Old Photograph James Hall Nasmyth Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of James Hall Nasmyth in Edinburgh, Scotland. James, born on 19th of August 1808, died on 7th of May 1890, was a Scottish engineer and inventor famous for his development of the steam hammer. His father Alexander Nasmyth was a landscape and portrait painter in Edinburgh, where James was born. One of Alexander's hobbies was mechanics and he employed nearly all his spare time in his workshop where he encouraged his youngest son to work with him in all sorts of materials. In memory of his renowned contribution to the discipline of mechanical engineering, the Department of Mechanical Engineering building at Heriot-Watt University, in his birthplace of Edinburgh, is called the James Nasmyth Building.

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