Toy bricks

Made:
1791-3 in London
inventor:
Samuel Bentham
Toy bricks cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentham

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Toy bricks cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentham
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Toy bricks cut by machinery invented by Sir Samuel Bentham

These samples was made on the woodworking machinery patented by Samuel Bentham in 1793 (no. 1951). It was a prelude to Bentham's later work mechanising the manufacture of wooden pulley blocks for the use of the Royal Navy, which culminated in the world's first suite of special purpose machine tools - in effect, a production line - built at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth, after 1804.

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1859-3
Materials:
mahogany (wood)
type:
toy bricks
credit:
Lady Bentham.