rabbet planes, 44:3 70, 49:3 101, 51:4 118, 53:3 125–126, 54:1 35–36
account book records, 45:3 81
adjustable, cabinetmakers', 59:1 25–31
Chinese, 57:4 165
coach, 48:1 17–18
escapement, 55:2 80
"jack," 44:4 121
nickers and, 56:3 128
skew, 50:1 19, 58:3 129
rabbets
rabbet shaves, 52:3 108
rabbit felt hats, 52:4 155
Rabone, John, & Sons
raccoon hunters, 39:3 39
race knives, 42:2 54
racing boats, 49:2 64
racing yachts.
See also schooner yachts
"Rack-and-Pinion Plow" (Whelan), 50:3 99–100
racks (threading gins), 51:3 90, 51:3 cover, 54:4 160–163
rack-wing calipers, 47:4 105–107, 48:3 52
"Rack-Wing Compass and Caliper, The" (Crom), 47:4 105–107
"Rack-Wing Compass and Caliper, The : A Follow-up" (Crom), 48:3 52
rack-wing compasses, 47:4 105–107, 48:3 52, 48:3 62
radiator cap ornaments, 44:4 127
Radiermesser knives, 41:3 57
radio screwdrivers, 55:3 122–123
RAF Industries, 57:4 135–136
rag rug weaving, 45:3 92
rail-lifting jacks, 43:4 96
"Railroad Journey in 1831, A" (Pearl), 43:4 96
railroad picks, beryllium, 53:3 107
Railroad Quarry, 43:3 70
railroads
ballast, 44:1 18
brownstone bridges, 56:3 101–102
brownstone transportation by, 56:3 98–99
coal industry and, 52:4 138–139, 52:4 140, 52:4 142–44
craftsmen, 50:3 80–82
depots, 44:3 81
diesel age, 50:3 80
granite industry and, 60:1 21
granite transport by, 59:2 39–40, 59:3 87, 59:3 91–93, 59:4 139, 59:4 151
history, 45:2 51
iron-tired wheels, 51:1 21n.1
journey description, 43:4 96
narrow-gauge locomotives, 51:1 6
section gangs, 43:4 96
Southern Railway repair facilities, 50:3 73–87
standardized measurements and, 52:4 154
transcontinental, 41:3 60
Windsor chair trade and, 58:4 138
railroad spikes
wooden, 43:3 69–70, 43:4 97
rail splitters' maul
Lincoln, Abraham, 43:4 100
"Railway Pioneer Visits the Quincy Granite Railway, A" (Casey), 43:4 97
Rainey, C. Garland, 45:3 83
raised rustic lettering
raising gigs, 45:2 38
Raistrick, John, 58:2 55–56, 58:2 63
n.9
Raitt, John, 44:4 101
raker-tooth crosscut saws, 42:3 60
raking cornice molding, 55:2 72
raking out
in charcoal making, 47:2 38
Rálamb, Ake Classon, 42:1 3, 42:1 4
Ralph, Bill, 54:1 37
Ramapo Manufacturing Factory, 53:1 14
"Rambles Midst the Brambles" (Stahl), 45:3 87
Ramco
tilting bandsaws, 56:2 55
Ramelli, 44:1 12
Ramsden, Jesse, 39:2 17–18, 55:3 112
Ramsey, O. M., 56:3 126, 56:4 170, 57:3 102
rams' horns
for shepherds crooks, 52:2 73–74
ranch hands
Rand, H. M., 39:1 3
Randall, Henry S., 58:1 1–2, 58:1 12
Randall, Leslie, 48:2 41, 48:2 42
Randall, Richard H., 58:4 150
Randall & Bebsen, 51:3 96
Randolph, Anne Cary, 58:1 26
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 58:1 17, 58:1 31, 58:1 36
n.57
Randolph, Thomas Mann, 55:2 66, 58:1 10, 58:2 56, 58:2 57
Randolph, Virginia Jefferson, 55:2 66
Randolph, Wayne, 58:1 8
Rang and Rex, 48:3 46
Ranger, Edmund, 44:1 23
Ranney, Samuel, 44:1 14
Ransome, Lemuel, 48:3 37, 48:3 38
Ransomes lawn mowers, 52:2 45, 52:2 47–49, 52:3 93–98
Raposa, Peter, 53:3 116
Rapp, Frederick, 43:1 3
Rapp, George, 43:1 3, 51:4 101, 51:4 102, 51:4 104
Rapp, Harry, 39:1 14
Rappleye, Jeremiah, 39:3 35
"Rare Event, A: A Paintbrush Survives the Nineteenth Century" (Kinsey), 55:3 118–119
raspberry shrub recipe, 45:4 117
rasping knives, 43:1 22
rasps, 39:1 17, 41:1 18, 50:3 104
make-do tools from, 58:1 15n.8
McCaffrey File Co., 48:3 45–51
Monticello collection, 58:1 15
whatsits, 44:2 61
rastrum (drag hoes), 46:1 5
ratchet braces, 53:1 9–11, 53:1 10, 53:1 12, 53:2 63–64
box, 52:4 150
concealed, 52:4 150
