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2. Lawn mower - Wikipedia

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   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 the mower's design but generally is adjustable by the operator, typically by a single master lever or by a ...

3. Roller mower - Wikipedia

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   A roller mower, or rollermower, is a tractor-powered multi-spindled rotary mowers that have full width rollers front and rear. Most rollermowers attach to a four-wheeled tractor via the three-point linkage and are powered by the tractor's power take-off (PTO), though larger models connect three or more complete mowing decks to a separate chassis that is towed behind the tractor.

4. Atco (British mower company) - Wikipedia

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   Atco is the trade name for lawn mowers derived from the Atlas Chain Company, founded by Charles Henry Pugh in 1865, which made chains for ships. [1] [2]Mowing machines (replacing scythes) were drawn by horses but, after a horse died while pulling a mower around his company's facility, Pugh created a petrol lawnmower, which became the first of its kind to be mass-produced anywhere in the world.

5. Alvin Straight - Wikipedia

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   Alvin Boone Straight (October 17, 1920 – November 9, 1996) was an American man who travelled 240 miles (390 km) on a riding lawn mower from Laurens, Iowa to Blue River, Wisconsin to visit his ailing brother in 1994.

6. Zero-turn mower - Wikipedia

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   This drive system can be used on two types of zero-turn mowers: Mid mount, where the mower is suspended under a 4-wheel chassis, with front caster wheels and rear drive wheels; Out front, where the mower is front-mounted and thus terrain following, providing a higher level of balance, comfort, safety and performance. The Out-front models use a ...

7. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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   1830: Edwin Budding invents the lawn mower. 1831: Michael Faraday invents a method of electromagnetic induction. It would be independently invented by Joseph Henry the following year. Faraday is credited with inventing the first electric generator called the Faraday disk. 1834: Moritz von Jacobi invents the first practical electric motor.