M. P. Co., 52:3 96, 52:3 98
M. & W. Job Press Lock, 52:1 31
Mabbett, T.
ice shaves, 60:4 158, 60:4 159, 60:4 160, 60:4 161
macadam roads, 49:3 91
Maccubbin, R. W., 54:2 86
Macdonald, Anne, 53:4 148, 53:4 150
MacDonald, D. M., 40:1 3–6
MacDonald, D. M., Co., 40:1 4–6
MacDougald, Joe, 46:2 39
machine belt punches, 44:2 56, 44:3 72
"Machine Drain, The" (Hermanek), 44:3 93
machine knitting.
See also knitting machines
hosiery production, 55:1 1–11
for Union Army, 53:4 145–155
Machine Novae (Verantii), 44:3 94
"Machinery Invades the Farm" (Kappeler), 44:1 20
"Machines and the Cooper" (Gedney), 44:4 108
"Machines for Making Bricks in America, 1800-1850" (Pulice), 59:2 53–58
machine shops
granite industry, 60:1 18
machine tools, 43:3 81
in agriculture, 44:2 53–54
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., 43:3 71
collecting, 44:3 93, 44:4 121
defined, 43:4 94, 44:2 53
miniature, 44:1 30
for toymaking, 44:2 50–51
machinists, 47:2 67
Southern Railway, 50:3 80, 50:3 83
machinists' tools
levels, 51:3 82
screwdrivers, 55:2 63–64
Mack, Royal L., 53:1 21
Mack, William W., 53:1 21, 53:1 23
MacKay, A. J., 40:1 3, 40:1 4
Mack & Co., 53:1 22–23
half-circle mark, 53:1 22, 53:1 23
Mackey, Elbert, 45:1 10
Mack Tool Co., Inc., 53:1 24–25
MacLachlan Woodworking Museum, 49:2 43, 55:4 169
MacLeish, A. Bruce, 41:3 53
MacLeish, Patty, 55:1 12, 60:3 110
MacLeod, William Wallace, 40:1 5
MacLeod Axe Co., 40:1 4, 40:1 5
MacLeod/MacDonald Axe Making Machinery, 40:1 facing page 1
Macomber, Ebenezer, 48:3 38
Macone, Paul, 57:2 42, 57:2 43
Madden, C. C., 43:3 74
Madden, Edward M., 42:1 15, 42:3 72
Madden, Isaac P., 43:2 48
Madden and Cockayne File Co., 43:2 48
Madden & Clemson, 40:1 14
madder dye, 53:4 157, 53:4 161
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madder plant root, 42:1 20
Maddock, Mary P., 60:3 103
"Made in California" (Glissman), 42:2 31–32
"Made in Maine" exhibit, Maine State Museum, 42:3 75–76
"Made in PHILAD
A" (Bopp)
"No. 1," 56:1 25–27
"No. 2," 56:2 68–69
"No. 3," 56:4 155–159
"No. 4: The Veit Plane Makers," 57:1 16–22
"No. 4: The Veit Plane Makers: Update," 57:3 101
"No. 4: The Veit Plane Makers: Follow up," 57:4 156
"No. 5: From the Distaff Side: Some Female Entrepreneurs," 57:3 96–101
"No. 6: Henry Disston's Early History," 57:4 151–156
"No. 7: Kneass: Six Brothers and a Friend," 58:4 154–161
"No. 8," 60:1 19–26
Madison, James, 58:1 7, 58:1 22, 58:1 31, 58:2 70
threshing machines and, 58:2 56, 58:2 61
Madonna and Child (di Bartolo), 46:4 101, 46:4 107
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Madonna and Child (Ugolino), 46:4 98
Madox, William
metal-pad braces, 53:3 103
planemaker marks, 52:1 32–33
Sheffield brace, 53:3 102
Madox planes, 49:2 61
Magee, Kneass & Co., 58:4 158
Magee, Rick, 43:1 9
magenta dye, 53:4 156, 53:4 157, 53:4 158
Magic Diamond glass cutter, 44:1 19–20, 44:2 38, 44:3 86
Magic Lantern Projector, 45:3 94
Magic Pocket Lamp, 39:4 57
Magna View Box rules, 54:3 124
magnetite
in needle sharpeners, 47:1 14
Magny, Alexis, 58:3 100
mahogany, 47:2 57–59, 47:2 67
Honduran, axe cuts in, 48:4 94–95
jackplanes, 39:1 4
Mahoney, Ed, 54:3 118
"Maid of Spotless Town, The: Domestic Service in Newport's Great Houses" (Woodbury), 53:2 66–75
maids
Newport, Rhode Island., mansions, 53:2 70–71
Maillard, Allie, 44:2 48
Maillard, Allse, 43:4 87, 43:4 88
Maine
hand tool makers, 46:1 15–16
Maine, Jonas C.
account books, 45:4 110–111
Maine Antiques Digest, 42:3 71
Maine Business Directory, 40:1 2
Maine State Museum
"Made in Maine" exhibit, 42:3 75–76
mainsail, 48:2 41
maize.
See also corn
in Colonial America, 39:1 9, 39:1 10
husking pegs and, 59:3 98
Major, J. Kenneth, 47:2 61, 51:4 105
"Make-Do, The: A New Life for the Broken Tool" (Klingler), 43:3 61
make-do tools, 43:3 61
in Alaska, 44:3 86
files and rasps, 58:1 15n.8
plows, 44:4 123
Makepeace, Milton
"Maker of All Tools" (Reichman), 42:4 100–101
makers' marks, 41:3 49, 44: 4 116–117.
