American horological journal, devoted to practical horology (1869)
Miller, George B · New York, G. B. Miller · leaf 132
an onthe lathe. The same may be said of many ofthe self-centring lathes now in market; moredependence seeming to be placed upon the factthat split chucks are used, than upon the perfec-tion of the chucks and the arbor that carries them. This faulty execution of an excellentprinciple has been the… … quently condemned them as a class—condemnedthe principle because the badly constructed ma-chines did not properly illustrate it
Clocks and watches
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