Old 07-17-2013, 04:16 PM
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SteveH
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Default Wheeler Wilson Factory - Scientific American Magazine May 3rd, 1879

I brought the size of these down as close to 800x600 as I could, sorry...

These woodcut images are from the May 3rd edition of Scientific American Magazine.

There is a HUGE write up on the factory in it. I have a scanned copy that I am attempting to OCR the whole article from, but that will take some time to get right and accurate, so in the meantime I am uploading these amazing "shots" as teasers.

Each one says in the lower corner what it is as well.

Main Machine Room
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Assembly Room
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Case Making Room
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Grooving the needles (WOW!)
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Punching the Needle Eyes (wow, wow!)
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I printed these large and will be staring at them for days trying to pick out details....
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