See also name stamps;
planemakers' marks
Bear, Christian, 58:2 76–77
Beatty family, 60:3 106–110
broad axe, 41:1 3
Buttrick, Nathan, 57:2 42, 57:2 45
buying and selling of, 50:1 12
Chelor, Cesar, 40:2 25–26, 46:4 93
Coates, James, 50:2 50–51, 50:2 52
Conley, George, 40:1 3
date codes, 54:4 144–147
Dominy planes, 57:2 79
18th century, 40:2 25–26
embossed, 59:3 103–105
Hamburg planes, 48:2 48, 48:2 50–53
Harmony Society, 51:4 104–105
Hathaway, Braddock D., 54:2 63, 54:2 64, 54:2 65
incused, 59:3 103–105
incuse stamps, 46:4 121, 51:3 70, 51:3 71
initials, 51:3 72–73
letter codes, 54:4 147
masons' marks, 51:3 98, 51:3 back cover
name stamps on axes, 54:4 141
Nicholson, Francis, 40:2 25–26, 46:4 92–93, 48:3 63–66
planes, 40:3 50, 51:3 70–73, 55:4 169, 59:3 105–108
Sampson, Abel, 45:2 35, 45:2 36
Scott, William, 50:3 92
semicircular, 53:1 22, 53:1 23
siths, 45:3 90
Steele, William, 47:3 81, 47:3 82
Wheeling planemakers, 47:3 81, 47:3 82–83
wooden shipping crate, 54:4 164
Makers of American Machinists Tools (Cope), 50:2 67
Makin, Harry, 54:2 87
"Making a Needle in 1855," 40:1 16
"Making a Spade, Step One" (West), 57:2 53
"Making a Specification of a Patent" (White), 46:3 68, 46:3 86–87
Making Ax Handles (Greear), 40:1 15
"Making Cast Steel in Sheffield," 40:3 45
"Making Circus Wheels...Nearly a Lost Art" (Olson), 41:4 61–63
"Making Little Ones Out of Big Ones: The Black Crusher" (Brundage), 44:1 18
"Making Meaning, Making Butter: Tools as a Decorative Art," 50:2 39–42
"Making of a Felt Hat, The" (Henderson), 52:4 155–169
"Making of America" Web site, 55:4 162, 55:4 165
Making Screw Treads in Wood (Holder), 56:2 64
"Making Shoes in Litchfield, Connecticut, 1795," 41:1 15
"Making Snuff in 1869," 44:2 36
Making Traditional Wooden Planes (Whelan), 60:3 133
Makinson, John T., 41:1 1, 41:1 2
Malbone, Godfrey, 58:4 142
Male, William, 43:4 93
Malecki, W. J., 49:2 57
mallets
dovetail joints on, 47:2 39–41
fiber, 43:4 89
handle with threaded wooden screws, 56:2 60–61
inventory lists, 39:3 43–44
with rolled paper heads, 43:3 81
Mallett, Charles H., 49:2 55, 49:2 56, 56:4 134
Mallett & Furbish, 56:4 134–135
Malloch, D., and Sons, 59:1 31
Mallory Co., 51:3 78
Malone, Arthur, 56:2 82, 56:4 170
Malone, Michael, 51:4 115
Malott, Fred, 42:1 10
Malpa's green corn shredder, 56:1 17
Mammoth Cave, 39:4 68
Man, David, 46:4 95
Manada Furnace, 47:1 18
"Man Behind the Lawn Mower, The" (Brundage), 42:3 71
Manchester, Gleave, 59:3 120
Manchester Mills, 45:2 47
Manchester quilts, 54:1 15
Mangbetu people
glossary of tool terms, 43:4 104
tools of, 43:4 103–104
mangles, 57:3 97
Mangone, Joseph, 46:4 103
Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
manicure scissors, 52:3 103
manila rope
for cable tool drilling, 53:3 89–90
for granite quarrying, 59:3 84
Mann, Austin, 42:4 95
Mann, Julia De Lacey, 39:2 30
Mann, N. N., 45:2 55
Mann, Nathaniel, 41:3 49
Mann, Timothy, 45:1 22
Mann, Timothy, Jr., 45:1 22
Mann, William, Jr., 41:1 3
Mann, William, Sr., 41:1 3
Mann Axe and Edge Tool Co., Ltd., 53:3 95
Mann Edge Tool Co., 41:1 3, 41:3 49, 43:2 30, 43:3 64, 47:2 41, 52:1 38
in Canada, 53:3 95, 53:3 122
Mannes twist bit, 56:3 112
Mannheim, Amédée, 49:2 50
"Mann Name in Canada, The" (Klenman), 53:3 95, 53:3 122
Manny's Illinois Mower, 44:3 80
Mansfield & Stimson Foundry, 59:4 135
Manter & Blackmer, 45:1 20
Manual of Carpentry and Joinery (Riley), 48:2 60
"Manual of the Principles and Practices of Roadmaking, A" (Gillespie), 45:2 53
Manuel du Tourneur (Bergeron), 55:4 145, 56:2 64
Manufactories and Manufacturers of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century, 60:2 51
"Manufacture of Wooden Pails: Logging and Bolting, Part I" (Martin), 46:2 43–44
"Manufacture of Wooden Pails by Manual Labor, The" (Martin), 45:3 67–69
Manufacturer and Builder, The, 60:1 38–39
"Man Who Turned the Stanley Works Around, The: The Story of William H. Hart" (Jacob), 58:4 163–168
map holders, 54:3 131
maple
burls, 57:1 28–29
curly, 57:1 28
Maplehurst Manufacturing Co., 53:2 46
marble
granite vs., 59:2 38, 59:2 44
hand saws for, 44:1 17
marble cutters' tools, 43:3 83
Marble, Webster A., 47:2 42
marble cutters' tools, 43:3 83
Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island.
domestic services, 53:2 67–75
Marble's Axe, 47:2 42
"Marble's Axes" (Klenman), 47:2 42
Marcelli, Orazio, 59:4 149
Marcellus, Laurence, 40:4 65
Marcellus, Lawrence, 41:1 9
Marchbank, John, 54:3 93–94
Marchini, Angelo, 57:2 69
Marcotte, Michele, 59:1 inside front cover
Marcy, Herman, 54:4 148, 54:4 152
Marcy, L. J., 45:3 94
Marcy Lumber Co., 41:2 22
margin dressing, 56:3 96
Maria logo
religious symbolism, 60:2 77
mariner's dry card compass, 39:2 17
Mariners' Museum, 45:1 28
Mariott, Steven, 41:3 83
Maritime Edge Tool Co., 53:3 95
marking gauges, 39:1 5, 50:4 130, 50:4 132, 50:4 139, 53:3 123–124, 53:4 171, 54:2 52
German immigrants, 40:3 43
locking devices, 53:3 123
whalebone, 45:1 30
with wooden screw threads, 56:2 61
"Marking Time: Jefferson's Spherical Sundial" (Wilson), 58:1 31–35
Mark Well the Whale (Schmitt), 41:4 75
Marley, Luke, 45:1 13
marlin spikes, 41:3 52
whale ivory handle, 45:1 31
Marmon Group, 50:2 63
Marmont, Paul, 48:3 57, 52:2 75
Marples, Joseph, 55:4 168
Marples, William, 57:1 5
Marples, William, & Sons, 40:1 11, 40:2 36, 40:3 44, 45:3 78, 49:3 94, 51:3 88, 51:3 90
marquetry, 42:4 111
Marquis, Bill, 43:3 78
"Marseilles quilts," 54:1 10, 54:1 11, 54:1 14–15
Marseilles white work, 54:1 9–19
Marsh, Albert, 49:2 43, 49:2 47, 49:2 48
Marsh, Albert Ibbotson, 49:2 47–48
Marsh, Ann, 49:2 47
Marsh, Anne, 49:2 48
Marsh, Hannah, 49:2 48
Marsh, Isaac, 47:4 122, 48:1 12
Marsh, James, 49:2 48
Marsh, John, 49:2 43, 49:2 47, 49:2 48, 49:2 49
Marsh, Robert, 49:2 48
Marsh, Samuel, 49:2 47
Marsh, Samuel Stevenson, 49:2 48
Marsh, Sarah, 49:2 48
Marsh, Thomas, 54:3 94
Marsh, Walter, 49:2 48
Marsh, William, 49:2 47, 49:2 48
Marshall-Wells Hardware Co., 43:4 107
Marsh Brothers & Co., 49:2 48, 49:2 49
Marsh-Drury hardware, 49:2 43–49
Marshes & Shepherd, 49:2 48, 49:2 49
Marsh Gauge Pole Co., 44:1 29
"Marsh late Drury" hardware, 49:2 43, 49:2 47–49
Marston, George P., 57:3 112
Marston, George P., & Co., 57:3 112, 57:3 113
Martin, Ella Logan, 44:4 107
Martin, Everard H., 55:1 7, 55:1 8
Martin, John, 45:3 67
Martin, John Stuart, 39:2 31
Martin, Michael, 50:1 13, 50:1 18
Martin, Molly, 58:4 154
Martin, Richard, 57:1 33
Martin, Samuel, 50:4 111
Martin, Thomas C., 58:2 61
Martin & Brayer, 50:1 13
Martini, Simone, 46:4 105
Martin Mill, 46:2 43–44
Martius, Carl, 53:4 157
Martius yellow, 53:4 157
Maryland
Eastern Shore threshing, 40:2 30
Mary Rose (warship)
planes recovered from, 60:1 44
Mason, John C., 44:2 47
Mason, Michael, 52:1 32
Mason and Parker, 52:4 148, 52:4 149
Masonic lodges, 46:4 94–95
masonry walls
masons' marks, 51:3 98, 51:3 back cover
masons' tools, 53:1 38
Massachusetts.
