biography
pronunciation:
[mawdzlee]
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| lived:
| (1771–1831)
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| biography:
| Engineer, and inventor of improvements for the metal lathe, born in Woolwich, Kent, SE England, UK. He learned his job as apprentice to Joseph Bramah, set up on his own in 1797, and invented various types of machinery, including a screw-cutting lathe. He also invented the slide rest, and a method of desalinating sea water. With Joshua Field (1757–1863), he began producing marine engines, and started the firm of Maudslay, Sons & Field (1810). |
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