US Patent: 437,068 
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| Speed-changing mechanism for lathes
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	        Patentee:
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 | Lucius E. Whiton (exact or similar names) - New London, CT |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Sep. 19, 1889 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Sep. 23, 1890 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin Vintage Machinery entry for D. E. Whiton Machine Co. 
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        Description: |  
| "This invention has special relation to so-called 'back-gearing,' used commonly in engine-lathes, drill-presses, and the like machines for increasing power, and seeks to improve the construction of such mechanisms..." |  
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