Steam-hammer / model

Description

Model of James Nasmyth's steam-hammer with Robert Wilson's self-acting motion introduced in 1843, scale 1:6, made in the museum workshop in 1870

Museum reference

T.1870.53.13

Collection

Industry and Commerce

Object name

Steam-hammer / model

Production information

Industrial Museum of Scotland, Modelmaker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1870

Materials

Metal

Associations

Modifier: Wilson, Robert, 1803 - 1882
Eponym: Nasmyth, James Hall, 1808 - 1890