Wabbe (Indian), 40:4 59
Wade, Garrett, 42:4 109
Wade & Butcher, 44:3 82
Wadsworth, David, & Son
hay knives, 57:2 56, 57:2 57
waffle irons, 44:2 49
wages.
See also labor
brownstone industry, 56:3 100
coal industry, 52:3 117, 52:4 134, 52:4 137, 52:4 139–141
in granite industry, 60:1 31
Hopewood Furnace, 47:1 25n9
Manada Furnace, 47:1 26n9
quarry workers, 55:3 102–103
in 1840s, Pennsylvania, 47:1 17–19
for women, in wire grass industry, 58:3 96–97
Wagner, Lewis, 49:3 71
Wagner's chippers, 60:3 120
Wagoner, Karl, 52:4 160
wagon jacks, 40:3 45
wagons
braking, 59:3 91
building, 41:4 61
freight, for Santa Fe Trail, 58:2 85
for granite block transport, 59:3 90, 59:3 91
parts, whatsits, 51:3 74
sail-powered, 58:2 85
wagon factory crew, 46:4 119, 46:4 back cover
wagon trains, photograph, 41:1 20
wagons (goldbeaters' tools), 44:2 54
wagon wheels, 54:1 35–36
felloes, patterns for, 58:2 76
iron tires, 51:1 19–22
spoke tool, 42:4 105
Wait, Daniel, 42:3 78
Wakeman, Jesup, 53:4 137
Wal & Co., 41:3 85
Walden (Thoreau), 43:1 7–8
Walden, Joseph, 40:4 65
Walden Pond, 43:1 8
Walden tool box (Thoreau), 41:4 67–69
"Walden Tool Box of Henry David Thoreau, The" (Kappeler), 41:4 67–69
Waldo, G., 44:1 22
Walker, Alfred, 40:4 69
Walker, E., Tool Co., 40:2 18
Walker, Edwin, 40:2 17–18, 41:1 14
chisels, 40:4 73A
tool advertisements, 40:4 73A
Walker, F. A., 56:1 18
Walker, George, 40:2 17
n1, 40:4 69
Walker, George, & Co., 40:4 69
Walker, J. F., 49:2 49
Walker, James, 40:4 69–70
Walker, John, 39:4 58, 43:4 102, 44:4 104, 49:4 120
Walker, Joseph, 40:4 69
Walker, Mae Creekin, 40:2 17
n1
Walker, Mary, 40:2 17
n1
Walker, Philip, 40:2 33, 41:1 18, 41:2 37, 43:1 27, 43:4 92, 47:2 61, 51:4 108, 56:4 171
Walker, William, 53:1 17
Walker adjustable face plane, 40:2 16, 40:2 17–18, 40:4 73A
"Walker Adjustable Face Plane, The" (Pearson), 40:2 17–18
Walker chisels, 40:3 51
"Walker Chisels, The" (Pearson), 40:3 51
Walkers, Henry T., 40:4 58
walking pins
walking wheels, 60:4 164
Walkowiak, John, 48:2 55, 49:3 85, 50:2 54, 52:4 163, 54:3 127, 56:2 80, 58:3 129
Wallace, Alex, & Son, 49:1 19, 49:1 20
Wallace, Alexander, 55:4 169
Wallace, Alexander, Mrs., 55:4 169
Wallace, Fred, 43:4 93
Wallace, Henry, 59:3 98
Wallace and Davis (store), 50:4 111
Wallis, George, 47:3 87
wallpaper
cutters, 39:1 15, 45:2 44
gadgets, 45:4 123
installing, 42:3 62
plain paper edges, 39:1 15
removing, 42:3 62
walnut (wood)
Walnut Bottom
Walpole Emery Mills, 53:1 28
Walsh, James, 51:2 41
Walsh, John R., 60:1 40
Walter, Henry, 51:3 81–82
Walter, Henry S., 56:3 118
Walter, John, 51:4 132–133, 53:2 48, 53:2 50, 53:3 114
Walter, W. P., 41:1 7
Walters, Betty Larson, 39:3 40
Walters, David, 40:4 58
Walters, George, 40:4 58
Walters, H., & Sons, 40:4 58
Walters, Harry, 40:4 58
Walters, Henry T., 40:4 57, 40:4 58
