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An 1854 diagram of the steam hammer invented by James Nasmyth (1808-1890) in 1839. The hammer used steam power to precision drop a weight which bent metal to specification. (From Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering, ed. by Charles Tomlinson, London)
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