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Name: James Nasmyth
Birth Date: August 19, 1808
Death Date: May 7, 1890
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Gender: Male
Occupations: engineer

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Biography of James Nasmyth
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James Nasmyth (1808-1890) was an inventor and contributed greatly to the inventions of power tools, most notably the steam hammer. James Nasmyth invented the steam hammer, one of the integral contributions to the industrial revolution in Europe....
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Biography of James Nasmyth
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James Nasmyth invented the steam hammer, one of the integral contributions to the Industrial Revolution in Europe. Nasmyth was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 19, 1808, the son of an artist. He left school at age twelve to make model engines and...


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1808-1890 Scottish inventor who designed the first powerful steam hammer (patented in 1842). James Nasmyth manufactured more than 100 steam locomotives, a series of small high-pressure steam engines, hydraulic presses, an assortment of steam-driven...
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This article is about the Scottish engineer. For the inventor of basketball, see James...


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James Nasmyth; industrial revolutionary.
02/01/1990: 3,545 words, approx. 12 pages
No one has been more explicit about the importance of drawing to the practice of engineering than James Nasmyth. Born in Edinburgh in 1808, Nasmyth flourished during the transition of engineering from a learn-by-doing craft in the first part of the ]9th century...


 

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