The watchmakers' lathe, its use and abuse; a story of the lathe in its various forms, past and present, its construction and proper uses (1903)
Goodrich, Ward L. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Hazlitt & Walker · leaf 9
on use to-day, let us glance at theorigin and successive forms of this useful tool during thecenturies it has been in use. CHAPTER I. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LATHE. The lathe dates long before the Christian- era, and inone of its forms, the potters lathe, is mentioned in theBible. A well-known… … Fig. 1. Prehistoric Lathe. and some parts of the far east to-day is not very dissimi-lar to those used before the advent of the Christian era.The so-called prehistoric lathe is illustrated very clearlyin Fig. i. It will be observed that the bearings consist ofthe forks of the two trees, and that…
Clocks and watches · Lathes
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