Joseph Bramah was an English inventor and locksmith. He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and for inventing the hydraulic press. Along with William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, he can be considered one of the two fathers of hydraulic engineering.
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- Wikipedia 'Joseph Bramah': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Introduction
He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press.
In Group: Building Services Inventors, Lead section
He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press.
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WikipediaInvented: Hydraulic Press, Lead sectionQuote, Invented: Hydraulic Press, Lead section
It uses the hydraulic equivalent of a mechanical lever, and was also known as a Bramah press after the inventor, Joseph Bramah.
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Joseph Bramah
Grace's Guide to British Industrial HistoryInvented: Flush Toilet, BiographyQuote, Invented: Flush Toilet, Biography
responsible for many other inventions including a type of flush toilet
Wikipedia: Extrusion
Invented: Extrusion Press, History sectionQuote, Invented: Extrusion Press, History section
In 1797, Joseph Bramah patented the first extrusion process for making pipe out of soft metals.
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