A DELICATE MACHINE.
The King of Prussia recently visited a needle manufactory in his kingdom, arid was shown a number of superfine needles, thousands of which together did not weigh half an ounce, and marvelled how such minute articles could be pierced with an eye. The eye-borer asked for a hair from the King's head. He placed it under the boring-machine, made a hole in it, furnished it with a thread, and then handed the needle to the King.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 144, 25 June 1870, Page 2
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79A DELICATE MACHINE. Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 144, 25 June 1870, Page 2
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