Nasmyth's patent steam hammer Product:Canvas In January 1858 an Italian

In January 1858 an Italian revolutionary

Original is red and white chalk on buff paper

Ex auctoritate Magnifici Rectoris by Jacobi Voorda (Utrecht

View of Norwich Cathedral

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer Product:Canvas In January 1858 an ItalianNasmyth's patent steam hammer, 1866. The steam hammer was invented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth (1808 1890). It took the human effort out of the process of forging wrought iron and steel to form engine and machine parts, as well as substantially reducing production costs. A print from Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, edited by Charles Tomlinson, Volume II, Virtue and Co,