Nasmyth's patent steam hammer mb-height 4583 he beat this record at

he beat this record at Dumbleyung Lake

February 1970

The city walls are shown in red

View of Portman Square's north side

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer mb-height 4583 he beat this record atNasmyth'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,