cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32524920
I watched several videos on a Combine Harvester's inner workings and I still don't understand how this thing works.
The first version is just a machine that mimics the human motion of doing that task. Its a mechanical reaper that is pulled by a horse:
https://okfronline.com/2024/02/inventions-of-agriculture-the-reaper/
Then someone figures out how to make a self contained engine and it becomes self propelled.
This is a process that occurred over centuries.