Chapter XIII
Joseph Clement
Skill in contrivance a matter of educationBirth and parentage of Joseph ClementApprenticed to the trade of a slaterHis skill in amateur workMakes a turning-latheGives up slating, and becomes a mechanicEmployed at Kirby Stephen in making power-loomsRemoves to CarlisleGlasgowPeter Nicholson teaches him drawingRemoves to AberdeenWorks as a mechanic and attends CollegeLondonEmployed by Alexander GallowayEmployed by BramahAdvanced to be foremanDraughtsman at Maudslay and Field’sBegins business on his own accountHis skill as a mechanical draughtsmanInvents his drawing instrumentHis drawing-tableHis improvements in the self-acting latheHis double-driving centre-chuck and two-armed driverHis fluted taps and diesInvention of his Planing MachineEmployed to make Babbage’s Calculating MachineResume of the history of apparatus for making calculationsBabbage’s engine proceeded withIts great costInterruption of the workClement’s steam-whistlesMakes an organCharacter and death