JF Ptak Science Books: Daily Dose from Dr. Odd: What is It? (1887)

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What is it? You'll be surprised at what this device does, given the gear, and the weight, and the utter simple beauty of the thing.

Answer below!

This glorious beast is a pencil sharpener as found in Scientific American, December 1887.

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