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Briggs
The Briggs Lathe Nr 1.
From the EAIA's "Directory of American Toolmakers", which has this entry for Briggs: "The name A. Demarest was also reported in context with a treadle powered lathe called 'The Briggs Lathe'. The significance is not clear, but Demarest may have made it and Briggs been a patent holder." The only dated material found is from 1880. We have not found a treadle lathe patent for anyone named Briggs or Demarest.
