From the Journal of the Franklin Institute: “This machine is so much like some others which have been patents, for the same purpose, and which have been long in use, that there is but little doubt of its answering well. This circumstance, it is true, may interfere with its novelty, but not with its utility. “A horizontal wheel is turned by a vertical shaft; cutters, like spoke-shave irons, are placed on the upper side of this wheel, and the block to be cut is held on this side by an suitable contrivance. Nothing claimed.” Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the December 1836 fire. Only about 2000 of the almost 10000 documents were recovered.

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