An old engraving of nail-making machine. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The cut-nail process was patented in the USA by Jacob Perkins in 1795. Here a sheet of iron is hand-fed into the cutting device, the blade contained within a box. The machinery is belt driven. The cut nails were collected in a tub below. Nails are also formed by using wire rather than sheet metal.
An old engraving of nail-making machine. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. The cut-nail process was patented in the USA by Jacob Perkins in 1795. Here a sheet of iron is hand-fed into the cutting device, the blade contained within a box. The machinery is belt driven. The cut nails were collected in a tub below. Nails are also formed by using wire rather than sheet metal.
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