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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.
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 ...
This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a website. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.The television series airs on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television network and follows remodeling projects of houses over a series of weekly episodes.
Voltages used for electric power transmission increased throughout the 20th century. [50] The first "high voltage" AC power station, rated 4-MW 10-kV 85-Hz, was put into service in 1889 by Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti at Deptford, London. [33] The first electric power transmission line in North America operated at 4000 V.
Powerhouse was born in 1992 from a management buyout of the retail arms of Southern Electric, Midlands Electricity and Eastern Electricity. The head office was based in Bicester. In an attempt to differentiate themselves in the market they positioned themselves as 'local experts' with each store's main sign bearing the town's name.
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a historical site preserving an 1895 alternating current (AC) hydroelectric power station—one of the first in the United States. Before the Folsom powerhouse was built nearly all electric power houses were using direct current (DC) generators powered by steam engines located within a very few miles of ...
Powerhouse (1997 band), reached #38 in the UK with "Rhythm of the Night" in December 1997; Powerhouse (1999 band), responsible for 1999's "What You Need" Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse, a British blues studio supergroup formed in 1966 "Powerhouse", an alias used by the composer Simon Power for his 1988 hit "On the Floor"
The Party is a 1969 Australian TV play. It was made by the ABC in Melbourne under the direction of Chris Muir. It was written for the ABC by the head of Victorian religious broadcasts, John Nicholson. It aired in Melbourne and Sydney on 12 October 1969. [1] It ran for 45 minutes. [2] [3]