Lawn Mower

World's First Lawn Mower

Aug 31, 1830

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_mower](The first lawn mower was invented by Edwin Budding in 1830[1] in Thrupp)

First Lawn Mower Patent

Aug 31, 1830

Budding's mower was designed primarily to cut the grass on sports grounds and extensive gardens, as a superior alternative to the scythe, and was granted a British patent on August 31, 1830.

World's Second Lawn Mower

Sep 13, 1870

[http://www.american-lawns.com/history/history_mower.html] (In 1870, Elwood McGuire of Richmond, Indiana designed a machine that basically brought push mowing to the masses. It was lighter, easier to push and had fewer moving parts than the old versions)

First Steam powered Lawn Mower

Sep 11, 1893

James Sumner of Lancashire patented the first steam-powered lawn mower in 1893.

First Manufactured Gasoline-Powered Mowers

Sep 9, 1914

In the United States, gasoline-powered lawn mowers were first manufactured in 1914 by Ideal Power Mower Co. of Lansing, Michigan, based on a patent by Ransom E. Olds.

World's Third Lawn Mower

Jul 19, 1919

[http://www.american-lawns.com/history/history_mower.html] (In the United States, the first gasoline powered mowers were manufactured in 1919 by Colonel Edwin George )

World's Fourth Lawn Mower

Oct 18, 1919

Gang mowers, those with multiple sets of blades to cut a wider swath, were built in the United States in 1919 by the Worthington Mower Company.

First Motor Mower

Sep 14, 1920

In the 1920s one of the most successful companies to emerge during this period was Atco, at that time a brand name of Charles H Pugh Ltd.

Gasoline Powered Mower

Oct 16, 1927

Many people experimented with rotary blade mowers in the late 1920s and early 1930s, and Power Specialties Ltd. introduced a gasoline-powered rotary mower.

Top Selling Gasoline Mower of the Time

May 11, 1952

The first Victa mowers were manufactured, going on sale on 20 September 1952