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Block-making Patent

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

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1801

Marc Isambard Brunel1801

London · Science / Civil Engineering

Brunel obtains a patent covering machinery for manufacturing ships' pulley blocks.

Names involved

Marc Isambard Brunel

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