Abbeyhorn Co., 54:3 112–113
"Abe L. Adams Art Auger, The" (Price), 45:1 3–4
Abel, William H., 55:1 8
Abel and Byvanck, 46:1 27
"Abel Sampson: Maine Privateer Turned Planemaker" (Butterworth and Blumenberg), 45:2 35–37
Aber, James (Jim), 45:2 45, 56:4 173
"Abercrombie & Fitch Axe" (Klenman), 52:1 38
Abercrombie & Fitch promotional axe, 52:1 38
Aberdeen, Scotland
granite industry, 60:1 16, 60:1 23
immigrants from, 60:1 23
Aberdeen Gin Factory and Machine Shop, 52:1 16
Abishai Way & Co., 43:3 80
"About Our Back Cover."
See "Our Back Cover"
"About Our Front Cover."
See "Our Front Cover"
"About the Picture Puzzle," 39:2 31
Abraham, Peter, 49:3 74
Abrams, George
screwdriver patent, 45:4 109
Abrasive Products Co., 53:1 32
abrasives
for granite, 59:4 130, 59:4 135, 59:4 147
ground flint, 48:1 33
abrasive sheets
abutments
for covered bridges, 46:4 114
Académie Royale des Sciences, 58:1 37
Academy of Armory, The, or A Storehouse of Armory and Blazon (Holme), 52:3 110–111, 53:3 96
account books
blacksmiths, 42:2 47–49, 44:1 26–27, 44:4 122–123, 45:2 52
Blake, Josiah, 55:1 27–30
boat equipment, 43:4 101–102
Burton, Silas, 56:1 11
chairmaking, 44:4 114–115
Columbia (bark), 42:1 22–24, 42:4 101–102
coopers, 42:1 19–21
Danner, Daniel, 47:1 15–26
distribution of raw materials and manufactured goods, 46:2 49–50
Doggett, Simeon, 48:3 40–41
Fitch, Jabez, 45:2 48–50
Hewitt, Daniel Tyler, 46:1 29–30
Honeyman, Robert, 43:2 43
house construction, 43:1 19–20, 46:1 29–30
Maine, Jonas C., 45:4 110–111
Metcalf, Isaac, 43:1 19–20
planemakers, 45:1 8–10, 45:2 42–43, 45:3 80–83
Plant, Solomon, 56:1 9–15
Reed, Elbridge Gerry, 45:2 61–62
Rice, Alfred, 46:2 49–50
Rider, Nathaniel, 41:3 78
scrapers, 44:2 57–58
screw manufacture, 44:3 77–78
Shaker fulling mills, 52:4 127, 52:4 128, 52:4 133n7
Stevens, John, Shop, stonecutters, 58:4 141–144, 58:4 153n.1
tinsmith, 43:4 101
Tracy, Terence T., 42:1 19–21
Washington, George, Fort Loudoun inventory, 43:2 44–45
Wells, Chester R., 45:1 8–10
Winterthur Library collection, 58:1 39
Woodward, W. W., 45:1 9
"Account of Whiskey Barrel Making Before the Civil War" (Kosmerl), 40:4 71–72
acetone, 39:1 12
Achard, M. M. d'Aspine, 59:4 137
Acheson, Edward G., 60:1 41
Ackerman, Cornelius J., 41:1 6, 41:1 7
Ackley, Anthony, 44:1 31
Acme Button-Hole Attachment Co., 42:2 36
Acme screw thread, 55:3 113
Acorn frame press, 53:3 108–113
Act to Incorporate the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, An, 41:3 49–50
Adair, James B. M., 58:2 56, 58:2 57, 58:2 61
Adam Bede (Elliot), 52:2 66
"Adam Kersh, A Virginia Cabinetmaker" (Lott), 42:3 66
Adamowicz, Laurent, 60:1 facing p. 1
Adams (pilot schooner), 53:1 3, 53:1 8
n11
Adams, A., 43:2 46
Adams, Abe L., 45:1 3–4
Adams, Benjamin, 57:3 88
Adams, Daniel, 46:1 24
Adams, E. G., 52:1 15
Adams, Ezekiel, 46:1 27
Adams, John Quincy, 52:4 151, 52:4 154
Adams, Sanford, 41:3 83, 42:1 26, 42:2 55
Adams, Seth, 53:3 113
Adams, William, 58:2 56, 58:2 64
n.20
Adams Art Auger Bit, 45:1 3–4
Adamson, Jeremy, 58:3 94
additional improvements (AI) patents, 55:4 160–161
Adell Brothers Manufacturing Co., 49:3 70
Adelphi Terrace and Coal Wharf, The, 54:2 56
adjustable bevels
adjustable cabinetmakers' rabbet planes, 59:1 25–31
adjustable carpenters' bevels, 42:2 35
adjustable hollow augers, 45:2 60
adjustable-iron block planes, 52:2 60–61
adjustable sash fillisters, 54:1 5
adjustable shaves, 52:3 109
Adventures in Contentment, N.Y. (Grayson), 39:3 48
"Advertisements of Edwin Walker's Tools" (Bopp), 40:4 73A
advertising
citrus fruit-crate labels, 42:2 33–35
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:3 114–119, 59:4 155
fruit-crate labels, 42:4 111, 42:4 back cover
miniature anvils, 41:3 84
piano tuner's bellows, 42:4 109–110
pre-1900, 44:4 127, 44:4 back cover
scythe stones, 42:2 30, 42:3 58
Stanley Christmas promotions, 57:4 140–147
Stetson Hat Co. posters, 54:1 40
wood screws, 41:3 50
advertising rules
imprinted tape, 57:3 105–110
zig-zag, 57:2 73–78
advertising signs
baked enamel on tin, 59:2 36, 59:2 70
poster board, 59:2 70, 59:2 71
Stanley Rule and Level Co., 59:2 70–74
"Advertising Signs of the Stanley Rule & Level Co. -- Script Logo Period (1910-1920)" (Jacob), 59:2 70–74
adze-eye mounted axes, 50:1 36
adzes, 43:4 99, 46:4 103
coopers', 44:2 47, 54:2 64
Dutch, 46:1 9
French-type, 41:3 58–59
Horton, 44:1 22
Mangbetu, 43:4 103–104
rossing, 44:1 19
AEG (German company), 43:1 11–12
aerial cranes, 59:3 88
Aesthetic movement
fashion colors, 53:4 159–160
Aetna Iron and Nail Works, 41:3 82
Affleck, Diane L., 53:4 162
n53
Afghan saddle axe, 57:2 48
Africa
wooden pillows or neck rests, whatsits, 43:2 49, 43:3 78
African Americans.