Victor, 52:4 150
ratchet drills
engineer's, Hawley Collection, 59:4 125
hand, 49:2 56
"Ratchet Screwdriver, The" (Robinson), 49:2 54–57
ratchet screwdrivers, 49:1 1, 53:2 63, 55:3 122
Forest City, 56:4 140–144
Furbish & Hamblen, 56:4 134–136
North Brothers, 56:4 134, 56:4 144
offset, 49:2 56
patents, 49:2 54–57
Yankee, 56:4 144
Rathbone, A., 53:2 49–50
Rathbone, Val, 53:2 51
Rathburn, Aaron, 55:2 81
Rauhauser, Robert, 41:2 28
Rause, John, 58:4 139
Rawlins, John, 41:2 37
Rawlplug Co., 50:2 61
Rawson, Marion, 45:3 87
Raymond, Siney, 49:4 110
Raymond, W., 41:3 47
razee jack planes, 46:3 79
razee (ship) planes, 45:2 61
"Razee Rationale" (Haarmann), 45:2 61
razor hone, 42:1 17
razor strops, 45:3 86
Read, Brian, 43:4 98, 60:3 132
Read, Mary, 42:3 79
Read, William, 48:3 46, 48:3 50
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading Hardware Co., 56:1 21, 59:4 153
reamers
bull-head, 44:4 110
wheelwrights', 43:1 14
reapers, 39:4 61
McCormick, 43:4 94, 44:2 53–54
reaping hook, 49:1 22
"Reaping Hook," 49:1 22
rebate planes, 57:1 4, 57:1 5
Reber, Lisa, 57:1 29
"Rebuttal, A" (Reichman), 42:3 71
recessed pivot-locking bevels, 40:4 54–56
recess head screws, 50:2 57–63
Recess Screws Limited, 50:2 61, 50:2 62
recipes
ash cakes, 39:1 11
bannock, 39:1 11–12
blackberry cordial, 45:4 117
cornbread, 39:1 12
corn pones, 39:1 11
elderblossom wine, 45:4 117
fire cakes, 39:1 11–12
hoe cakes, 39:1 11–12
johnny cakes (jonakins), 39:1 11–12
raspberry shrub, 45:4 117
rye 'n' injun (brown bread), 39:1 11
spider cornbread, 39:1 12
reciprocal motion, 50:2 43
"Reciprocal
vs. Rotary Motion," 50:2 43
Recollections of a New England Town (Brackenridge), 59:3 109
record books.
See account books
"Recreating Jefferson's Tool List: A Collector's Challenge" (Self), 58:1 14–15
recreational boat building, 57:2 72
rectangular-tang bits, 53:3 98
Rectin, Louis E., 60:4 142
recycled files, 40:1 1–2, 40:2 35
tools made from, 40:3 40
uses of, 40:3 53
"Recycled Files" (Sawers), 40:1 1–2
recycling
husking pegs, 59:3 100
waste paper, 45:1 26–27
red cedar essence, 44:1 15
Red Cross, 53:4 148
Redd, Karen, 53:2 77
Red Giant Tool Corporation, 49:1 33
red lead wash
for paintings, 46:4 102, 46:4 107n.14
Reed, Brian, 60:4 171
Reed, Charles
backing (mother) planes, 53:2 60
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 60
Reed, Daniel, 43:4 98
Reed, Edward
planemaker, 52:2 55, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Reed, Elbridge Gerry, 44:4 114–115
Reed, Ezekial, 43:4 95, 52:3 86
Reed, Jesse, 43:4 95
Reed, Job
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Reed, John, 51:3 96
plane factory, 52:2 55, 53:2 54, 53:2 55, 53:2 56, 53:2 59, 53:2 60
Reed, William
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
reeding tools, 52:3 113
reed organ
piano tuner's bellows for, 42:3 70
Reed Plane Factory, 53:2 60
Reek, Robert (Bob), 41:1 17, 41:1 20
Reek, Robert J., 40:3 52
reel mowers, 52:3 105
Reenstierna, Jacob, Baron, 39:4 54
Rees, Abraham, 39:2 30, 58:1 37
Rees, Jane, 41:4 70, 46:4 120, 46:4 121, 48:2 67, 49:3 83, 52:1 25
Rees, John F., 42:2 39
Rees, Mark, 41:4 70, 46:4 120, 46:4 121, 48:2 67, 48:4 91, 49:3 83, 52:1 25
Reflections on a Tin Kitchen (White), 42:1 11
refrigeration
regional polarization, 47:1 16
regional tool groups, 47:2 54–56
reglet planes, 52:1 30, 58:1 45
Regnier, Edme, 58:1 6, 58:1 7
Regulation and Repair of Piano and Player Mechanisms (White), 42:3 71
Reibel, Dan, 42:2 30, 44:4 110, 47:4 114
Reibel, Patricia, 51:1 12
Reiber, G.
