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PLA.  [[encircled 130]]
[[page of colored mechanical drawings of lathe [tour or tourner] parts. Some parts are colored gray (steel?) and some yellow (brass or bronze?)]]

[[image: Figure one is the side view of the tool rest (A) for a lathe.  (B) is the cutaway view of the yellow part of Fig. 3]]

[[image: Figure two is the front view of the tool rest (A) in Fig. 1]]

[[image: Figure 3 is the front view of Fig 1]]

[[image: Figure four is of a forked gray metal piece with a round yellow fitting, and a thin, round, gray part (F) visible in Figs 1 & 3]]

[[image: Figure five is the top view a yellow oblong plate, round on one end, square on the other end with a circular fitting [(B) if Figs. 2 & 3] at one end.  May be the base plate (D) in Fig. 1]]

[[image: Figure six is a metal plate forked on each end]]

[[image: Figure seven is the front view of some sort of holding tool with yellow clamps (B) fittings, turn screws (V) and a latch (E) mounted in a gray plate forked at the bottom]]

[[image: Figure eight is a detailed top view of the latch (E) and clamps (B) in Fig. 7]]

[[image: Figure nine is the side view of Fig 8]]

Transcription Notes:
mandc: Really pretty amazing. This is 1766 and the required machining and tolerances are quite striking.