I love hammers, or to be more precise, I like hitting things with hammers. Be it nails, walnuts or – at some point in the long-distant past – brothers. So when I saw this giant steam powered hammer looming over me in Making the Modern World I had to learn more. It was invented by James Hall Nasmyth. He was born in 1808, and drawn to mechanics from a young age, making his first steam engine at the age of 17. […]
Keeper of Technology and Engineering David Rooney takes a closer look at the V2 engine.
Explore the history of the Schneider Trophy, which was offered from 1913 to encourage the development of seaplanes.