Richard Bowyer Smith

Richard Bowyer Smith (2 September 1837 in London, England – 4 February 1919 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian inventor.

The South Australian government had offered a reward of £200 to anyone who could develop an effective mechanical stump puller, due to the difficulties farmers encountered on newly cleared land.

The plough consisted of a number (originally three) of hinged shares: when any blade encountered an underground obstacle, it would rise out of the ground.

[3] R. B. Smith was later credited as the inventor of the design by the Parliament of South Australia in 1882, despite controversy over the claim, and was awarded £500.

R. B., dubbed "Stump Jump" Smith, was manager of the Freemasons Hotel[4] in Beverley, Western Australia from 1893 to 1895, and the Railway Refreshment Rooms between 1895 and 1899.