Reichart, Frederick (Frederick Rapp), 43:1 3
Reichman, Charles, 40:1 1, 41:1 13, 41:1 14, 41:3 58, 41:4 inside front cover, 42:1 12, 42:2 44, 42:2 45, 42:2 49, 42:2 53, 42:2 54, 42:3 70, 42:4 86, 43:1 1, 44:2 34, 44:3 73, 44:3 85, 44:3 91, 44:3 94–95, 44:4 125, 45:1 11, 46:1 2, 46:1 17, 53:1 41, 57:2 54, 57:2 55, 57:2 56, 57:2 61, 57:2 70
Reid, A. H., 49:1 2
Reid, David B., 50:2 45
Reif, Rita, 44:4 101
Reilly, R. M., 45:1 23
Reis, John, 47:1 22–24
Reisner Manufacturing Co., 49:3 70
Reissman, Frederick, 42:2 36
reissued patents, 55:4 160
Reliance Machine Co., 52:1 17
religious symbols
carpenters' use of, 60:2 77–83
on European tools, 60:1 facing p. 1
"Religious Symbols: 'IHS' son of 'IOS' the Carpenter" (Adamowicz), 60:2 77–83
Relihan, Thomas, 59:1 8
"Remarkable Chest of Tools, A," 41:3 47
Rembrandt, 46:1 8, 46:1 10
Remedy, The (Robertson), 50:2 62
"Remembering William Sprague" (Parke), 46:3 69–72
Remington, Alfred M., 59:2 65, 59:2 66
Remington Army Co., 44:2 53
removable-blade measuring tapes, 54:3 121–122
Remsen, Henry, 58:2 57
Renaissance trade signs, 54:2 82
Renard and Villet, 53:4 159
Rendle lawn mowers, 52:3 98
Rennie, John, 46:1 25
Renquist Associates, 46:1 30
Renton, James A., 44:4 102, 44:4 103
"Replacing Blades in Jewelers' Saws" (Thompson), 56:2 67
Report of the Committee of Delaware County, The, on the Subject of Manufactories, Unimproved Mill-seats, Etc., in said County, 60:2 53
Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts (Stone Walls), 42:3 72
reproduction tools, 48:3 59
Rèséda dye, 53:4 158
Resistol Hat Co., 51:4 117
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"Response to Ledger Domain December 1991, A" (McKiernan), 45:2 61
"Response to the Response, A" (White), 45:2 61–62
restoration, of antique tools, 52:2 79–81, 56:3 122
Revere, Paul, 41:1 4
Revolutionary Soldier, A (Collins), 41:1 15, 42:4 106
Revolutionary War.
