Nasmyth

/ ˈneɪsmɪθ /

noun

1. NasmythJames18081890MBritishTECHNOLOGY: engineerTECHNOLOGY: inventor James. 1808–90, British engineer; inventor of the steam hammer (1839)

Example Sentences

But destiny, in the shape of the Rev. Mr. Nasmyth, came between me and Miss Temple: I saw her in her travelling dress step into a post-chaise, shortly after the marriage ceremony; I watched the chaise mount the hill and disappear beyond its brow; and then retired to my own room, and there spent in solitude the greatest part of the half-holiday granted in honour of the occasion.

From Literature

When the gas station closed in the late 1980s, the steel and plaster structures designed by local commercial artist Lewis Nasmyth fell into disrepair.

From Seattle Times

Yet another section covers solar-inspired art, including a set of incredibly detailed sunspot paintings by the nineteenth-century British engineer James Nasmyth; derived from his own observations, they portray the texture of the Sun’s surface as eerie and almost organic.

From Nature

An 1860 painting of a sunspot by engineer James Nasmyth.Credit:

From Nature

James Nasmyth, the British engineer and amateur astronomer, produced what looked like impressive photographs of the Moon back in 1874.

From Nature