An old engraving of a man operating a hydraulic press for compacting or compressing steel in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Molten steel run off into ingot carriages. These were placed under the press and could be compacted at force to ensure sharp castings, in this case in the production of steel wheels. The hydraulic press was invented in 1770 by English industrialist Joseph Bramah (1749-1814). It was developed by, amongst others, Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803 –1887), another English engineer, who devised a British Standard for screw threads.
An old engraving of a man operating a hydraulic press for compacting or compressing steel in the 1800s. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Molten steel run off into ingot carriages. These were placed under the press and could be compacted at force to ensure sharp castings, in this case in the production of steel wheels. The hydraulic press was invented in 1770 by English industrialist Joseph Bramah (1749-1814). It was developed by, amongst others, Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803 –1887), another English engineer, who also devised the British Standard Whitworth system, which created a standard for screw threads.
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