See American Revolution
Rex, Samuel, 50:4 111
Reyersen, Jan, 41:1 9
Reynolds, Robert, 51:3 78–79, 52:4 159, 52:4 160
n12, 52:4 160
n20, 52:4 160
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Reynolds, Steve, 55:4 162
Reynolds, T., 54:2 86
Reynolds, William, 58:3 126
Rheame, Ann, 43:3 80
Rhind, Massey, 59:4 148
Rhoades, F. H., 45:3 89
Rhode Island American, 44:1 18
Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project (RIQDP), 54:2 67–74
Rhode Island School of Design, 58:4 146–147, 58:4 148
Rhodes, Joseph A. (J. A.), 44:3 85, 44:4 103, 44:4 121, 45:4 100
saw manufacturer, 44:4 102–103
Rhodes, L. E., 54:2 56
rhodochrosite, 49:3 79, 50:2 55, 50:2 56
"Rhykenological Snippet" (Pomeroy), 42:4 100
rhykenology, 45:1 21
"Rhyming Carriage Maker, The, IV," 48:3 56
"Rhyming Wagonmaker, The," 47:2 45
ribbing machines
patents, 53:4 146, 53:4 147
Riblet, Angela, 46:1 31
Riblet, Weldon, 43:1 25, 43:2 52, 44:1 17, 44:3 87, 44:3 94
Rice, Alfred
account books, 46:2 49–50
Rice, George, 60:1 40
Rice, Henry W., 54:3 100
Rice, Thomas D., 47:4 109
Rich, Roxie Rich Bunnell, 54:1 10
Richard, Francis, 60:1 34
Richards, Calvin, 43:3 63
Richards, D. C., 49:2 55, 49:2 56
Richards, F., & Co., 51:2 59
Richards, Hubert P. (H. P.), 56:2 71
ball-bearing chucks, 53:1 10
concealed ratchet, 52:4 150
universal chuck, 53:2 62
Richards, Joseph, 59:4 139
Richards, Reuben, and Co., 46:2 49, 46:2 50
Richardson, Asa, 48:1 19
Richardson, C. F., & Son, 45:4 115
Richardson, Carrie E., 58:4 171
n.8
Richardson, Earl, 42:2 32
Richardson, Elbeth, 45:1 25
Richardson, H. H., 58:3 125
Richardson, Henry, 49:3 93
Richardson, Samuel, 53:1 17
Richardson, W. S.
Richardson Brothers, 39:2 26
backsaws, 59:1 15, 59:1 18, 59:1 19, 59:1 20
Richardson & Co., 54:3 114
Richardson-Oliver Co., 49:3 70
Richards Wilcox Manufacturing Co., 60:1 36
Richelieu, Cardinal de, 60:1 3
Richey, Claude, 53:3 92
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Richie, Dallas "Polk," 48:4 71
Richmond, Harriet, 54:2 61
Richmond, Lee, 46:1 21
Richmond, Samuel H., 52:1 26
Richmond & Allen, 47:2 58
Rickard, Walter, 48:3 40
Ricker, Charles E., 56:1 33, 56:1 34
Ricketson, Daniel, 43:1 8
ricks, of hay, 44:1 12
riddells (riddles), 40:3 50
Riddle, Kevin, 52:1 41
Rider, Lucy, 41:3 78
Rider, Nathaniel
inventory of estate, 41:3 78
Ridge and Son, 40:4 54
Ridgway, Jonathan, 54:3 92
Ridgway & Thornhill, 41:1 18
file manufacturers, 40:3 53
Riebel, Patricia B., 50:3 87
Ries, Heinrich, 56:3 92
rifflers, 44:2 61
rifles
rift, granite, 59:2 44–45
rigger's fids, 41:3 51–52
right-handedness, 45:3 76
right-handed scissors, 52:3 102
rigs
for Coronet (schooner yacht), 53:1 5–6
Riker, James, 43:3 75
Riley, Don, 45:4 102
Riley, J. W., 48:2 60
Ringling Bros. Circus, 41:4 63
rinsing butter, 51:2 49–50, 51:2 50, 51:2 51
Rionda, Benjamin, & Co., 42:1 20
ripening, of cream, 52:3 87
Ripley, J. L.
