Babbidge, Homer D., 46:3 89
Babbit, A. J., 46:1 27
Babbitt, Andrew J.
Babbitt, Bruce, 55:3 100
Babbitt (Babbett) bearings, 57:1 13, 57:1 14, 57:1 15, 57:4 160–161, 57:4 163
Babbitt bearing-to-ball-bearing conversion kits, 57:1 12
Babcock, Alpheus, 47:3 93–94
Babcock, John H., 53:1 14
Babcock, Perry, 49:2 39, 53:1 14
Babcock, Richard, 51:1 18
Babcock, Stephen Molton, 52:3 88
Babcock, W. H., 53:1 14
Babcock, W. R., 48:1 10
Babcock Test, 52:3 88
babka (scythe sharpening anvil), 41:3 39
"baby plugger," 59:2 52
Bacheller, Milton, 43:1 1
Bacheller, Sue, 54:1 37
Bachmann, W. K., 44:4 118
Backenhobel planes, 59:4 163
backing out jack planes, 46:3 79
backing (mother) planes, 41:3 38, 54:1 8
n.5
inverse imprints on, 53:2 60, 53:2 61n30
Reed, John, 53:2 60
Wells, Robert, 59:3 105–106
"Back Page History"
"Hallowell Granite Works Stinchfield Quarry" (Bunting), 56:1 40–41 (
See also "Our Back Cover")
" PEI Loggers" (Bunting), 56:3 129
"Wharf at Matinicus Island, The" (Bunting), 56:2 85
"Backroom Boy?, A" (Brundage), 43:2 41
backsaws, 57:1 9, 59:1 13–21
blades, 59:1 16–17
blade width, 59:1 16–17
chamfering, 59:1 19–20
cheeks, 59:1 19–20
closed-handled, 59:1 16–17, 59:1 19
Disston, 59:1 13, 59:1 16–20, 60:1 34
double-nib handles, 59:1 18
eagle marking, 59:1 13, 59:1 15, 59:1 20
grip line angle, 59:1 19
handles, 59:1 17–20
Jackson, 60:3 126–128
with miter boxes, 60:1 34, 60:2 84
rivets, 59:1 20
saw screws, 59:1 20–21
Sheffield, England, 59:1 13, 59:1 17, 59:1 19
types of, 59:1 17
back shops
in felt hat making, 52:4 158, 52:4 160n16
Backus, Quimby S., 42:1 16, 45:1 6, 45:3 79
Backus brace, 41:3 43
Bacon, C. B., 56:1 22, 56:1 23
badge engineering, 50:1 12
Badger, A. M., 50:1 13–14
Badger, Acer & Co., 50:1 14
badger planes, 45:2 63, 45:4 103, 54:2 51
badger plane toats, 45:1 23, 45:2 63
"Badger Toat Open or Closed?, The" (Gauntlett), 45:1 23
Badger-type planes, 44:4 127
Badische Anilin-und Soda-Fabrik (BASF), 53:4 156
Baekland, Leo, 49:3 101
Baer, Harry, 54:4 161
Bagg, David, 44:1 7
Baggs, Andrew H., 41:3 80, 41:3 82
Baggs, R. J., 41:3 82
Baggs, R. J., & Sons, 41:3 82
bag hands, 48:4 88
"Bag Hands," 48:2 88
bag rammers, 45:4 122
Bahn, G. A., 56:1 17, 56:1 20
bail buckets, 45:3 67
bailers, 45:1 12
Bailey, A., 43:2 52, 43:4 93, 44:3 79
Bailey, Arnold, 43:4 93
Bailey, Donald, 51:1 7
Bailey, Edwin, 44:4 107
Bailey, H. R., Co., 51:1 4–7
Bailey, Hugh R. ("Bob"), 51:1 1–7
Bailey, J., 45:4 112, 46:1 27
Bailey, Josias, 44:4 107
Bailey, L., 39:2 32, 39:3 52
Bailey, L., Co., 40:2 21
Bailey, Leonard, 39:3 52, 40:2 21, 41:2 21, 52:4 147, 60:1 42
Number 9 Cabinetmakers Block Plane, 52:2 60
planemaker, 52:2 60–61, 58:2 80–84, 58:3 113
spokeshaves, 52:3 112
Bailey, Nahum, Jr., 53:3 121
Bailey, Nahum, Sr.
augermaker, 53:3 121, 54:3 103
Bailey, Selden A., 44:3 79
Bailey, Shayla Mae, 59:1 inside front cover
Bailey, Thomas, 54:3 103–104
Bailey, Thomas Ward, 53:3 121, 53:3 122
Bailey, Timothy, 55:1 3
Bailey, W. C., 45:4 112, 45:4 118
Bailey, William, 53:3 120
Bailey bevel, 42:2 36
Bailey iron planes
Stanley advertising signs for, 59:2 70, 59:2 71
Bailey jointer plane, 46:3 89
Bailey's Dictionary, 46:1 32
Bailey Tool Co., 44:3 79
Bailey Washing and Wringing Machine Co., 44:3 79
Bailey & Wolcott, 43:4 93
Baird, Ron, 43:1 25, 43:3 79, 43:4 105, 44:4 110, 44:4 117
bake kettles, 39:1 10
Bakelite, 49:3 101
Baker, Bob, 45:1 30
Baker, E. C., 45:3 92
Baker, H.
buttonhole scissors, 49:4 front cover
Baker, Jacob S., 52:4 131, 52:4 133
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Baker, John Gulick, 59:2 64, 59:2 66
Baker, Lyman, & Co., 60:1 39
Baker, Nathaniel, 58:2 52–53
Baker, Nathaniel, II, 58:2 53
Baker, Nathaniel, III, 58:2 53
Baker, Peter C., 50:1 31
Baker, Phil, 49:4 114
Baker, Rebeckah, 46:1 3, 46:1 4
Baker, Reynolds, 43:4 93
Baker, S. J.
hay knives, 57:2 55, 57:2 66
Baker, Sanford J., 39:1 17
Baker, Sarah, 58:2 53
Baker & Hamilton, 49:1 26
bakers' tools
fish bone symbolism, 60:2 81
roll-making tools, 45:1 16
Bakewell, Josiah, 42:1 15, 42:3 72
Bakewell, Robert, 51:1 28
Balden, James, 42:4 93, 42:4 109
Baldwin, Amos, 42:2 49
Baldwin, Christopher Columbus, 42:1 24, 46:3 68, 46:3 86
Baldwin, Elbridge, 49:4 130, 49:4 131
Baldwin, Joel, 53:4 132
Baldwin, John, 49:4 125–129, 50:2 56, 60:1 37, 60:1 40
Baldwin, John, Jr., 60:1 39
Baldwin Institute, 60:1 37
Baldwin Quarry Co., 60:1 39
Baldwin Tool Co., 47:1 7, 47:1 8, 47:1 12
n16, 47:1 12
n19, 49:4 122, 56:1 39
Bale, M. Powis, 56:2 46, 59:4 131–132
baleen shavings, 56:4 172–173
balers
portable, for wire grass harvesting, 58:3 92
baler twine, 40:2 16
baling hitch, 59:3 86
Balintffy, Peter, 40:3 48
Ball, Carlos, 40:1 14, 42:3 71, 43:3 76
Ball, J. S.
Ballard, William, 44:4 116
ballast, 43:2 54
for Coronet (schooner yacht), 53:1 6
railroads, 44:1 18
sand as, 42:4 109
ball-bearing chucks, 53:1 10, 53:1 12
ball bearings, 57:1 13
ball head trawl splicers, 45:4 127
"balling irons," 47:4 129
balloon construction, 47:3 90–91
balloon-fest, 42:4 86, 42:4 93
Ballou, Dexter, 55:2 81
ball peen hammers
beryllium copper, 53:3 105–106
Balsam blister fluid, 42:4 107
Bamford, William, 55:1 5
Bamford, William, Jr., 55:1 5
Bancel, Lewis, 58:4 140
"Band Cutter Comes and Goes" (Grabb), 40:4 62–63
band cutters, 40:4 62–63
band cutting feeders, 40:4 62
banding, 53:3 125
banding planes, 53:3 125–126, 54:1 36
bandsaw blades
welding compound for, 60:4 140
bandsaw guards, 60:4 153
bandsaws
angling, 56:2 45–55
Crescent Machine Co., 60:4 136, 60:4 140–141, 60:4 141–143, 60:4 151, 60:4 front cover
direct-motor-driven (DMD), 57:1 15
electric powered, 60:4 146
foot-powered, 60:4 142, 60:4 143
sizes, 60:4 141–142
band saw setting machine, 45:2 44
"Band Setter, The: A Curious Tool of the Wheelwright" (Borkowski), 43:4 90
"Band Setter Revisited, The," 44:1 16
band setters, 43:4 90, 44:1 16, 44:2 34
band ships saws, 56:2 45–55
band sprue saws, 60:4 147
Banfield, Nelson, 44:2 40, 51:3 74
bangboard, 50:3 103
Bangor Daily Commercial, 56:3 129
Banister, Peter, 43:1 9
"Banjo" lighter, 39:4 57
Banker, Hiram, 53:1 15
bankers (granite), 59:4 143–144
Bankers Trust Co. Building, New York City, 59:2 41, 59:2 42
Bannerman, Francis, Catalog of Military Goods
axe carriers, 39:1 3
camp axes, 39:1 1–2
Bannerman's Catalog, 43:3 79
bannock, 39:1 10
bannock-board (bake-board), 39:1 10
barbed-wire, 46:1 22
"Barbells of Old South, The: The Extraordinary Early, Pressed-Glass Doorknobs of Old South Meeting House" (Hall), 55:4 133–140
Barber, Ralph, 49:3 83
Barber, Spofford, 42:3 68
Barber, William, 45:4 101, 52:4 158–159
Barber, William Henry, 41:2 21, 41:2 22
Barber braces, 41:2 21, 41:2 22
Barber chucks, 41:3 42, 41:4 65
Barber & Colman Co., 60:2 87
Barber shell chuck, 45:1 6, 45:1 7
barbers' scissors, 52:3 103, 52:3 104
Barbour, E. H., Catalog, 43:3 62
Barbour, J. & E. R., Co., 41:3 50, 43:2 32
barbs
on fishing spears, 43:2 36
bar clamps, 49:1 7, 50:4 117–120, 51:1 18
Barclay, John, 52:1 13
Bardelli, Angelo, 59:4 149
Bardwell, C. S., 46:1 27
barges
for granite transport, 59:3 91
Bark Columbia Sails On, The (White), 43:1 26
Bark Covered House, The (Nowlin), 45:4 125
Barker, Dounce, Rose & Co., 48:3 60
Barker, Rose, Clinton & Co., 48:3 60
Barker, Rose, & Co., 48:3 60
Barker, Rose & Kimball, 48:3 60
barking spuds, 43:2 54
Barkley, John M., 52:1 26
Barkley & Hughes, 52:1 26
barks
Barksdale, Nelson, 58:1 28
Barlett, Marcus M., 39:1 17
Barley, Simon, 59:1 13
Barlow, John, 44:2 53
Barlow, Ronald, 44:4 118, 47:4 103
Barlow, Ronald S., 45:4 101
Barlow knives, 44:2 53, 44:4 126
Barnaby Rudge (Dickens), 45:4 125, 46:1 32
Barnard, H. M., 41:3 41
Barnes, Janet, 59:4 125
Barnes, John, 41:1 2, 48:4 75, 48:4 77, 54:3 112
Barnes, John S. (son of John Barnes), 48:4 75
Barnes, John T., 57:3 114
Barnes, Russell, 46:1 13
Barnes, W. F. & John, Co., 44:4 125, 45:4 125, 45:4 127, 49:2 64
collecting machines, 48:4 87–88
dating machines, 48:4 86–87
foot-powered machines, 48:4 75–88
serial numbers, 48:4 87
Barnes, William Fletcher, 48:4 75, 48:4 79
Barnes and Graham, 57:3 115
Barney, Edward, 42:4 97
Barney, George, Sr., 46:3 59
Barney, Jacob, 42:4 97
Barney, Jacob, Jr., 42:4 97
Barney, Jonathan, 42:4 97
Barney, Joseph, 42:4 97
Barney, Mary Coleman, 42:4 97
Barney, Robert, 42:4 97
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler catalog, 52:1 31
barns
barn raising, photograph, 41:1 20
patterns, 51:1 17–18, 51:3 98
seventeenth century equipment, 43:2 39
Barnum, Martha Platt, 53:4 133
Barnum, P. T., 54:1 27
Barnum, Sarah, 54:1 37
Barnum, Silas
double-flyer spinning wheels, 53:4 133–136
Barnun, Ebenezer Benedict, 53:4 133
barometers
Barre, Vermont, granite, 59:2 43–44, 59:2 44
Barre Granite Association, 59:2 42
Barre Granite Cutters Union, 60:1 28
barrel bolts, 58:4 164
barrel churns, 51:2 43–47, 52:3 88
barrel elevators, 44:4 106
barrel gauging, 50:4 121–124
"Barrel Gauging" (Packman), 50:4 121–124
barrel lathes, 52:3 109
barrels.
