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Encyclopedia > Edwin Beard Budding

Edwin Beard Budding (1795-1846)an engineer from Stroud, Gloucestershire, England was the English inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and adjustable spanner. 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Gasoline-powered push rotary mower. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Adjustable spanner There are many forms of the shifting spanner, from the taper locking spanners which needed a hammer to set the moveable jaw to the size of the nut, to the modern screw adjusted spanner. ...


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  • BBC Online article about Edwin Beard Budding: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/budding_edwin_beard.shtml

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Lawn Mower History (873 words)
Budding realised that a similar concept would enable the cutting of grass if the mechanism could be mounted in a wheeled frame to make the blades rotate close to the lawn's surface.
Budding and Ferrabee were shrewd enough to allow other companies to build copies of their mower under licence, the most successful of these being Ransomes of Ipswich which began making mowers as early as 1832.
By the 1850s, Budding's early patents had lapsed and other companies were able to introduce their own machines.
2006 September (953 words)
Mowers were invented in Britain in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding, primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expansive gardens.
Budding’s mower was designed primarily to cut the lawn on sports grounds and expansive gardens as a superior alternative to the scythe.
One of the first Budding and Ferrabee machines was used in Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens in London, in 1831.
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