ripples (harnessmaking tools), 39:2 20
rip saws, 43:3 73, 44:4 102
Dietrich, 50:1 15
double-handle, 50:1 15, 50:1 17
foot-powered, 48:4 82, 48:4 87
handles, 39:3 50, 40:2 31
ripsawing, 40:1 15
skewbacked, 45:3 79
Rise of Silas Lapham, The (Howells), 42:4 99
Risley, Ivan, 43:3 77, 43:3 81, 46:2 54, 49:1 33, 51:2 38, 51:4 105, 52:2 50, 54:1 41, 54:3 131, 56:2 82, 56:2 83, 56:3 123, 57:1 34, 57:4 162
Ritch, Lewis
restored hat shop, 45:3 72, 45:3 74
Ritchie, Edward S., 39:2 18
Ritchie, Frederick W., 41:1 7
Rittenhouse, David, 39:2 18
Rittenhouse, H., 57:3 97
"Rivalling Nature in the Beauty and Brilliance of their Coloring: Synthetic Dyes and Fashionable Colors in
Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine 1856-1891" (Wass and Anderson), 53:4 156–162, 53:4 169
Rivard, Paul E., 42:3 75–76
Riverside Novelty Works, 53:2 46
riveting
Southern Railway, 50:3 81
riveting hammers, 44:3 79
Hewlett's tool chest, 39:1 6
rivets
Rixford, O. S., 42:2 55, 45:2 39, 45:2 43
RKB Enterprises, Inc., 48:3 60
"RKB--131 Years--And Still Going Strong" (Klenman), 48:3 60
RMF Co., 42:2 32
Roach, John, 45:2 41
Roades, R., 41:3 56–57
road gangs
road scrapers, 44:2 57–58
roadways
charcoal paving materials, 47:2 37
plank, 45:2 53–54
stone crushing machine for construction of, 44:3 74–75, 44:3 84
Robbins, Charles, 44:2 38
Robbins, Eliza (Russell), 52:2 55, 52:2 56, 52:2 57, 52:2 58
Robbins, Ellen, 52:2 55, 52:2 56
Robbins, Enos, 44:1 9–10, 44:1 17
Robbins, Enos, Jr., 53:2 54, 56:1 39
apprenticeship, 52:2 52
death of, 52:2 56, 52:2 57
family, 52:2 55–56
partnership with R. J. Collins, 52:2 52–54
planemaker, 52:2 51–59, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
unmarked planes, 52:2 57–58
Robbins, Enos, Sr., 52:2 57
Robbins, Judith, 52:2 52
Robbins, Kendall, and Lawrence, 55:3 113
Robbins, Mary, 44:1 6, 52:2 51–52, 52:2 54–56
Robbins, Russell, 52:2 54, 52:2 55–57, 56:1 39
Roberston, P. L., 54:1 39
Roberts, Brooke, 60:2 87, 60:3 132
Roberts, C. Kenneth, 44:2 47
Roberts, E. L., and Co., 48:2 56
Roberts, Hugh
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Roberts, Hugh, Jr.
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Roberts, Jane, 39:1 13, 44:4 121, 47:4 123, 48:1 7, 53:2 54
Roberts, Kenneth D. (Ken), 39:1 13, 40:2 21, 41:3 49, 41:4 72, 42:2 41, 43:1 6, 43:2 46, 43:2 47, 43:4 102, 44:4 121, 44:4 124, 45:2 48, 45:4 100, 45:4 103, 45:4 120, 46:2 42, 46:3 82, 46:3 88, 47:2 49, 47:2 53–54, 47:4 123, 48:1 7, 48:1 24, 48:1 28, 48:2 57, 49:2 49, 52:2 57, 53:2 54, 53:3 100, 55:4 148, 56:4 171, 58:2 66, 58:2 68, 59:1 8, 59:1 13, 59:3 120
Roberts, L. H., 59:2 65
Roberts, Levi, 59:2 63
Roberts, Risley, Co., 41:3 54
Roberts, Robert
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Roberts, Tyrone, 39:2 29, 48:3 59
Roberts, Warren, 40:1 1, 40:1 14, 40:2 32, 41:4 69, 58:3 113
Robertson, A. C., 49:2 63
Robertson, Bill, 43:2 47
Robertson, James L., & Sons, 46:4 112
Robertson, P. L., Manufacturing Co., 50:2 59–60
Robertson, Patrick, 39:4 57
Robertson, Peter Lymburner (P. L.), 50:2 57–63
Robertson, William, 55:4 149
"Robertson Screw, The" (Packham), 50:2 57–63
Robertson screwdrivers, 50:2 61–62
Robertson screwdriver system, 50:2 57–63
Robertson-Whitehouse Co., 50:2 63
Robie, R. S., 44:4 124
Robinson, Enoch, 55:4 135, 55:4 138, 55:4 139, 55:4 140
Robinson, George
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Robinson, George Washington, 55:4 135, 55:4 139
Robinson, Isaiah J., 40:2 21
Robinson, John, 51:4 105
Robinson, Parthenia, 53:2 58.
