Andrej Nartov was a military engineer, inventor, mechanic, sculptor.
In 1718 he invented the first lathe with a mechanical cutting tool-supporting carriage and a set of gears.
Screw-cutting lathe
He visited various European countries and for six months lived in Berlin and Potsdam, teaching the king Friedrich Wilhelm I the art of turning.
In his letters to Peter I, Nartov wrote that nowhere in Europe could he find lathe masters comparable to the Russian ones.
Among other inventions of Nartov are such things as a unique fast-fire battery on a rotating disc, a screw mechanism for changing the artillery fire angle, a gauge-boring lathe for cannon-making and an early telescopic sight.
Rapid-fire cannon.
In 1718 he invented the first lathe with a mechanical cutting tool-supporting carriage and a set of gears.
Screw-cutting lathe
He visited various European countries and for six months lived in Berlin and Potsdam, teaching the king Friedrich Wilhelm I the art of turning.
In his letters to Peter I, Nartov wrote that nowhere in Europe could he find lathe masters comparable to the Russian ones.
Among other inventions of Nartov are such things as a unique fast-fire battery on a rotating disc, a screw mechanism for changing the artillery fire angle, a gauge-boring lathe for cannon-making and an early telescopic sight.
Rapid-fire cannon.