Walters, James D., 40:4 58
Walters, James G., 40:4 58
Walters, John, 40:4 58
Walters, Morley Punchon, 40:4 58, 40:4 59, 40:4 60
Walters, P., & Sons, 41:1 17
Walters, William G., 40:4 58
Walters, William P., and Son
Walters, William P., & Sons, 60:2 85
Walters Axe Co., 40:4 57–61
"Walters Axe Company of Hull, Quebec, The" (Perch), 40:4 57–61
Walton, Allen, 56:3 90–91, 56:3 91, 56:3 97, 56:3 98, 56:3 99, 56:3 100, 56:3 105, 56:3 106
Walton, B., 40:2 25
Walton, Benjamin, 48:3 35
Walton, I., 40:2 25
Walton, I. B., 40:2 25
Walton, John, 48:3 41
Walton, Robert, 56:3 91, 56:3 104, 56:3 106
Walton, William J., 56:3 91
wampum
defined, 59:1 2
drilling machine, 59:1 5, 59:1 6
manufacturing, 59:1 1–6
"Wampum Manufacture in New Jersey" (Morse), 59:1 1–6
Wanamaker, John, store, 46:1 6
Wanderer (whaling bark), 54:4 back cover
wanderjahre, 46:1 32
wanderschaft, 46:1 32
Wangunk Indians, 55:3 96
Wansbrough Patent, 52:3 95
wantage rods, 50:4 124
Dominy family, 58:2 49, 58:2 52–53
Pearson, H. S., 53:3 93–95
Wanton, William, 58:4 142
War and Peace (Tolstoi), 47:4 117
Ward, Artemas, 52:3 85
Ward, G. C., 58:1 45
Ward, G. & W., 46:1 30
Ward, George, 58:2 67
Ward, Henry V., 55:1 5, 55:1 6
Ward, Horace, 58:2 67
Ward, Karen, 41:3 59, 43:2 54, 43:3 82, 45:4 116
Ward, Vern, 48:3 57, 52:2 75
Ward & Payne, 57:1 8
Wardwell, George, 59:2 48
Ware, Eleazer, 53:1 33
Ware, Eliazer, 40:2 26
Ware, Hannah, 46:4 94
Ware, John, 40:2 26
Ware, Mary, 40:2 26, 53:1 33
Ware, Mercy, 40:2 26
Ware, Rebekah, 40:2 26
Ware, Robert, 40:2 26
Ware, Sarah, 40:2 26, 53:1 33
Wareham, J & G, 45:3 89
Wareham, Jim, 51:3 73
"Wareroom, The," 39:1 13–15, 39:2 26–29, 39:3 46–51, 39:4 64–67, 40:1 14–16, 40:2 27–31, 40:3 51–52, 40:4 73A, 41:3 49–52, 41:4 73–77, 42:1 12–18, 42:1 42–46, 42:3 67–68, 42:4 96–101, 43:1 11–15, 43:1 26, 43:2 41–43, 43:3 72–73, 43:4 96–98, 44:1 18–20, 44:2 55–56, 44:2 63, 44:3 84–87, 44:4 124–125, 45:1 22–24, 45:2 58–60, 45:3 86–88, 45:4 112–115, 46:1 24–25, 46:2 52–53
warming pans, 46:1 10
Warner, Charles Dudley, 39:2 29, 41:3 83
Warner, Emerson, 55:3 125
Warner, George, 55:1 3
Warner, William, 47:1 1, 47:3 96, 58:2 66
Warner & Diggs, 58:2 66, 58:2 68
Warner & Swasey, 39:2 18
Warnock, J., & Co., 42:4 94
Warnock, James, 42:4 94
War of 1812, 52:1 24
Beatty family service in, 60:3 100
butter trade and, 52:3 86
cotton mills and, 54:2 73
privateering and, 45:2 36
warp knitting machines
Warren Axe (and Tool) Co., 45:3 70–71, 48:1 16, 50:3 104, 51:1 24
handling shop, 54:2 back cover
WASA (warship), 41:4 70
washboard planes, 50:3 90
washboards, 42:4 95
Warren G. Van Vliet, 53:2 45
Washburn, Albert S., 40:4 57
Washburn, Christiana Drew, 53:3 121
Washburn, Fanny, 42:4 97
Washburn, G., 40:4 58
Washburn, John
Washburn, Louisa A., 40:4 57
Washburn, Oscar, 42:4 97
Washburn, S., 40:4 58
