Gear's illustrated catalogue of wood and iron working machinery (1872)
A.S. Gear, Gear, A. S · Boston : Printed at A.S. Gear's printing office, 62 Sudbury Street · leaf 72
evolves thesaw, so that the greater amount of work on the saw, the tighter the friction holds it; and when the saw is not atwork, the friction is onlj sufficient to revolve the saw, thus consuming no more power than is required to do thework. On the opposite end of the driving shaft from the… … Parties not having power will find this a convenient machine, saving time and labor. It will work from thelightest up to four inch stock. It is strongly built and runs very easy. Ji^ of G^k.te ^aw.
