Another Listing of Patent No. 5990
An extract from "The Subject Matter Index of Patents & Inventions", another publication that attempted to list the growing number of patents being registered during this period.
In this text, Edwin Beard Budding is incorrectly named Edward. The publication dates from some time after 1843 and lists two additional patents registered by Budding after the lawnmower:
No. 8860, 15 October 1840: covering machinery for cutting vegetables etc.
No. 9788, 15 June 1843: covering improvements to carding and scribbling engines.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PATENTEES OF INVENTIONS
Name of Patentee Progressive Number Date Subject Matter of Patent BUDDING, EDWARD 5990 31st Aug. 1830 Combination and application of machinery for shearing lawns and grass-plats (in place of scythes.) BUDDING, EDWIN 8860 15th Oct. 1840 Machinery for cutting vegetable and other substances. BUDDING, EDWIN 9788 15th Jun. 1843 Covering the cylinders of carding and scribbling engines; condensing the rovings delivered from such engines; apparatus for grinding the points of the cards, which apparatus may also be employed for grinding other articles. PublicationPatent DocumentDate