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 90
Power feeel. … These machines are all self-feeding, the cutters being arranged in the heads in such a manner as to feed the stickas fast as it can be worked, without any pushing by the operator. It will turn rods from J to 3 inches in diameter,perfectly smooth and true, either of pine or hard wood. The working…