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Small steel table turning lathe, 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:
- 1868-258
- type:
- lathes
- credit:
- Paris Universal Exhibition (1867)