Washburn, Sara F., 40:4 57
Washburn, Seth, 54:3 103
Washburn, Seth, Jr., 53:3 120, 53:3 121
Washburn, Sexton Albert, 40:4 57
Washburn, W. L., 41:1 11, 42:4 97
Washburn, William, 40:4 57
Washburn screw patent, 59:1 20
"Washday Wonder, A" (Thompson), 44:2 51
washer cutters, 45:3 79
washers
leather, 47:4 126, 48:1 25–26
washing machines, 44:3 89
electric, 43:4 91
gasoline-powered, 43:4 91
hand-cranked, 43:4 91, 44:1 13
Starrett, 44:2 51, 49:3 70
Washington, George, 41:2 37, 42:3 75, 54:2 55, 57:3 96, 57:3 97
carpenters' tools, 53:3 96, 53:3 100, 53:3 104
Fort Loudoun inventory, 43:2 44–45
threshing machines and, 58:2 54, 58:2 55, 58:2 56, 58:2 60, 58:2 61, 58:2 62n.4, 58:2 62n.6
Windsor chairs used by, 58:4 140
Washington, Pennsylvania
Washington Iron Works, Franklin County, Virginia, 39:4 68
Washington Press, 48:4 100
washing tubs, 40:3 50
wash tub bench, 44:1 13
waste granite processing, 60:1 10
crushed granite, 60:1 16, 60:1 17
waste paper re-use, 45:1 26–27
watch crystal gauges, 46:2 53
watchmakers' machines, 46:3 68
watchmakers' tools
metal-pad braces, 53:3 97–98
watchman's time detectors, 42:3 82
watch manufactories, 42:1 27
Watco finisher, 39:1 12
Waterbury and Detroit Copper Co., 43:3 80
Waterbury Brass Association, 50:2 66
water casks, 60:3 112
water jet channeling, 59:2 49
water-levels, 41:1 10
Waterloo Bridge, 46:1 25
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., 41:3 61
Waterman, Charles, 49:4 132–133, 49:4 133
Waterman, Henry, 44:4 103
watermills, 51:4 105
water power
chairmaking and, 58:4 135
cotton gin, 52:1 9
granite industry and, 60:1 19–20
industrial inventions, 44:1 3–4
knitting mills, 55:1 2, 55:1 4
lathes, 44:4 114, 45:2 61–62
planemaking machines, 46:4 110
saw or grist mills, 41:3 60
screw manufacturing company, 44:3 77
spinning machines, 42:2 42
stone working machinery, 44:2 41
veneer saws, 47:2 58–59
water pumps, 43:1 26
Waters, Asa, 49:3 87
Waters, Asa, Jr., 44:1 3–4
Waters, Asa Holman, 44:1 3
Waters, Bruce L., 50:4 120
Waters, S. and A., 40:4 67, 45:3 90
water screw, 56:2 56
water transportation
for butter and cheese, 52:3 86
canal, for brownstone, 56:3 97
canal, granite barges, 59:3 91
for chair distribution, 58:4 137–138
sloop or schooner, for granite, 59:2 39, 59:3 91, 59:3 93
water turbines
granite industry and, 60:1 20
waterwheels, 45:4 106–107
granite industry and, 60:1 19–20
overshot, 45:4 107
Watkins, Bill, 52:1 8
Watney, Bernard M., 46:3 89
Watson, Aldren, 42:3 82, 45:4 102, 60:2 74
Watson, David, 58:1 4, 58:1 13, 58:1 35
n.11, 58:2 64
n.17
Watson, John, 39:3 52, 42:2 49, 45:1 7, 45:2 46
Watson, John F., 42:3 75
Watson, John S., 41:4 inside front cover
Watt, James, 51:3 75, 53:3 124
Watts, Alice, 53:4 148
Watts, J., Co., 51:2 41, 54:3 114
Watts, Joseph, 55:2 46, 55:2 50
Watts, L. M. and W. M., 45:2 55