See also specific cities and towns
lumbering industry, 42:2 42
planemakers, 42:2 37
Massachusetts Historical Society, 58:4 140
Massachusetts Tool Co., 45:4 115
mass production
Blanchard, Thomas, and, 44:1 4
power loom and, 44:2 52
of toys, 44:2 50–51
woodworking machinery catalogs and, 58:3 108
Mast, J. B., & Co., 43:4 87
mast (shipwrights') axes, 54:2 62–63
master craftsman symbol
masterpieces
apprenticeship system and, 60:1 7
masticators, 43:4 105
matches, 41:1 20A, 44:4 104–105
Boston, 44:4 105
factory-made, 44:4 104–105
friction, 44:2 43, 44:4 104
gunners', 44:4 104
phosphorus, 44:4 104
safety, 44:2 43
sulfur, 47:3 78n5
"Match Holder and Match Striker, The" (Sayward), 44:2 43
match holders, 44:2 43, 44:4 104–105
Vulcan Plow Co., 43:2 55, 43:2 back cover
match planes, 46:1 12–14
children's, 57:2 52
"double," 46:1 12
unusual, 59:1 31
"Match Planes--Old, New, Patented, and . . . Pirated? A Plane Talk Special Feature" (Kebabian), 46:1 12–14
match strikers, 44:2 43
Mateaux, Clara, 44:2 49
Matelassé, 54:1 10
material history
mathawks, 40:4 65
mathematical instruments, 48:3 66–67
playing cards with illustrations of, 58:1 38–39
Pool, 50:1 1–6
scales for, 39:2 17–18
Mather, Cotton, 46:4 96
Mather, Daniel, 47:4 105
Mather, Thomas S., 43:3 75
Matheson, D., 48:4 74
Mathieson, A., and Son, 54:3 126, 59:2 77
Mathieson, Alexander, 57:1 5
Mathieson, Alexander, & Sons, 40:3 44, 46:1 13, 57:1 5, 57:1 7
Mathieson, Alex R., & Sons, Ltd., 59:3 120, 59:3 121
Mathieson combination planes, 58:2 79, 58:4 173
Mathieson & Son, 44:4 127
mathooks, 40:4 66–67, 41:1 9
Matin, Eugene, 55:2 81
Matinicus Island, Maine, 56:2 85, 56:2 back cover
Matson, Maryann, 41:2 36
mattenbies, 40:4 67
matt hawks, 40:4 65–66
Mattheson's Australian Saw-Miller's Log and Timber Ready Reckoner (Matheson), 48:4 74
Matthews, R. F., 39:2 16
Matthews, Robert, 46:2 45
mattocks, 45:3 89
Mau, Jim, 57:2 71
Maudslay, Henry, 55:3 112
Maugham, Colin, 44:2 56
maul, 45:3 67
Maule, Joshua, 46:1 27
mauve dye, 53:4 156, 53:4 157, 53:4 158, 53:4 162
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Mavor, William, 43:2 38
Maw, Kergarth (Kirjarth or Kirgarth), 59:3 103
Maw & Co., 59:3 103
Maw & Stanley, 59:3 103, 59:4 163
Maxim, Hiram, 39:2 31, 41:3 59, 42:2 43
Maxim, Hudson, 41:3 59, 42:2 43, 56:1 41
May, Edward S., 39:4 58
May, Ellen (Robbins), 52:2 56–57
May, Ida, 52:2 57
May, John A., 52:2 57
May, T., 49:2 61
May, William, 52:2 56
Mayer, E. L., 52:3 112
Mayfield, New York, 40:4 67
Mayhew, H. H., Co., 45:4 115
Maynard, Micah, 42:3 79
Maynard primer, 49:1 31
Mayo, George D., Machine Co., 55:1 9
McAdam, John, 49:3 91
McArthur, John, 56:3 93
Mc'Avity, Thomas, & Co., 49:2 45
McBride, Hugh, 56:4 171
McCafferty, J. E., 49:2 57
McCaffrey, Edward V., 48:3 50, 48:3 51
McCaffrey, Henry, 48:3 46
McCaffrey, Hugh, 48:3 46, 48:3 49–51
McCaffrey, James, 48:3 46
McCaffrey, John, 48:3 46, 48:3 49–50, 48:3 50, 48:3 51
McCaffrey, Joseph J., 48:3 50
McCaffrey, Richard H., 51:1 14
McCaffrey and Brother, 48:3 45–51
McCaffrey File Co., 50:4 128, 50:4 back cover, 51:1 14
Catalogue of Files & Rasps, 50:3 104
1893 Columbian Exposition Exhibit, 51:4 125
international expositions and, 48:3 45–51
makers' marks, 48:3 48–49
"McCaffrey File Company and the International Expositions, The" (McCaffrey), 48:3 45–51
McCall, Charles H., 43:3 78
McCall, James H., 43:3 78
McCarty, J. C., Co., 49:2 56
McClane, Louis, 40:3 50
McClintock, Hamilton, 53:2 50
McClung, Archibald, 59:2 56
McClure, A. S., 44:4 99, 44:4 100
McColm, Matthew, 58:4 134
McCormick, Cyrus, 39:4 61, 44:2 53–54
McCormick, Stephen, 58:1 10
"McCormick and the Machine Age," 43:4 94
McCormick mowers, 44:3 80
McCormick reapers, 43:4 94, 44:2 53–54
McCow, N. C., 56:1 18
McCoy, James S., 59:4 145
McCracken, William T., 52:1 16–17
McCrumb, Margaret, 46:3 80
McCullough, J., 39:3 43
McCurdy, Andrew, 39:2 25
McDiarmind, D. G., 48:2 40
McDonald, Alexander, 59:4 139
McDonald mechanical surfacers, 60:1 18
McDonald surfacers, 59:4 139, 59:4 140
McDougal, Craig, 39:1 12
