The Story of the First Lawn Mower

The first lawns of short grass were appeared in France, approximately 300 years ago, and then the other countries began to use over this experience. Obviously that the methods of maintaining lawns were inconsistent and inefficient. Lawns were first kept clean and tidy by having animals graze on the grass, or by the use of sickle, scythe, or shears to hand-cut the grass lawns.

Everything changed in the middle XIX century with invention of the lawn mower.

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"MACHINE FOR MOWING LAWNS"

"Machine for mowing lawns, etc." - this was a description of the first patent for a lawn mover. It was granted by  Edwin Beard Budding on August 31, 1830 (England).

Edwin's design had a special cutting tool used for a uniform trimming of carpet.

That was something like reel-type mover with a series of blades arranged around a cylinde. The owner of Phoenix Foundry, John Ferrabee, first started to produce the Budding lawn mowers, for the Zoological Gardens in London.

1890's - Steam powered lawn mowers began to appear.

1902 - the first commercial mower with an internal combustion gasoline engine, was produced.

1919 - The first manufacture of gasoline powered lawn mowers in the US.

Despite on some improvements in mower technology, several companies are bringing back the old ways by using grazing goats as a low-cost alternative.

Nowadays, there is a wide range of push reel lawn mowers on the market, and each landscaping machine has its own peculiar features that condition its efficiency.

Here you can read about the differences between them.