See also Kennedy, Parthenia
Robinson, Thomas, 43:3 82, 58:1 12
Robinson, Trevor, 49:3 101, 50:4 129, 52:1 31, 54:4 168, 56:1 39, 57:2 71
Robinson, W. A., 56:1 23
Robinson-style doorknobs, 55:4 135–136
Rochester, Nathaniel, 47:4 119, 48:1 9
Rochester, New York
edge tools, 47:4 119–123, 48:1 7–12, 49:2 35–42, 50:1 13–20, 53:1 13–25
flood of 1865, 53:1 19–21
Globe Building, 48:1 12
Triphammer Building, 48:1 11
"Rochester, New York: A 19th-Century Edge Tool Center" (Kosmerl)
"Part 1," 47:4 119–123
"Part 2," 48:1 7–12
"Part 3," 49:2 35–42
"Part 4," 50:1 13–20
"Part 5: David R. Barton," 53:1 13–25
Rochester, New York,
Daily Democrat, 53:1 19, 53:1 20
Rochester, New York, Saw Manufactory, 50:1 14–18
Rochester, University of
"Rochester Pattern" edge tools, 53:1 16, 53:1 17
Rockaway axe, 56:1 6
Rockaway (New York) clams
rock crushers, 60:1 16, 60:1 17
machines, 44:3 74–75, 44:3 84
rock drill bits, 47:1 30
Rocker, R., 50:2 54
rocker churns, 52:3 88, 52:3 89
rock-faced granite surfaces, 59:4 144, 59:4 145
rock-face finish, 56:3 96
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford Furniture Journal, 39:1 15
Rock Miracle, 42:3 83
Rock of Ages quarry, Barre, Vermont, 59:3 80, 59:3 95, 59:3 96
Rockport Granite Company, 58:3 124–125
"Rockport Granite Company, The" (Hall), 58:3 124–125
rock splitting
with plug and feathers, 47:2 43–45, 49:3 76, 49:3 77–78, 49:3 80–81
Rodenbach, Jessie, 45:2 47
Rodier, Louis
rod (saddletank) locomotives, 59:3 93, 59:3 94
rod nails, 42:2 49
Rodocanachi, Emmanuel, 60:1 6
Roe, Alred, 57:4 133
Roe, Austin, 57:4 131, 57:4 132, 57:4 133–134
Roe, Henry, 57:4 131, 57:4 132
Roe, Howard, 57:4 130, 57:4 132
Roe, Justus, 44:2 51, 57:4 130, 57:4 136
Roe, Justus (grandson), 57:4 133
Roe, Justus, and Son, 57:4 130
Roe, Justus, and Sons, 57:4 129–136
Roe, Nathaniel, 57:4 131–135
Roe, Nathaniel (son), 57:4 133
Roe, W. C., 49:2 57
Roe International, 57:4 135
Roemer, Mildred, 43:1 25
Roger, Bob, 56:2 81, 56:3 126, 56:4 171, 59:3 110, 60:4 171
Roger of Helmarshausen, 60:1 5
"Roger Phillips, World-Class Tool Collector" (Englund), 56:2 76–79
Rogers, Ann, 50:4 109
Rogers, Bob, 57:4 136
Rogers, Bruce, 58:4 147
Rogers, C. B., 46:4 116
Rogers, C. B., & Co., 46:4 116–119, 57:1 13
casting room, 46:4 118
machinist room, 46:4 118
mortising machines, 46:4 119
planer room, 46:4 116–118
tenoning machines, 46:4 118
wood room, 46:4 118
Rogers, Gay Ann, 43:3 79, 43:3 80
Rogers, Robert, 49:4 110
Rogers, William, 49:4 122
Rogers and Wilcox, 49:4 132
Rogers Brothers Silver Plate, 49:4 132
Rogers ice picks, 60:3 121, 60:3 122
Rogers & Laufman, 49:4 122
Rogers scroll saws, 47:2 47
Rohrer, J. S., 56:1 19–20
roller and shackles, 59:4 138
roller cotton gins, 52:1 11, 52:1 21
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rolling pin (walking pin)
rolling pins, 45:1 27
rolling pins (walking pins)
Rollins, J. L., 49:2 57
roll-making tools, 45:1 16
rolls
Rolt, L. T. C., 50:3 98
Romaine, Lawrence B., 44:4 127, 58:4 153
Romaine catalog collection, 45:1 30
Romance of the Shoe (Wright), 46:1 32
Roman civilization
threaded wood screws, 56:2 56, 56:2 64
Rombotis, Othon, 57:3 88, 57:3 89
Romer, Andrew Charles, 46:1 11, 46:1 35
Romer, John, 46:1 11, 46:1 35
Romer, Nicholas, 46:1 35, 51:1 23
Romer Bros., 46:1 11
"Romer Legacy, The" (Klenman), 46:1 11, 46:1 35
Roncallo, Marc, 40:4 64
Ronson lighters, 39:4 57
roofing
clay tile, 58:1 24
domes, 58:1 19–20
double seamers, 51:1 24
flat, 58:1 22–24
Monticello, 55:2 66–67, 55:2 70–72, 58:1 18–25