McDougall, Bill, 48:3 52
McEathron, Alexander, 42:3 59
McEathron, Lois (Collins), 42:3 59
McElroy's Directory, 56:4 155–156, 56:4 158, 56:4 159
McEntee, Margaret M., 50:2 71
McEwen, Mary (Polly), 56:1 15
McFarland, J. Horace, 56:3 91
McFarland, Pete, 48:1 4
McGarrity, William, 57:4 155
McGee, Samuel, 54:3 94–95, 54:3 96
McGinn, Bridget, 53:2 70
McGrath, Nicolas B., 40:4 56
McGregor, Rob Roy, 54:3 98
McGrew, A. O., 49:4 123
McIntosh, Gail, 58:1 33
McKay, Donald, 42:2 44
McKay, G., 52:3 88
McKay, G. R., 45:2 41
McKee, Michael, 41:2 23
McKeever, Nannie, 56:1 20
McKenzie, Alexander, 41:1 6, 41:1 7
McKiernan, John, 48:2 55, 49:2 61, 51:4 119
McKim, Mead, & White, 55:1 35, 58:3 125
McKinley, James, 52:4 137
McKinley Tariff (1890), 51:1 24
McKinney, L. O., 49:2 56
McKnight, J. J., 43:4 87–88
McLaughlin, Jack, 43:2 54
McLaughlin, William J., 52:3 88
McLean and Hollingsworth, 53:1 28
M'Clintic, John, 42:1 24, 46:3 86
McLoughlin, Thomas, 48:2 35
McLure, John, 50:2 49
McMaster, Alonzo D., 53:1 17
McMaster, T. J., 52:2 68, 52:4 163, 53:1 17
McMath, William, 50:4 113
McMichael, Birdie, 53:3 88
McMillan, Loring, 46:3 71
McMillen, Bill, 56:4 171
McMillen, J.
McMillen, Loring, 39:3 44, 43:1 10, 44:3 66
McMullen, John
knitting machine patents, 53:4 145
McNerney, Katheryn, 51:3 90
McNiece, William
saw handles, 59:1 14, 59:1 19
McPhee, John, 42:2 34
Mead, Charles L., 51:4 120–122, 52:4 147
Mead, Tilly
cabinetmaker, inventory, 41:2 29
Meals, S. W., 53:3 89, 53:3 92
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Meany, Janet, 45:3 85, 45:3 92
Mease, James, 58:1 6, 58:1 7, 58:1 9, 58:1 36
n.48
measurement
Burgos system, 56:4 164–165
Cyrillic, 56:4 164–167
French inches, 53:2 78–80
Spanish system, 56:4 163–164
"Measuring Instruments--A Diversity" (Stanley), 55:2 45, 55:2 58
measuring tapes.
See also rules
advertising on, 57:3 105–110
angle, 57:4 133–134
Chesterman, 50:1 18
cinoline wire for, 57:4 129
Defiance "push-pull," 57:3 108
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 159, 59:4 160
patents, 57:4 130–131
reel housing construction, 57:4 133
Roe, Justus, 57:4 129–136
slide rules, 50:1 22
Stanley, 53:4 163–167, 54:1 31–34, 54:2 75–80, 54:3 121–125, 54:4 154–159, 57:3 108–110
steel, 57:4 129–136
for surveying, 57:4 129–136
measuring tools.
See also rules;
slide rules
click reels, 51:2 35–38
Doyle Log Rule, 51:3 86
materials, 55:2 58
specialized, 55:2 45, 55:2 58
sticks, 50:3 105
whatsits, 44:1 28, 44:3 75, 49:1 27
meat
meat house, 55:3 89
preparation, 55:3 88–89, 55:3 90
tenderizers, 54:1 41, 54:2 59
"Meat Chopper," 52:2 74
meat choppers, 44:2 51, 44:3 88, 52:2 74
meat cleavers
meat tenderers/tenderizers, 43:1 21, 43:4 92, 60:3 119, 60:3 121
mechanical corn pickers, 59:3 97
Mechanical Dictionary (Knight), 40:4 64, 45:2 53.
See also American Mechanical Dictionary (Knight)
Mechanical Exercises (Nicholson), 53:3 100
mechanical fasteners
mechanical harvesters, 39:4 61
"Mechanical Kitchenalia: Parers" (Turner), 59:4 152–154
mechanical log splitters, 49:3 77, 49:3 79
mechanicals, 50:4 138
mechanical surfacing machines
mechanic and manufacturing societies, 58:4 134
Mechanick Exercises (Moxon), 43:1 6, 43:1 16, 43:2 46, 43:2 47, 53:3 96
Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing (Moxon), 48:4 97
Mechanick's Workbench, 52:2 75–76
Mechanics and Engineers Handbook (Haswell), 51:2 41
Mechanic's Companion, or, the Elements and Practice of Carpentry, Joinery (Nicholson), 46:3 82
Mechanics Magazine
R. Hoe & Co., 53:3 108–113
Mechanics Own Book (Spons), 46:3 79
mechanics tools
Barton, D. R., 53:1 15–16
Mechanic's Tool Store (D. R. Barton), 53:1 15–16
"Mechanization of the Cloth Cropper's Shear" (Reichman), 39:4 66
medallion quilts, 54:2 70, 54:2 71
Medbury, A., 44:4 107
medical equipment
glassware, 46:1 17
Nursing Lamp, 44:1 13
medical instruments
surgical, 51:1 26–27
whatsits, 41:2 36, 43:1 22
Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo, 46:4 106
n.4
medicines
sold in drug stores, 44:3 71
Medieval Italy.
