![This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows Nasmyth's Steam Hammer. James Nasmyth was a Scottish engineer who gained fame for his development of the steam hammer. He was co-founder of Nasmyth, This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows Nasmyth's Steam Hammer. James Nasmyth was a Scottish engineer who gained fame for his development of the steam hammer. He was co-founder of Nasmyth,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PBT5FK/this-illustration-dates-to-the-1870s-and-shows-nasmyths-steam-hammer-james-nasmyth-was-a-scottish-engineer-who-gained-fame-for-his-development-of-the-steam-hammer-he-was-co-founder-of-nasmyth-gaskell-and-company-manufacturers-of-machine-tools-with-the-steam-hammer-the-steam-is-admitted-below-the-piston-which-is-thus-raised-to-any-required-height-within-the-limits-of-the-stroke-when-the-communication-with-the-boiler-is-shut-off-and-the-steam-below-the-piston-is-allowed-to-escape-the-piston-with-the-mass-of-ironforming-the-hammer-attached-to-the-piston-rod-falls-by-its-own-weight-thi-PBT5FK.jpg)
This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows Nasmyth's Steam Hammer. James Nasmyth was a Scottish engineer who gained fame for his development of the steam hammer. He was co-founder of Nasmyth,
![An old engraving of Nasmyth's steam hammer c. 1850. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. A steam hammer (or drop hammer) is an industrial power hammer used An old engraving of Nasmyth's steam hammer c. 1850. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. A steam hammer (or drop hammer) is an industrial power hammer used](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/eed6aeeb71b640faa4fe191852cc4dd1/2dmpjfw.jpg)
An old engraving of Nasmyth's steam hammer c. 1850. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. A steam hammer (or drop hammer) is an industrial power hammer used
![James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Engineer; inventor of the steam hammer [e] | National Galleries of Scotland James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Engineer; inventor of the steam hammer [e] | National Galleries of Scotland](https://www.nationalgalleries.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/externals/109394.jpg?itok=VuKgzyYI)
James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Engineer; inventor of the steam hammer [e] | National Galleries of Scotland
![File:Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor from the machine in the great exhibition LCCN2006691796.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, copied by permission of the inventor from the machine in the great exhibition LCCN2006691796.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Nasmyth%27s_patent_steam_hammer%2C_copied_by_permission_of_the_inventor_from_the_machine_in_the_great_exhibition_LCCN2006691796.jpg)
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![The steam hammer was patented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth in 1842. It took the human effort out of the process of forging wrou... - SuperStock The steam hammer was patented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth in 1842. It took the human effort out of the process of forging wrou... - SuperStock](https://cdn.superstock.com/1895/Comp/1895-17338.jpg)
The steam hammer was patented by the Scottish engineer and inventor James Nasmyth in 1842. It took the human effort out of the process of forging wrou... - SuperStock
![James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer (Self-portrait) | National Galleries of Scotland James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer (Self-portrait) | National Galleries of Scotland](https://www.nationalgalleries.org/sites/default/files/styles/postcard/public/externals/120478.jpg?itok=PAxisw0v)
James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Inventor of the steam hammer (Self-portrait) | National Galleries of Scotland
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James Nasmyth, 1808 - 1890. Engineer; inventor of the steam hammer [a] | National Galleries of Scotland
![An engraving depicting James Nasmyth's Steam Hammer at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich. James Nasmyth (1808-1890) a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor. Dated 19th century Stock Photo - Alamy An engraving depicting James Nasmyth's Steam Hammer at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich. James Nasmyth (1808-1890) a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor. Dated 19th century Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RJAF40/an-engraving-depicting-james-nasmyths-steam-hammer-at-the-royal-gun-factory-woolwich-james-nasmyth-1808-1890-a-scottish-engineer-philosopher-artist-and-inventor-dated-19th-century-RJAF40.jpg)
An engraving depicting James Nasmyth's Steam Hammer at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich. James Nasmyth (1808-1890) a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor. Dated 19th century Stock Photo - Alamy
![James Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, 1843, James Hall Nasmyth, a Scottish engineer and inventor Stock Photo - Alamy James Nasmyth's patent steam hammer, 1843, James Hall Nasmyth, a Scottish engineer and inventor Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DWYXCM/james-nasmyths-patent-steam-hammer-1843-james-hall-nasmyth-a-scottish-DWYXCM.jpg)