Start, run and stop. Flat belts were widely used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in line shafting to transmit power in factories. A belt is a loop...

Pythagoras-Drott’s main line of production in the early 20th century was hot bulb engines. One machine, crucial for the production of these engines,...

This metal lathe is an old, but very reliable, piece of mechanical machinery. It is thought to have been installed in the production line at the Pythagoras-Drott...

Stereo recording including sound from belt drive. You can find this Thickness planer from about 1910 at Skansen in Stockholm. The cover that you can...