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
Four Pieces for Mirai Four Pieces for Mirai Four Pieces for Mirai is an extended play by American musician James Ferraro. It was self-released on May 18, 2018 on his Bandcamp page and later to other music platforms. Ferraro also released the album on cassette. The EP was originally shown as featuring four tracks as the title would suggest, but was later extended to six tracks upon its release. "Four Pieces For Mirai" is a concept album based around Ferraro's own post-apocalyptic narrative involving Mirai, a malware that turns networked devices running Linux into remotely controlled "bots" that can be used as part of