who was budding inventor
Edwin Beard Budding (1796â1846), an engineer from Stroud, England, was the English inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and adjustable spanner (1842).he first machine produced was 19 inches in width with a frame made of wrought iron. The mower was pushed from behind with the motive power coming from the rear land roller which drove gears to transfer the drive to the knives on the cutting cylinder; the ratio was 16:1.