See also casks
capacity and gauge standards, 52:4 151–154
dimensions of, 52:4 153
equipment for handling, 44:4 106–108
hoop poles for, 40:4 72
making, 52:3 122
pipes, 51:1 13–14, 51:1 cover
questions and answers, 45:1 13
standard (tierce), 52:4 151
"standing" or "empty," 42:1 20
time required for making, 44:4 107
whaling, 41:4 75
barrel spigots, self-boring, 54:3 93–101, 54:3 127
barrel stave mills
barrel swings, 44:4 106, 45:1 27
Barrett, C. L., 44:1 19
Barrett, David, 40:3 44
Barrett, Mary, 40:3 44
Barrett, Michael, 40:3 44
Barrett, William L., 44:4 100, 57:3 86
Barrowfield Tool Works, 45:2 63
Barrows, Deacon L. C., 49:4 112
Barry, Walter, 53:2 43
Barry, Walter, Jr., 53:2 43
Barse, G. F., 51:2 61
bar sets
barshare plow (agriculture), 58:1 3
Barshied, Willis, 41:1 9, 41:1 10
Barshied, Willis, Jr., 40:4 67, 41:3 49, 44:2 56, 44:4 110
bartending, 44:3 69
bartering system
butter for, 52:3 86
for drug store purchases, 44:3 72
in New England, 53:1 34
transaction records, 45:1 8–9
Barth, Henry, 48:4 98
Bartholomay, J. F., 49:2 56, 49:2 57
Bartholomew, E., 53:3 113
Bartholomew, H. S., 41:3 44
Bartholomew, Harry S., 42:1 16, 42:3 68
Bartholomew, Harry S., Co., 52:4 148
Bartholomew, Joseph, 52:4 150, 53:1 10
Bartholomew, Stephen, 52:2 52, 53:2 54
Bartlett, John, 53:1 35
Bartlett, Josiah, 43:1 8
Bartlett, Luke, 43:1 19
Bartlett, M. M., 42:3 76
Bartlett, Marcus M., 40:4 64
hay knives, 57:2 59, 57:2 67
Bartolo, Andrea di, 46:4 101
Barton, Banker, & Avery, 53:1 15
Barton, Charles, 53:1 22
Barton, D. R., Co., 47:4 123, 49:2 36–37, 49:2 39
Barton, D. R., & Co., 53:1 21–24, 60:3 95
half-circle mark, 53:1 22, 53:1 23
Barton, D. R., Tool Co., 53:1 21–22
Barton, David R. (D. R.), 41:3 54, 42:2 30, 46:3 82, 48:1 7–8, 48:1 10, 50:1 18, 53:1 13–25, 53:3 126
dibbles, 51:1 12
edge tool factory, 53:1 17–21
Mechanic's Tool Store, 53:1 15–16
Memorial to, 49:2 37
photo credit, 53:2 82
planemaker, 58:2 70
planes, 54:1 35–46
retail store, 53:1 20–21
Barton, Edward, 53:1 22
Barton, H., 40:4 67, 45:3 90
Barton, John, 49:4 110
Barton, Lebbeus (Libbus), 40:4 67
Barton & Babcock, 53:1 14–15
Barton & Banker, 53:1 15
Barton & Belden, 45:2 55, 49:2 38
Barton & Belden's Tool Store, 50:1 13, 50:1 14, 53:1 16–17
Barton & Guild, 53:1 15
Barton Hardware Store, 50:1 18
Barton & Millener, 53:1 15, 53:1 18–19
"Barton of Mayfield and the Dutch Scythe" (Reichman), 40:4 67
Barton & Smith, 48:1 11, 53:1 16
Barton & Stager, 53:1 14
baseball
Crescent Machine Co. and, 60:4 150–151
baseball gloves, 53:4 142
base-metal tableware
base planes, 58:1 14–15
BASF (Badische Anilin-und Soda-Fabrik), 53:4 156
Basic River Joint Patent, 56:1 37
basket frame method, 47:3 91
basketmakers' tools, 39:2 29
basket merchants, 39:1 3
baskets
history of, 39:3 44
Micmac, 45:1 24
Nantucket, 43:4 111
Warren G. Van Vliet, 53:2 46–47
Basset, Carol, 57:4 135
Basset, John, 40:2 26
Bassett, F. C., 44:4 124
Bassett, Kendall, 45:4 127, 46:1 24
Bassett, Kendall H., 56:1 7
Bassett Iron Works, 44:4 124
bass violins, 57:3 91
bast
for tool basses, 51:3 87–88
Bastedo, Walter, 45:4 101
Bates, Al, 47:2 46
Bates, Alan, 47:2 46, 51:4 108, 56:2 78, 57:3 99
Bates, Alan G., 40:2 16
Bates, Alanson, 43:1 10
Bates, Allen, 56:2 78
Bates, Caleb, 53:3 121
Bates, E. Graham, Mrs., 43:3 78
Bates, Erastus, 59:2 62
Bates, Nehamiah, 43:1 10
Bates, Philander, 43:3 65
Bates, Robert, 51:1 24
Bates, William H. H., 51:2 62
Bathe, Dorothy, 42:3 67
Bathe, Greville, 42:3 67
bathing gloves, 53:4 143
Bath Iron Works, 47:2 56
bathtub heaters, 50:2 54, 50:2 67
Batory, Dana, 57:4 160
Batory, Dana Martin, 60:4 156
Batt, Christopher, 42:4 92
battery kettles, 43:4 93
Battery Park, Sandusky, Ohio, 46:3 58, 46:366–67
Battine, Edward, 42:1 4
Batvia Clamp Co., 40:3 44
Bauder, J. F., 46:3 82, 48:2 54
Bauer, George, 44:4 127
Baum, L. Frank, 45:4 117
Baumann, Barbara, 55:4 147
Bawden, Frank, 58:3 99
Baxter, Charles H., 42:2 53
Baxter, J. B., & Son, 60:2 54
Baxter, W., 43:2 32
Bayham, Edward G., 48:3 55
bayonets
Bazin, John, 55:1 3
Beadish, John, 52:2 54
bead planes, 45:1 8, 45:2 42
beads
drilling holes in, 59:1 4
grinding, 59:1 3, 59:1 4
wampum, 59:1 1–6
Beads and Beadwork of the American Indians (Orchard), 59:1 2
beak irons
Hewlett's tool chest, 39:1 7
Beal, Reginald, 52:3 99
Bealer, Alex, 45:3 78
Beall Tool Co., 57:4 138
beam hammers, 40:1 facing page 1
Bean, E., 42:2 33, 42:2 34
Bean, L. L., Co., 39:2 23, 54:1 17
Bear, Christian
casket making, 58:2 70–71
furniture making, 58:2 70–71
mark, 58:2 76–77
woodworking, 58:2 70–71
Bear, Ephraim, 58:2 71
Bear, Frank A., 58:2 71
Bear, Jill, 58:2 72
Bear, Judith, 58:2 72
Bear, William T., 58:2 71
Bear, William T., II (Bill), 58:2 71–72, 58:2 74, 58:2 76, 58:2 77, 58:2 79
Bear, William T., III, 58:2 72
bearded axes, 54:4 135
Beardshaw, Jonathan, and Son, 55:4 148
Beardslee, Chance, 56:1 11
Bear Funeral Home, 58:2 74
bearing wall construction, 59:2 41
Bear Mill, 58:2 71–77, 58:2 79
belt-driven machinery, 58:2 73–76
millrace view, 58:2 48, 58:2 front cover
water ram, 58:2 74–75
waterwheel, 58:2 75
"Bear Mill, The" (Roger), 58:2 70–77, 58:2 79
beat-em up sticks
beating hammers
Beaton, John
Beatty, Benjamin Franklin, 60:2 54, 60:2 60, 60:2 62, 60:2 64, 60:2 65
Beatty, Charles I., 60:2 48
Beatty, Deborah Ann, 60:2 52
Beatty, Edward F., 60:2 51
Beatty, Harriet, 60:3 105
Beatty, J., 60:2 65
Beatty, John, 60:2 51, 60:2 56, 60:2 66, 60:3 99, 60:3 100–101, 60:3 101, 60:3 102–106, 60:3 111
n.26
account books, 60:3 110
marker's marks, 60:3 107
Beatty, John, & Co., 60:2 51, 60:2 66, 60:3 99, 60:3 102–106
Beatty, John C., 48:1 20, 60:2 51, 60:2 54–55, 60:2 55, 60:2 57–58, 60:2 58, 60:2 59, 60:2 61, 60:2 62, 60:2 65, 60:2 66, 60:3 99, 60:3 101
maker's marks, 60:3 107–108, 60:3 108
Beatty, John Calvin, 60:2 52, 60:2 54, 60:2 58, 60:2 59
Beatty, John Franklin, 60:2 57, 60:2 58
Beatty, Lydia Ann, 60:2 54, 60:2 59
Beatty, Martha, 60:2 58
Beatty, Mary, 60:3 100, 60:3 102
Beatty, Mary Ann, 60:2 52
Beatty, Robert, 60:2 51, 60:2 66, 60:3 99–102, 60:3 103, 60:3 107, 60:3 110
Beatty, Robert, & Son, 60:2 51, 60:3 99–102
Beatty, Robert H., 60:2 55, 60:2 66
Beatty, Robert Henry, 60:2 51, 60:3 99, 60:3 100, 60:3 101, 60:3 107
Beatty, T. B., & Co.
