Lukin, The Boy Engineers, “Bow-Lathe”

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Spread showing the “Bow-Lathe” schematic, from The Boy Engineers: What They Did and How They Did It by James Lukin, published by published by Trübner & Co., 1878. Held at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, 23h1409.

Full description

The schematic for a bow-lathe accompanies an episode when the boys learn about from a veteran who observed such a lathe used by a traveling craftsman in South Asia. The caption, “Our Bow-Lathe” claims the device for their own. The boys easily acquire knowledge of tools and processes from people who represent diverse walks of life. In this case Indigenous knowledge learned through colonial encounters becomes part of their collection.

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    jpg
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  • container title
    James Lukin, The Boy Engineers: What They Did and How They Did It: A Book for Boys, The Young Mechanic Series (London: Trubner & Co, 1878
  • credit
    Courtesy of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
  • rights
    Public Domain