The was developed by Sir to excavate the in 1825. However, this was only the invention of the shield concept and did not involve the construction of a complete tunnel boring machine, the digging still having to be accomplished by the then standard excavation methods.
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[pdf] Holman Brothers Ltd. was an English mining equipment manufacturer founded in 1801 based in . Holman was Camborne's, and indeed Cornwall's largest manufacturer of industrial equipment. .
In 1881, brothers John Henry and James Miners Holman, had taken over running the business from their father John. They were offered the designs of a new by a James McCulloch. the brothers filed a joint patent with. .
Holman began to manufacture compressors. The first "Cornish" compressors were built to designs adapted from existing steam engines. In 1894, Holman manufactured the largest compresso.
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