Beatty, T. F., 60:2 51, 60:3 99
Beatty, T. F., & Co., 60:2 51, 60:3 99
Beatty, Thomas, 60:2 51, 60:2 52, 60:2 56, 60:2 65, 60:3 99
Beatty, Thomas F., 60:2 51, 60:2 54, 60:2 55, 60:2 66, 60:3 99, 60:3 101–102, 60:3 103
Beatty, Thomas Franklin, 60:2 52
Beatty, W., & Co.
marker's marks, 60:3 107–108, 60:3 108
Beatty, W., & Son
Beatty, W., & Sons
Beatty, William, 60:2 49, 60:2 50, 60:2 51–54, 60:2 66, 60:3 99, 60:3 100–101, 60:3 103, 60:3 107
marker's marks, 60:3 106–107
Beatty, William, & Son, 48:1 20–21, 60:2 50, 60:2 54–55, 60:2 56, 60:2 58, 60:2 59, 60:2 61–62, 60:2 65, 60:2 66
Beatty, William, & Sons, 60:2 50, 60:2 55–57, 60:2 58, 60:2 59, 60:2 60, 60:2 61–62
marker's marks, 60:3 107–108, 60:3 108
Beatty, William, & Sons Edge Tools, 54:4 138
axes, 50:1 37, 50:2 back cover
Beatty, William C., 48:1 20–21
Beatty, William H., 60:2 57, 60:2 58, 60:2 59
Beatty, William Henry, 60:2 54
Beatty, William P., 48:1 20, 60:2 50, 60:2 55, 60:2 58, 60:2 59, 60:2 66, 60:3 101–102
marker's marks, 60:3 107–108, 60:3 108
Beatty, William P., & Co., 60:2 50
Beatty, William Penn, 60:2 52, 60:2 54, 60:2 55–57, 60:3 99
Beatty and O'Neill, 60:3 100
"Beatty Axe Company, The" (Klenman), 48:1 20
Beatty Edge Tool Company (BET), 60:2 50, 60:2 64–65
Beatty family, 60:2 49–67, 60:3 99–111
family chart, 60:3 99
makers' marks, 60:3 106–110
Beatty Hollow, 60:2 49, 60:2 53–54, 60:2 54, 60:2 55, 60:2 57–58, 60:3 101, 60:3 102, 60:3 103, 60:3 105, 60:3 110
Beatty Mill, 60:3 101
Beatty & Ogden, 60:2 50
marker's marks, 60:3 107–108, 60:3 108
Beatty & Ogden, Cutlery and Edge-tools, 60:2 58
Beatty Ogden, Mary, 60:3 99
Beatty's Mill, 60:2 58
Beatty tool companies, 60:2 50
Beaudry "Champion" power hammer, 40:1 3
Beaudry hammer, 40:1 facing page 1
beauty aids
sold in drug stores, 44:3 71
beaver fur
for felt hats, 51:3 75, 52:4 155, 52:4 158, 52:4 160n5, 52:4 160n8
Beck, Benjamin B., 43:4 110
Beck, Lewis C., 50:2 45
Beck, Louis H., 51:3 95
Becker, John, 50:1 36
Becker, Joseph, 50:2 67
Beckert, Oskar, 57:3 121
Beckett, Richard, 52:1 17
Beckett & Tindall, 52:1 17
Beck & Gregg Hardware Co., 51:3 95
Beckwith, Ira. L., 52:3 111
Beckwith, Samuel M., 52:2 53, 52:2 54
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
bedding
white work, 54:1 11, 54:1 13–15, 54:1 17, 54:1 19n.11
Bedford, John, shovel works, 59:4 127
Bedrock bench planes, 54:4 144, 54:4 145
Bed Rock planes
poster board signs, 59:2 72
Stanley advertising signs for, 59:2 70–71
bed-setting
bedsteads, 54:4 162
Bee, James, 41:2 22, 45:1 5
Sheffield brace, 53:3 102, 53:3 103
beech jointers
Wells, Robert, imprint, 59:3 103
beech planes, 45:4 109, 60:1 45
beech tree, 42:3 72
beef cattle, 55:3 87
bee keepers' knives, 42:3 80
Beekly, I. B.
Beer, John Joseph, 53:4 156, 53:4 159
beer barrels, 52:4 152
beer faucet, 54:3 95–96
beer mugs
Beers, Andrew
double-flyer spinning wheels, 53:4 133
Beers, Elizabeth Abigail (Judson), 56:1 14
Beers, J. C., 52:1 29
beeswax, 39:1 12
Beetle, Henry, 54:2 60–61
Beeton, Isabella, 43:3 64
Beeton's Book of Household Management (Beeton), 43:3 64
Beggs Wagon Co., 41:4 61
Behm, George W., 57:4 156
Behm & Veit/B&V basketmaking shop, 57:4 156
Behr, Herman, Co., 53:1 32
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Being a Boy (Warner), 41:3 83
Beiswanger, William L., 58:1 33
Beitler, A. M. ("Merc"), 50:1 37, 50:3 104, 50:4 128, 52:1 33
Beitler, Helen, 50:1 37, 50:3 104, 50:4 128, 52:1 33
belaying pins, 41:4 74
Belcher, Thomas, 55:2 46
Belcher, William, 55:2 46
Belcher Bros., 41:2 24, 41:4 72
Belcher Brothers & Co., 41:3 54, 53:3 94, 54:3 114, 58:2 67
Belden, Ira, 50:1 13–14, 53:1 16
Belden, Ira, & Co., 50:1 13–14
beleted motor driven machines (BMD), 57:1 15
Belgian plows, 53:2 82
Belgium
automobile production, 52:4 166
Belknap, Jeremy, 46:2 44
Bell, E. I, 55:3 99, 55:3 105
Bell, John, 53:1 41
Bell, R. H., 49:2 53
Bell, Samuel (William?), 48:4 71
Bell, W., 51:1 11
Bell-Hart Tool Co., 56:3 123
bellows
bell-ringing
for ice-cream sales, 45:1 25, 45:2 56
Bell Telephone Co., 50:1 31
screwdrivers designed for, 55:4 152
belt axe weapon
"Belt Drive" (Stahl), 42:2 43
belt drives, 42:2 43
belted motor driven machines (BMD), 57:1 15
belts and pulleys, 42:2 42–43
"Belts and Pulleys" (Brundage), 42:2 42–43
Bemis, Josiah, 59:2 39
Bemis, S. C., and Co., 43:2 48
Bemis, Stephen C., 43:2 48, 43:3 75
Bemis & Call, 43:2 48
bench axes, 49:2 49
bench dogs, 41:1 18
T-shaped, 40:3 36
whatsit, 47:2 56
benches
bench hatchets
bench knives, 52:3 109
bench planes, 45:2 42, 47:1 7, 51:2 66, 52:2 60, 57:1 17
carriage making, 39:3 37–38
Chinese, 57:4 164–165
date codes on, 54:4 144–147
dating, 45:4 109
defined, 54:1 1, 54:1 2
Dewey & Newton, 46:4 109–112
double wedge, 48:1 17–19
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:3 119
functions of, 45:4 108
German immigrants, 40:3 42
inventory lists, 39:3 43
Kraus tool chest, 60:3 95
make-do (repaired), 43:3 61
manufacturing, 46:4 109–112
Monticello collection, 58:1 15, 58:1 17
primer on, 45:4 108–109
Sandusky Tool Co., 46:3 65
types of, 45:4 108
wood for, 45:4 109
bench press
for making press-glass objects, 55:4 137
bench screws, 47:1 2
bench shears, 42:3 81, 52:3 101
bench tools
bench top accessories, 52:2 82
bench vises, 52:4 167, 54:4 162–163
with threaded wooden screws, 56:2 58
bending wrenches, 39:4 52
Benedict, Jim, 43:2 48
Benjamin, Asa, 56:1 10
Benjamin, Asher, 54:4 167, 59:4 164
Benjamin, Hannah, 56:1 10
Benjamin, R. B., 49:2 57
Benjamin, Samuel, 44:2 38
Benjamin, Timothy
"Benjamin Crehore, Inventor and Stringed Instrument Maker" (West), 47:3 92–94
"Benjamin Dearborn and His 'Anglet'" (Stanley), 55:2 52–54
Bennett, Nehemiah, 48:3 44
Bennett, Sarah, 56:1 10
Bennett & Bloedel, 45:1 7
Bennion, Elizabeth, 51:1 26
Bennit, Jonathan, 58:4 142
Bensen, Charles J., 40:3 51
Benson, John, 53:1 18
Benson, John Everett
stonecutter, 58:4 147–149, 58:4 150, 58:4 151–153
Benson, John Howard
stonecutter, 58:4 145–148, 58:4 150
Benson, Nicholas Waite, 58:4 132, 58:4 149, 58:4 150
Bent, Adam, 47:3 93
Bent, Josiah, 47:3 93
Bent, William, 47:3 93
Benton, Evans & Co., 49:2 35–36
Benton, George, 43:4 93
Benton, James
Benton, James S., 53:1 17
planemaker, 49:2 35–36, 52:2 52, 52:2 54, 53:2 55, 53:2 56, 53:2 60
Benton, Linn Boyd, 48:4 98
Benton, Lydia, 52:2 52
Benton, William S.
