Chapter XI
Joseph Bramah
The inventive facultyJoseph Bramah’s early lifeHis amateur workApprenticed to a carpenterStarts as cabinet-maker in LondonTakes out a patent for his water-closetMakes pumps and ironworkInvention of his lockInvents tools required in lock-makingInvents his hydrostatic machineHis hydraulic pressThe leathern collar invented by Henry MaudslayBramah’s other inventionsHis fire-engineHis beer-pumpImprovements in the steam-engineHis improvements in machine-toolsHis number-printing machineHis pen-cutterHis hydraulic machineryPractises as civil engineerAltercation with William Huntington, “S.S.”Bramah’s character and death