Finally the English government ordered eight or ten of such machines for the making of gun-stocks for its army, and paid Blanchard about $40,000 for them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
First Decade of Nineteenth Century Produces Wonderful Inventor, Thomas Blanchard. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Blanchard was a contemporary of Hall, and Hall, to perfect his breech-loader, was the first to invent machines for making its various parts. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Thomas Blanchard, born in Massachusetts in 1788, while a boy, was accustomed to astonish his companions by the miniature wind-wheels and water-wheels that he whittled out with his knife. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In Fig. 247 is shown a perspective view of Blanchard’s lathe, as patented January 20, 1820. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Lasts on which the shoes were made had been manufactured by the hundred thousand on the wood-turning lathes invented by Blanchard, described in the chapter on Wood-Working. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In the midst of his studies in the construction of his inventions Blanchard's attention was drawn to the operations of a boring worm upon an old oak log. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Many of these had been invented by Thomas Blanchard forty years before. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
With Blanchard’s improvement, patented January 20, 1820, any irregular form, such as a shoe-last, gun-stock, ax-handle, wheel-spokes, etc. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Blanchard’s Lathe for turning Irregular Forms. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.