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Sequential Block Production System Designed

France · Science / Engineering. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1801

Marc Isambard Brunel1801

London · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel develops a linked sequence of specialised machines so pulley blocks can be produced repeatedly to standard dimensions.

Names involved

Marc Isambard Brunel

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