Nasmyth, James, c 1843-1847

From a typed note pasted on the page: "Nasmyth, James (1808-1890), engineer; son of Alexander Nasmyth [q. v.]; constructed a six-inch diameter reflecting telescope, 1827; constructed (1827) a steam-engine capable of carrying six people; became assistant to Mandslay, 1829; started in business at Manchester, 1834, as a maker of machine-tools; invented the steam hammer, 1839, and patented it, 1842; the first to observe a mottled appearance of the sun's surface called 'willow leaves' or 'rice grains', 1860; invented a nutshaping machine, a flexible shaft for driving small drills, and an hydraulic punching-machine; proposed the use of cHilled cast-iron shot, 1862; published, in conjunction with James Carpenter, an elaborate work on the moon, 1874. [xl. 116]".