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Bent's mower, 52:3 95
Berea, 49:4 125–128
Berea grit (sandstone), 49:4 125, 60:1 36, 60:1 39, 60:1 40
Berea Sandstone, 49:4 126
Berea Stone Co., 60:1 39
Berenson, Kathryn, 54:1 13
Berentson, Henry, 44:2 55
Berger, C. L., & Sons, 53:2 76
Berger, Christian Louis, 53:2 76
Bergeron, L. E., 55:4 145, 56:2 64
Bergeron à Paris, Pierre Hamelin, 55:4 145
Bergeron lathe, 42:1 27, 42:1 back cover
"Bergeron Lathe, A" (Greenberger and Korsant), 42:1 12
Bergeron lathes, 42:1 12
Bergerson, Ray, 58:3 98
n.3
Berlin Machine Works, 58:3 112
Bermuda
Nicholson, Francis, planes in, 54:1 8n.9
Bernard pliers, 44:2 56
Bernt, Walter, 46:1 24
Berry, Benjamin F.
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Berst, David, 56:3 90
Berst, John, Sr., 56:3 90
Berst, Peter, Jr., 56:3 90
Berst, Peter, Sr., 56:3 90
Bertas, Andrew, 59:2 69
Bertas, Erik, 59:2 69
Berwick, Thomas, 54:2 56
Berwind, Edward J., 53:2 67, 53:2 72, 53:2 74
n2
Berwind, Sarah Vesta Herminie Torrey, 53:2 67, 53:2 72, 53:2 74
n2
beryllium copper tools, 53:3 105–107
beryllium wrenches, 53:3 107
Bess, Josephean, 60:4 144
Bess, Wilber G., 60:4 144, 60:4 148
Bess, William E., 60:4 144
Besse, Irwin, 56:2 70–75
Best Yet Manufacturing Co.
Bethel, Vermont, granite, 59:2 44
Bethel white granite, 59:2 38
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
blacksmiths, 46:2 47–48
locksmiths, 46:2 48
tool production in, 46:2 47–48
Bethlehem Steel Co., 53:1 39–40
Better Mouse Trap, A, 44:4 118
"Better Way through Technology, A: Warren R. Van Vliet, Inventor" (Dunning and Mishkin), 53:2 43–47
Betz, Ella N., 60:4 140
bevel gauges
Kraus tool chest, 60:3 96
bevels
adjustable, 39:2 32, 41:3 40
angle supplements, 52:1 7
blade length, 40:4 56
Bodmer, 40:2 22
BOSS, 40:4 56
boxwood, 41:4 72
brass cam levers, 40:4 56
butt-locking designs, 40:2 21–22, 40:4 54
Eagle, 40:2 22
fixed blade, 41:4 70
flush T, 40:2 21
handmade, 41:4 70–71
Kershaw, 40:2 21–22
for laying out angles on canvas sails, 45:2 47
patents, 40:4 54–56, 42:2 35–36
recessed pivot-locking designs, 40:4 54–56
shipwright, 41:4 70–72
sliding T, 40:4 55, 40:4 56
styles, 52:1 1–5, 52:1 6, 52:1 7–8
Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, 52:1 1–8
try square combinations, 41:1 6–7, 41:3 40–41, 42:4 106
two-bladed, 42:2 36
unique designs, 42:2 35–36
"Bevels" (Johnstone)
"Part I, Butt-locking Designs," 40:2 21–22
"Part II, Recessed Pivot-Locking Designs," 40:4 54–56
"Part III, Try Square and Bevel Combinations," 41:1 6–7
"Part IV, Try Square and Bevel Combinations," 41:3 40–41
"Part V, Handmade and Shipwright Designs," 41:4 70–72
"Part VI, Unique Designs," 42:2 35–36
bevel squares, 42:2 36
beverages
Bewley (Leeds), 55:1 39
Bibighaus, S. H., 57:1 16
Bick Brothers, 45:3 78
Bickford, Dana, 57:3 117
Bickford's knitting machines, 53:4 154
bicorne anvils, 45:3 84
bicycles
Crescent Machine Co., 60:4 139
Draisine, 45:2 57
bicycle tools
tube vise, 45:1 30, 45:1 31
wrenches, 46:1 32
Biddell, George, 52:2 45
Biddington's Web site, 55:4 162
"Biden--Drag Hoe, The: Part I" (Townsend), 46:1 5–6
bidens, 40:1 14, 46:1 5–6, 49:1 25–27
"Bidens, The: A Drag-Hoe" (Townsend), 49:1 25–27
Bidgelow, Russ, 41:2 32
Bidwell, Alonzo Frank, 53:2 52
n5
Bidwell, Ellen, 53:2 51
Bidwell, Emma, 53:2 51
Bidwell, George L., 53:2 52
n5
Bidwell, L. F., 53:2 52
n5
Bidwell, Leonard, Jr., 53:2 51
Bidwell, Leonard Benton
planemaker, 53:2 48–52, 53:2 75, 53:3 114
Bidwell, Lucy, 53:2 48
Bidwell, Moses, 53:2 48
Bidwell & Hale, 53:2 48–51
Bigelow, Jabez, 41:3 78
Bigelow & Wadsworth, 55:4 134
Biggelaar, Johannes van den, 53:2 53, 53:3 127
Big Pond Furnace, 45:3 87–88
bilge, 52:4 154
billheads, 41:1 4–5
"Billheads as a Source of Early Trade Information" (Wood), 41:1 4–5
bill hook, 45:4 119
"Bill Hook, The" (Wynn), 39:3 47
bill hooks, 39:1 14, 39:2 27, 39:3 52A, 40:1 facing page 1, 42:3 67, 45:4 119
punch decorated, 39:3 52A
uses of, 39:3 47–48
billiard table bits, 45:3 78
Billings, A., 40:2 23
bills of credit, 53:1 34
binders (wheat harvesting), 41:2 34
binder twine, 40:2 16
wire grass industry, 58:3 89–94
binder twine cutters, 39:4 60–62, 40:2 16, 40:2 29–30, 40:2 35, 40:4 62
"Binder Twine Cutters" (Straffin), 39:4 60–62
"Binder Twine Cutters: An Addendum" (Straffin), 40:2 29–30
binding grain, 40:4 62
Bingham, William, 50:2 39
Bippus, John, Quarry, 60:1 36, 60:1 37
birch crown molder, 53:3 114–115
Bird, F. W., 53:1 28
Bird Co., 53:1 32
Birdsey, Eunice, 56:1 15
Birdsey, Everett, 56:1 15
Birdsey, Helen (Lewis), 56:1 12
Birdsey, Maria, 56:1 12
Birdsey, Sarah, 56:1 12
Birdsey, Sarah Clarissa, 56:1 15
Birdsey, Thaddeus, 56:1 12
Biro, E.
Bisbee, Daniel
Bisbee, Daniel, Jr., 53:3 120
Bishop, Barnard, 52:2 47–48
Bishop, Mrs. Harold, 40:3 44
Bishop, Harriet B., 60:3 102
Bishop, J. Leander, 41:2 32, 42:2 38, 44:2 47, 44:3 77–78, 44:3 93, 58:2 50
Bishop saws, 59:1 13
Bismarck brown, 53:4 157, 53:4 159
Bismark planes, 46:3 77
bismuth, 52:3 107
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Bissel, George H., 53:3 87
Bissel, Samuel, 47:4 107
Bissell, David, 42:2 36
Bissel & Moore Manufacturing Co., 42:1 13
bit braces
Buffalo, New York, makers, 45:4 101
deer antler, 45:4 99
first American made, 42:3 67–68
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 156, 59:4 157
New York state, 45:1 6–7
patents, 45:1 6–7
Stanley, 52:4 147–150
Stanley advertising signs for, 59:2 71
Whitus, Charles, 42:4 110
"Bit Braces of New York State" (Kosmerl), 45:1 6–7
bit extensions, 45:3 79
"Bit of Philadelphia History Turns Up in New Hampshire, A (Williams), 41:3 49–50
bits.
