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Lawn Moower: The Industrial Revolution

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The lawn mower has evolved since it was first introduced in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding and mass manufactured by John Ferrabee. It’s first design had handles to push with blades attached to a cylinder to cut the grass, it was regarded as a major step forward to using a scythe. As the industrial revolution settles in, the lawn mower became more efficient with the addition of steam power, it continued to be redesign over the 20th century with new power source of gasoline in 1919 and with the addition of the revolutionary rotary mower in 1930. Today with the advancement of technology there are gas and battery powered lawn mowers and also solar powered lawn mowers. The first lawn mower was a push mower with no engine and insufficient blades,
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