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DESCRIPTION Automatic wood screw making machine
MANUFACTURER Nettlefold & Chamberlain, Birmingham, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Thomas James Sloan, American
DATE 1860
MATERIAL Iron, steel, copper alloy, leather
DIMENSIONS 880x100x720
PROVENANCE Gift from Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (G.K.N.) Ltd in 1954
LOCATION Thinktank
CAT. NO 1954.S.00329 | |
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Automatic wood screw making machine | © Thinktank Trust | Come and see it in the Making Things gallery at Thinktank
As mass production developed, Birmingham businessmen took up the latest ideas. John Nettlefold, a Birmingham screw manufacturer, went to the Paris exhibition in 1851. He saw a machine for making screws designed by an American, Thomas Sloan. Nettlefold and his business partner bought exclusive rights to use Sloan’s designs. Nettlefold & Chamberlain became Britain’s leading screw-making firm. Machines like this made screws in two automatic operations. They were so easily supervised that one woman could attend many machines.
While many Birmingham companies made metal products, some firms that specialised in other materials... MORE |
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