See also slavery
American Revolution and, 46:4 94–95
Blandford, Massachusetts, 43:2 42
in building trades, 54:2 59
n.39
Crescent Machine Co. and, 60:4 144
drug store products for, 44:3 71–72
employed by Southern Railway, 50:3 86
employed in brownstone quarries, 56:3 100
freed slaves
in saw gin manufacturing, 52:1 18–19
inventions and innovations exhibit, 44:1 17
Jefferson's moldboard of least resistance and, 58:1 10
Monticello artisans, 58:1 16
"Negro's wear," 52:4 132, 52:4 133
n23
planemakers, 46:2 39–42, 46:4 93–97, 53:1 41
plank-kilns and, 58:1 28
Shakers and, 52:4 132
slave laborers
as apprentice planemakers, 52:2 77
in saw gin manufacturing, 52:1 18–19
timber preparation work by, 54:2 57–58
African marking camwood, 59:4 144
Agar, J. S., 50:2 59
Agawam Woolen Co., 53:4 150
Ager, C. H., 56:1 24
aggregate
agricultural equipment.
See also farm tools and implements
farm machinery, 45:4 121
harrows, 58:4 153
seventeenth-century, 43:2 38–40
threshing machines, 58:2 54–65
for wire grass harvesting, 58:3 92–94
agricultural tools.
See also farm tools and implements
corn tools, 50:3 101–104
Dominy family, 58:2 49–51
early tools, 46:1 5–6
hand farming implements, 45:4 121
hand implements, 39:3 51
whatsits, 43:2 51, 60:3 128
agriculture.
See also garden tools;
livestock
buttermaking trade, 50:4 110
clearing land for, 44:3 93
England, history, 51:1 27–29
farm buildings, 55:3 85–94
farm family photograph, 40:3 52
horses and, 44:3 93, 44:3 95
mechanization of, 44:1 19, 44:1 20, 44:2 53–54, 44:3 80–81
minimal-cash, 55:3 86–94
tool displays, 40:4 64
wheat farming, 41:2 34–35
women's work, 45:4 117
Agrirama, Georgia, 60:4 137
"Ah Yes, It's a Sprague" (Boardman), 46:3 73–75
Aiken, E. L., 49:2 57
Aiken, Herrick, 43:2 52–53, 46:2 50, 53:4 147
Aiken, Jonas
knitting machines, 53:4 146–147, 53:4 150, 53:4 153
Aiken, Walter, 55:1 8, 57:3 117
knitting machines, 53:4 146–147
Aiken Knitting Machine Co., 53:4 146–147, 53:4 150, 53:4 153
Aikin, Cyrus S., 52:1 16
Ainslie, Albert, 56:4 171
air compressors
for granite quarrying, 59:3 95, 59:3 96
aircraft gas gauge
air pumps, 41:1 16
Aitken, Robert, 44:1 23
A.K. Nartov, an Outstanding Machine Builder of the 18th C. (Britkin and Vidonov), 42:2 44, 42:2 45
Akin, Bartholomew, 58:1 39
Alaska
make-do tools in, 44:3 86
"Alaskan Make-Do's" (Underwood), 44:3 86
Albemarle Agricultural Society, 58:2 62
Albert, Mark, 44:3 93
Albert, Robert, 51:4 117
n5
Albert Skira (publisher), 53:2 83
Albion Press, 48:4 100
alcohol
alcohol burners, 42:2 31
Alcott, Bronson, 43:1 7
Alcott, Louisa May, 43:4 91, 55:4 134
aldehyde green, 53:4 157, 53:4 159
Alden, Lilla, 58:4 171
n.8
Alden Emery Co., 53:1 28
Aldinger, Henry, 51:3 94
Aldinger, Henry P., 44:4 110, 51:3 94
Aldrich, E. True, 49:1 15, 49:1 17
Aldrich, Milton
Aldrich, Nelson T., 49:1 15, 49:1 16
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 44:4 118
Aldrich, William K.
