Rare 1872 original advertising billheadHartford,CONNECTICUTPRATT AND WHITNEY CO.historically significant8 1/2 x 5Engine lathes sold to HARTFORD & NH RRFrancis Ashbury Pratt founded the firm ofPratt & Whitney, originally to manufacture thread spoolers. It later diversified into the manufacture of innovative designs of guns, cannons, sewing machines, and typesetting machines; instruments for measurement developed there proved of great value to science and industry.Along with Amos Whitney thePratt & WhitneyCo. in Hartford manufactured machine tools. Pratt was instrumental in bringing about the adoption of a standard system of gauges. He also invented a metal-planing machine (1869), a gear cutter (1884), and a milling machine (1885).
8 1/2 X 4 1/2
In excellent overall condition, punch holeA welcome addition to a collection
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