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 89
e. … In ordering the lathe represented above, customers should be careful to describe the kind and style of work to beperformed, for what would be the best for some, would be useless for others. The Gauge Lathe, with screw feed,like the above cut, is in very general use for chair stock, bedstead rolls,…