See also drill bits
billiard table, 45:3 78
for braces, 41:2 21, 45:1 4–5
design variants, 56:3 108–113
double twist, 45:1 4, 45:2 40
expanding, 45:3 78
flat-tang, 53:3 96, 53:3 97
Forstner, 45:3 78
Gedge/gouge, 45:2 40
Irwin solid core, 45:2 40
Jennings, 45:2 40
for metal-pad braces, 53:3 96–99
plug, 45:1 5
rectangular-tang, 53:3 98
screw driver, 45:3 78
securing, 41:4 64
shell, 45:1 5
spiral, 45:1 4, 45:2 40
spoon, 47:3 100
square-tang, 53:3 97–99
taper, 45:3 78
terminology, 56:3 109
twist, 45:2 40
wood boring augers and twist bits, 56:3 108–113
bits (monetary amount), 45:1 8, 45:3 82
bitstocks
collecting, 52:2 76
Dutch, 46:1 9
patents, 46:1 35, 52:4 147
bitters, 54:2 48, 54:2 50
Bittner, Jack, 43:2 46, 48:3 58, 52:2 76
"Bit Unusual, A" (Armistead), 47:1 27–31
black
aniline dye, 53:4 157, 53:4 169n70
as fashion color, 53:4 160–161
Black, Ada J., 60:2 48
Black, Anna R., 60:2 64
Black, Anne R., 60:2 64
Black, Bessie Scott, 60:2 60
Black, H. B., 60:2 48, 60:2 63
Black, H. B., & Co., 60:2 50, 60:2 61, 60:2 62–63, 60:2 66
factory, 60:2 48, 60:2 front cover
maker's marks, 60:3 108, 60:3 109
Black, H. B., & Co. Edge-Tool Works, 60:2 58–63
Black, Harry B. (son of Harry Buchanan Black), 60:2 63, 60:2 64
Black, Harry B., Jr. (son of Harry B. Black), 60:2 64
Black, Harry Buchanan, 60:2 63
Black, Henry B., 60:2 48, 60:2 59–63, 60:2 61, 60:2 62, 60:2 63–64, 60:2 64
Black, James N., 49:2 66
Black, John, 42:4 89, 49:2 66, 51:3 96
Black, John B., 60:2 50, 60:2 62
Black, John B., Co., Inc., 60:2 59–63, 60:2 63–64
Black, John B. Co., Inc. (CET), 60:2 65
maker's marks, 60:3 108, 60:3 109
Black, John B., Inc., 60:2 50
Black, John Beatty, 60:2 59–60, 60:2 62, 60:2 63
maker's marks, 60:3 108, 60:3 109
Black, Lillian, 60:2 63
Black, Lydia Beatty, 60:2 48, 60:2 64
Black, Mary, 60:3 100
Black, Orville, 42:4 89
Black, Walter, 49:2 66
Black, William, 49:2 66, 51:3 96
Black, William, & Co., 49:2 66
blackberry cordial recipe, 45:4 117
Black Brothers Machinery Co., 49:2 66, 51:3 96
"Black Clamp," 49:1 14
Black & Decker
Blacke, Ruth Field, 50:1 31
Black Free Masonry, 46:4 94–95
Blackhurst, Dan, 51:2 60
black poplar
for altarpieces, 46:4 100–101
black powder
for granite quarrying, 59:2 49–50
"Black Revolutionary War Soldier from Jethro Jones Country," 43:2 42–43
Black Rock Manufacturing Co., 54:2 73
"Black Settlers In and Near Blandford, Massachusetts" (Donovan-Hall), 43:2 42
Blacksmith, Ironworker and Farrier, The (Watson), 45:4 102
Blacksmith and Wheelwright magazine, 54:1 22, 54:1 23, 54:1 24
"Blacksmith Hugh R. Bailey" (Larsen), 51:1 1–7
blacksmiths, 40:4 73A, 40:4 back cover, 45:4 105, 45:4 107, 48:2 67
account books, 42:2 47–49, 44:1 26–27, 44:4 122–123, 45:2 52, 55:1 29
anvils, 45:1 20
axe production, 54:4 138
Bailey, Hugh R. ("Bob"), 51:1 1–7
Beatty family, 60:3 100–101
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 46:2 47–48
Brooks, Bezleel, 49:4 103, 49:4 105
butterises, 48:1 27
charcoal use, 47:2 35, 47:2 36
Chesebro Brothers', 54:1 20–25
chisel axes, 42:4 89
cooperage, 44:4 123
decline of, 54:1 21–24
directory listings, 48:1 11
edge tool production by, 54:4 138
farrier work, 42:2 48
fees charged by, 44:4 123
Fowler, Josiah, 54:1 25
glossary of terms, 44:1 27
granite tool maintenance, 60:1 17
Hathaway, Braddock, 54:2 62
horse-shoeing by, 44:4 122
iron implements made by, 44:4 122–123
iron tires, 51:1 19–22
maintenance work, 42:2 48
Merwin, Thomas Benjamin, 48:4 93, 48:4 back cover
prong hoe forging, 42:3 72
rates, 54:1 23
repairs made by, 44:4 122
shipsmiths, 54:2 61–62
Southern Railway, 50:3 81
threaded wood screw use by, 56:2 64
tool making by, 42:4 100–101
tools, 45:3 87
in upstate New York, 1850, 39:3 35
vehicle hardware, 39:2 29
Wilder, Moses, Blacksmith Shop, Old Sturbridge Village, 60:2 68–76
blacksmith shops
Harmony Society, 51:4 102–103
painting of, 51:4 125, 51:4 front cover
19th century photographs, 39:4 68
blacksmiths' tools
bench shears, 52:3 101
rule, 55:2 58
shears, 52:3 104–105
tongs, 60:1 17
Blackstone, William, 55:2 79
Blackstone Canal, 44:1 18
black walnut trees, 44:2 63
blade grinders, 50:2 67
blades
bandsaw, welding compound for, 60:4 140
bucksaws, 59:2 65–66
in jewelers' saws, replacing, 56:2 67
for planes, 47:1 7–9, 47:1 12n14
Blaisdell, A. H.
marking gauges, 53:3 123, 53:4 171
Blaisdell, George G., 39:4 57
Blaisdell, Parritt, 53:4 171
Blaisdell Family National Association, 53:4 171
Blake, Eli Whitney, 44:3 84, 44:4 117
stone crusher, 44:3 74–75
Blake, Francis
lady's tool chests, 50:1 31–32
Blake, James, 53:1 34
Blake, Josiah
Blake, Judson, 47:2 58
Blakeman, Lucy (Hawley), 56:1 12
Blake Stone Breaker, 44:3 74–75, 44:3 76, 44:3 84, 44:4 117
Blanchard, Charles P., 56:3 114
Blanchard, Clarence, 51:3 90, 54:4 160
Blanchard, George A., 56:3 114
Blanchard, John W., Jr., 57:1 30
Blanchard, Porter, 56:3 114–115
Blanchard, Seth, 44:1 3
Blanchard, Stillman S., 44:1 5
n.6
Blanchard, Thomas, 44:1 3–6, 44:1 19, 44:2 54, 44:2 56, 44:4 109
apple-paring machine, 44:1 3
inventions, 44:1 3–6
lathes, 44:1 4–5
lock bedding machine, 44:1 3
tack machine, 44:1 4
wood bending machine, 44:1 5
Blanchard, Thomas, Jr., 44:1 5
Blanchard and Sons, 56:3 114–115
"Blanchard Butter-Worker, The" (Hall), 56:3 114–115
Blandford, Massachusetts
African American settlement, 43:2 42
Blandford, Percy W., 39:2 29
Blankenburg, Rudolph, 48:3 50
blast-driven earth rod, 49:4 124
blast furnace charging slide rule, 50:2 47
blast furnaces
apprenticeship in, 39:4 56
Big Pond Furnace, 45:3 88
blasting
Portland brownstone, 55:3 104
blasting (shooting)
granite quarrying, 59:2 49–50
blasting caps
for granite quarrying, 59:2 50
blasting machines
for granite quarrying, 59:2 50
Blenheim, 52:2 43
Blenkhorn, Hennigar, 47:4 127
Blenkhorn, James, 47:4 127
Blenkhorn, Scott, 47:4 127
Blenkhorn, Sidney, 47:4 127
Blenkhorn Axe Co., 47:4 127
"Blenkhorn Axe Company" (Klenman), 47:4 127
Blenkhorn & Sons, 47:4 127
Blessed Town, The (Buck), 43:4 92
Blevney, J. C., 49:2 57
blind wiring machine, 45:4 120
Blinko Glass Co., 43:4 98
Blinn, Henry, 47:3 71, 47:3 78
n12
Blinn, Henry C., 53:2 77
Bliss, John, 39:2 16, 39:2 17
Bliss, John, & Co., 39:2 18
Bliss, Morton, & Co., 42:1 20
Bliss, R., and Co., 48:2 62
Bliss, Rufus, 56:2 66, 57:2 42, 57:2 46
wooden clamp maker, 48:2 62–65
Bliss Manufacturing Co., 48:2 62–65
blister steel, 54:4 136, 54:4 137–138
block and tackle, 48:2 41
block axes, 40:1 13
"Block for Shaping Non-Ferrous Metals," 49:1 8
block heads, 40:3 47
block-knives, 40:1 1, 45:2 45
block planes
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:3 119
Blodgett Tools
Blondin
for grout (waste granite) removal, 59:3 88–89
bloom, in charcoal making, 45:3 88
bloomery, in charcoal making, 45:3 88
Bloxham, Robert, 46:4 120, 46:4 121
blubber knives, 41:4 75
"blubber scraps," 45:2 37
blue dyes
gendarme blue, 53:4 159
indigo dye, 53:4 156, 53:4 161n5, 53:4 161n9
Lobelia blue, 53:4 158
Nicholson's blue, 53:4 158
spirit blue dyes, 53:4 157, 53:4 158
blueing, 45:2 56, 45:3 91
Blue Laws, 45:3 71
"Blue Monday" expression, 45:1 25, 45:2 56, 45:3 91
Blue Ridge Mountain region
farm buildings, 55:3 85–94
blue stain, 46:2 44
Blum, Stephanus, 46:2 47
Blumenberg, Ben (Bennett), 42:3 79, 44:3 67, 45:4 107, 58:3 120–122
Blumenberg, Leslie, 42:3 79, 44:3 67
blunt-ended screws, 47:3 84–85
blunt-nosed scissors, 52:3 100
board, 54:2 56
Board, Harry W., 53:3 95
board foot, 52:2 78–79
boarding axes
boarding knives, 41:4 74, 41:4 75
Boardman, Kathryn, 41:3 53, 41:3 54, 42:2 53, 42:2 54, 44:4 110, 45:1 11
board measure, 41:2 24–25, 41:2 27
boat building, 41:3 84
calking irons, 54:3 102–109
recreational boats, 57:2 72
boat equipment
account books, 43:4 101–102
"Boat Equipment in N. Smith's Daybook" (Keller), 43:4 101–102
boat hatchets, 41:4 74
boat spades, 41:4 74
bobbing for apples, 44:2 49–50
bobbin winders, 56:1 11
Bober, Harry, 46:1 7, 46:1 10
bodkins, 46:2 43
Bodman & Hussey screw-arm filletster, 58:4 173
Bodmer, C., 49:2 57
Bodmer, Christian, 40:2 22, 53:2 63–64, 55:3 121–123, 55:4 151, 56:3 117, 60:4 165, 60:4 166, 60:4 167, 60:4 168
hand drills, 60:3 130, 60:3 131
zig-zag rule patents, 56:2 70–72
Bodmer bevel, 40:2 22
Bodwell Granite Co., 60:1 12
body chisels, 45:1 24
Bogel, Henry, 57:3 117
bog iron, 42:1 14, 53:1 34, 54:3 105, 54:3 107, 54:4 137
baking in sintering furnace, 40:1 16A
bog iron ore, 42:1 14
bog root cutter, 57:3 102
bog shoes, for horses
for wire grass harvesting, 58:3 92
Bohn, Keith, 60:4 156
Boileau, Etienne, 60:1 1–8, 60:2 78
boilermakers
Southern Railway, 50:3 80–81, 50:3 83
boiler plate, 46:4 123
"Boiler Plate," 46:4 123
Boise Cascade Paper Co., 46:1 16
Boke Named Tectonicon, A (Digges), 41:2 24, 41:2 25
bolster-type screwdrivers, 55:4 152
bolting
for wooden pails, 46:2 44
bolting saws, 46:2 44
Bolton Conservation Trust, 60:2 68
Bolton-style coverlets, 54:1 15, 54:1 16
bolts.
