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Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 131
sky, the lathe was derived fromthe potters wheel whose axle was changed from a vertical to a horizontal plane. For cen-turies all lathes had their cut-ting tools simply laid on a bar,or rest, just as in the handcutting lathe of to-day. Whilethis afforded opportunity toskill it did not lend itself… … Dacotah fire-drill. Lathes 95 ward or away from the axis of the work, as well as along the workin any desired line. This device is equally applicable whether in
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