INVENTOR

James Nasmyth

1808 - 1890

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James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth) (19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. He was the co-founder of Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company manufacturers of machine tools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Nasmyth has received more than 152,606 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). James Nasmyth is the 256th most popular inventor (up from 262nd in 2019), the 2,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 40th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 2.22

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Nasmyth ranks 256 out of 426. Before him are Ottomar Anschütz, Joseph Whitworth, Léon Gaumont, Fritz von Opel, Ricardo Wolf, and Abraham Darby I. After him are Robert Cornelius, Petrache Poenaru, Arthur Wynne, Jacob W. Davis, Wan Hu, and Joseph-Armand Bombardier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, James Nasmyth ranks 43. Before him are Karl Friedrich Lessing, Auguste Franchomme, Johann Benedict Listing, Johann Kaspar Bluntschli, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, and Caterina Scarpellini. After him are Lysander Spooner, August von Werder, Henry Cole, Michael William Balfe, Josef Kajetán Tyl, and Salmon P. Chase. Among people deceased in 1890, James Nasmyth ranks 38. Before him are Vasile Alecsandri, Ivan Mažuranić, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Ignaz von Döllinger, and Alexander Parkes. After him are William Gull, Octave Feuillet, Otto August Rosenberger, Marianne North, Apollonie Sabatier, and Prince Karl of Auersperg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Nasmyth ranks 2,374 out of 8,785. Before him are June Almeida (1930), Sarah Siddons (1755), Jock Stein (1922), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Patrick Troughton (1920), and Charles Burney (1726). After him are Ray Cooney (1932), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), Ælfgifu of Northampton (990), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), and Jamie Vardy (1987).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Nasmyth ranks 40. Before him are Alexander Parkes (1813), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kemp Starley (1854), Joseph Whitworth (1803), and Abraham Darby I (1678). After him are Arthur Wynne (1871), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Samuel Morland (1625), and John Barnard (1946).

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