Aldrich, William K., Co., 49:1 15–18
clamps, 49:1 15–17
pianoforte clamps, 49:1 7–8
Aldringer, Henry, 44:4 116
ale barrels, 52:4 152
"Alexander Stuart Coffman 1842-1910," 48:4 69–73
Alford, Alfred, 58:2 67
Alford, Arba, 58:2 67
Alford Plane Co., 58:2 67
Alfred & James Walker Account Book, 40:4 69–70
Alfrey, Henry, 40:4 71
Alger, Edward, 50:1 5
Alger, John, 54:4 148
Algier, Susanna, 49:3 91
Algonquin Confederations
husking pegs and, 59:3 98
Alheizer, John, 48:4 70
Alinari, 47:2 61
"'A Little Matter': Jefferson's Moldboard of Least Resistance" (Stanton), 58:1 3–11
alizarine, 53:4 157
Allard, Isaac, 49:1 1, 49:1 2, 56:4 137
Allason, William
metal-pad braces, 53:3 103
Allcraft Tool & Supply Co., 45:4 115
Allegheny County, North Carolina
farm buildings, 55:3 85–94
Allegheny Mountains
Allegheny Town, Pennsylvania, 50:3 89, 50:3 92
Allen, Dorsey, & Tenney, 46:3 58–60
Allen, Ebeneezer "Indian," 47:4 119
Allen, Ethan, 44:2 63
Allen, George, 50:2 62
Allen, Hank, 46:1 18, 56:3 127
Allen, John, 48:3 40
Allen, Joseph Chase, 48:2 45
Allen, L. O.
Allen, Levi O., 39:1 17
Allen, Rhodes, 47:2 59
Allen, W. P., 46:1 14
Allen, Warren, 45:2 42
Allen, William, 42:2 31
Allen & Dial, 45:4 125–126
Allendorf, William L., 46:3 63
Allis-Chalmers combine, 39:4 61
Almy & Brown weaving mill, 42:2 42–43
alphabet stones, 58:4 147
Alpi, Victor, 45:1 11
altarpieces, 46:4 98–107
Altass, Alan H., 42:3 60
alternating current (AC), 44:2 44–45, 44:2 62
aluminum oxide
in needle sharpeners, 47:1 14
alundum (artificial carborundum), 60:1 41
A.M. Laurence (pilot schooner), 53:1 3
amateur saws, 45:4 back cover
amateur scroll saws
foot-powered, 48:4 77, 48:4 79, 48:4 87
Ambidextrous Universe, The (Gardner), 56:2 63
American Agriculturist, The, 40:4 72, 42:1 2, 44:3 73
American Antiquarian Society, 41:1 4
American Artists' Materials, Vol. II, 46:2 53
American Artists' Materials Suppliers Directory, 46:2 53
American Axes (Kaufman), 41:1 3
American Axes and Edge Tool Co.., 40:4 60
American Axe & Tool Co., 39:3 52A, 45:3 71, 51:1 23, 51:4 130
"American Barbison and the Dominy House, The" (O'Connor), 44:3 84–85
American Bit Brace Co., 45:4 101
American Blacksmith Auto and Tractor Shop magazine, 54:1 23, 54:1 24
American Braces in the 19th Century (Klingler), 42:1 16
"American Braces in the 19th Century" (Klingler)
Part II, 41:3 42–44
Part III, 41:4 64–65
American Brewing Co., 50:1 19
American Brownstone Co., 56:3 91
"American Bucksaws" (Stubbs), 59:2 59–69
American Builder, 45:3 90
American Cabinetmaker's Plow Plan, The (Moody), 40:2 17
American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 57:3 110
American chestnut trees
Asiatic blight and, 43:1 16
American Drop Forge Co., 45:3 71
American Felt Co., 41:3 46
American Forests, The (Muir), 45:4 124
American Fork & Hoe Company, 46:3 65–67
American Furniture and Manufacturing Co., 58:3 95
American Glue Co. of Massachusetts, 53:1 26, 53:1 31–32, 53:2 82
American Glue Co. of New Jersey, 53:1 26–32
garnet sand mining, 53:1 28
insurance map, 53:1 29
"American Glue Company, The: A Gritty Problem" (West and Cottrell), 53:1 26–32
"American Glue Factory Revisited" (West and Cottrell), 53:2 82
American Grass Twine Co., 58:3 90–99
American Hardware Store, The: A Manual for Approved Methods of Arranging and Displaying Hardware (Williams), 45:4 117
American Hay Fork, 57:3 103–104
American Institute, New York, 56:2 69
American Machine Co., 56:4 133
American Machinery Co., 58:3 108
American Machinist, 44:3 72, 53:1 23
American Manufactured Hardware Catalog (Carr), 42:4 96–97, 56:1 25–26
American Mechanical Dictionary (Knight), 42:3 64, 43:4 106, 44:1 16, 45:2 53, 47:3 95, 49:2 53, 59:1 16
"American Money Matters in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries" (Langan), 46:1 24
American National Standard screw thread, 55:3 113
American Notebooks (Hawthorne), 42:2 41
American organ
piano tuner's bellows for, 42:3 70
American Patented Brace, The (Pearson), 49:4 136
American Petroleum Institute (API), 53:3 89, 53:3 90
