Patent Model - Improvement in Lathes for Turning Shafting
Maker and role
J. Conley, Patentee
Production date
Oct 09 1866
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, paint
Measurements
6 x 12 x 5" (15.2 x 30.5 x 12.7cm)
Description
Conley's patent "consists in a novel construction of a machine for turning shafting, whereby the shafting may be turned much more quickly and with less danger of being sprung out of line, and consequently of being unequally turned than with the lathes ordinarily employed for that purpose." (Patent Number 58,605)
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Object number
2015.14.638a,b
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