See also Middle Ages
carpentry tools and techniques, 46:4 98–107
Medlicott Co., 55:1 7
Meek, Caroline, 52:3 92
n8
Meeks' Drugstore, 44:4 118
Meglio, Jean di, 41:3 83
Meikle, Andrew
threshing machines, 58:2 54, 58:2 56, 58:2 58–59, 58:2 62n.2, 58:2 63n.9, 58:2 63n.10
Meikle, George, 58:2 56
threshing machines, 58:2 63n.10
Meily, Charles, 55:1 20, 55:1 23
Meily, Emanuel, Jr., 55:1 23
Meily, Samuel, 55:1 23
Meinecke, Gordon, 42:1 25, 42:3 72, 43:2 30
Melhuish, Richard, 41:3 57
Mellinger, John, 55:1 23
Mellinger, Samuel, 55:1 23
Mellinger and Nold Planing Mill, 60:4 140
Mello, David P., 42:4 96
Melnick, Howard, 46:2 42
Melville, Herman, 41:4 75
Melville, Lewis, 41:4 77
"'Mem
dm. of Carpenters Tools': Woodworking Tools at Monticello" (Self and Stanton), 58:1 12–17, 58:1 35–36
Memorial History of Boston, The, 46:2 39
memorials
Barton, David R. (D. R.), 49:2 37
Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama, 58:4 148
Civil War, granite for, 59:2 40
granite, 59:2 40
Kennedy, John F., 58:4 148
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 58:4 147, 58:4 148, 58:4 149
World War II, Washington, D. C., 58:4 149, 58:4 151
Memorials of the Kneass Family (Kelly), 58:4 161
men
Men Against Granite (WPA), 60:1 26, 60:1 29
Men and Manners in America, One Hundred Years Ago (Scudder), 42:3 75
Mencken, H. L., 39:1 10, 43:4 106
menhaden (mossbonkers), 45:2 51, 45:3 93
Men of Progress (Sartain), 44:1 2, 44:1 5, 44:1 front cover
Men of Subtle Craft (Lewis), 42:4 104
men's hats
Mensuration (Stanley), 57:4 159
Mercedes-Benz automobiles, 41:4 73
Mercer, Henry C., 39:4 62, 40:1 10, 40:3 37, 41:1 16, 42:3 65, 42:4 89, 43:1 6, 43:1 16, 44:3 91, 45:2 46, 46:3 69, 46:3 75, 47:3 84–85, 53:3 125, 56:2 77, 57:4 164
Mercer, John, 54:2 57–58
Mercer Museum, Bucks County Historical Society, 50:4 117, 51:1 22, 51:2 46, 52:2 74, 52:3 122, 54:3 111, 56:2 77
Spruance Library, 39:2 16
merchantable timber, 52:2 79
merchant signs, 44:1 31, 44:3 70
merchants' marks, 54:3 128–129
mercury
separating gold dust with, 40:3 52
Meriden Britannia, 49:4 132, 49:4 133
Merino/Dudley Woolen Co., 55:3 114–115
merino hosiery, 55:1 1–11
Meriwether, William D., 58:2 61
Merlingueche (Lunenburg Town), Nova Scotia, 41:1 8
Merriam, Caleb, 50:1 4
Merriam, J. Z., 57:3 112
Merrick, Charles H., 40:2 19
Merrick Anderson Co., 46:3 89
Merrill, George P., 56:3 92, 56:3 95
Merrill, M.
Merriman, Andrews, 56:3 94, 59:4 133
Merriman slitting shave, 52:3 112
Merrithew, Sally, 42:3 73
Merror, Joseph M.
knitting machines, 53:4 145, 53:4 150
Merwin, Thomas Benjamin, 48:4 93, 48:4 back cover
Mescelli, Mike, 51:4 130
mesh (netting tool), 44:3 84
Messinger, Henry, Rev., 53:1 33, 53:1 34, 53:1 35
"Messrs. Hoe and Co.'s Printing Press Manufactory" (White), 53:3 108–113
metal.
See also iron
buttermaking and, 51:2 47
husking pegs, 59:3 99–100
shaves, 57:1 5
shingle roofing, 55:2 66–67, 55:2 72
snips, 44:4 117
tapered metal-cutting saws, 59:1 16
metal-pad braces, 53:3 96–104
bits for, 53:3 96–99
brass bodies, 53:3 100
iron pads, 53:3 98–100
spring-catch pads, 53:3 100
styles, 53:3 98–100
thumbscrew system, 53:3 100
metal planes, 45:1 18, 45:2 51, 46:3 77
metalworking
machines, planemaking and, 43:2 41
metal-workers block, 49:1 8
sixteenth century, Nürnberg, 54:2 82–83
"Metal Working Machines: Their Impact on Planemaking" (Brundage), 43:2 41
metaphors
"square peg in a round hole," 44:4 119
Metcalf, Eleazer, 53:1 34
Metcalf, Eliphalet, 41:4 73–74, 42:3 75
Metcalf, Isaac, 43:3 72
account books, 43:1 19–20
Metcalf, John Calvin, 44:2 38
Metcalf, Joseph
cabinetmaker/planemaker, 44:2 37–38
Metcalf, Luther
cabinetmaker/planemaker, 44:2 37–38
Metcalf, Sarah, 40:2 26
metric rules, 56:1 34–36, 56:4 160–164
Metropolitan Cutlery Co., 49:3 74
Metropolitan Life, 60:1 27
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 45:4 116
musical instrument-making tools exhibit, 43:1 17
Metternich green, 53:4 159
Meyers, Aphy, 45:2 35
mica
mica schist, 43:1 11
Michael (Michal), John
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Michel Ottin Ltd., 42:1 27
Micmac basketry, 45:1 24
"Micmac Basketry" (Reichman), 45:1 24
micro-crystaline wax, 39:1 12
microlithic flint drills, 59:1 2
micrometer marking gauges, 41:1 14
micrometer surface gauges, 41:1 14
microscopes
Mid-Atlantic Association for Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums, 46:4 123
Mid-Atlantic region
farm-produced butter, 52:3 85–92
Middle Ages
guilds, 60:1 1
Italian carpentry tools and techniques, 46:4 98–107
medieval scriptoriums, 42:1 25
medieval stone crosses, with sculptured tools, 42:2 50
medieval wall paintings, 41:3 53
sixteenth-century tools, 54:2 81–85
trade signs, 54:2 82
Middleboro, Massachusetts
Middleburg Stone Co., 60:1 41
Middlebury Register, 49:4 110
Middlesex Iron Co., 43:4 95
Middlesex Quarry Co., 55:3 98–101, 55:3 106
"Midget" Fuller slide rule, 50:3 97
Midget lawn mower, 52:3 98
Midway Village and Museum Center, 45:4 125
Mid-West Tool Collectors Association (MWTCA), 40:1 12, 41:2 35, 42:3 65, 48:3 58, 56:2 77
Milano, John, 52:4 156
mild steel, 54:1 21–22
Miles, "Tommy," 55:4 147
military equipment, 43:2 44–45, 43:3 58, 43:3 64
axes, 39:1 1–3, 39:2 21–23
Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 45:1 24, 45:1 27
milk.
See also butter;
cream;
dairying
fat content of, 52:3 87
watering, 52:3 88
milkmaids.
See dairymaids
milk paint, 48:3 66
removing, 42:3 83, 42:4 93, 42:4 109
"Milk Paint," 48:3 66
milk pans
women buttermakers and, 50:4 110
Milks, E. D.
