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James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth) (19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer.
The possibility of a steam hammer was noted by James Watt (1736–1819) in his 28 April 1784 patent for an improved steam engine. [12] Watt described "Heavy Hammers or Stampers, for forging or stamping iron, copper, or other metals, or other matters without the intervention of rotative motions or wheels, by fixing the Hammer or Stamper to be so worked, either directly to the piston or piston ...
James Nasmyth's patent steam hammer. Robert Wilson, Works Manager at James Nasmyth's Bridgewater foundry in Patricroft near Manchester, had improved Nasmyth's 1842 design for a steam hammer, inventing the self-acting motion that made it possible to adjust the force of the blow delivered by the hammer – a critically important improvement. [27]
The steam hammer: James Nasmyth (1808–1890) [42] Wire rope: Robert Stirling Newall (1812–1889) [43] Steam engine improvements: William Mcnaught (1831–1881) [44] The Fairlie, a narrow gauge, double-bogie railway engine: Robert Francis Fairlie (1831–1885) [45] Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel (1889) [46]
The Creusot steam hammer of 1877, a huge hammer with a design evolved from Bourdon's original. François Bourdon is best known for his invention of the steam hammer, an idea that is also attributed to the Scottish engineer James Nasmyth. In 1839, Bourdon conceived of the idea of directly attaching a mass of iron to the piston rod of a steam ...
James Nasmyth (1808–1890), Scottish engineer, inventor of the steam hammer and the Nasmyth telescope, son of Alexander Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831), Scottish landscape painter, son of Alexander Thomas Goodall Nasmyth (1855-1937), Scottish physician, medical author and historian
A Nasmyth steam hammer at the site of the former foundry. During World War I the factory was mainly engaged in munitions work, but it built twenty 2-8-0 locomotives for the French Chemin de fer de l'État (140-251 to 140-270) and 32 for India, along with a hundred small petrol driven locomotives. [6]
James Nasmyth, Woodburytype print, c.1877 . James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth) (19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. He was the co-founder of Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company manufacturers of machine tools.