James Nasmyth
@jamesnasmyth
Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor (1808–1890)
Building Nasmyth, Wilson and Company as Founder
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Key facts
- Lived
- 1808–1890
- Educated at
- Royal High School · Heriot-Watt University
About
James Nasmyth (1808–1890) was an astronomer and inventor. They were born in Edinburgh. They studied at Royal High School.
In context
Nasmyth, Wilson and Company was founded in 1836 and closed in 1940, after 104 years. Among the 7 other industrial manufacturing companies founded in the 1830s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 82 years, so this one outlasted most of them.
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Contribution
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