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John Appleby (inventor)

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218: 30:. It became the foundation for all farm grain binding machinery and was used extensively by all the major manufacturers of large grain harvesting machines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Appleby's knotting device was a major landmark in the mechanization of agriculture and aided the development of the western wheat fields of the United States. 187: 180: 164: 76:
After the war, he returned to Wisconsin and by 1874 had developed a successful wire grain binder. He was unable to gain any financial backing for it because of lack of support from farmers for the use of wire binding because small bits of wire often got into feed grain and were ingested by cattle,
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He licensed the twine binder mechanism to the Gammon and Deering Company, which incorporated it into its Marsh Harvester grain binders and harvesters. Primarily on the value of Appleby's twine binder, The Deering Harvester Company (as it became known in 1880) outsold its competitors.
46:. When he was just 18, Appleby invented the basic knotting device that would become the foundation for all farm binding machinery, but no one was interested in the idea at the time. 301: 103:
In 1881, Appleby sold his grain binder machine patent interests to Champion Machine. He continued to work on various inventions, eventually patenting a horse-drawn
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A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways
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Bound in Twine: The history and ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950
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Appleby's design soon became the standard grain binding device used on machines manufactured by
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U.S. Patent no. 212,420 (filed: February 27, 1877 ; issued: February 18, 1879).
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U.S. Patent no. 798,651 (filed: January 23, 1905 ; issued: September 5, 1905).
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U.S. Patent no. 208,137 (filed: July 8, 1878 ; issued: September 17, 1878).
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Katherine Greening (March 1927). "Early Life of John Francis Appleby".
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Deering Estate at Cutler.16701 SW 72 Ave.Miami FL 33157USA305-235-1668
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inventor who developed a knotting device to bind grain bundles with
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July 14, 1923; reprinted as "The Invention of the Twine Binder" in
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in 1840. In 1844 his extended family of 17 arrived by boat to
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John Appleby is the namesake of the small community of
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U.S. Patent no. 45,466 (issued: December 20, 1864).
165:"Improvement in magazine or self-loading fire-arm," 231:Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). 256:Swingle, F. B. "Unbending Backs at Harvest Time" 302:People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War 264:, vol. 10, 1927, Wisconsin Historical Society 251:Wisconsin Historical Society official website 8: 145:(3). Wisconsin Historical Society: 310–312. 80:By 1878, Appleby had developed a successful 188:"Improvement in grain-binding harvesters," 51:23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment 129: 7: 312:People from Westmoreland, New York 14: 262:The Wisconsin Magazine of History 139:The Wisconsin Magazine of History 38:John Francis Appleby was born in 181:"Improvement in grain-binders," 1: 275:The Wonder Book Of Knowledge 219:"Cotton-harvesting machine," 333: 258:Wisconsin Agriculturalist 105:cotton harvesting machine 317:Engineers from Milwaukee 40:Westmoreland, New York 119:Appleby, South Dakota 44:Milwaukee, Wisconsin 22:(1840–1917) was an 20:John Francis Appleby 307:People from Chicago 201:Sterling D. Evans, 77:causing them harm. 49:He served with the 114:in November 1917. 55:American Civil War 217:John F. Appleby, 186:John F. Appleby, 179:John F. Appleby, 163:John F. Appleby, 16:American inventor 324: 239: 238: 228: 222: 215: 209: 199: 193: 174: 168: 161: 155: 154: 134: 332: 331: 327: 326: 325: 323: 322: 321: 282: 281: 247: 242: 230: 229: 225: 216: 212: 200: 196: 175: 171: 162: 158: 136: 135: 131: 127: 101: 93:Cyrus McCormick 74: 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 330: 328: 320: 319: 314: 309: 304: 299: 294: 284: 283: 280: 279: 271: 266: 253: 246: 245:External links 243: 241: 240: 223: 210: 194: 192: 191: 184: 169: 156: 128: 126: 123: 100: 97: 73: 70: 59:breech loading 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 329: 318: 315: 313: 310: 308: 305: 303: 300: 298: 295: 293: 290: 289: 287: 278: 276: 272: 270: 267: 265: 263: 259: 254: 252: 249: 248: 244: 237:. p. 38. 236: 235: 227: 224: 220: 214: 211: 208: 204: 198: 195: 189: 185: 182: 178: 177: 173: 170: 166: 160: 157: 152: 148: 144: 140: 133: 130: 124: 122: 120: 115: 113: 108: 106: 98: 96: 94: 89: 85: 83: 78: 71: 69: 67: 66:Prussian Army 63: 60: 56: 52: 47: 45: 41: 33: 31: 29: 25: 21: 274: 261: 257: 233: 226: 213: 202: 197: 172: 159: 142: 138: 132: 116: 109: 102: 90: 86: 82:twine binder 79: 75: 72:Grain binder 48: 37: 19: 18: 297:1840 births 292:1917 deaths 110:He died in 286:Categories 125:References 99:Later life 62:needle gun 34:Background 107:in 1905. 24:American 151:4630672 112:Chicago 53:in the 149:  207:p. 4. 176:See: 147:JSTOR 28:twine 288:: 143:10 141:. 121:. 68:. 153:.

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American
twine
Westmoreland, New York
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
American Civil War
breech loading
needle gun
Prussian Army
twine binder
Cyrus McCormick
cotton harvesting machine
Chicago
Appleby, South Dakota
JSTOR
4630672
"Improvement in magazine or self-loading fire-arm,"
"Improvement in grain-binders,"
"Improvement in grain-binding harvesters,"
p. 4.
"Cotton-harvesting machine,"
A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways
Wisconsin Historical Society official website
Swingle, F. B. "Unbending Backs at Harvest Time" Wisconsin Agriculturalist July 14, 1923; reprinted as "The Invention of the Twine Binder" in The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 10, 1927, Wisconsin Historical Society
Deering Estate at Cutler.16701 SW 72 Ave.Miami FL 33157USA305-235-1668
The Wonder Book Of Knowledge, chapter on "Development of the Reaper," Henry Chase. New York: The John C. Winston Company, 1921.
Categories
1917 deaths
1840 births
People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War

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