American Philosophical Society, 58:1 4–5, 58:1 6
American plan (open shop) workplaces
granite industry, 60:1 28
American Pneumatic Tool Co., 59:4 140
American Pole Arms 1526-1865 (Brown), 39:3 48
American Precision Museum, 44:1 30
American Revolution
African Americans and, 46:4 94–95
camp axes, 39:1 1–3
clothing, 41:1 15
diaries, 41:1 15, 45:2 48
planemakers and, 48:3 35–44
soldier's inventory, 43:3 72
soldier's knife, 44:4 126
U.S. military axes, 39:1 1–3
American Rhykenological Society, 45:1 21, 50:3 99
American Sawmill Machinery Co., 57:4 160
American Screw Auger, 44:2 35
American Screw Co., 44:3 77–78
American Silver Steel Co., 41:1 20A
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
machine screw thread standards, 55:3 113
American Standard Wire Rope, 59:3 85
American Tinned Plate Association, 49:4 122
American Tube and Stamping Co., 57:1 23
American Type Founders Co., 48:4 97–98
American Wire Fence Co., 46:1 22
American Wooden Planes (Pollak and Pollak), 39:1 13
American Wood Working Machine Co., 58:3 108
tilting bandsaws, 56:2 49, 56:2 53
American Woodworking Tools (Kebabian and Witney), 41:2 21–23, 46:3 82
Ames, Frederick L., 49:3 90, 49:3 92, 49:3 93
Ames, Henry A., 50:1 5
Ames, James T., 44:2 47
Ames, James Tyler, 47:3 86–87
Ames, John, 44:3 82, 49:3 90
Ames, Nathan P., 44:2 47
Ames, Oakes, 49:3 92, 49:3 93
Ames, Oaks Angier, 50:1 6
Ames, Oliver, 40:3 53, 42:1 18, 44:2 47, 49:3 87, 49:3 90–93
Ames, Oliver, and Son, 50:1 6
Ames, Oliver, Jr., 49:3 92, 49:3 93
Ames, Oliver, Memorial Hall, 49:3 92
Ames, Oliver, Plow Co., 44:2 47
Ames, Oliver, & Sons, Corp., 49:3 93
Ames, "Tinker," 41:1 17
Ames Building, Boston, Massachusetts, 59:2 41
Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant, 44:2 44–45
Ames Manufacturing Co., 44:2 41, 44:2 47, 44:2 50
Ames Shovel & Tool Co., 49:3 87–93, 49:4 139, 50:1 1, 50:1 2, 50:1 6
Ames Building, 59:2 41
shovels, 44:3 82, 45:1 22
"Ames Shovel & Tool Company" (West), 49:3 87–93
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst Stone, 60:1 36, 60:1 40
Amherst Stone Co., 60:1 40
Amidon, Charles H., 42:1 16, 45:1 6–7, 45:4 101
Amidon & Bastedo, 45:4 101
Amidon brace, 41:3 44
Amidon Tool Co., 45:4 101
Amidon & White, 45:4 101
Amis, H. C.
Amistead, Dorothy, 45:4 102
Amman, Jost, 46:1 9
Amoskeag Ax Co., 46:1 27, 51:4 129–130
"Amoskeag Ax Company of Manchester, New Hampshire" (Klenman), 51:4 129–130
amputation saws, 59:4 128
Amsler, Cory M., 43:2 50, 49:3 98, 50:2 54, 50:2 67
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, 42:2 55
anchor forges, 54:3 105
anchors, 48:1 6, 48:2 41
Ancient Carpenters' Tools (Mercer), 40:1 10, 42:4 89, 43:1 6, 44:3 91, 46:3 69–70, 47:3 84–85, 53:3 125
"Ancient Identity Marks" (Crom), 54:3 128–129
Anderson, A., 49:2 57
Anderson, Alexander, 58:2 55, 58:2 61
Anderson, Clarita, 55:1 23
Anderson, Donald K., Jr., 42:1 25
Anderson, Eliza M. C., 56:1 18
Anderson, J., 45:3 78
Anderson, James, 58:2 61
Anderson, James T., 47:3 83
Anderson, Mikael, 40:1 13
Anderson, R. C., 42:1 4
Anderson, S., 43:4 93
Anderson & Co., 43:4 93
Anderson & Laing, 47:3 81, 47:3 83
"And Obed Begat Jehu and Jehu Begat Azariah I Chronicles 2:37" (Cooper), 42:4 97
Andre, John, 44:3 67
Andrewes, J. H. William, 58:1 32, 58:1 33
Andrews, Benjah, 59:3 111–112
Andrews, Chester, 40:3 44
Andrews, Edward Demig, 40:1 1, 40:2 36A
Andrews, Elva, 42:1 6
Andrews, Emanuel, 59:2 67, 59:2 68, 59:2 69
Andrews, Faith, 40:2 36A
Andrews, Joel, 39:2 18
Andrews, M., 42:3 68
Andrews, Reginald, 42:1 7
Andrews, Samuel, 42:1 7
Andrews, Wilfred, 42:1 6–7
Andrus, Obed, 52:4 163
"And they Still Came" (De Avila), 45:2 61
Angelo, Fred, 60:1 30
Angerstein, Reinhold Rücker, 55:3 127
angle chucks, 45:3 79
angle supplements, for bevels, 52:1 7
"Anglet" rule, 55:2 52–54
angling bandsaws, 56:2 45–55
Angus, Caroline, 39:3 36
aniline dyes, 53:4 156–160, 53:4 169
n70
black, 53:4 157, 53:4 169n70
purple, 53:4 158
animal-powered machines
butter churns, 52:3 89
cotton gins, 52:1 9, 52:1 11
animals.
