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Authentic antique 1896 machinery catalog and user manual published by the F. E. Reed Company of Worcester, Massachusetts.
Dated explicitly via a printer's mark to February 7, 1896, this rare 12-page booklet focuses comprehensively on 9", 10", and 11" Swing Screw Cutting Foot Lathes, Plain Foot Lathes, and Hand Lathes. The manual is illustrated throughout with crisp, high-quality technical woodcuts detailing the treadle foot motions, elevating gib rests, countershafts, and available tool attachments. The back cover features a magnificent bird's-eye engraving of the F.E. Reed factory complex along with structural shop specifications. Includes contemporaneous 1896 pencil price notations on the inner pages.
Dimensions: 4" x 6"
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