- sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons category, Wikidata item.
English inventor and locksmith; known for inventing the hydraulic press
Joseph Bramah
Works
- A Dissertation on the Construction of Locks:
- First Edition (1785)
- Second Edition (1815)
- “A Letter to the Right Hon. Sir James Eyre, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, on the subject of the cause Boulton and Watt v. Hornblower and Maberly, for Infringement on Mr. Watt’s Patent for an Improvement of the Steam Engine” (1797)
- “The Petition and Case of Joseph Bramah” (1798)
- A Feeble Dispute with a Wise and Learned Man (New Edition, 1809) (external scan) (part of a dispute with William Huntington, containing letters of both authors)
Patents
See Patents
Works about Bramah
- "Bramah, Joseph," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- “Bramah, Joseph,” from the Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography (1876) (Professor John Eadie, D. D., Ll. D., et al., editors), by James Brown.
- "Bramah, Joseph," in The Nuttall Encyclopædia, (ed.) by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd. (1907)
- "Bramah, Joseph," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.