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was specially constructed in 1785 for the Trigonometrical Survey of Great Britain, was graduated by this engine. 

The machine by which the endless screw for the dividing engine was cut, is of the greatest importance, for it is one of the earliest applications of the principles now used in the lathe rest, the machine which has been of such incalculable advantage to the mechanical engineer and machinist.