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A Beautiful Saw, 1877

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I found this ad on the back page of the last issue of the Scientific American before that of December 29, 1877, which carries the announcement and description of the invention by Thomas Edison of the groundbreaking "talking phonograph". In any event, the saw image is beautiful:

And the full ad:

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