biography
pronunciation:
[naysmith]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1808–90)
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| biography:
| Engineer, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. From boyhood he showed a talent for mechanics, building successful model steam engines while still at school. He started in business at Manchester (1834), and established at Patricroft the Bridgewater Foundry (1836). He devised and patented a steam hammer to assist with forging work (1842), and it became a major tool in the Industrial Revolution. Among his other inventions were a steam pile-driver, a planing machine, and a hydraulic punching machine. |
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