Nart biography

Andrey Nartov Unfortunately, information about the origin of a talented mechanic was not preserved. The first references to him appear in the year. In the same tower on the earthen shaft there was a turning workshop, in which for three years Andrei Nartov studied a turning matter. Peter I often looked into the workshops, who noticed a smart guy, and in the year, by his personal decree, he was transferred to St.

Petersburg and appointed a “personal turner”. In the year, Nartov, in fact, created a new universal lathe with an automatic caliper. The machine freed his hands to the tokar. This and some other Nartov machines are still stored in the Hermitage collection. His route ran through Prussia, England, France, where his main interest was new achievements of technology. In the year, his machine for slicing toothed clock wheels and a machine for pulling “flat people's figures” for a long time provided Russia with world leadership in the processing of materials.

With the death of Peter I, Nartov’s position worsened. Menshikov did not let him continue his work, and Nartov was forced to go to Moscow. He was ordered to establish the work of mint. A year later, he reported that the work of the coin yards has been established. At this time, he created a number of original press mechanisms and worked on a book on devices for the work of monetary courtyards.

Nartov proposed the original scales of his design and tried to achieve the introduction of unified state standards of weight. Scientists rightfully consider Nartov as the founder of domestic metrology. Its authorship belongs to the first Russian samples of measure and weight measures. With the return to St. Petersburg in the biography of Andrei Nartov, a new page begins. During this period, he creates a machine for drilling canals of gun trunks and trim stitching, which contributed to truly radical transformations in the manufacture of tools, their manufacturing technologies significantly advanced forward.

At this time, the Senate drew attention to the talented inventor. He was assigned the rank of college adviser and doubled the salary. In the year, Nartov became an adviser to the Russian Academy of Sciences. He happened to work with such outstanding scientists as L. Euler and M. in the Peter and Paul Fortress of Narts built secret chambers. Aliens were not allowed there, as there were organized workshops for the manufacture of guns, howitzers, mortar.

The artillery masters were also prepared here. Andrei Nartov became the first artillery engineer. He owns the invention of the first speed -fire battery. She is now standing in the building of the St. Petersburg Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communications forces. Nartov’s merit was a proposal to restore artillery guns and shells that became unusable. The optical sight invented by Nartovo turned out to be especially valuable.

It was impossible not to notice the effectiveness of military-technical innovations introduced by Nartov, and on May 2, a decree was issued on awarding by Andrei Konstantinovich five thousand rubles for artillery inventions. He also became the owner of several villages in the Novgorod district.

In the year he was promoted to the general chin of a state adviser. Nartov worked for a long time on the book “Theaterum Makhinarum, that is, the clear sight of the Makhin”, in which he summarized his experience in creating machine tools. This unique engineering essay had no analogues in the world. Nartov finished the book shortly before his death. He died in St. Petersburg on April 16.

After the death of the inventor, there were great debts, as many projects were financed from Nartov’s personal funds. In the expense of the debts, the villages were confiscated. The book "Theaterum Makhinarum" was never published, and the grave of Andrei Konstantinovich was lost, and only in the year it was found. In the same year, the remains of the royal turner were transferred to the Lazarevsky cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra and buried the cover next to the grave of M.: a portrait of A.

on the basis of the lifetime portrait of the work of I. State Hermitage St. Petersburg.