Millener, Joel P., 53:1 15, 53:1 18–19
Miller, Albert S., 39:2 32A
Miller, Artemus, 56:1 3
Miller, Charles A., 52:1 5, 52:1 6
Miller, Dick, 44:2 60
Miller, Elizabeth, 53:2 43
Miller, George, 51:2 61–63
stair making gauges, 53:3 117, 53:3 118, 53:3 119
Miller, Harbie, 39:2 32A
Miller, I. N.
children's plane maker, 57:2 51–53
Miller, John, 56:2 80
metal-pad braces, 53:3 103
Miller, John M., 45:4 106
Miller, Lewis, 58:4 133, 58:4 139, 58:4 140
Miller, Mrs. Robert L., 41:3 47
Miller, Steve, 47:1 33
Miller, Thomas
metal-pad braces, 53:3 103
Miller, Warwick, 51:2 52, 51:2 53
Miller and Zinn, 52:1 5
Miller Mortise, 39:2 32A
millers' bill, 44:2 54
"Millers Falls," 47:2 47–48
Millers Falls Co., 45:2 51, 45:4 101, 45:4 115, 47:2 47–48, 55:4 150, 57:3 86, 57:3 89–90
Miller's Falls Mfg. Co., 41:3 42
Millers Falls Tool Works, 46:3 89, 46:3 back cover
Millett, David, 52:1 32
mill files
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 155, 59:4 156
mill girls, 44:2 52, 44:3 89
"Mill Girls" (Gedney), 44:2 52
milliners
milling machines
column and knee, 50:2 66
planemaking and, 43:2 41
universal, 50:2 64–67
mill picks, 56:2 84
mills
history of, 39:1 8
pummeling, for corn, 50:3 103–104
Mills, Eugene, 60:2 65
Mills, G. H., 44:4 117
mill-saws, 41:2 32
Millspaugh, W., 46:2 46
Millspaugh, William, 42:1 15–16, 43:3 74, 46:2 46
"Millstone Pickmaker, A" (Hall), 56:2 84
millstone picks, 44:3 94
millstones, 52:3 107
Milton, John, 39:2 29
"Milton and William Aldrich: The Lowell Clamp Makers" (Boyd), 49:1 15–18
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Grohmann, Eckhart G., Grohmann Collection, 57:3 120–121
mincing knives, 41:4 74, 41:4 75, 44:2 50
Mine Hill Preservation Committee (Roxbury Land Trust), 41:1 20A
mineral paint, 42:4 99
Miners' and Laborers' Benevolent Association (MLBA), 52:4 144
Miners' Combination Rule, 55:2 57
miners' lamps, 55:4 159
miniature advertising anvils, 41:3 84
minimal-cash agriculture, 55:3 86–94
mining industry.
See also coal industry
garnet sand, 53:1 27–28, 53:2 82
gold mines, 44:2 44–45
housing, 52:4 137
labor issues, 52:3 114–121, 52:4 134–146
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 43:1 27
Minnesota Historical Society, 46:1 17
"Minnesota Historical Society Acquires the Tools and Equipment of the Saint Paul Boat and Oar Works" (Anderson), 46:1 17
Minnie Harvester, 58:3 93–94
minnowing baskets, 42:1 10
Minoan double-bladed axes, 40:3 52
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, 59:2 40
Minott, Amos, 57:3 91
Minott, Emily Flora, 57:3 92, 57:3 94
Minott, Emily May, 57:3 92, 57:3 94
Minott, Jonathan Eastman (J. E.)
edge-tool maker, 57:3 91–95
Minott, Jonathan Monroe, 57:3 92
Minott, Joseph, 57:3 91
Minott, Mary (Hardy), 57:3 91
Minott & King, 57:3 94
Minshall, Jacob, 51:2 53
Misher, R. F., 42:3 66
Mission, Monsieur, 52:3 85
Mississippi
cotton gin industry, 52:1 13–21
Mississippi River
waterfront commerce, 43:4 110
Mistalske, P. J., 49:2 57
Mistalske, S. J., 49:2 57
Mitchell, Charles E.
brace jaw patent, 53:2 62–63
concealed ratchet patent, 52:4 149
screwdriver patents, 55:3 120
Mitchell, F., 52:3 98
Mitchell, H. B., Hardware, 53:3 91
Mitchell, Harry
Klingler & Mitchell, 53:3 91–92
Mitchell, J. Roger, 53:1 26, 53:1 31
Mitchell, James, 49:1 21
Mitchell, John, 52:4 144
Mitchell, John F., 44:2 56, 52:4 144
Mitchell, Robert, 43:4 106
"miter and lap" joint, 58:3 128
miter-angle markings
on Thompson's bevel, 52:1 2
miter boxes
backsaws for, 60:1 34, 60:2 84
no. 50, 60:1 34–35
no. 60, 60:1 34–35
patents, 60:1 33–35, 60:2 84
Stanley open front, No. 150, 60:2 84–87
Traut, Justus, 60:1 33–35
miter clamps
with threaded wooden screws, 56:2 58
miter-gage attachment for rules, 42:2 36
mitre boxes
Stanley advertising signs for, 59:2 71
mitred joints
Mittenberg, George, 43:3 79
mittens, woolen
Mix, Tom, 51:4 116
Mixter, J. W., Saw Tool Co., 44:3 94
Miyazaki, Dean, 46:3 89
M'Master, T. J., & Co., 51:3 96
Moberg, V., 40:1 13
Moby Dick (Melville), 41:4 75
Mo Ching (Mohist Canon), 41:1 10
Mockridge, Abraham, 48:4 93
Mockridge and Francis, 48:1 17–18, 58:3 128
Model T Ford
Modern Carpenter, Joiner, and Cabinetmaker (Sutcliffe), 48:2 60, 53:3 117
Modern Carpentry (Hodgson), 48:2 59–60
"Modern Carriage Drafting, 1850s to the Present (Green), 48:2 34–40
Modern Casting magazine, 41:3 61
Modern Machine Shop, 44:3 93
Modern Manufacturing Co., 42:2 31
Modern Practical Carpentry (Ellis), 48:2 60
Modern Practical Joinery (Ellis), 48:2 60, 57:1 1, 57:1 3
Moe, Ira W., 47:4 123
Moffat, Jim, 56:3 123, 57:1 34
Moffett, Jim, 57:1 34
Moffit, Jim, 56:3 123
Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, 43:4 96
Moir, R & J, 45:1 13
moldboard of least resistance
molded butter, 52:3 87, 52:3 90–91
molding devices
for brick making, 59:2 54–57
molding machines, 46:1 14
molding planes
Barton, D. R., 53:1 23
Cassebeer, Herman, 50:1 19
center bead, 45:2 54, 45:2 63
Chelor, Cesar, 54:1 2
collections, 51:4 108
complex, 59:1 22–23, 59:3 120–121
dating, 51:3 69–70
Dean, Benaiah, 47:2 50
defined, 54:1 1, 54:1 2
Dominy family, 58:2 51
fences, 59:3 120
German immigrants, 40:3 42–43
Harmony Society, 51:4 103–104
identifying, 53:3 126
irons, 53:1 37
left-hand, 45:4 103
mirror-image pair, 53:2 81
modified, 54:2 86–87
Nicholson, Francis, 54:1 2
Nicholson, John, 54:1 2
removing wedge from, 49:1 30, 49:2 65
restoration of, 45:1 22–23
for sash bars, 57:1 5, 57:1 7
Schauer, John, 47:1 2, 47:1 3
Stamm, John, 54:2 48–52
statistical study of, 49:4 130–131
unusual, 58:3 128–129
wedge distortion, 48:3 61–62
whatsit, 42:4 105
wrong-sided, 47:4 113–114
moldings
cutting or sticking, 57:1 3
