Mower
['moɚ] or ['moɚr]
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, mows; a mowing machine; as, a lawn mower.
Typed by Duane
Examples
- If clover is to be used I would recommend that a hay-loader be tried for the purpose of picking it up just as left by the mower. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- In 1890 this was increased to 3,000 self-binding harvesters, 4,000 reapers, and 2,000 mowers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The total value of mowers and reapers exported in 1890 was $2,092,638. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- To-day the total number of self-binding harvesters, reapers and mowers in use is estimated to be two millions. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Up to this time, about eleven thousand patents have been granted in the United States, all presumably on separate improvements in mowers and reapers alone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the United States, inventions in mowers and reapers began to make their appearance about 1820. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1885 more than 100,000 self-binding harvesters and 150,000 reapers and mowers were built and sold. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The difficulty that confronted the invention of mowers was the construction, location and operation of the cutting part. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The growth subsequent to 1890 is well attested by the exports for 1899, which for mowers and reapers was $9,053,830, or more than four times what it was in 1890. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- There were exported in the year 1880 about 800 self-binding harvesters, 2,000 reapers, and 1,000 mowers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Harvesters and Mowers at World's Fair, London, 1851. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Harvester has sometimes been used as a broad term to cover both mowers and reapers. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Reapers and mowers were lighter in construction, and far less in cost, and stronger and more effective in every way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1898 the output of this one factory for the year was 74,000 self-binding harvesters, 107,000 mowers, 9,000 corn harvesters, and 10,000 reapers, amounting to 200,000 machines. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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