

Allen & Ginter, 1888, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, public domain · Colour lithograph portrait card 'C. H. M'Cormick', printer's sample for the World's Inventors series published by Allen & Ginter cigarettes, 1888, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 420682, Jefferson R. Burdick Collection). A later printed likeness, not a documented sitting. The 1690 x 2992 pixel scan was cropped to the portrait area inside the card border (caption excluded) and downscaled to 712 x 1200 with no upscaling. · Public domain: 1888 US-published lithograph; Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access record marks the object public domain (CC0)
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사이러스 맥코믹
1809–1884
주요 업적 분야
아직 성격 매칭에 포함되지 않았습니다 — 기록된 근거가 성격 모델 전체를 다루기에는 충분하지 않습니다. 이 페이지의 다른 모든 내용은 자유롭게 확인하실 수 있습니다.
핵심 특성
주요 업적
그는 말이 끄는 기계식 수확기를 개발해 1831년 시연하고 1834년 특허를 받았으며, 이 기계는 손낫을 대체해 곡물 수확에 드는 노동을 크게 줄였다.
그는 1847년 시카고로 생산 거점을 옮겨 공장을 세웠고, 이 공장은 1848년 대량 생산을 시작해 1856년에는 연간 약 4,000대의 수확기를 팔았다.
그는 고정 가격, 성능 보증서, 할부 결제로 수확기를 팔았고, 이 기계는 1851년 런던 수정궁 박람회에서 금메달을 받았다.
삶의 장면들
1831년 그는 아버지가 끝내지 못한 수확기를 넘겨받아 몇 주 만에 작동하는 기계를 시연했고, 이후 여러 해 거의 팔리지 않는 가운데에도 개량을 이어 갔다.
이는 수익이 거의 없는 여러 해 동안에도 제품을 계속 다듬는 모습과 일치한다. 끈기
1851년 7월 영국 팁트리 히스 시험에서 허시의 기계가 막힌 반면 그의 수확기는 젖은 곡물에서도 작동했고, 처음에 조롱했던 런던 타임스는 이를 가치 있는 기여라고 평했다.
이는 공개 시연으로 회의적인 사람들을 설득하려는 모습과 일치한다. 설득력
전환점
외부 업체에 설계를 맡긴 것이 평판에 해가 되자, 그는 1847년 시카고로 옮겨 자체 공장을 세웠다.
이는 실패 뒤에 방식을 바꾸는 모습과 일치한다. 적응력
비슷한 인물
전체적인 프로필이 이 사람과 닮은 사람들이에요.
출처
- Cyrus McCormick (Q719357), verified live via the Wikidata API (2026-11-06): description 'American inventor and businessman (1809-1884)', Korean label 사이러스 맥코믹, born 15 February 1809, died 13 May 1884. Orientation only; not used as support for any row.
- PBS American Experience, 'Chicago: City of the Century: Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884)' (read via a page summary). CANONICAL SIGNIFICANCE SOURCE (with the MIT Lemelson and ASME biographies below): the reaper that replaced the hand scythe, working by 1831 and patented in 1834, fewer than 100 sold by 1846, the 1847 move to Chicago, the performance guarantee ('15 acres a day' or a refund), credit terms, fixed price, interchangeable parts, trained travelling salesmen, 1851 London gold medal, over 4,000 reapers a year by 1860, rebuilding the factory after the 1871 fire. Documentary-series companion page: admiring and brief; says nothing of the Hussey rivalry or patent disputes.
- MIT Lemelson Center, 'Cyrus McCormick' (Inventor of the Week biography; read via a page summary). Early cradle invention in 1824, taking over his father's reaper in 1831 and demonstrating a machine within weeks, near-zero sales for years while he refined the design, first patent in 1834, lenient credit, written performance guarantees, spare parts and advertising, the 1847 Chicago factory, 1851 Crystal Palace medal, French Academy of Sciences election; says he defended his patents in court for years. Admiring institutional biography.
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 'Cyrus McCormick' (Michael McRae, 1 June 2012; read via a page summary; the page notes ASME is reviewing it against current scholarship). Patents of 1834 and 1845 and the 1848 expiry, early licensed manufacture and its quality problems, choosing Chicago for the Midwest market, mass production from 1848 and about 4,000 reapers a year by 1856, fixed prices with instalments, guarantees, service and advertising, the more than 50 competing makers after the patent lapsed, 'stealthy reverse engineering' of rivals, and a portrait of a stronger marketer than mechanic whose legacy is bound up with slavery and the Confederacy. Partly critical; the most balanced of the three biographies.
- Encyclopedia.com, 'McCormick, Cyrus Hall' (biographical encyclopedia entry, read via a page summary). 1831 reaper and 1834 patent, Obed Hussey as main rival and the 1851 London trial, the 1844 licensing scheme that damaged his reputation and the 1847 Chicago factory built in response, the 1848 patent expiry, deferred payments, guarantees and advertising, wages and early negotiation with unions, honours; its bibliography lists the standard biography by William Hutchinson, Norbert Lyons's 'The McCormick Reaper Legend' (which credits his father Robert rather than Cyrus) and a case for Hussey. Mixed in tone; some dates in the entry are inconsistent, so only points confirmed elsewhere are used.
- American National Business Hall of Fame, 'Cyrus McCormick' (laureate biography; read via a page summary). 1831 experimental harvester and 1834 patent, early licensing deals that failed and the Chicago plant partly financed by William Ogden (bought out in 1849), output of 2,500 reapers in 1855 and 4,000 in 1856, fixed price with a written guarantee and $30 down and $90 later, dated testimonials and public competitions, exclusive agents' territories, constant patent battles, a competitor's complaint that he 'flooded the country' with machines, and a dispute with his brother Leander in 1880. Hall-of-fame text: favourable.
- Joseph Gies, 'The Great Reaper War', Invention & Technology, Winter 1990 (read via a page summary). COUNTER-VOICE and independent account: Hussey patented a reaper in December 1833 and his cutter was generally considered superior, McCormick publicly warned others against infringing in 1834, the July 1851 Tiptree Heath trial in which Hussey's machine clogged and McCormick's won, a later Hussey rematch win, the Manny infringement case that McCormick lost, his hiring of salesmen, sales wall maps, credit and printed instructions, and that he 'pressured and bribed editors', with the author concluding McCormick received the lion's share of reward for work others shared. Magazine history article; its fire date and some litigation details were not used because other sources conflict.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access record 'Cyrus Hall McCormick, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes' (object 420682; API record read: 1888 commercial colour lithograph, publisher Allen & Ginter, Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, public domain flag true). Portrait source record for the image used.