ranking cornice, 55:2 72
molding shaves, 52:3 108
molds
for butter, 52:3 85, 52:3 90–91
for clay pipes, 53:2 77
hinged pine, 51:2 41
horn, 41:3 83
mole trap, 48:4 74
Molnar, Joseph, 42:3 83
molotucks (hammers), 41:3 39
Monadnock Building, Chicago, 59:2 41
Monce, Ann E., 44:4 99
Monce, Samuel G., 44:3 86, 44:4 99, 44:4 100, 57:3 85–88
Monceau, Duhamel du, 42:1 4
Moncton University
plane collection, 59:2 76
Monday
"Blue Monday" expression, 45:1 25, 45:2 56, 45:3 91
moneyscales (harnessmaking tools), 39:2 19
Monie, H. (Harmony Society), 51:4 103, 51:4 104
"monkey on a stick" toy, 45:4 119
monkey wrenches, 44:1 11
beryllium, 53:3 107
with brace running up back, 43:2 31
origin of term, 45:4 119, 46:1 26
Monotype Bell typeface, 53:1 41
Monroe, Samuel, 44:1 20
Monson Historical Society, 40:2 19
Montgomery, Charles F., 39:3 41
Montgomery, J. A., 46:3 60, 46:3 62
Montgomery, James, 54:2 72
Montgomery & Co.
chisels, 40:4 73A
tool catalog, 58:2 52
Montgomery Tool Co., 41:1 20A
Montgomery Ward catalog, 41:1 16, 41:2 36
Montgomery Ward Export Catalog (1910), 45:3 69
Monticello, 43:3 82
aerial view, 58:1 back cover, 58:1 inside front cover
dome, 58:1 19–20
enslaved artisans, 58:1 10, 58:1 16–17
framing, 55:2 67–70, 55:2 72–74
Jefferson's farm machinery interests, 58:2 57
Jefferson's personal tools, 58:1 12–13, 58:1 14–15
Jefferson's survey of, 58:1 27
joiner's shop, 58:1 17
joiner's tool kit, 58:1 16
lathe, 58:1 17
latitude and longitude calculations, 58:1 31–32
North and South Pavilions, 55:2 65–75
"out-carpenters," 58:1 17
parquet floor, 58:1 16
plane collection, 58:1 15, 58:1 16, 58:1 17
plank-kilns, 58:1 26–30
roofing, 55:2 66–67, 55:2 70–72, 58:1 18–25
slave sawyers, 54:2 58
spherical sundial, 58:1 31–35
timberyard, 54:2 55–57
tongue-and-groove flooring, 58:1 17
wheat threshing machine and, 58:2 54
woodworking tools, 58:1 12–27
zigzag roofing, 58:1 20–23
"Monticello's North and South Pavilions: A Revealing Look at Framing Details and Roofing, 55:2 65–75
Monticello Visitors Center
re-creation of Jefferson's plow for, 58:1 8–9
Montpeyroux, Pierre, 60:1 43–44
Montreal
Montreal Tool Store, 49:1 20–21
Monty, A., 49:4 114
Monty, A., Co., 55:4 169
Monty, Adelard, 55:4 169
Monty, Anna, 55:4 169
"Monumental Brass to Thomas Edmonds, A" (Torno), 51:2 39–40
monumental granite, 59:2 38
Moody, George, 42:4 98
Moody, John, 50:3 99
Moody, John A., 40:2 17, 40:2 18
Moore, Daniel, 59:2 62, 59:2 63
Moore, Edwin, 59:2 62, 59:2 63
Moore, H. J., Mrs.
Moore, J. C., & Co., 54:2 87
Moore, John Hebron, 52:1 18
Moore, Jonathan, 46:2 48
Moore, Joseph C., 54:3 130
Moore, Lennis, 40:2 36A
Moore, Oliver, 44:3 77–78
Moore, Peter, 50:4 111
Moore, Robert, 48:1 16
Moot, Edward, 48:1 16
mops, 43:4 91
mop head fixtures, 43:4 92
mop heads, 42:4 95
types of, 43:3 63–64
"Moral of a Farmer's Carpentry Tools" (Reichman), 42:1 53
Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 46:2 47–48
blacksmiths, 46:2 47–48
General Economy, 46:2 47
locksmiths, 46:2 48
nailsmiths, 46:2 47
Morcomb, Ross, 59:2 76–77
More, Charles H., Co., 59:4 140
More, Richard, 41:2 24, 41:2 25, 41:2 27
"More about Hoyt's Calipers from New Hampshire" (West), 46:4 122
"More About the 'Workers from Our Past'" (Knight), 41:1 14
"More Lookalikes?" (Stahl), 39:2 29
"More on Chestnuts and Walnuts" (Wright), 44:4 125
"More on Corn Slitting" (Kinsey), 56:2 81
"More on Cutting Edges" (Skinner), 53:1 41
"More on Framing Squares" (White), 39:3 49
"More on Joseph A. Rhodes, Saw Manufacturer, Williamsburg, L. I., N. Y." (Brundage), 44:4 102–103
"More on Lifting Imprints from Tools" (Price), 45:3 77, 45:3 95
"More on Our Cover:
Justice Court in the Backwoods" (MacLeish), 56:2 75
"More on the Connecticut Arms & Manufacturing Co. A Whodunit? Feature Article" (Cope), 45:1 22
"More on the Dietrich Saw Handle" (Gannicott), 39:4 65
"More on the Lathes of Peter the Great" (Bond), 42:2 44–45
"More on Whetstones" (Armistead), 41:4 76
"More Plane "Whatsits" (Whelan), 49:2 61
"More Workers from Our Past" (Smith and Brown), 39:4 68
Morgan, Calvin, 48:1 12
Morgan, Frank, 53:2 72
Morgan, J. P., 50:3 74
Morgan, John, 50:4 113
Morgan, Orra, 48:1 8
Morgan, Paul, 40:2 22, 57:4 151
Morgan, Paul W., 39:3 52A
Morgan, Thomas, 48:1 7–8, 48:1 11, 51:2 52, 53:1 13–14, 53:1 16
Morgan, William J., 60:4 171
Morley, William F. E., 52:1 27, 52:1 28
"Morman Board," 45:1 23
Morogh, Clifford, 46:1 17
Morris, Daphne, 43:1 9
Morris, F. H., 59:2 60
Morris, Jonathan Flynt, 43:3 75
Morris, Robert, 57:3 96
Morris, Walter, 43:1 9
Morris frame saws, 55:4 145
Morrison, James, 44:4 121
Morrison, John H., 44:1 22
Morrow coasting hub, 40:2 36
Morse, Jacob, 42:3 70
Morse, Phyllis, 59:1 2
Morse, Thomas, 46:4 120
Morss, Anthony, 42:4 92
Morss, William, 42:4 92
mortar and pestles, 42:1 10
mortar carriers, 46:1 11
Mortimer, Lemuel, 55:2 51
mortise axes, 55:1 15
mortise chisel axes, 43:1 15
mortise chisels, 53:1 19, 54:2 63, 54:2 64, 57:1 9
mortise gauges, 54:2 52, 57:1 8
mortising machines, 42:1 24, 46:3 86, 49:3 98–99, 49:4 137
foot-powered, 48:4 84–85, 48:4 87
patents, 46:4 111–112
Morton, Epphrain S., 45:1 20
Morton, Nathaniel, 48:3 39, 48:3 44
Morton and Whiting, 43:1 10
Morton & Black, 60:2 60
Moseley, James
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Moseley, John, & Son, 40:2 35–36
Moseley & Co., 49:3 83–84
Mosely, John, 39:4 68A
"Moses Wilder Blacksmith Shop Reconstruction" (Roemer), 60:2 68–76
Moss, Darrel, 52:3 125
Moss, William, 49:3 83
mossbonkers (menhaden or pogies), 45:2 51, 45:3 93
"Most Unusual Tool, A" (Armistead), 55:1 41
mote brush cylinder, 52:1 17
moth balls, 42:3 62
mother planes, 58:1 44.
