's in 1835.

I. The first infringement charged is that of the divider—a part of the reaping machine which is of a wedge form, and projects in advance of the sickle, to separate the grain to be cut in the ...