A mechanical reaper or reaping machine is a mechanical, semi-automated device that harvests crops. Mechanical reapers and their descendant machines have been an important part of mechanized agriculture and a main feature of agricultural productivity.

Resembling a two-wheeled, horse-drawn chariot, the machine consisted of a vibrating cutting blade, a reel to bring the grain within its reach, and a platform to receive the falling grain. The reaper embodied the principles essential to all subsequent grain-cutting machines.

He finally sold seven reapers in 1842, 29 in 1843, and 50 in 1844. They were all built manually in the family farm shop.

McCormick set his price and didn’t haggle. Also unlike competitors, he allowed term payments, a novel idea in the early 1850s when the reaper cost $125 — worth $3,800 today. The farmer could deposit $35, plus freight, with the balance due after the next harvest was paid.

Reaper, any farm machine that cuts grain. Early reapers simply cut the crop and dropped it unbound, but modern machines include harvesters, combines, and binders, which also perform other harvesting operations. A patent for a reaper was issued in England to Joseph Boyce in 1800.

Reapers is a type of angel, tasked with the duty of taking human souls to the Afterlife in Supernatural the CW TV show. Reapers are the children of Death, who has established the Natural Order with God, which shows that souls must move on, as being a ghost is somewhat unnatural.

McCormick’s reaper could cut more wheat in a day than a half-dozen farmhands. The machine’s speed increased crop yields, decreased the number of farmhands needed, and helped turn the Midwest into the nation’s breadbasket region. Because farmers were able to harvest wheat so quickly, they began to plant more of it.

In English Death is usually given the name Grim Reaper and from the 15th century to now, the Grim Reaper is shown as a human skeleton holding a scythe and clothed with a black cloak with a hood. It is also given the name of Angel of Death (Hebrew: מלאך המוות‎, Mal’ach Ha’Mavett), that appeared in the Bible.

In Western Europe, Death has commonly been personified as an animated skeleton since the Middle Ages. This character, which is often depicted wielding a scythe, is said to collect the souls of the dying or recently dead. In the late 1800s, the character of Death became known as the Grim Reaper in English literature.

In 2 Samuel 24:15-16, the destroying angel kills the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Seraphim are the highest angelic class and they serve as the caretakers of God’s throne and continuously sing praises to God of “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”