Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

When was the first lawn mower invented?

  1. 1830

  2. 1854

  3. 1835

  4. 1849
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The first lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Budding in Gloucestershire, England. His rotary mower design was inspired by machines used to trim cloth nap in textile mills. Before this invention, lawns were maintained by scything or grazing animals. Budding's patent revolutionized lawn maintenance for the emerging middle class.

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