HENRY DEACON l6l 



hammer. The date of that sketch is 

 November 24th, 1839. 



M. Schneider, accompanied by his 

 mechanical manager of the Creuzot works 

 in France, visited Patricroft. Nasmyth's 

 design was not taken up in England, no 

 one wanted it, and no hammer was made, 

 but when on a visit to France, he called 

 at Creuzot, and there saw that M. Schneider's 

 engineer, who was with him at Patricroft, 

 had carried out most successfully Nasmyth's 

 idea. 



It is said that Deacon made the first 

 model of the steam hammer for the 

 patent. 



Nasmyth was no unworthy successor to 

 Faraday, to be entrusted with the training of 

 the lad who was to leave his name and mark 

 in one of the cardinal manufactures of 

 Lancashire ; and the youth who had 

 sat at the feet of Faraday would know 

 right well how to appreciate the character 

 of Nasmyth, and to make the most of the 

 opportunities which were afforded him at 

 Patricroft. 



There is a letter from Faraday to 

 Nasmyth dated 29th May, 1847, which 



