The increase in life expectancy during the 20th century is largely due to improvements in child survival; this increase is associated with reductions in infectious disease mortality, due largely to immunization.1 However, infectious diseases remain a major cause of illness, disability, and death.
The First Mowers. The lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Stroud, Gloucestershire, England. He obtained the idea after seeing a machine in a local cloth mill which used a cutting cylinder (or bladed reel) mounted on a bench to trim cloth to make a smooth finish after weaving.
What Mower Should I Use? There are two basic types of mowers: Rotary Mowers and Reel Mowers. Rotary mowers are the most commonly used mowers and generally fall into three categories: hand-pushed rotary mowers, self-propelled rotary mowers, and riding mowers.