plank, 55:2 71
roof trusses, 59:4 164–165
tin shingle, 55:2 66–67, 55:2 72, 58:1 18, 58:1 24
tools, 57:3 95
wood shingle, 55:2 70–72
zigzag (Jefferson), 58:1 20–23
Rook, William, 55:2 46, 55:2 49
Rooker, Alfred, 54:3 95–96
Rookery Building, Chicago, 59:2 41
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Memorial, 58:4 147, 58:4 148, 58:4 149
Roosevelt, Theodore, 39:1 2
"rooster sheaves," 59:3 84
Root, John Wellborn, 59:2 41
Root, W., 43:2 42
rooter's hatchet, 41:3 79
"Rope Bed Rails and Other Sinistral Devices" (Packham), 45:3 76–77
rope-making tools, 52:1 41
Roper, Henry, 45:2 62
rope tables, 55:3 117
Rose, Kimball & Baxter (RKB), 48:3 60
Rose, Stephen, 48:3 60
Rose, Walter, 48:2 60, 51:4 128, 52:2 66, 54:2 55, 54:2 57
Rosebrook, Don, 49:4 115, 57:3 123
rose engine lathe
Bonnier de la Mosson cabinet, 58:3 101–102
rose engine lathes
Bonnier de la Mosson cabinet, 58:3 101–102
Rose & Johnson brace, 41:3 44
rose nails, 48:1 25
Rosenberg, Paul, 52:2 62
Rosenbrook, Don, 50:1 33
Rosenfeld, Emma, 53:2 69
Rosenthal, Gary, 52:4 157
rosewood boxing planes, 59:3 107
rosin, 52:3 122
"rosin baked potatoes," 52:3 123
Ross, John, 55:4 168
Ross, Josiah, Co., 42:2 49
Ross, Peter, 46:3 68, 51:1 16, 58:1 9
Ross, Stephen, 54:3 101, 54:3 127
Ross, W., 49:1 21
Ross, Walter, 46:1 33
rossing machine, 45:2 54
rossing tools, 44:1 19, 44:4 123
rotary drilling, 53:3 89
rotary glass cutters, 57:3 85, 57:3 86
rotary motion, 50:2 43
rotary saws
for granite, 59:4 136–137
Rotch, William, 55:2 47
Rotery, Augustus, 40:1 1
Rothengatter, A. W., & Co., 40:3 41, 41:1 14
Rothermel, Peter, 45:3 79
Rothery family, 41:3 54
Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum, 57:3 117
rottenstone, 46:1 27
Roubo, A., 55:4 145
Roubo, Andre Jacob, 40:1 9
"Roughing and Jack Planes" (Whelan), 46:3 76–80
roughing planes, 46:3 76–77
Rouker, Robert, 48:4 74, 50:2 67
"Round Float," 47:4 112
round floats, 47:4 112
round hooks, 59:3 85
roundhouses
Southern Railway repair facilities, 50:3 74, 50:3 78–79, 50:3 84, 50:3 85
rounding plane
with threaded wooden screws, 56:2 62
Rounds, Horace, 45:3 71
routers, 49:1 28
coachmakers' double-pistol, 57:1 18
grooving, 52:3 124
pistol, 52:3 124
Routhe, H. L., & Son, 42:1 20
Routledges' engineers' rules, 40:1 7–8
Routledge-type slide rules, 54:3 114–117
Rowan, C. A, 41:1 10
rowboats, 48:2 43–44
Rowell, S., 54:2 86, 57:3 123
Rowe & Woodruff, 52:2 54
row houses
Rowland, Marilyn, 54:3 131
Rowland, William, 48:1 19
Rowlands, Henry A., 39:2 18
Rowley & Hermance, 58:2 73
Royal Crescent in the Course of Construction, The (Malton), 54:2 56
Royal Horticulture Society, 52:3 97–98
"Roy Arnold, Man of Tools" (Englund), 51:4 106–109
Royer, John, 60:4 140–141
"rubberbacks" (wire grass workers), 58:3 91
rubbings
Rucker, Julie, 60:4 156
Rucker, Keith S., 60:4 136
Rud, Frenes, 57:3 121
Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick and Tile (Dobson), 59:2 54
Ruell, David, 57:1 29
Ruemelin, Richard, 60:1 29
Ruemelin Manufacturing Co., 59:4 141, 60:1 29
Ruffner, Peter, 42:1 17
"Rufus Bliss: Premier Maker of Wooden Clamps" (Boyd ), 48:2 62–65
Ruggles, Draper, 44:2 47
Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co., 42:2 53
Rugh, George, 53:3 88
rugs
carpet stretchers, 42:3 62, 60:3 116
grass matting, 58:3 97, 58:3 98n.10
wire grass for, 58:3 95–96
Rule Concordance and Value Guide, A (Stanley), 57:4 159
rule joints (table joints), 54:1 6
Rule Manufacturers Association, 41:4 72
rules.
