Slide Rest Lathe, Replica, Mason & Baldwin
date: label: date made
content: 1822
name: label: maker
content: Atkins & Merrill Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a replica of a slide rest lathe manufactured by Mason & Baldwin in the early 19th century. This replica was made in 1961 by Atkins & Merrill, Inc., of Massachusetts. It is made of steel and brass and rests on a cast-iron base and has two brass cranks and three square-headed bolts for holding the tool. The lathe this model is based on was made by Mason & Baldwin, an American manufactory of printers and bookbinders founded by machinists David Mason and Matthias W. Baldwin. It was designed based on a slide rest made by renowned inventor Henry Maudsley that had been brought to Philadelphia in 1822 or 1823.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Atkins & Merrill, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.319398
label: catalog number
content: 319398
label: accession number
content: 238474
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Slide Rest, Lathe
label: Object Name
content: Slide Rest, Replica
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 12 in x 8 1/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 20.6375 cm x 16.51 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 12 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 26.67 cm x 32.385 cm x 19.05 cm