Drilling bow (wire)

Drilling bow (wire), French manufacture, middle 19th century

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Drilling bow (wire), French manufacture, middle 19th century
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Drilling bow (wire), French manufacture, middle 19th century

This is a form of watchmakers' lathe in which a rotation of the spindle in one direction only is obtained by using two rachet pulleys rotated by a bow with two cords.

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Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1868-257
type:
bow
credit:
Paris Universal Exhibition (1867)