See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• JOSEPH BRAMAH (1748-1814)

BRAMAH (1748-1814)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English engineer and inventor, was the son of a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Stainborough, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, on the 13th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1748 . Incapacitated for agricultural labour by an See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident to his See also:

• ANKLE

ankle, on the expiry of his indentures he worked as a See also:

• CABINET

cabinet-maker in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he subsequently started business on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . His first patent for some improvements in the mechanism of See also:

• WATER

water-closets was taken out in 1778 . In 1784 he patented the See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock known by his name, and in 1795 he invented the See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press . For an important See also:

• PART

part of this, the See also:

• COLLAR

collar which secured water-tightness between the plunger and the See also:

• CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder in which it st To See also:

• BRAKE

Brake Cylinder U worked, he was indebted to See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry Maudslay, one of his workmen, who also helped him in designing See also:

• MACHINES

machines for the manufacture of his locks . In 18o6 he devised for the See also:

• BANK

Bank of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England a numerical See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine, specially adapted for bank-notes . Other inventions of his included the See also:

• BEER

beer-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing beer, machinery for making aerated See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters, planing machines, and improvements in See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-engines and boilers and in See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper-making machinery . In 1785 he suggested the possibility of See also:

• SCREW (O.E. scrue, from O. Fr. escroue, mod. ecrou; ultimate origin uncertain; the word, or a similar one, appears in Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Schraube, Dan. skrue, but Skeat, following Diaz, finds the origin in Lat. scrobs, a ditch, hole, particularl

screw propulsion for See also:

• SHIPS

ships, and in 1802 the hydraulic transmission of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power; and he constructed waterworks at See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich in 1790 and 1793 . He died in London on the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1814 .