Bramah’s hydraulic press

object, machine, apparatus, tool, technical instrument

A hydraulic press, named after its inventor Joseph Bramah, who had it patented in 1795.

The press multiplied the piston power of a pump by means of the hydrostatic law.

Traveljournal 1814

Leeds, 4 September 1814

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer’s eighth visit, 2 July 1851

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Cite as: Bramah’s hydraulic press. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8630, viewed on 9 May 2025.

[[title]] — Bramah’s press (print by Wilson Lowry after John Farey, 1812)