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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | Wisniewski, Nicole |
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| Author Affiliation: | Assistant Editor, Lawn & Landscape |
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| Title: | Coming of age: From one man who was inspired by a carpet cutter to more than two dozen commercial manufacturers today, the lawn mower has come a long way |
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| Source: | Lawn and Landscape. Vol. 19, No. 11, November 1998, p. 42, 44, 46, 71, 74, 76, 156. |
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| Publishing Information: | Cleveland, OH: GIE, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Mowers; Futures; Reel mowers; History; Rotary mowers; Gang mowers; Hand mowers; Riding mowers
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| Trade Names: | Hustler; Toro |
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| Subjects' Names: | Budding, Edward Beard; Shanks, Alexander; Surner, James; Ransome, J.E.; Goodall, Leonard |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the history and evolution of the lawnmower. Describes the first lawnmower, inspired by a carpet cutting machine and made of cast iron. Discusses the Victorian era, when "leisure time became a part of every day life...sports because much more popular at this time, and they needed good turf for play." Describes horse-drawn lawnmowers, created in 1841. Describes "gang unit" lawnmowers, in which "three, five or seven sidewheel mowers hooked together in a V-shape and towed behind a horse, tractor, or car." Describes the creation of the rotary mower, operated by an electic motor. States that "the rotary mower inspired Bunton's 1954 claim to fame: the wide-area, self-propelled, walk-behind mower." Describes zero-turn mowers, which occur when "a lawnmower can turn completely around within its own length without veering out of its dimensional box." Describes the creation of the hydraulic drive. Discusses the increase in the landscape contractor market. Discusses current advancements being done on lawnmowers, such as a compact size. Briefly speculates on the future of the lawnmower. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Includes sidebar, "A better mousetrap", p. 46
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Wisniewski, N. 1998. Coming of age: From one man who was inspired by a carpet cutter to more than two dozen commercial manufacturers today, the lawn mower has come a long way. Lawn Landscape. 19(11):p. 42, 44, 46, 71, 74, 76, 156. |
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