Joseph Bramah 1749 - 1814

occupation:
Engineer, Inventor of locks
Nationality:
English; British

1749-1814, engineer; inventor of locks, English; British

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Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

Hydraulic accumulator, 1900

Hand-cranked model of stern of vessel fitted with Joseph Bramah's patented screw-propeller (no. 1478) from 1785

Engraving, A view of the Patent Fire Engine

Five milling cutters
Quick-grip vice for attaching to a lathe, made by Joseph Bramah, c. 1780

Quick-grip vice for attaching to a lathe
Hydrostatic balance to demonstrate principle of hydraulic press by Joseph Bramah

Hydrostatic balance to demonstrate principle of hydraulic press by Joseph Bramah
Bramah nine-inch five guard double-sided rim drawback lock with dead action

Bramah nine-inch five guard double-sided rim drawback lock with dead action
Medicine chest, mahogany, 22 glass bottles, 20 labelled, 15 from T.C. Lester of Hull, 4 drawers of drugs, 4 boxes of drugs, 1 loose label, 7 glass fluid measures, 1 pottery fluid measure, 1 card pill box, 1 pottery pestle, 1 pottery pill tile, scales, plaster spreader, knife and catgut tube, c1840

Medicine chest
Machine for winding spiral springs, made by Joseph Bramah, c. 1780

Machine for winding spiral springs

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