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The first mechanical lawn mower was invented in 1827 by a man named Edwin Beard Budding. It had blades attached to a cylinder and a handle to push.
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The next mower was chain driver. It was invented in 1859 by Thomas Green.
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In 1870 Elwood McGuire came out with a machine that was a lot lighter than Edwin Budding's lawn mower and was way easier to use.
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James Sumner invented a steam powered mower in 1893. This machine took paraffin or petrol fuel.
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In 1900 JP Engineering of Leicester and Ransomes' Automaton created chain-driven mowers also to be known as the first riding mower.
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Colonel Edwin George come out with gasoline running lawn mowers in 1919.
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Rotary mowers appeared in 1930 invented by power specialties Ltd. and C.C. Stacy. Stacy's version has a round blade horizontally that mounted vertically.
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By 2015 there was such thing as gas and even battery mowers which were a lot more efficient than previous generations. Riding mowers were made to be a lot nicer.
