Lathe

Examples

• The lever and the pulley, lathe s, picks, saws, hammers, bronze operating-lances, sundials, water-clocks, the gnomon (a vertical pillar for determining the sun's altitude) were in use. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• A lathe on which was formed wood screws is described in a work of Jacques Besson, published at Lyons, France, in 1582. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is thought by those skilled in the art that it was not possible to have constructed the works of metal in Solomon's Temple without a turning lathe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• We have before, in the chapter on metal-working, shown the importance of the _slide-rest_, _planer_ and _lathe_, _when combined_, and which also are extensively adapted to wood-working. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Crude Condition until the Modern Lathe, Mandrel, Shuttle and Sewing Machine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These are placed in a lathe and gouged out, forming the pin in the rough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In Fig. 247 is shown a perspective view of Blanchard’s lathe, as patented January 20, 1820. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He directs the experimenter, for example, to take a piece of loadstone of convenient size and turn it o n a lathe to the form of a ball. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This, too, receives a rough rotundity and tapering on a lathe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Following the invention of the lathe and the slide-rest, came the _metal-planing_ machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Vast Rolls, and Most Delicate Watch Mechanisms, cut by the Lathe and its Tools. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• First a wire, somewhat finer than that which was to be used for the pin, was coiled around a spit on a lathe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In his traction work he had a close second in Robert Davidson, of Aberdeen, Scotland, who in 1839 operated both a lathe and a small locomotive with the motor he had invented. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In the ordinary lathe the work is revolved rapidly, and the cutting tool is held stationary, or only slowly shifted in the hand. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• True, the turning-lathe, the axe, the hammer, the chisel, the saw, the auger, the plane, the screw, and cutting and other wood-shaping instruments in simple forms existed in abundance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Finally the Tammany leader called a halt, as we were running big engine lathes out on the sidewalk, and he was afraid we were carrying it a little too far. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Joseph Holtzapffel in his learned work on _Turning and Mechanical Manipulation_, gives a list of old publications describing lathes for turning both wood and metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Lasts on which the shoes were made had been manufactured by the hundred thousand on the wood-turning lathes invented by Blanchard, described in the chapter on Wood-Working. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But it needed the invention of the slide-rest and its application to metal-turning lathes to suggest and render successful metal-planing machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is not possible to fix the date of the first circular saw, for rotary cutting action dates from the ancient turning lathes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The lathes were worked right out in the street, and belted through the windows of the shop. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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