Franklin Peale Peale designed a new machine to cut planchets, or blanks, from metal strips. This machine remained in use, almost unmodified, until 1902. Another of the steam-powered machines Peale had installed on his return was a milling machine, which was used to "upset" the coin—to form a rim around it. A Contamin portrait lathe was imported from France and installed at the Philadelphia Mint in 1837. Prior to this time, all coin dies for American coins had to be made individually, by hand at Philadelphia. Once the lathe was installed, they could be reproduced mechanically by the pantograph-like device. The first
Larvell Blanks the need to upgrade at short, the Braves acquired Darrel Chaney from the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Lum at the 1975 Winter meetings. Later the same day, Blanks and Ralph Garr were sent to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Henderson, Dick Ruthven and Ozzie Osborn. The Chisox then sent Blanks to the Cleveland Indians for Jack Brohamer. Despite not having a regular position, Blanks still saw a decent amount of playing time in as a middle infielder. Early in his Cleveland career, Blanks and manager Frank Robinson got along, but the relationship began to crumble in . Blanks batted