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In 1869 two people in England patened a side wheel lawn mower. This machine was consiferably lighter than the previous roller types.
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The first lawnmower was made in 1870
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The Pennsylvania Mower Company made a side-wheel machine that was driven by a train of grars instead of a interanal gear ring and pinion.
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The first gas powered lawn mower was patened by a guy in 1902, but the first successful attempt to market a gas powered mower was in 1904.
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the first gas powered lawnmower was manufactured in 1919 but it wasn't widely used because the economy was in a depression at the time.
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In 1920 one of the first rotary power mowers produced. Note the belt drive
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The first riding, zero turn lawnmower was made in 1949. It was called zero turn because it could make a 360 turn.
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In 2008 lawnmowers were regulated to meet EPA regulatins, making them 95% cleaner than just 15 years before
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lawnmower that drives itself. Only costs $25
