James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and astronomer mb-code 42-19138833 'The Fall of Man'

'The Fall of Man'

care of his old friend

the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States in 1789

with a quill behind his ear

View of Lambeth Marsh

James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and astronomer mb-code 42-19138833 'The Fall of Man'James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and astronomer, 1877. Nasmyth is best known for his invention of the steam hammer. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).