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James Nasmyth & James Carpenter
Plato, The Valley of the Alps, Pico, & c
1874
Woodburytype
Archive Farms
LL/55240
Publication: Nasmyth, James And James Carpenter, The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, John Murray, London, 1874, Plate XIV
Notes: James Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth) (19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. He was the co-founder of Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company manufacturers of machine tools. He retired at the age of 48, and moved to Penshurst, Kent where he developed his hobbies of astronomy and photography.
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