Nasmyth's patent steam hammer mb-height 4583 The city walls are shown

The city walls are shown in red

Bloomsbury Way

Presentation of the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria to Colonel Sir Thomas Trowbridge

A macaroni (possibly George Colman) standing outside entrance to Covent Garden Theatre has snatched the wig off the head of a smaller man

from the garden

Nasmyth's patent steam hammer mb-height 4583 The city walls are shownNasmyth'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,