See also cattle;
hogs;
horses;
oxen;
sheep
device to prevent animals from climbing fences, 44:3 83
draft animals, 47:1 33, 60:1 19
tool use by, 43:4 110
"Animal Tool Behavior" (Armistead), 43:4 110
Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals (Beck), 43:4 110
anise oil, 44:1 15
Annable, Chester, 46:1 29
Annals of Agriculture (Young), 58:2 54, 58:2 55, 58:2 56
Annals of Philadelphia, The (Watson), 42:3 75
annatto plant, 52:3 92
n58
Annes, Oliver, 44:4 124
Annunciation (Martini), 46:4 105
"Another Curious Measuring Device" (Finch), 50:3 105
"Another Example of a Turner's Tool" (Roberts), 39:2 28
"Another First: A Ride on the Blackstone Canal" (O'Connor), 44:1 18
"Another Long Island Tool Maker" (Wood), 44:3 85
"Another New Hampshire Log Caliper Maker" (Garvin), 45:2 58
"Another Rack-Wing Compass," 48:3 62
"Another Stone Tool Maker," 43:3 76
"Another Two-Hand Saw and Some Saw-Related Patents" (Fales), 43:3 73–74
"Another View of Stage Coach Travel" (Reichman), 42:4 100
"Another Voice in the Plier Choir" (Semel), 44:3 86
Anson, Lady, 50:2 40
Ansonia, Connecticut, Brass & Copper Co., 40:4 70
"Answer is Crystal Clear, The" (Shallcross), 46:2 53
Anthony, H. J.
glovemaking patents, 53:4 139
Anthracite Board of Trade of Schuylkill County, 52:4 138, 52:4 139
anthracite mining industry.
See also coal industry
coal cartel, 52:4 143–144
labor issues, 52:3 114–121, 52:4 134–146
Anthracite Monitor, 52:4 142
anti-fence climbing device, 45:1 17
Antill, Benjamin F., 54:3 101
Antique Medical Instruments, 41:2 36
Antique Medical Instruments (Bennion), 51:1 26
Antique Medical Instruments (Wilber), 51:1 26
antiques
dating, using saw marks, 41:2 32–33
"Antiques: Traditional Techniques of the Master Craftsmen" (Drury), 40:2 35
Antiques for Men (shop), 51:4 108
antique shop directory, 45:1 31
Antique Tin & Tole Ware: Its History and Romance (Gould), 56:2 83
Antique Tool Collector's Guide to Value (Barlow), 47:4 103
antlers
for husking pegs, 59:3 99
for knife handles, 52:1 35–36
for shepherds crooks, 52:2 73–74
Antrim Shovel Co., 49:3 88
anvils, 41:1 18–19, 41:3 85, 45:1 20, 51:1 16, 51:2 60
bicorne, 45:3 84
dated, 51:1 25
decorated, 39:2 27–28
horned, 46:1 33
hornless, 45:4 98, 46:1 33
identity marks, 54:3 128
miniature advertising, 41:3 84
mower's, 41:1 18, 41:1 19, 41:2 33
noise pollution control, 39:2 29
scythe, 41:1 18, 41:2 21A, 41:2 33, 41:2 37, 41:2 front cover
whatsits, 54:2 87
"Anvilsmith," 47:1 31
anvilsmiths, 47:1 31, 47:4 107
API.
See American Petroleum Institute (API)
Apostle Island, Wisconsin, 44:4 108–109
apothecary planes, 58:2 78, 58:3 127, 58:4 173
apple butter stirrers, 46:1 22, 46:2 55
Appleby, John, 39:4 61
apple corers, 45:4 99
apple orchards
cider making and, 43:3 59
apple parers, 59:4 152–154, 59:4 153
apple-paring machine, 44:1 3
apple pomace, 46:1 22
apples, 55:3 87
Appleton, David, 55:1 7
Appleton, Robert, 55:1 7
Appleton, Thomas, 52:1 31, 55:1 7
Appleton, William Sumner, 55:1 3
Appleton mills, 42:2 42
applewood saw handles, 59:1 19
"Applications of the Wedge" (Armistead), 49:3 75–81
apprentices
payment of, 60:1 7
punishment of, 60:1 8
runaways, 45:2 37, 47:4 124, 48:3 54–55, 58:4 134
tool chests and, 46:2 45
"Apprenticeship in German Factory" (Burchard), 43:1 11–12
apprenticeships
axemaking, 54:4 138
cabinetmaking, 54:1 6
chairmaking, 58:4 134
family members and, 60:1 7
German factory, 43:1 11–12
granite industry, 60:1 23
guides and, 60:1 6–8
history of, 39:2 31
initiation of coopers, 44:4 107
Italian guilds, 46:4 100, 46:4 106n.2
Nicoholson/Chelor, 54:1 8
planemaking, 40:2 26, 45:2 36
private, 60:1 7
sawyers, 54:2 57
shoemaking, 42:2 39, 42:2 40
"Tour de France," 60:1 7
woodworkers, 54:1 4
apprentis prives (private apprentices), 60:1 7
aquatic gloves, 53:4 138
arbitration
in coal industry, 52:4 140–141
Archaeological Research and Consultancy (ARCUS), 59:4 128
archaeology
Thoreau's writings on, 43:1 7–8, 43:2 33–35
Archaeology of the Central Mississippi Valley (Morse and Morse), 59:1 2
Archimedean drill/double-nut hacksaw combination, 55:4 149
Archimedean screw principle
lawn mower design and, 52:2 48
Archimedes, 40:1 9, 54:1 39, 55:3 112, 56:2 56
Architectural History of the Old South Meeting House, A (Betlock, Curran, Schwerdtfeger, and Weiner), 55:4 136
Architectural Stained Glass, 59:1 10, 59:1 11, 59:1 inside front cover
architecture.
