Henry Maudslay and the Pioneers of the Machine Age
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The Industrial Revolution required machine tools, and machining tolerances far tighter than those prevailing in 1700.
That revolution was chiefly the result of Joseph Bramah and Henry Maudslay. Bramah designed an improved water closet and invented the hydraulic press.
He discovered the need for replaceable parts and tight tolerances after building a complex Challenge Lock, which became commercially viable after Maudslay enabled him to manufacture it in quantity – the Bramah Locks business still exists today.
Maudslay left Bramah in 1797, becoming the pioneer of the machine tool industry, inventing the screw-cutting lathe, the bench micrometer, and the table-top steam…
From Martin's list on industrial revolutionaries.
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