Watts, Lawrence, 55:2 46
Watts, Lawrence B., 39:2 18
Watts, Lewis, 44:1 22
wax
for tool restoration, 39:1 12
waxing irons, 50:1 21
Way, A. F., Co., 45:4 115
"Way It Used to Be, The," 39:1 16, 39:2 29, 39:3 36, 40:1 16, 40:2 33–34, 40:3 45, 41:3 59, 41:4 83
" Apprenticeship in a Herkimer County, New York Blast Furnace" (Bopp), 39:4 56
"Cocktail in 1847, The," 44:3 69
"Crime in 1753 and 1812," 45:3 71
"Drugstore in the Last Quarter of the 19th Century, The," 44:2 36
"Learning A Trade in South Carolina in 1775," 42:4 106
"Making Shakes in 1897," 45:4 124
"Making Snuff in 1869," 44:2 36
"New England Village About 1845, A" (Meservey), 43:4 108–109
"Nineteenth Century Fishermen Go Seining for Mossbonkers," 45:2 51
"Reduced Rum Ration Ruins Raising, 1823" (Streeter), 43:1 26
"Way It Used to Look, The," 45:1 10
"Oriental Version Common Culture Department," 42:1 10–11
Wayne, John, 51:4 116
Wayne Tool Co., 40:4 64, 57:2 59
Weare, Jonathan, 45:1 20
weatherboarding
Weathers, Al, 59:3 110
weather-stripping installation saw, 56:4 171
weather vanes, 45:1 30
Weaver, Barry, 56:1 37
Weaver, John, 48:3 50
Weaver, W., 50:2 57
Weaver, W. D., 49:2 57
Weaver's Delight, 43:3 72–73
"Weaver's Delight and its Accessory"
Weaver's Friend, The, 45:3 92
weavers' shears, 49:3 99, 49:4 front cover, 53:1 41
weaving
fly-shuttle looms, 53:4 132
Jacquard coverlet weavers, 55:1 16–26
Marseilles white work, 54:1 13–15
power looms, 54:2 72–73
Webb, Hugh, 54:2 87
Webb, Rodolphus L., 54:3 99
web saws, 41:3 84
Web searches
for patent information, 55:4 161–165
Webster, Daniel, 44:3 82, 46:1 6
Webster, E. Z., 43:4 88
Webster, Noah, 46:1 27
Webster, Stephen C., 43:3 72
Webster backsaws, 59:1 20–21
wedding quilts
wedge-arm planes
Evens, William, 48:3 56
match tongue, 50:2 50
plank match, 54:2 50–52
plow, 54:1 4
sash, 48:3 56, 50:4 131–132
Scott, William, 50:3 88
wedge-arm plows
Nicholson, Francis, 58:3 120–122
wedge mortises, 56:3 127
wedge planes
double, with changeable pitch, 48:1 17–19
wedges
applications of, 49:3 75–81
composition of, 49:3 75
Granford, Thomas, 48:1 14–15
hydraulic-driven, 49:3 79–80
under the iron, 57:1 31–34
plug and feathers assembly, 49:3 76, 49:3 77–78, 50:2 55–56
power sources, 49:3 79–80
for quarrying brownstone, 56:3 93, 56:3 94
removing from molding planes, 49:1 30, 49:2 65
shapes of, 49:3 75–77
for splitting rock, 47:2 44–45
stock penetration, 49:3 80–81
Wedgwood, Joshua, 55:4 146
decorative buttermaking tools, 50:2 40
Weed, Alfred, 54:3 91, 54:3 94–97, 54:3 back cover, 54:4 143, 55:4 143, 55:4 144
Weed, Fellows, 49:2 39
weeding tools
hand weed cutters, 57:1 25
whatsits, 43:2 49, 43:3 77, 43:4 106
Weeks, A., 45:3 78
Weeks, Henry A., 43:3 66
Weeks' "Know-Nothing" mower, 44:3 80
Wegman, John, 50:1 18
Weidenschilling, Paul, 50:1 33
weights and measures.
