Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VI.: Randell and Saunders

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324. RANDELL and SAUNDERS, 14 Orange Grove, Bath — Inventors.

Patent machine for driving saws, for the purpose of cutting stone in its natural beds. The novelty consists in driving saws from one end only, and in placing the guide frame on the same axis as the crank shaft by which the saws are driven; by this arrangement the saws adapt themselves to their work at any angle. Each saw is allowed an independent action.

Traversing crane driven by steam power, and constructed for working in underground quarries.

Patent saw frame for cutting blocks of stone, marble, etc., balanced, and turning on the same axis as the crank shaft by which the saws are driven.

Patent portable saw frame.

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