Who created the first lawn mower?
The first lawn mower was invented in 1830 by Edwin Beard Budding, an engineer from Gloucestershire, England. His reel mower was a set of blades set in a cylinder on two wheels – when you pushed the lawn mower the cylinder rotated and the blades cut the grass. But it wasn’t designed to cut grass – it was for trimming the nap on cloth, which was the main industry in the area at the time. He quickly realized it could have its uses and patented his lawn mower immediately. Before his invention, a scythe was used, or sheep or other grazing animals were allowed to graze on the grass. Who came up with Play-Doh? Play-Doh, the popular children’s modeling clay, was invented by brothers Noah and Joseph McVicker. They patented it in 1956 and originally sold it in only one color, off-white. Since then, more than 700 million pounds of Play-Doh have been sold, but the formula (now owned, like the trade name and manufacturing rights, by Hasbro) is still a closely-guarded secret. How long have aerosol c