See also nuts and bolts
standardization of, 55:3 112–115
Bond, Charlie, 45:4 118
Bond, F. H., 52:3 88
Bond, Oliver, 49:2 54
Bond, W. B., 41:1 11
bone beads, 59:1 1, 59:1 3, 59:1 5
bone husking pegs, 59:3 99
Bonelli, Tim, 43:3 78, 44:2 56
bonita shaving tool, 58:3 127
Bonnell, Christopher, 47:3 82
Bonnier, Joseph, 58:3 100
Bonnier de la Mosson, cabinet of, 58:3 100–106
Bonsai shears, 43:3 75
Bontempi, Augusto, 45:3 95
bookbinders' tools, 43:3 78, 55:3 128–129
bookbinding
decorative, 44:1 23–25
dictionary, 44:1 23–24
goldbeater's wagons used by, 44:2 54
threaded wooden screws used in, 56:2 59
book cloth, 54:2 73
Booker, William, 58:2 60–61, 58:2 61, 58:2 64
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Book of Notifications, 46:4 95
Book of Paris Trades, The (Boileau), 60:1 1–8
Book of Plans for Churches and Parsonages, A (Congressional Church of the United States), 55:4 136
book printing
sixteenth century, Nürnberg, 54:2 85
"Bookshelves Around the House," 45:3 92
"Book You May Have Missed, A" (West), 42:4 107
boom derricks
for granite moving, 59:4 151
for granite quarrying, 59:2 39, 59:3 81–84, 59:3 87
for granite sheds, 59:4 131
boot cutters, 46:3 68, 46:3 86
Booth, Dounce, & Co., 48:3 60
Booth, J. R., Ltd., 40:4 58
Booth, J., & Son, 45:3 78
Booth, John, 60:3 105, 60:3 106
Booth, Philip Charles, 59:4 124
Booth and Johnson, 59:4 124
Booth Brothers, 55:4 150
Booth & Mills, 56:2 69
boot iron, 54:3 109
boot jacks, 44:2 50
bootmakers' float
boot trees, 44:3 90
Bopp, Carl, 41:1 14, 41:2 30, 43:3 75, 45:4 100, 45:4 119, 46:3 82, 47:2 46, 47:4 113–114, 50:2 54, 52:3 110, 56:1 41, 58:2 49, 58:2 51, 59:1 18, 60:3 110
Borden, Gale, 45:2 56
Bordley, John, 51:2 50–51
Bordley, John Beale, 58:1 5, 58:1 29, 58:2 55
boring augers, 56:3 108–113
cutting edges, 56:3 109
terminology, 56:3 109
"Boring Bit is not a Bit Boring, A" (Roger), 56:3 108–113
boring faucets.
See self-boring barrel spigots
boring pits
for granite, 60:1 13, 60:1 14
boring tools, 45:1 24, 52:2 82
Kraus tool chest, 60:3 96
for vegetables, 46:1 34
"Boring Vegetables: An Around the House Special Feature" (Price), 46:1 34
Borkowski, Len, 41:3 59, 41:3 61, 42:1 18, 42:3 78, 44:1 16, 44:2 34, 44:2 54, 45:2 55, 45:4 122, 56:2 83
Bornman, Henry, 59:2 63, 59:2 64
Borsolino hats, 52:4 157
Borthwick, John, 49:1 9
Bossart, P., 46:1 13
BOSS bevel, 40:4 56
Bossidy, John C., 44:3 89
bossing hammers, 43:1 14, 43:4 89
Boston, Massachusetts
Great Fire of 1872, 55:4 134
Old South Meeting House, 55:4 133–140
Boston Bolt Co., 48:2 45
Boston Custom House, 59:2 40
Boston Lockport Block Co., 48:2 45
Boston Manufacturing Co., 55:1 6, 55:1 7
Boston matches, 44:4 105
Boston & Worcester Railroad, 43:4 97
Boswell, James, 39:2 32A
Bosword braid-sewing machine, 40:2 20
botching nails, 48:1 26
Botsford, Esther (Frost), 56:1 10
bottle openers, 44:1 13, 44:3 90, 57:3 89
Bouck, Christian, 45:2 43
Boursse, Esaias, 44:3 91
boutonné cloth, 54:1 19
n.131
bouvet á plat (flat groover), 52:3 124
bow drills
for making beads, 59:1 2, 59:1 4
Bowen, Ann, 47:3 93
Bower, Anthony S., 45:3 95
Bower, George, 45:3 95
Bower-Barff Rustless Iron Co., 45:3 95
Bowler, Samuel, 39:2 29
Bowler, William, 45:3 74
Bowles, John Julius, 46:1 12
Bowles, Thomas S., 39:2 17
bowl gauges, 40:1 2
bowling alley paste (Butcher wax), 39:1 12
Bowman, Benedict, 43:3 73
Bowne, R. H., & Sons, 45:4 121
Bowne, R. M., & Co., 42:2 53
bow-pins, for yokes, 45:3 84
bow saws, 39:1 back cover, 45:3 68, 54:1 29
Bowser, S. F., Co., 49:1 6
"bow-wow" shop, 44:2 63
box churns, 52:3 88
boxed bead planes, 48:4 92–93
Boxer, Devorah, 52:2 77
boxing gloves, 53:4 142
"Boxmaker's Tool, A" (Werner), 45:1 23
boxmakers' tools, 45:1 23
box ratchet braces, 52:4 150
box saddler's tools, 39:2 20
box scrapers, 52:3 108
box shaves, 60:4 160
boxwood bevels, 41:4 72
boxwood folding rules
Kraus tool chest, 60:3 95
boxwood planes, 54:1 35
boxwood rules, 39:1 4, 41:2 24–27, 51:4 120
English carpenters', 42:1 3–5
boxwood shaves, 52:3 109
boxwood squares, 45:4 113–114
Boyce, Joseph, 39:4 60–62
Boyd, Milton, 51:1 18
Boyd, Samuel, 52:2 46
Boyden, Uriah A., 44:2 41
Boye Rule Tool, 42:2 36
Boyle, Charles H., 57:2 71
Boyle, Robert, 44:4 104
Boylston, Zebdiel, 46:4 96
Boynton, Alfred, 46:1 18, 46:1 19
Boynton, E. M., 47:4 104, 59:1 19
Boynton, E. M., Saw and File Co., 44:3 85
boys
fretwork, 41:1 1
tool chests, 50:1 32
Boys, John, 58:2 63
n.12
boys' tool chests, 50:1 32
Boy's Town, A (Howells), 43:4 89
brace chucks.
See chucks, brace
braces
American, 19th century, 41:3 42–44, 41:4 64–65
Barber, 41:2 21, 41:2 22
bits, 41:2 21, 45:1 4–5, 45:1 6–7
brass-plated, 43:2 48, 43:3 75
carpenter's, 41:4 64–65
chuck, 41:2 21
first American made, 42:3 67–68
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 157
hand-forged, cage-headed, 41:2 22
iron, 41:2 22
metallic, 41:2 21–23
parts of, 41:2 21
patents, 40:2 34, 47:4 130, 49:4 136
"post-Barber," 41:2 21
"pre-Barber," 41:2 21
Sheffield, 41:2 21, 41:2 22, 45:1 5
Spofford, 41:2 21
Stanley Rule & Level Co., 52:4 147–150
tools for, 45:1 4–5, 45:2 40, 45:3 78–79
types of, 41:2 22
Ultimate, 42:4 111
unmarked, 41:4 64–65
"Brace Up for a Bit of Stanley History (Jacob)
"Part I, 1869--1908," 52:4 147–150
"Part II, 1909--1916," 53:1 9–12
"Part III, 1917--1958," 53:2 62–65
Bracket, A. J., 49:2 39
Bracy, Isabell, 45:1 10
brad awls
bradawls
brad awl sets, 43:2 53
Braddock, Edward, 46:2 41
"Braddock D. Hathaway, a New Bedford Toolmaker" (Hall), 54:2 60–66
Brades Crown hay knife, 57:2 56
Bradford, Gershom, 53:3 120
Bradford, Henry E.
Bradford, John, 47:3 78
n16
Bradford, Joseph, 45:2 37
Bradish, John, 53:2 59, 53:2 60
Bradley, Bruce, 56:1 37
Bradley, Bruce E., 46:1 19, 56:1 37
Bradley, David, Sr., 54:4 138
Bradley, G. W., 39:3 52A
Bradley, Hylas, 43:3 66, 43:4 100
Bradley, Zenas, 43:3 66, 43:4 100
Bradley Axe Factory, 39:4 53
Bradley Bros., 42:3 72
Bradway & Valentine, 49:1 11
Brady, David, 54:4 142
Brady, Elizabeth, 54:2 48
Brady, William, 54:2 47–48
Braff, Phyllis, 40:4 64
braiding machine
Brainerd, Erastus, 55:3 98
Brainerd, Erastus and Silus, quarry company, 55:3 98–101, 55:3 100
Brainerd, Silas, 55:3 98
Braintree, Massachusetts
granite boulders, 59:2 38, 59:2 39
Braintree Manufacturing Co., 52:1 13
brakemen
Southern Railway, 50:3 83
brakes
bramble bits, 45:3 87, 46:1 32
bramble saws, 45:3 87, 46:1 32
Bramth, Joseph, 47:4 133
Branch, Clyde, 40:2 35
Brand hay knives, 57:2 59
"Brandon Mineral Paints," 42:4 99
Brandt, Charles, 53:1 31
Branson, Susanna, 53:4 150, 53:4 153
brass
brass battery kettles, 43:2 52, 43:4 93
brass cam levers
brass chuck, 41:4 64
brass folding rule, 46:2 55
brass-pad braces, 53:3 100
brass-plated braces, 43:2 48, 43:3 75
brass plates
brass wrenches, 45:4 122
Braunschweig, I. M., 59:4 163
Brayer, Michael, 50:1 13, 50:1 18, 53:1 17
Brayton, Francis, 54:2 67
Brayton, William, 45:3 80
Brazos, A., and Sons, 55:3 100
bread
in Colonial America, 39:1 9–12
bread-slicing machines, 43:4 111, 43:4 back cover, 44:1 13, 44:1 14, 44:2 48, 44:2 62
Breahear, John, 39:2 18
breakers
Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island.
domestic services, 53:2 66–75
break iron, 45:4 108
Brearly, Harry, 39:2 31
breast augers, 43:1 15, 43:2 55
breast drills
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 158, 59:4 160
Stanley advertising signs for, 59:2 71, 59:2 73
breastplates
hair pipe beads for, 59:1 3, 59:1 4, 59:1 5, 59:1 6
breastwork (cotton gins), 52:1 12
Breaux, Benjamin, 54:3 127
Bredbden, H. S.
