Marc Isambard BrunelApril 1802
Samuel Bentham recommends installation of Brunel's block-making machinery at Portsmouth Dockyard.
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Samuel Bentham recommends installation of Brunel's block-making machinery at Portsmouth Dockyard.
The first series of Brunel's machines is installed to manufacture medium-sized pulley blocks.
A second series of Brunel's machines is installed to manufacture smaller pulley blocks.
A third series of machines for large pulley blocks completes the main block-making installation.
The block-making plant is judged capable of meeting the Royal Navy's full requirement for pulley blocks.
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