A few good precision machining company photos I identified:
Image from web page 22 of “The Maxim Electric Light and Energy Co., Philadelphia.” (1882)
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Identifier: TheMaximElectricLightAndPowerCo.Philadelphia_595
Title: The Maxim Electric Light and Energy Co., Philadelphia.
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: United States Electric Lighting Business
Subjects: electrical energy Division 26 lighting power provide
Publisher: United States Electric Lighting Organization
Contributing Library: Canadian Centre for Architecture
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tendant. I Ins is clearly objeCti„nable, as it entails the presence of an attendanta th, machmeandI acadenti cur, and in fact do happen in practice, from lack of a Mention. Mr Maxm, has devised an ingenious regulator for accomplishing this^automatically, wh.ch has attracted considerably consideration and functions well in practiceMr Weston, even so haS been in a position, by a peculiar construction of the machine itself- make ,t entirely self regulating with out the use of any specia. mechanism This ratesmth such .puck,,, Ss and precision, that, with one particular hundred lights for instance J r11- nKt>-in! «* hmied out with no affecting the Scy «.f he r.nauun, hg „ly cha,^ ,„ ^ WtajC, , * /V. V **■« M accomplishes this most desiraTu „Z In o re ,t ,s desirable to vary the illuminating power of the 1 ,m, , rfnuUr ^ that employed with the arc machines is suppheo 1 T * ther machine in the markincandescent lamp, which is shown full sizc. in th(. ,„t fl ^* ^:^^lr:z THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO. 19
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The Maxim Incandescent Lamp. THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO. tiding the disinteg ful currents. A single of the dm lam| tit of twenty-five candles, was run for a short tim- n illuminatin n hundred candles. We nt lamp would i The life- im lamp, when run at its typical energy, is ver) long. In plants which haw ■ uring tl i lifetime of the lumps bus been m lamps which hav< been burning fromusand 1 nonetheless iiit A i hinc unci ninety-seven tarted in tin Mew-York that tiuu the machine has Iniai k without repaii ident, and on the lamp • n hundn d and fifty which had burned constantly thirty-fourmr tdition thi i« n | – of the lit plant hudind place into pi… tical « omnu n ial : l I pthe t< m will be hti.M) in | beW 4ain T -„„., rrupn in die THE UNITED STATES ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO. 21
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Image from page 271 of “Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger” (1856)
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Identifier: sightsinbostonsu1856midg2
Title: Sights in Boston and suburbs : or, guide to the stranger
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Midgley, R. L
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Publisher: Boston : J. P. Jewett & company Cleveland, Ohio : Jewett, Proctor & Worthington
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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(|$ doofssoqfbof 6ontf)3f.So$ fo»|, DEALER IN JMMw of 60ft aito Siter anl> IJmte Stones, S. T. C. has consistently on hand a large and properly-assorted stock of GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, Created by the ideal Manufacturers. SILVER PLATE, Comprising Tea Sets, Pitchers, Waiters & Goblets,Silver Knives, Porks, Ladles, Spoons, &c. ARTICLES OP GOIiD In every conceivable type, among which may be found Medium High quality andExtra Fine GOLD CHAINS, BROOCHES, EAR RINGS FINGER RINGS, &C.Valuable STONES In plain and elaborate Settings, some extremely superior and expensive also. Consisting of fa Sets, Juttles, Commmtion Sfotbke, tfcc.All of which are supplied at most Satisfactory Costs.
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%t parlor Seining Utarjniu. This new and gorgeous machine, made for every selection of FamilySewing and Tailors Operate, forms each stitch the very same as sewing by hand. The superiority of this machine over each and every other is at as soon as apparentfrom the fact that it in fact sews, producing, with matchless precision,the genuine life-like hand stitch in all its adjustments — running, hemming,more than and more than, back, half and quarter back, and side stitching, enablinga individual to adapt the stitch to the perform or fabric as preferred. Each partia completely simple and effortlessly understood no underthread to spool andcontinually take care of, as on other machines no peculiar mode ofthreading the needles no rewinding spools, but utilizing a single thread,and the needles threading themselves, it at as soon as becomes the ladysready seamstress at will, and the tailors substitute for a dozen hands.With the turn of a single screw, every single various stitch is obtained, inwhich a person with the directions sent quickly becomes specialist. N
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