See also carpenters' rules;
measuring tapes;
measuring tools;
slide rules
advertising, 57:2 73–78
"Anglet," 55:2 52–54
boxwood, 39:1 4, 41:2 24–27, 51:4 120
brass folding, 46:2 55
calibration of, 39:1 4–5, 39:1 8n16
calipers, 52:1 23, 53:2 78–80, 53:3 127
collecting, 57:4 159, 57:4 163
combination, No. 036, 55:2 55–58
Cyrillic, 56:4 164–167
English, 41:2 24–27
folding, 55:2 55–58
folding brass, 46:1 23, 46:1 33
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:3 117
Gifford, Anthony, 55:2 46–51
Gunter, 55:2 49–50
IFFI tables on, 55:3 116–117
"interior diameter," 46:1 23
inventory lists, 39:3 43
ivory, 41:2 24, 51:4 120, 51:4 121
for lumbering, 46:1 15–16
measuring tapes, 54:1 31–34, 54:2 75–80, 54:3 121–125, 54:4 154–159
metric, 56:4 160–164
pattern makers', 55:3 129
shrink, 47:2 56, 47:3 83
sliding, 41:2 25–26
Starrett steel, 48:1 27
Stearns div., Stanley Rule & Level Co., 53:1 36
Stephens & Co., 58:2 67–68
tables on, 55:3 116–117
tape measures, 53:4 163–167
unusual, 42:3 72
U.S. Standard, 55:2 50
whatsit gauge, 48:2 61
whatsits, 46:1 33, 47:4 118
Whittam, W., 45:3 89
wood, 51:4 121
zig-zag, 53:4 163, 56:1 32–37, 56:2 70–75, 56:3 116–120, 56:4 160–167
Rumford, Count (Benjamin Thompson), 54:1 26
Rummel, George, Jr., 39:2 22
Rummer, Hiram S., 55:4 142
Rumsey & Co., 41:1 16, 41:1 20A
runaway apprentices, 45:2 37, 48:3 54–55, 58:4 134
Runaway lawn mower, 52:3 94
Runnel, John, & Co., 44:2 50, 44:3 88
"runner down"
Run of the Mill, The (Dunwell), 42:2 42
"Rural Rulemaker, A: Captain Anthony Gifford" (Wing), 55:2 46–51
Rusher, George, 43:2 48
rushes
scattering on floors, 42:2 41
Rushlight Club, 39:1 14
Russell, Archibald, 53:2 50
Russell, Carl, 43:3 79
Russell, Eliza, 52:2 52
Russell, Fanny, 52:4 135
Russell, Harriet, 52:2 55
Russell, John, & Co., 44:3 88
Russell, Judith, 46:2 41, 46:4 91
Russell, Rufus A., 40:4 56
Russell, Thankful, 52:2 54, 52:2 55
Russell, Thomas, 53:3 120
Russell, Timothy, 52:2 52, 52:2 57
Russell, William, 42:3 79
Russell and Patten quarry company, 55:3 100
Russell, Burdsell & Ward Bolt & Nut Co., 51:3 97
Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., 42:3 81, 43:2 42, 43:2 52–53
catalog, 41:2 34, 43:2 32, 43:4 89, 45:2 55, 57:2 56
hardware catalog, 42:2 48, 42:3 59
hay knives, 57:2 56
Russel lorry, 50:3 98
Russo-Japanese War
field fortifications, 39:1 2
Rust, Samuel, 48:4 100, 53:3 113
Rust, Solon
Chapin-Rust plow patent, 53:4 168–169
rusticated work, 56:3 96
rustic furniture
chairs, 58:4 135
making, 45:3 93
rust-proofing, 45:3 95
rust removal methods, 39:1 12
Rust & Turney, 53:3 113
Ryan, Pat, 50:4 130
Ryan, Tom, 49:4 110
Rybczynski, Witold, 56:2 63–64
Ryder, M. H..
hat blocking machine, 43:2 41
Ryder, Thomas, 39:3 37, 41:2 28
rye 'n' injun (brown bread)
rye whiskey, 40:4 71
Ryle, Earl, 44:3 83
Ryley, John
iron pads, 53:3 99, 53:3 102
rynd, 51:4 105