See also building technology;
house construction
brownstone and, 56:3 102–103
granite and, 58:3 125, 59:2 40
history, 53:1 38
New England building history, 54:4 166–167, 57:1 35
Newport, Rhode Island, mansions, 53:2 74n2
Philadelphia, 58:4 155–156
restoration, 57:1 35
sculptured tools, 42:2 50–51
stonecutting, inscriptions, 58:4 148–153
architrave planes, 59:3 120–121
Archytas of Tarentum, 55:3 112
Argentina
aril, 52:3 92
n58
Aristo Chemie chemical slide rule, 50:2 47
"Arkansas Stone," 43:1 11
arkosic sandstone, 55:3 95, 55:3 96
Arkwright, Richard, 42:2 42, 54:2 72
Arkwright Manufacturing Co., 54:2 72–73
arm filletsters, 57:1 36–37
Armistead, Donald (Don), 42:1 25, 42:3 82, 43:1 9, 43:1 10, 44:2 62, 44:4 120, 44:4 125, 46:1 34–35, 47:2 67
Armistead, Dorothy, 45:4 102
Armitage, James, 44:4 103
Armour & Co., 59:1 5
Armstrong, Francis, 51:2 52
Armstrong, William, 56:3 93
Arnold, Benedict, 44:3 67
Arnold, David, 55:2 79
Arnold, Harry, 49:2 62
Arnold, John, 55:2 79, 55:2 81
Arnold, Roy, 41:1 18, 41:2 37, 56:4 171
Arnold, Samuel B., 44:1 22, 45:2 59
Arnold, Seth, 55:2 79
Arnold, Susan, 53:2 72
Arnold, William, 55:2 79
Arnold & Crouch, 45:3 89
Arnold & Walker, 51:4 106, 51:4 108, 52:2 75–76
catalog, 41:1 18, 41:1 19
Aronson, Louis V., 39:4 57, 39:4 58
"Around the House" (Gedney), 43:1 13–14, 43:3 63–64, 43:4 91–92, 44:2 39, 44:2 49–50, 44:3 71–72, 44:3 88–90, 44:4 118–120, 45:1 25–27, 45:2 56–57, 45:2 62, 45:3 91–92, 45:4 116–117, 46:1 31
"Around the House Collectibles" (Gedney), 45:1 27, 45:2 57
Arrowmammett long-arm filletster, 57:1 36–37
Arrowmammett Works, 47:1 12
n16, 49:4 122
arsenic dyes, 53:4 156, 53:4 159, 53:4 162
n44
arsenic poisoning, 53:4 162
n44
Ars Longa, 40:3 48
art.
See also decoration
"boiler plate" illustrations, 49:2 67
citrus fruit-crate labels, 42:2 33
etchings of crafts and trades (van Vliet), 46:1 7–11
fidelity to technical objects, 47:4 133
leather-working tools as, 50:2 69
Medieval Italian carpentry tools and techniques, 46:4 98–107
of men and women at work, 57:3 120–121
old tools used in, 41:3 51
tools as, 50:1 33–34, 50:2 39–42
tools depicted in, 44:4 101, 50:2 54
woodworking tools as, 52:2 82–83
Art and Craft of Coachbuilding, 39:2 29
art conservators, 46:4 99
Art de Tourner, L' (Plumier), 56:2 64–65
Art du Menuisier, L' (Roubo), 55:4 145
art historians, 46:4 99
Arthur, Henry, 44:2 60, 44:4 124
shoemakers' tools price list, 44:3 70
Arthur Brown (Kellogg), 44:3 73
artificial limb gripping mechanism, 42:4 104
Art Institute of Chicago, 58:4 148
artisan planes, 52:1 30–31
artisans' tools
sold in ironmongery, 46:1 27
"artistic" colors, 53:4 160
Artists' Joiner, The (van Vliet), 46:1 7, 46:1 9
"Artist's Tool Kit, An" (Armistead), 42:1 17
artist's tool kits, 42:1 17
Art Metal Works, 39:4 57
Art of Coppersmithing (Fuller), 39:2 27–28
Art of Dining, The, A History of Cooking and Eating (Paston-Williams), 52:3 85
Art of Fine Tools, The (Phillips), 52:3 124
Art of Medieval Technology, The (Unger), 51:3 87
Art Student's League, 52:2 82
"Art
vs. Old Tools, a Clear and Present Danger" (Gedney), 41:3 51
Arvika Redskapsfabrik, 39:4 55, 39:4 56
Aryault, Myles, 48:3 60
Aryault, Rose & Co., 48:3 60
Aryault & Rose, 48:3 60
asbestos
Aschauer, John, 44:1 30
Ash, W. & Co., 58:2 77
Ash, William, 44:3 69, 53:1 16
Ash, William, & Co., 51:3 96, 52:2 60
ash cakes, 39:1 10
Ashley, R. Harmon, 50:2 45
Ashmead, Henry G., 60:3 101, 60:3 103
Ashmore, John, 56:1 25, 56:1 26
Asian culture
flour millers, 42:1 10
timber sawyers, 42:1 11
tinsmiths, 42:1 11
tool smiths, 42:1 10
Asiatic blight
American chestnut trees and, 43:1 16
asparagus chisels, 42:2 54, 42:3 80–81, 42:4 105
asparagus knives, 42:3 80
asparagus saws, 43:1 21
assembly line.
