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