breech wrenches, 41:3 49, 41:3 84
"Breech Wrench
vs. Jam Wrench" (Gedney), 41:3 49
Breed, Aaron, 39:2 17
Breed, Joseph, 42:3 82
Breitwieser, Anita Van Vliet, 53:2 46
Brenton, Jaheel, 58:4 143
brest augers, 39:3 46
"brewers' pitch," 52:3 123
Brewery Workers local, 40:3 41
Brewery Workers' Union, 41:1 14
Brewster, Vial, 43:2 42
Brewster & Co. Carriage Works, 51:4 119
membership certificate, 51:1 back cover
Breyer, William, 45:1 25
Breyer Ice Cream Co., 45:1 25
briar tooth, 46:1 32
brick
frogged, 59:2 54–55, 59:2 57
hand-made vs. machine-made, 59:2 57–58
popularity of, 59:2 53
brick industry, 59:2 53–58
brick kilns, 58:1 29, 58:1 30
n.16
bricklayers, 46:1 10–11
brick making machines, 59:2 53–58
molding devices, 59:2 54–57
pug mills, 59:2 53–54
Brick Mason (van Vliet), 46:1 10–11
brick masons, 46:1 10–11
Brick Mason's Spacing Rule, 56:3 119–120
brick ovens
in Colonial America, 39:1 10–11
brick press (brick pressing/re-pressing machines), 59:2 54, 59:2 56
bricks
Briddell, Charles B., Inc., 60:2 65
bridgebuilder rabbets, 53:3 126
bridge cranes
for granite, 59:4 137–138
Bridge Cutlery, 60:4 162, 60:4 163
"bridge" plane configuration, 58:3 128–129
bridges
covered, 54:4 148–153
iron, 51:1 29
Bridges, Harry T., 50:1 27
Bridges, John, 58:4 140
Bridges, Joseph E., 54:2 59
bridge squares, 43:4 99
Brieant, Charles L., 56:4 171
Briegel Method Tool, 48:1 21
Briggs, A. S., 46:1 27
Briggs, E., 40:2 25, 42:2 37
Briggs, Elisha, 40:2 26
Briggs, George, 42:2 37
Briggs, N., 42:2 37
Briggs, Nathaniel, 42:2 37
Briggs, S., 42:2 37
Briggs, Samuel, Jr., 43:4 95
Briggs, Samuel, Sr., 43:4 95
Bringhurst, J. H., 44:3 85
bristle paintbrushes, 55:3 118–119
Bristol, Anna, 53:4 134
Bristol, Charity (Foote), 53:4 134
British Aliens in The U.S. During the War of 1812, 52:1 24
British-American Rankological Society Newsletter, 58:3 113
British-American Rhykenological Society, 42:1 19, 47:2 56
British Board of Agriculture, 58:1 6
British Board of Trade
lawn mower import ban, 52:3 95
British Columbia
British Dairy Farmers' Association, 52:3 87
British Iron Act of 1750, 54:4 137
British Planemakers (Goodman), 41:3 37
British Planemakers from 1700 (Goodman), 43:3 81, 46:1 12, 52:1 25
British Planemakers from 1700 (Goodman, revised by Rees and Rees), 49:3 83, 50:1 12, 52:1 32, 57:1 11
British Quilt Heritage Project, 54:2 71
British toolmakers.
See England
Britkin, H. S., 42:2 44, 42:2 45
broached work, 56:3 96
broaching bits
quarry drills, 59:2 48, 59:2 49
broad axes, 43:2 54, 43:3 64, 45:3 90
Amoskeag Ax Co., 51:4 129–130
Beatty, William, and Sons, 60:2 56
Beatty Edge Tool Co., 60:2 65
Canada pattern, 42:3 59–61
characteristics of, 54:4 139–143
early, 42:4 97–98
goosewing, 54:4 135–143
hewing, Hardy, Ephraim L., 58:4 169
"Kent" style, 54:4 135
make-do (repaired), 43:3 61
maker's marks, 41:1 3
Pennsylvania pattern, 60:2 62
Broad Axes (Gamble), 40:1 16A
broadcloth, 45:2 38
broad hatchets
Beatty Edge Tool Co., 60:2 64
broad measure, 41:2 25
broadsides
Stanley Rule & Level Co., 58:3 113
Brockenbrough, Arthur, 58:1 28, 58:1 30
n.15, 58:1 30
n.16
Broege, Wallace, 45:3 86
brogues, 39:2 31
broken tools
Bronson, Austin, 47:3 75
Bronze Age man
frozen in glacier, 45:1 10
bronze axes, 40:3 52
"Bronze Replaces Babbett" (Harp), 57:4 160–161
Brooke, Kennedy C., 43:2 49, 43:3 77
Brooke, Mack, & Peace, 46:1 19
Brooklyn, New York.
saw manufacturers, 44:4 102–103
Brooks, Al, 59:3 109
Brooks, Asa, 55:2 66
Brooks, Ase, 58:1 23–24, 58:1 36
n.29
Brooks, Bezaleel, 49:4 103, 49:4 106
Brooks, C. C.
hay knives, 57:2 58, 57:2 67, 57:3 104
Brooks, Casendana, 49:4 103, 49:4 104
Brooks, Chapin C., 39:1 17
Brooks, Elizabeth, 49:4 103, 49:4 104
Brooks, Frank, 49:4 110
Brooks, Frank Bezaleel, 49:4 112
Brooks, Herman, 57:3 86, 57:3 87
Brooks, James S., 59:3 109, 59:3 110
Brooks, Jonathan Edwards, 49:4 104, 49:4 108
Brooks, Luther Martin, 49:4 104, 49:4 105, 49:4 108
Brooks, Milton, 49:4 104, 49:4 105, 49:4 110, 49:4 111
Brooks, Norman Crane, 49:4 104, 49:4 108–112, 50:4 128
Brooks, Peter, 43:2 41
planemaker, 46:1 12–13, 53:2 50
Brooks, Rachel
Brooks, Samuel, 49:4 103–104
Brooks, T. M., & Co., 50:4 128
Brooks, Thomas McDonough, 49:4 103, 49:4 104, 49:4 105, 49:4 108, 49:4 109, 49:4 110
Brooks, William
name stamps, 57:3 96
planemaker, 57:3 96
Brooks, William Edward, 49:4 112
Brooks, Wolcott Noble, 49:4 108
Brooks Brothers, 49:4 105–106
Brooks & Brothers, 49:4 106–108
Brooks Edge Tool Co., 49:4 106, 49:4 108–112, 50:4 128
"Brooks Edge Tool Manufacturing: Brooksville, Vermont. Nineteenth-Century Tool Production For a Nation Growing Westward" (Brooks), 49:4 103–113
Brooks edge tool production, 49:4 103–113
broom factory, 45:4 127
broom makers (broomsquires), 43:1 24
brooms
broom shop, 45:4 105
brouette (hand trucks), 43:4 99
broughams, 48:2 37
Brown, A., 45:1 19
Brown, Bud, 40:3 41, 40:4 73A, 41:1 20, 41:1 20A, 43:1 27, 43:3 75, 44:1 18, 44:1 21, 48:3 58, 52:2 77
Brown, Christopher, 46:1 8
Brown, David, 43:3 71, 46:4 97
Brown, Ephraim, 43:2 34
Brown, Francis, 47:4 119
Brown, G. B., 44:2 59
Brown, George, 43:3 77
Brown, H. R.
Brown, Henry, 41:2 22, 43:2 47, 56:3 90
Brown, Henry H., 48:1 11
Brown, Henry T., 49:2 67
Brown, J. R., 45:1 20
Brown, J. T., 45:4 113
Brown, John, 58:4 155
Brown, John, Captain, 52:4 162, 53:1 35
Brown, Joseph R., 43:2 41, 43:3 71, 50:2 65, 50:2 66, 55:2 50
Brown, Louis, 56:3 90, 56:3 100
Brown, M., & Co., 55:4 149
Brown, Mary, 50:1 1
Brown, Matthew, 47:4 121, 47:4 122
Brown, Mills, 45:4 109
Brown, N. K., 39:3 52A
Brown, Patrick, 52:4 136
Brown, S., 42:3 80
Brown, Samuel, 42:3 80, 58:1 5
Brown, Thomas W., 52:1 16
Brown, William, 50:4 111
Brown, William G., 54:4 154
Brown and Sharp, 52:4 165
Brown & Barnard planes, 54:2 86
brown bread (rye 'n' injun)
Brown & Campbell, 52:1 16
Brown & Holman, 57:3 94
"Brownies" (cartoon characters), 58:3 113
Brown Patent Pipe Tongs, 43:2 32
Browns' Fumigator, 44:4 126
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., 43:3 71, 49:3 70, 50:2 64–67, 55:2 50
B&S standard gauge, 50:2 66
Construction and Use of Universal Milling Machines, 50:2 64–65
logo, 50:2 66
trademarks, 50:2 66–67
Brown Shoe Army, 45:4 122
Brownson, H. S., 49:2 56
Browns's polished metal shears, 45:1 20
brownstone, 55:3 95–111.
See also Hummelstown brownstone;
Portland brownstone
dressing, 56:3 94–96
finishing methods, 56:3 96
granite vs., 59:2 38
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, 56:3 89–107
quarrying, 56:3 93–94
stonecutters, 56:3 100–101
transporting, 56:3 96–99
uses of, 56:3 101–105
workforce, 56:3 99–101
Brownstone--Middletown Railroad, 56:3 91, 56:3 97, 56:3 98–99
"Brownstone Revisited: The Hummelstown Brownstone Industry" (Olena), 56:3 89–107
"Brownstones," 55:3 108
Brubaker, R. Michael, 45:4 127
Bruce, William, 49:1 19, 49:1 20, 49:1 21
Bruegel, Pieter, 46:1 11
Brundage, Jon, 41:1 18, 43:2 50, 44:3 84
Brundage, Lawrence (Larry), 39:2 32A, 39:3 32, 40:1 2, 40:2 36A, 40:4 67, 41:1 18, 41:3 80, 42:1 11, 42:2 44, 42:3 71, 42:3 78, 42:4 111, 43:3 81, 43:4 100, 44:2 49, 44:2 50, 44:2 57, 44:3 71, 44:4 121, 45:1 30, 45:2 44, 45:2 54, 45:4 98, 46:1 6, 46:1 18, 46:1 21, 46:1 26, 57:2 61, 57:2 70, 58:4 160
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 59:3 81, 59:3 87
Brunham, Harold, 49:2 64
Brush, Addison G., 54:1 38
brush cutters, 42:2 53
brushes
Dutch, 42:4 110
goosewing, 44:3 91
brush hooks, 39:3 52A
brush-makers' shears, 52:3 104, 52:3 105
Bryan, Edgar, 39:2 32A
Bryan, W. W., 49:2 37
edge tool maker, 49:2 38–39
Bryan, William W., 48:1 24, 53:1 17
Bryant, Gridley, 59:3 93
Bryant, Sylvanus, 53:3 120
Bryant, William Cullen, 45:4 121
Bryson, Alex, 49:1 20, 49:1 21
Bryson, Dennett, 44:2 40, 49:2 49
Buchanan, Josephine, 60:2 63
Buchard, Seth, 45:2 44
Buck, John Henry, 58:2 58–61, 58:2 64
n.17, 58:2 64
n.18, 58:2 65
n.27
Buck Bros., 46:1 17
bucket making machine, 44:4 108
buckets.
