Edwin Harrington, Son & Co.
Illustrated catalog given to Lamar Lyndon ca.1890.  The firm was located at North Fifteenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Machine Tools, ca. 1890 illustrated catalog
Edwin Harrington 20Inch Lathe Pg10-11
TWENTY-INCH LATHE.
Swings 20 inches over shears; 14 inches over carriage; cone has four sections 2-1/4-inch face; back geared; forged steel spindles; bronze metal boxes; dead spindle clamped by adjustable conical binder; Morse Standard Taper in lathe and drill press spindles; hand movement of carriage by means of hand wheel and steel pinion engaging in rack or bed; steel rack put on in sections, enabling the repair of broken cogs, by supplying a new section; independent geared friction feed, cross feed. and reverse feed motion, in apron attached to carriage; turning and screw cutting feeds cannot become engaged at the same time; carriage has long bearings (giving greater bearing surfaces), which are self-oiling, decreasing liability to cut the guides when used on short work. Steel lead screw in front of lathe clamped by open and shut nut; screw threads are only used when cutting threads. Countershaft, hangers, 3 pulley, 16x7, to run 90 turns per minute; screw gearing; steady and following rests; large and small face plates; steel wrenches, wrought-iron handles; side block for turning full swing of lathe, and cross feed stop are included. All gearing is cut. All pinions arc of steel.

With 8-10/12-feet bed ; 5 feet between centres; compound tool rest and cross feed; shipping weight, 3500 lbs. $
Taper attachment. See page 17. $
Per extra foot of bed, $
Boxing for foreign shipment, $