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title: James Nasmyth
author: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17050/james-nasmyth/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2023-02-10
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# James Nasmyth

_Authored by The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum_

## Image File

[![James Nasmyth](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17050.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17050.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph of the Scottish engineer James Nasmyth (1808-1890) who invented the [steam hammer](https://www.worldhistory.org/Steam_Hammer/) in 1839 during the [Industrial Revolution](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Industrial_Revolution/). (The [Science](https://www.worldhistory.org/science/) Museum, London)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. B. o. T. o. t. S. (2023, February 10). James Nasmyth. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17050/james-nasmyth/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Board of Trustees of the Science. "James Nasmyth." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 10, 2023. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17050/james-nasmyth/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Board of Trustees of the Science. "James Nasmyth." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Feb 2023, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/17050/james-nasmyth/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co66183/james-nasmyth-photograph-portrait) by **The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 10 February 2023. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.