See also measuring tapes;
measuring tools
barrel and cask capacity standards, 52:4 151–154
standardization of, 52:4 154
Weinberger, Dan, 40:3 51
Weinstock, Daniel (Dan), 39:3 35, 39:3 49, 40:1 14, 42:1 15, 43:3 73, 45:3 69
Weisbach's lamp, 45:2 41
Weiss, Francis, 52:4 142
Weiss, Joh., & Sons, 46:1 14, 46:3 78
Weiss, John, 51:4 131, 56:2 67
Weisz, Albert Richard, 39:4 58
Weitz, Herb, 44:1 23–25
Weitz, Leo, 44:1 23
Weitz, Weitz, & Coleman, 44:1 23–25
Weitzner Bros. & Papper, 59:4 143
Welch, E. M., Clock Co., 44:4 100
Welch, Thomas, 44:2 59
Welch & Griffith
backsaw eagle marking, 59:1 15
Welcker, Peter, 53:2 75
Weld, Isaac, 58:4 140
Weld, Morton, 46:1 27
welding compounds
for band saw blades, 60:4 140
Welland Vale Manufacturing Co., 42:4 94
well cars
for granite transport, 59:4 151
well-driller, 44:1 25
Welles, Joseph, 44:1 6
well pumps, 42:1 26
Wells, A., 56:1 20
Wells, Absalom, 39:3 42
Wells, Arietta, 59:3 103
Wells, C., & Sons, 50:1 19
Wells, Charles, 59:2 68
Wells, Chester R., 45:2 42, 45:2 43, 53:2 60
account ledger, 45:1 8–10, 45:3 80–83
Wells, Chester R. (Chester Robbins, C. R.), 44:1 7–10, 45:2 42, 45:2 43, 53:2 60
account ledger, 45:1 8–10, 45:3 80–83
planemaker, 44:1 6, 59:3 104, 59:3 105, 59:3 106, 59:3 107–108
Wells, Chester Robbins (C. R.), 44:1 7–10
Wells, David A., 55:1 7
Wells, E. G.
Wells, E. G. & R., 44:1 9
imprint, 59:3 106, 59:3 108
Wells, Elisha, 44:1 6, 44:1 8
Wells, Elisha Griswold (E. G.), 44:1 7–9
imprints, 59:3 105–107, 59:3 108
planemaker, 44:1 6, 59:3 105–108
Wells, Frederick, 59:3 103
Wells, Freegift, 44:4 114
Wells, Henry, 44:1 10, 44:1 17, 45:3 90
Wells, James H., 44:1 9, 44:1 10, 44:1 17
Wells, John, 44:3 77
Wells, L. E., 52:4 166
Wells, Leslie, 47:2 45
Wells, Robert, 44:1 7, 44:1 9, 52:2 51–52
imprints, 59:3 103–105, 59:3 108
planemaker, 44:1 6, 59:3 103–108
Wells, Samuel A., 46:3 87
Wells, Seth, Jr., 44:1 9
Wells, Seth, Sr., 44:1 6, 44:1 7
Wells, T. E., & Co., 60:3 96
Wells, Ted, 45:3 95, 45:4 122
Wells, Terry, 51:4 116
Wells, William, 49:4 104
Wells & Burr Forming machine, 51:3 77
Wells family
planemakers, 44:1 6–10, 52:2 51–52
"Wells Family Planemakers, The" (Kelly), 44:1 6–10
Wells Lamson Quarry Co., 60:1 14
Welsbach, Carl Auer von, 39:4 58
Welsh, John, 52:4 143, 52:4 145
Welsh stick (Windsor) chairs, 47:2 52
Wendel, William E., 60:4 155
Wentz, George, 52:3 118
Wentzell, Erlon, 46:1 16
Werschock units, 56:4 164–167
Wessman, G. C., 39:2 18
West, Carl, 39:3 52A
West, Carl J., 41:2 35
West, Carl W., Jr., 41:1 20A
West, Karl H., Jr., 43:4 97, 45:2 55, 45:2 58, 46:1 21, 46:2 55, 48:1 25, 48:1 27, 49:2 66, 49:4 115, 50:3 87, 51:3 98, 54:3 130, 54:4 159, 56:4 169, 57:3 123, 57:4 137
West, Paul, 44:3 90
West, Philip, 51:2 42
West, Robert, 54:4 156
plumb bob patents, 58:1 43
Westby, Joseph, 46:2 42
West Coast Lock Collectors, 53:4 167
western crude oil, 53:3 92
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"Westerner Comments on the Bossing Hammer, A" (Wilson), 43:4 89
Western Lithographic Co., 42:2 33
