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A snow blower or snowblower or snow thrower is a machine for removing snow from an area where it is problematic, such as a driveway, sidewalk, roadway, railroad track, ice rink, or runway. The commonly used term "snow blower" is a misnomer, as the snow is moved using an auger or impeller instead of being blown (by air).
In 1948, Toro acquired Whirlwind Corp. and introduced a bagging system to rotary mowers. [8] It created its first snowblower in 1951, and in 1956 was the first lawn and garden manufacturer to advertise on television. [9] Toro purchased an irrigation equipment manufacturer in 1962 and entered the underground irrigation business. [9]
A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood, without splitting. It was defined in Joseph Gwilt's Architecture (1859) as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other".
The stem christie or wedge christie, [1] is a type of skiing turn that originated in the mid-1800s in Norway and lasted until the late 1960s. [2]
The Auger effect (/ oʊ ˈ ʒ eɪ /; French pronunciation:) or Auger−Meitner effect is a physical phenomenon in which atoms eject electrons. It occurs when an inner-shell vacancy in an atom is filled by an electron, releasing energy that causes the emission of another electron from a different shell of the same atom.
A residential riding or "ride-on" mower A battery-powered robotic lawn mower A commercial zero-turn mower. A lawn mower (also known as a grass cutter or simply mower, also often spelled lawnmower) is a device utilizing one or more revolving blades (or a reel) to cut a grass surface to an even height. The height of the cut grass may be fixed by ...
Donald looks outside his house one day and is joyed to see snow on the ground. Putting on his overcoat, he goes out to play with a sled on a nearby hill while singing "Jingle Bells".