Henry Maudslay 1771 - 1831
- occupation:
- Optical instrument maker, Philosophical instrument maker, mathematical instrument maker, Science lecturer
- Nationality:
- English; British
- born in:
- Woolwich, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1789 - at the age of 18, working for Joseph Bramah, Maudslay devised and constructed the machines capable of producing the precisely designed parts for his new form of lock.
1794 - designed a new form of slide rest for the lathe.
1798 - following a wages dispute, he left Bramah to set up his own business.
1800 - designed and made block making machines for mass production for the royal dockyard at Portsmouth.
1805 - took out a patent for machinery to print patterns on cotton fabrics.
1807 - patented an arrangement of a steam engine, which became known as a ‘table engine’.
1829 - became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Related Objects
Model of a pair of side-lever engines from the H.M.S. 'Dee', (1832)
Machine-Screw thread making tool, by Henry Maudslay
Boring machine, Yard No. 642
Distinguished Men of Science
Model, press for cutting out coin blanks
Portrait bust of Henry Maudslay
Beam compass set marked T.H.M.
Scale Model of Machine for Printing Textiles, 1805
Model of Henry Maudslay's table engine, 1807