Western Massachusetts, A History (Lockwood), 44:3 79
Western New York Antique Tool Collectors' Association, 39:1 12
"Western Pennsylvania Militia Captain in War of 1812, Walter Lithgow, Planemaker" (Prine), 48:1 22–24
Western Railroad, 52:4 138, 52:4 143
western red cedar
for electric line poles, 44:4 125
Western Reserve of Connecticut, 45:4 110
Western Rhode Island Civic Historical Society, 54:2 67
western states
electrification of, 44:2 44–45, 44:2 62
Westervelt, Francis A., 59:1 4
Westfield, Massachusetts
whip making shop, 39:3 39
Westinghouse, George, 44:2 44, 44:2 45
Westinghouse Electric Co., 57:1 14
Westley, Bob, 50:2 54, 51:3 91, 52:1 29, 52:1 30–31
West Newbury, Massachusetts, 42:4 91
Weston, Edward, 56:1 8
Westport, Massachusetts
"wet" coopers, 42:1 19
wet grindstones, 46:3 63
Wetherel, H., 40:2 25
Wetherel, Henry, 48:3 41, 54:1 8
Wetherel, Margaret, 42:2 37
wetlands
tiling and draining, 50:1 36
Wetmore & Morse Quarry, 59:3 94
Wetterling, S. A., axe factory, 39:4 53, 39:4 54–55, 39:4 55
Weymouth, G. F.
hay knives, 57:2 54, 57:2 55, 57:2 58, 57:2 65
Weymouth, George F., 39:1 17, 40:4 64, 42:3 76
whalebone
artifacts, 45:1 29–30, 45:4 99
carved tools, 45:1 27
planes, 56:4 172–173
as tool material, 45:2 37
whalebone bows, 39:1 15
whalecraft, 54:2 61–62
whale ivory
artifacts, 45:1 29–30
scrimshaw, 45:1 28–29
Whalen, Jack, 50:1 33
Whalen, S.
hay knives, 57:2 56, 57:2 61
whales
processing, 42:1 23–24
scrimshaw, 51:1 30
whale oil and coopering, 42:1 20–21
whaling voyages, 45:1 29
Whale Ships and Whaling (Church), 41:4 75
whaling barks, 54:3 104, 54:4 back cover
"Whaling Cooper, The" (Reichman), 41:4 75
whaling gear, 42:2 46, 42:3 82
whaling tools, 41:4 74
Long Island, New York, toolmakers, 44:2 59
museum collection, 45:1 12–13
whaling cooper, 41:4 75
"Whaling Tools" (Reichman), 41:4 74
"Wharf at Matinicus Island, The" (Bunting), 56:2 85
"What a Difference a
Chronicle Makes" (West), 41:3 49
"What a Difference a Mark Makes" (Barsheid), 41:1 3
"What Have You Got For Openers?", 44:1 13
"What's in a Name" (Risley), 50:4 116, 50:4 120, 50:4 124, 50:4 130, 50:4 132, 50:4 139
"What's in a Name?" (Saguto), 40:2 27
whatsits, 41:2 35–36, 41:3 79, 43:1 21–23, 43:2 49–52, 44:2 47–48, 44:2 60–62, 44:3 75–76, 44:3 83, 45:2 44–47, 45:3 83–85, 45:3 93, 45:4 122–123, 46:1 22–23, 46:2 55, 50:3 87
adjustable bevels, 39:2 32
African wooden pillows or neck rests, 43:2 49, 43:3 78
agricultural devices, 60:3 128
agricultural tools, 43:2 51
air pump, 41:1 16
anvils, 51:2 60, 54:2 87
artificial limb gripping mechanism, 42:4 104
asparagus saws, 43:1 21
automobile jack, 54:3 130
automotive pliers, 41:3 58
axes, 39:3 52, 41:3 58
belt axe weapon, 43:3 79
bench, 56:2 82
bench dogs, 47:2 56
bench tools, 47:2 52
bench vices, 52:4 167
blade, 44:4 111
boarding axes, 43:3 79
bookbinders' tool, 43:3 78
bootmakers' float, 44:2 60
braiding machine, 43:4 106
burnisher, 43:3 79
card hammers, 43:2 50
carpenter's ax, 39:2 32
cast iron machine, 40:3 53