See also backing (mother) planes
"motorless chain saw," 55:4 148
Motram iron, 50:4 130
Mott, J. C., 45:4 121
Moubray, Charity, 56:4 151–152
moulding planes.
See molding planes
Moulson Bros., 57:1 9
mount cutting planes, 60:2 88
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Press, 56:3 91
Mount Union College, 60:4 140
mowers.
See also lawn mowers
horse-drawn, 44:3 80–81, 44:3 92
Manny's Illinois, 44:3 80
McCormick, 44:3 80
mower's anvils, 41:1 18, 41:1 19, 41:2 33
mowing machines, 39:4 61
Mowry, George W., 55:2 79
Moxon, Joseph, 39:1 4, 39:1 5, 39:1 6, 39:2 28, 40:1 9, 41:4 70, 42:3 64, 43:1 6, 43:1 16, 43:2 46, 43:2 47, 43:2 48, 46:1 11, 46:2 43, 46:3 77, 48:4 97, 50:4 117, 53:3 96, 56:2 64
Moyers, Ambrose, 42:3 66
"Mr. Bush's New Schooner Yacht: Creating
Coronet" (Summers), 53:1 1–8
"Mr. Hewlett's Tool Chest--Part II" (Gaynor), 39:1 4–8
"Mr. Iske's Compound Implements" (Baird), 43:4 92
"Mrs. Potts Patent," 42:2 31
Mt. Vernon
threshing machines and, 58:2 62n.4
mud spoons
for granite quarrying, 59:2 45
Mueller, H., Manufacturing Co.
spiral screwdrivers, 49:1 3–5
Muir, John, 56:3 91
Muirhead, A., 39:2 18
mules, 47:1 33
mule team photograph, 41:1 20
plowing with, 46:4 123
"Mules, Horses or Oxen?" (Miller), 46:4 123
Muller, Adolphus, 48:2 39
Muller, Leonhard, & Sohne
Muller, Norman, 46:4 108, 47:4 103
Muller & Killen, 56:3 93
Mullet, Sarah, 52:1 28
Mullet, William, 52:1 28
Mulliner Box and Planing Co., 55:4 166
Mullins, W. H., 60:4 142
multipurpose tools.
See combination tools
Multum lawn mowers, 52:2 49
Mumford, Lewis, 41:4 75
Munger, Daniel T., 43:3 74, 46:1 18
Munger's screw patents, 59:1 20
Munroe, R., 49:2 55, 49:2 56
Murdock, E., Co., 47:3 71, 47:3 73
Murdock, Elisha, 47:3 73
Murdock, Walter
Murdock, William, 47:3 73
Murdock Parlor Grate Co., 51:1 2, 51:1 4
murexide, 53:4 156
muriatic acid
washing granite with, 59:4 151
Murland, John, 50:2 54, 50:3 104
Murland, Tony, 48:3 59, 50:4 130, 52:2 74
Murphey, Joseph, 58:2 85
Murphy, D. W., 45:3 71
Murphy, Dennis, 51:1 23, 51:1 24
Murphy, Edna M., 43:3 66
Murphy, John, 54:2 57–58
Murphy, R., 51:1 23
Murphy, W. J., 45:3 71
Murphy, William J., 51:1 24
Murphy, William K., Jr., 60:2 58
Murray, Christopher, 49:2 46
Murray, Lee, 43:2 54
Murtley, William, 47:2 56
Muse, Louise, 51:4 127
Museum of American Frontier Culture, 42:3 66
Museum of Early American Tools, A (Sloane), 57:2 55, 60:4 171
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 58:4 152
Museum of the Suffolk County Historical Society, 45:1 12–13, 45:1 28–29
museums.
See also Colonial Williamsburg;
Mercer Museum, Bucks County Historical Society;
specific museums
tool collections, 59:1 7–12
music
Evens, William, 48:3 53–56
musical instruments
bass violins, 57:3 91
construction and repair, 42:3 66
Crehore, Benjamin, 47:3 92–94
Mangbetu, 43:4 104
shop, 55:2 76–78
tools, 43:1 17, 55:2 76–78
"Musical Note, A" (O'Connor), 43:3 73
Muth, Charles F., 46:4 108
Mutter, George
square-tang bits, 53:3 99
Mutual Label and Lithographic Co., 42:2 33
M&W patent lock, 52:2 50
Mycenaean double-bladed axes, 40:3 52
Myers, Antoinette, 44:3 71
Myers, Lee, 44:2 54, 44:3 79, 44:3 94, 45:1 16
Mylar coated imprint plates
for advertising measuring tapes, 57:3 110, 57:3 118
Mylar measuring tapes, 54:4 154
Myrick, Herbert, 58:3 98
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MY series measuring tapes, 54:4 154–155
"Mystery Level," 52:1 29
Mystic River Hardware Co., 52:1 17
Mystic Seaport Museum, 51:1 30, 56:2 49
"Myth of the Sith, The" (Townsend), 41:1 9