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Industrial metal lathe from 1751. Designed by Jacques Vaucanson, the godfather of modern automation. Linear motion provided by V ways and a fine pitch leadscrew. It turned a 300mm x 1,000mm workpiece
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An old engraving of Blanchard's lathe of 1822. It is from a Victorian book of the 1890s on discoveries and inventions during the 1800s. Thomas Blanchard (1788–1864) was an American inventor who
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thomas blanchard and his lathe - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
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![Mortising machine made by Henry Maudslay (1771-1831), the English engineer who invented the metal lathe. This example was one of the earliest machine ... - SuperStock Mortising machine made by Henry Maudslay (1771-1831), the English engineer who invented the metal lathe. This example was one of the earliest machine ... - SuperStock](https://www.superstock.com/cdn/1895/Comp/1895-6325.jpg)