Joseph Bramah
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Joseph Bramah , 1748-1814, English inventor. In 1784 he took out his first patent on a safety lock, and in 1795 he patented his hydraulic press, known as the Bramah press (see under hydraulic machine ). He devised a numerical printing machine for bank notes and was one of the first to suggest the practicability of screw propellers and of hydraulic transmission.
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