See also pails
defined, 47:3 70
pails vs., 45:3 68
Shaker manufacturing of, 47:3 69–77
shape of, 45:3 68
wooden, hand manufacture of, 45:3 67–69
"bucket seat," 45:3 69
"bucket shop," 45:3 69
Buckeye Engine Co., 60:4 140
Buckeye shearing chair, 43:3 77–78
Buckingham County Courthouse, 58:1 24
buckles
Buck Mountain Colliery, 52:4 138
Buckner Manufacturing Co., 45:3 85
wrenches, 45:4 122, 45:4 123, 45:4 127
bucksaw frames, 50:1 16–17
bucksaws, 54:1 27, 54:1 29, 54:1 30, 59:2 36, 59:2 59–69, 59:2 front cover
blades, 59:2 65–66
bracing methods, 59:2 63–65
defined, 59:2 59
Diston (sic), 39:3 52A
drag-saws, 59:2 67
factory-made, 59:2 61
handmade, 59:2 60–61
racking, 59:2 63
release mechanisms, 59:2 60–61
self-straining, 59:2 60
tensioning devices, 59:2 62–63
transitional, 59:2 67–69
tubular metal bow saws, 59:2 69
uses of, 59:2 59–60
Budding, Edwin Beard, 52:2 44, 52:2 45
Buddings Lawn Mowers, 52:2 45
Buehnet, P. C., 39:3 48
Buehrer, John, 51:4 105, 52:2 50
Buell, Frank A., 46:1 18–19
Buell, Moses A.
Buerks, J. E., 42:3 82
Buff, George Louis, 53:2 76
Buffalo, New York
bit brace makers, 45:4 101
"Buffalo Bit Brace Makers (Kosmerl), 45:4 101
Buff & Berger, 45:2 41, 53:2 76
Buff & Buff, 45:2 41, 53:2 76, 53:2 80
Builder's Companion, The (Pain), 42:3 70
Builder's Dictionary, The, 41:2 27, 48:1 25, 48:1 26, 55:2 68–69, 55:2 72
builder's guides, 55:2 68–69
Building in England to 1540 (Salzman), 52:3 99
Building of Noah's Ark (Lascinio), 47:2 61
Building of Noah's Ark, The (di Puccio), 46:4 99, 46:4 101, 46:4 108
Building of Zehnder's Holz-Brücke (Graton), 46:4 115
building restoration
Moses Wilder Blacksmith Shop, 60:2 68–76
Building Stones and Clay Products (Ries), 56:3 92
building technology.
See also house construction
brownstone, 55:3 107–109
in New England, 54:4 166–167
Building Trades Dictionary (Siegele), 48:2 57, 48:2 59
building trades tool exhibit, 42:4 103–104
building trade tools, 53:1 38
Buist, Robert, 42:3 81
Bulgaria
bull-control device, 45:1 17
"bull dog pincers" (shoemakers' tool), 43:4 106
bulldozers, 45:1 23, 45:4 126
Bullen, Frank T., 42:1 23
Bulletin of the American Art-Union, 56:2 75
bullet mold, 45:3 78
"bull-head" reamer, 44:4 110
bull leaders, 44:4 123
bullnose planes, 48:2 55
bull nosering, 45:1 15, 45:1 21
bull session, 45:1 23
"Bull Session" (Kuehhas), 45:1 23
bull set, 59:3 87
"bull's eye" measuring tapes, 54:2 75
bull-team, 45:1 23
bull-train, 45:1 23, 45:4 126
bullwork, 45:1 23
bulrush wreaths, 45:3 93
bumpers (hand facers)
for granite, 59:4 140, 59:4 141
bumping hammers
bung borers, 54:3 91
Bunker Hill Granite Quarry, 43:3 69
Bunker Hill Monument
granite construction of, 59:2 39
Bunker Hill Quarry, 59:2 39, 59:2 40
Bunting, William, 56:1 41
Bunyan, John, 45:3 84
Burchard, Seth, 44:1 11, 44:3 79, 44:4 109, 56:1 37, 59:3 108
Burche, S. Q. A., 53:2 49
Burdick, Edwin, 58:4 145
Burdick, George Washington (G. W.), 43:1 14, 43:3 76
Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce, 52:4 154
Burgess, Gerald T., 40:4 60
Burgess of Brentwood
lawn mowers, 52:3 95, 52:3 96
Burgett, George
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Burgos measurement system, 56:4 164–165
Burgundy pitch, 41:4 76
Burke, Lee, 51:1 24
Burke, Martin, 58:4 145
Burleigh, Charles, 59:2 46
Burleigh Rock Drill Co., 59:2 46
Burley, Bennett B., 45:2 63
burls, 41:2 35, 55:3 129, 57:1 28–29
Burnett, Gilbert, 58:4 132, 58:4 134–135
Burnham, George, and Co., 41:1 12
Burnham, George L., 41:1 11–12
Burnham, Henry, 41:1 11
Burnham & Root, 59:2 41
Burnham shipyard, 49:2 64
burning fluid lamps, 45:1 15
burnishers
for bookbinding, 44:1 25
whatsits, 43:3 79
Burns, Robert
monument, 59:4 148, 59:4 149
Burr, David, 56:1 28, 56:1 30
Burr, H. W.
Burr, R. D.
glove patents, 53:4 138, 53:4 139, 53:4 140
Burroughs, Edmund, 53:1 17
Burrows, C. A., 53:2 50
burrstones, 52:3 107
Burr (Paddleford) Truss style, 46:4 114
Burt, John, 42:2 37
Burt, Spencer M. (S. M.), 42:3 58, 42:4 96–97
inventory, 42:2 37
planemaker, 42:2 37
Burt, Zepheniah, 52:1 13
Burtnik, Kim, 52:2 50
Burton, James H., 50:1 34–35
Burton, Mary (Patterson), 56:1 11
Burton, Silas, 56:1 11, 56:1 14
Burys & Co., 51:3 96
Bush, Barney, 49:2 39
Bush, Henry, 48:1 12, 48:1 24
Bush, Henry, & Bros., 48:1 12, 48:1 24
Bush, O. N., 48:1 24
Bush, Rufus T., 53:1 1, 53:1 3, 53:1 5
Bush, T. & B., Co., 48:1 24
Bush, William, 40:4 65
Bush and Denslow Manufacturing Co., 53:1 3
Bush & Bryan, 48:1 24
Bush & Butler, 48:1 24
bush chisels
for granite, 43:3 83, 59:4 144, 59:4 145–146
bushels, 52:4 151
bush hammers
for granite cutting and dressing, 59:4 139, 59:4 140, 59:4 144
bush hooks, 39:3 52A
Bushnell, E. W.
Bushwacker basket legend, 39:3 44
Bussiere, Noah, 58:2 72
Buss Machine Works, 57:1 13
Butcher, Sam, 43:3 81
Butcher, W., 44:1 10, 47:1 9, 58:2 77
Butcher, W. R., Co., 43:3 81
Butcher, W. & S., 58:2 77
Butcher, William, 39:2 31
Butcher, William R., 43:3 81
Butcher, William R., Co., 43:4 98–99
butchering, 55:3 89
Butler, E. R., & Co., 55:4 135, 55:4 140
Butler, Edward "Rhett," 55:4 135, 55:4 140
Butler, Frederick, 40:3 53
Butler, George, 48:1 24
butlers
Newport, Rhode Island., mansions, 53:2 67–68
butter
color, 52:3 90
consumption of, 50:4 112, 52:3 86
farm-produced, 52:3 85–92
firkins, 52:3 85–86, 52:3 92n8
flavor, 52:3 87
molded, 52:3 85, 52:3 87, 52:3 90–91
as money, 50:4 111, 52:3 86
origins, 52:3 85
packaging, 52:3 90–91
printed, 52:3 87, 52:3 90–91
quality standards, 52:3 87
salting, 51:2 50–51, 52:3 90
storage, 52:3 92n30
trade, 50:4 110–114
transport, 52:3 86
butter boxes, 51:2 50, 51:2 54
Butter Business, The (Meek), 52:3 92
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butter churns, 51:2 43–47, 52:3 88, 52:3 89, 52:3 92
n54, 54:1 38
acquisition of, 51:2 55
barrel, 51:2 43–47
dasher, 51:2 46
prices, 51:2 52
repairs to, 51:2 55
staves, 51:2 46–47
women buttermakers and, 50:4 110, 50:4 114
butterfat, 52:3 87
Butterfield, Martha, 57:2 42
butterises, 48:1 27
"Butterises" (West), 48:1 27
buttermaking, 50:4 107–116
buttermilk removal, 51:2 51
churning, 51:2 46, 51:2 49, 52:3 88–90
process, 51:2 48–51
rhythm, 51:2 49
rinsing, 51:2 49–50, 51:2 50, 51:2 51
salting, 51:2 50–51
skimming, 51:2 49
straining, 51:2 48–49, 51:2 55
widows and, 50:4 107–114
"Butter Making as a Cottage Industry" (Parsons), 50:4 107–116
buttermaking tools, 50:4 108, 51:2 43–58
acquisition of, 51:2 55
cheese cloth, 51:2 54, 51:2 55
decorative, 50:2 39–42
earthenware, 51:2 52–53, 51:2 55
kits, 51:2 50, 51:2 51–52, 51:2 54
metal and, 51:2 47
second-hand, 51:2 53
tinware, 51:2 52–53
types of, 51:2 47–48
wooden vessels, 51:2 52
buttermilk, 51:2 51, 52:3 90
butter molds, 51:2 50, 52:3 85, 52:3 90–91
Butter Molds and Stamps (Van Vuren and Van Vuren), 56:3 114
butter prints, 51:2 44, 51:2 50, 51:2 54
butter spade, 44:4 127
butter stamps, 52:3 85, 52:3 91
Butterton, Bruce, 53:2 68
Butterton, Hannah, 53:2 68
Butterworth, Dale, 44:3 67, 45:4 107
butt hinges, 58:4 164
butt-locking bevels, 40:2 21–22, 40:4 54
buttonhole scissors, 49:4 front cover, 52:3 103
button rules, 52:1 23
Buttrick, Albert Law, 57:2 42
Buttrick, Charles E., 57:2 42
Buttrick, Ella Howard, 57:2 42
Buttrick, Estella A., 57:2 42
Buttrick, Henry Oscar, 57:2 42
Buttrick, Herbert Anderson, 57:2 42
Buttrick, James G., 57:2 42
Buttrick, Nathan
Buttrick, Nathan, Jr., 57:2 42, 57:2 44
Buttrick, Nathan Alonzo, 57:2 41
Buttrick, Nathan Bateman, 57:2 41
Buttrick's Mill, 57:2 42, 57:2 43
butts (pipes), 51:1 14
Butzer, Ada, 54:1 24
Byrd, William, 39:2 28–29