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James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
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This autobiography recounts the life and work of James Nasmyth, a nineteenth-century Scottish engineer and inventor, edited by Samuel Smiles. It will interest readers of engineering history, Victorian biography, and the development of industrial technology.
James Nasmyth
James Hall Nasmyth 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. He retired at the age of 48, and moved to Penshurst, Kent where he developed his hobbies of astronomy and photography.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).
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