Dividing attachment, Brow & Sharp Universal Milling Machine
notes: label: Description
content: This dividing attachment is a part of the Brown & Sharpe No. 1 Universal Milling Machine. This machine was deemed ‘universal’ as it can move to be placed horizontally and locked there, making it well-suited for cutting tapers. The index head on the machine also made it so that the table could be turned left or right and not change the position of the milling cutter, making it useful as a twist drill.
label: Description
content: Brown & Sharpe was a manufacturing company based in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1833, the company became an instrumental force in the development and dissemination of machine tools and technology, such as milling machines, screw machines, micrometers, and turret lathes.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. O. Ellison
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.316531.03
label: catalog number
content: 316531
label: accession number
content: 222700
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dividing attachment
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 14.605 cm x 9.2075 cm