See also mass production
Crescent Machine Co., 60:4 150
assize, 52:4 151, 52:4 152
"As the Wheel Turns" (Armistead), 45:4 106–107
Astin, Sampson, 40:1 7
Astman, Dorothy, 39:2 29
astragal cuts, 53:1 37
astragal planes, 57:1 2, 57:1 3–4
Astragal Press, 42:3 83, 43:2 46–47, 43:2 55
Atchison, Roger, 44:1 27, 44:1 28, 44:2 56
Atco Motor Co., 52:3 96, 52:3 97, 52:3 98
Athol Machine Co., 45:1 20, 45:1 25
Atkins, Charles, 39:3 52A
Atkins, E. C., Co., 59:2 59, 59:2 63
Atkins, E. C., & Co., 47:2 63, 51:1 10
Atkins, Elias C., 59:2 64, 59:2 66
Atkins, I., 59:1 19
Atkins saw logo, 52:1 31
Atlantic Packaging, 59:1 8
Atlantic Works, The (London, Berry & Orton Co.), 56:2 55
Atlas Chain Co., 52:3 97
"At Last a Second Williams Universal Plane if Found, Dave Switzer Turns Up Example Far From Home in California" (Gilmore), 42:4 96
Atomic Theory, 50:2 44
Attenborough, Mellor & Blackburn, 55:1 6
attrition index, 44:4 113
Attucks, Crispus, 46:2 40, 46:4 95
Atwater, Mary Meigs, 44:3 89
Atwater Kent Museum, 39:2 27, 57:4 153–155
Atwood, Almon, 49:4 109, 49:4 111
Atwood, T. G. (possible son of Turpin Atwood), 52:1 15
Atwood, Turpin G., 52:1 14–15, 52:1 19
Atwood, W. C., 52:1 15
Atwood, W. H., 52:1 14–15
Atwood & Co., 45:3 78
Atwood cotton gins, 52:1 14–15
Atwood Gin Stands, 52:1 15
Auburn Metallic Plane Co., 50:1 19
Auburn Tool Co., 49:2 65, 58:3 129
Aubusson carpets, 45:1 15
auctions, 45:2 59
tool collections, 51:4 108
tools, 48:3 57–59
auger bits, 51:4 127
Adams, Abe L., 45:1 3–4
cutters, 45:1 3
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 156
patents, 45:1 3
solid-center, 44:2 35–36
augermakers
Barton, D. R., 53:1 16
Buell, Moses A., 49:2 40–41
Hughes, Bernard, 49:2 40
Kingston, Massachusetts, 53:3 120–122
Shetter, George, 46:1 20
Walker, William, 49:2 40
augers, 45:2 55, 45:3 89
bod, 53:3 120
boring, 56:3 108–113
for boring barrel holes, 54:3 91
breast, 43:1 15, 43:2 55
brest, 39:3 46
carpenters, 54:3 106
Dutch, 46:1 9
"earth," 46:2 55
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:3 117
German, 41:3 48
hollow, 45:3 79
hollow, adjustable, 45:2 60
Kingston, Massachusetts, 53:3 120–122, 54:3 106
Klompen (wooden shoe), 46:2 55
patents, 49:4 136
screw, 53:3 120
solid-center, 46:1 20
spiral, 45:1 4, 45:1 5
tap, 44:2 48
three-lipped, 59:3 109–110
three-pod, 59:3 111–112
T- or cross-handled, 45:1 5, 45:2 58, 59:3 109
Treenail, 53:3 122, 54:3 106
twist (pod), 46:4 103–104
whatsits, 46:1 23
Augustin, J., 56:2 62
August of Saxony, 54:2 82
Aumiller, Charles, 52:1 31, 52:2 50
Austen, Barbara, 44:4 98, 45:1 12, 45:3 86
Austen, Barbara E., 45:1 12, 45:3 86
Austin, Richard, 53:1 41
Australia
immigrants, 52:2 71
Shell axes, 52:4 161
shepherds crooks, 52:2 69–74
Australian National Dictionary, 52:2 69
"Australian Oddity, An" (Klenman), 52:4 161
Austrian tools
in Canada, 41:3 39
coopers', 40:3 48
scythes, 43:3 81
autograph quilts, 44:2 39
Auto Igniter Co., 39:4 57
Auto Kintter, 57:3 111
automatic band saw sets, 49:1 12–13
Automatic rule, 54:3 123
Automation lawn mower, 52:2 48
automobile jacks, 40:3 44, 54:3 130
automobiles
dashboards, 44:4 127
foreign, American manufacture of, 41:4 73
production, 52:1 166
radiator cap ornaments, 44:4 127
repair, by blacksmiths, 51:1 1–7, 54:1 22–23
automotive pliers, 41:3 58
Automower of Norton, 52:3 97
averuncators (tree trimmers), 52:3 107
Avery, C. U., 56:3 104
Avery, Carlton, 53:1 15
awls
for bookbinding, 44:1 24
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 158
Hewlett's tool chest, 39:1 7
Monticello collection, 58:1 13
saddlers, 39:2 19
Axe and Its Variations, Civil and Military, The (Buehnet), 39:3 48
axe carriers, 39:1 3, 39:2 21, 39:2 22
for intrenching axes, 39:2 21
"Axe Heads and Handles" (Gamble), 57:2 47–50
"Axe Identified" (Klenman), 50:2 63
axe makers, 46:1 26–27
Canada, 42:4 94
Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 40:1 3–6
Sager, William J., 45:3 70–71
Warnock, J., & Co., 42:4 94
Axe Makers of North America (Klenman), 45:2 60
axe mortise chisels, 42:4 89
axes, 42:4 front cover.
