Can't resist turn of the century lathes. Yesterday, I picked up a beautiful old lathe. Like my Vernon, this one also hails from Worcester Mass. It is stamped on the bed pat'd Sept 4, 1888 serial number 2766. It has several interesting features: it has no compound, the cross slide pivots to raise or lower the tool bit, it has no dials. It came with a 11 inch 4 jaw as well as a 13 inch 4 jaw chuck as well as a massive steady rest. It had a tapered center in the spindle marked 63/64 national. Not sure but it looks similar to a Mt 3. It has no thread cutting gears but has a belt driven screw that provides both lateral and cross slide movement.
I'll post more as I discover more "features". It is set up and in pretty good working condition.