Location:
T171 .G42 G49x 1888-1899

Title:
Some of the lathes in the machine shop.

Date:
1896

Content:
Photograph of students with lathes following p. 50 of the Annual Catalogue of the Georgia School of Technology, Announcement for 1895-96.

History:
The Announcement notes, "The Machine Shop is well equipped with lathes (two of which are very large ones), planers, grinding tools, universal milling machine with spiral attachment, shaping machine, and a large assortment of small tools in a tool room conducted strictly on the check system. To this equipment we are constantly adding tools of our own manufacture, having added this year a 20-inch by six feet iron planer of our own design, upon which we received a silver medal at the Cotton States and International Exposition." The Announcment further notes that "All work of whatever kind in all departments (except of course the foundry) is done to working drawings. No haphazard, no chance, no 'beginning at nothing and ending nowhere' is allowed." The Announcement further notes, among other projects, ''during the coming year we contemplate designing and beginning on the construction of a 16 inch by 6 foot engine lathe. Also an engine lathe of 20 inch swing by 8 feet clear space between centers. These lathes will be built to sell, on their merits, and satisfaction will be guaranteed."