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Bullard Company 12 Spindle Type K Mult-Au-Matic Machine Tool - Bullard Mult-Au-Matic machine tool, vertical turret lathe paperweight. Likely made of copper. History: THE BULLARD MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, founded in 1880 as Bridgeport Machine Tool Works, was incorporated in 1884. The company was re-named The Bullard Company in 1929. Under the leadership of E.P. Bullard Jr., the company developed an innovative Vertical Turret Lathe aka the Bullard Mult-Au-Matic. It was an early automated machine tool manufacturing device, perhaps a predecessor of the CNC – computer numerical control – machines used today. There is a fascinating description on page 713 of this 8-page catalog excerpt: http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2235/21220.pdf About 4 3/4 x 3 x 3 inches