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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HawkeEye, post: 2729619, member: 86305&quot;]By the way, I think I remember that the use of the Hill Reduction Lathe became a battle between the Barbers who held the power and agents of change in the government (imagine that).&nbsp; The restriction of the use to just the two primary devices may have been their resistance to change.&nbsp; Also the Hill Reduction Lathe was invented in England and brought here, but with some modifications we have not been able to trace down.&nbsp; I believe it was treadle powered and the effort to do a reduction accurately was somewhat dependent on just the skill of the operator.&nbsp; It was apparently a real improvement over its predecessor, but much lower technology than its successor, the Janvier.&nbsp; The Janvier is often shown in pictures of all coin reductions, but it did not come into use until later and it was steam powered in the beginning.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting side note is that the manufacturer of the Janvier put themselves out of business.&nbsp; The reduction lathe was so good that it could not be improved upon until electronics came onto the scene.&nbsp; With few Mints and a great product there was no new demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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