See also broad axes;
chisel axes;
goosewing axes;
hatchets
Abercrombie & Fitch, 52:1 38
adze-eye mounted axes, 50:1 36
African, 50:2 63
Amoskeag Ax Co., 51:4 129–130
Anderson, James, 45:1 20
Axe Age, 51:1 23–24, 51:3 96, 51:4 130, 52:4 161
Babbitt, Andrew J., 44:1 22
Barton, D. R., 53:1 23
bearded, 54:4 135
Beatty Axe Co., 48:1 20–21, 50:1 37, 50:2 back cover
bench, 49:2 49
Benjamin, Timothy, 45:2 47
Blenkhorn's Chief, 47:4 127
boarding, 43:3 79
broad, 45:3 90
Brooks, 49:4 105
camp, 39:1 1–3
Canada pattern broad axe, 42:3 59–61
Canadian, 43:4 93
carpenters', 60:2 65
Carter, Pulaski, 56:1 1–8, 56:3 125
ceremonial, 46:1 31
characteristics of, 54:4 139–143
Chopper 1, 45:3 90, 45:4 118, 46:4 108
compagnon armorer's, 60:1 5
coopers, 48:1 7–8
coopers' side ax, 60:2 54
for cutting firewood, 54:1 29, 54:1 30
debarking, 39:3 52
Dixie, 51:3 95–96
DORPIAN, 51:1 7
Dorpian (Whitbeck), 50:4 128
double-bitted, 40:3 51–52
Dundas Axe Works, 43:4 93
Dutch, 45:2 59, 46:1 9
Emerson & Stephens, 50:2 43
factory-made, 39:1 1
"faling," 46:2 47
felling, 39:1 1, 39:2 22, 46:3 89
Fenn, Leonard, 57:4 157
Fowler, Josiah, 54:1 25
French Acadian, 49:3 71
French coopers', 57:2 49
German, 41:3 58, 49:1 23–24
goosewing, 40:2 36, 44:3 91, 54:4 135–143, 57:2 49
hand, 45:3 87
handles, 44:3 82, 57:2 47–50
handling, 39:3 48–49
Hannum, 44:3 79, 45:1 17, 45:2 44, 45:3 90
Hathaway, Braddock, 54:2 60
Hawley Collection, 59:4 129
heads, 57:2 47–50
hewing, 46:3 72
Hills, Allan, 57:3 90, 57:4 139
Honduran mahogany cut with, 48:4 94–95
house brands and trade names, 50:2 insert
Hudson Bay pattern, 39:2 22–23, 43:2 30, 52:1 38
hunters, 60:2 62
ice, 52:1 33, 52:3 123, 53:3 127
identification of axeheads, 39:3 52A
intrenching, 39:1 2, 39:2 23
iron and steel production for, 54:4 136–138
Jamestown Axe Co., 51:1 23–24
King, 45:1 20–21
lat (lath), 52:3 111
Latin American, 39:1 1
Lincoln Axe Co., 47:2 41
make-do (repaired), 43:3 61
make-do tools from, 44:3 86
makers, 43:4 111
making, 54:4 136–137
making, account books, 44:1 26
making handles, 40:1 15
Mann Edge Tool Co., 53:3 95, 53:3 122
Marble's, 47:2 42
Marshall-Wells Co., 43:4 107
Minoan double-bladed, 40:3 52
mortise, 55:1 15
Mycenaean double-bladed, 40:3 52
Neolithic origins of, 40:3 51–52
nibbed, 44:4 117, 45:1 20, 45:3 90
post, 52:1 33
primitive, 50:2 63
promotional, 52:1 38
protecting edges, 47:4 103
Pulaski, 56:3 125
regional, 39:1 1, 42:3 59
repairing, 39:3 36
RKB Enterprises, Inc., 48:3 60
Romer, Nicholas, 46:1 11, 46:1 35
sabot, 40:1 13
Sager, 48:1 16
Sager chemical process axe, 45:3 70, 45:3 71
Shell, 52:4 161
ship's carpenter's, 60:2 59
shipwrights' (mast), 54:2 62–63
short-handled, 39:2 28
"side," 57:2 49
slate-axes, 43:4 106
Smart, 50:1 20
Spiller, Mark D. and Norman W., 48:1 33
Spiller family, 44:2 40
Tomahawk Pattern, 43:2 30
trimming, 54:2 63
Truchet, B., 46:1 26
turpentine, 41:1 16–17
U.S. military, 39:1 1–3, 39:2 21–23
Walters Axe Co., 40:4 57–61
as wedges, 49:3 79
western Massachusetts, 44:3 79
whatsits, 39:3 52
Witherell Axe Co., 50:1 37, 50:2 43
"Axes," 49:3 71
Axes (Klenman), 43:2 30
Axford, Sarah, 58:4 157
ax hammers
for granite cutting and dressing, 59:4 139
"Ax Making in Pictou County, Nova Scotia" (Wyllie), 40:1 3–6
Ayer, Frank Percy, 52:3 91
Ayres, J. A., 55:1 32
Azof green, 53:4 158, 53:4 159
azuline dye, 53:4 158
azurline dye, 53:4 158
Azzola, Friedrich Karl, 40:2 33, 42:2 50
Azzola, Juliane, 42:2 50
Azzola, Karl, 41:3 53