cast iron objects, 50:4 134, 55:4 165
champagne pliers, 56:4 171
cheese press, 43:3 77
chisels, 49:4 115, 50:3 87
cigar molds, 41:3 58
clam opener, 41:1 16
clamps, 39:2 32, 42:1 27, 42:2 53, 42:3 81, 51:2 67
Cleveland Faucet Co. air pump, 40:2 34
clickers, 43:4 107
clothesline clamp, 42:3 80
clothesline tightener, 43:3 79
clothing stretchers, 56:2 79, 56:3 126
compass, 49:2 67
compass saw, 41:1 17
cooked ham holder, 57:1 34
coopers' tools, 43:4 106
copper vessel, 44:3 83
core and cut tool, 57:1 37
cross handle, 49:2 67
cutter, 49:3 97–98
cutting pliers, 43:3 77
cylinder filling machine, 43:2 50
describing, 54:1 41
devices to prevent animals from climbing fences, 44:3 83, 44:4 110
disc sharpener, 54:2 87
dispenser, 49:2 67
double-ended pronged device, 39:4 67
drainer's spade, 44:4 111
"Dry Monopole" instrument, 56:3 115
egg scissors, 40:1 16A
Emmert patternmakers' vises, 44:2 60, 44:3 76
fabric reel or spool, 44:4 111
Fairbanks Morse Engine, 42:1 27
farm implements, 44:4 110–111
fencing hammer, 43:4 105
fillet planes, 42:4 104
flat-nosed jewelers' pliers, 43:3 77
flat-nosed tongs, 40:2 28
folding boxwood square, 39:2 32
foot-powered machines, 44:1 27
gauges, 48:2 61, 49:1 27
goose yokes, 51:2 60
grapefruit cutter, 57:2 71
gripping device, 52:1 41
hammers, 39:2 32, 42:4 105, 44:3 83
handles, 42:1 27
handrail bracket, 54:4 159
hard-candy breakers, 43:1 21
hog holding tool, 43:3 78
hog tendon cutter, 56:3 123
ice chippers, 41:1 17, 41:2 36
iron objects, 44:4 111, 53:2 83
irons, 42:3 83
iron work, 44:3 83
item with spring-loaded handle, 55:3 119
jewelers' vices, 52:1 167
kangaroo-shaped tool, 43:2 50
kitchen tools, 43:2 49, 44:4 113
knives, 42:2 53, 42:2 54, 42:3 82
knotters, 60:3 132
Kraus tool kit, 60:3 97
lard press, 41:2 36, 41:3 58
leather punch, 44:2 61
leather worker's stitching horse, 42:4 104
leatherworking shears, 56:2 82–83
lemon squeezer, 42:4 104
lock-up tool, 51:4 105
machine tool, 50:1 22
master craftsman symbol, 43:2 50
masticators, 43:4 105
measuring tools, 44:1 28, 44:3 75, 49:1 27
meat tenderizers, 43:1 21, 54:1 41, 54:2 59
medical instruments, 41:2 36, 43:1 22
Model T Ford radio cap, 43:1 21
mole trap, 48:4 74
moulding planes, 42:4 105
needle sharpener/straightener, 43:2 51–52
netmaking needle, 40:2 34
nutcracker, 43:3 79, 43:4 105
oxen yoke bow retainer clip, 52:1 167
pack saddle, 45:1 11
painters' cripples/staging brackets, 56:4 170–171
palamarkas, 60:4 171
parallel jaw pliers, 43:1 23, 43:3 77
pavers' hammers, 44:2 47
peg floats, 44:2 60
planes, 49:2 61, 49:2 67
plate lifters, 43:2 49
plier-like tool, 48:1 21
pliers, 40:2 34, 44:1 27–28, 44:2 56
pool cue tenoners, 43:2 49
portable summer furnace, 43:2 50–51
potato mashers, 43:1 21
potato scoops, 43:3 78
poultry killer, 41:1 16
printing press, 44:2 60
pruners, 44:1 28–29
rasp files, 44:2 61
rasping knife, 43:1 22
roller device, 44:3 76
rynd, 51:4 105
saws, 41:2 35
scale-like devices, 43:1 22
school hinge, 54:3 130–131
scissor-like tools, 48:1 16, 48:2 46
scrapers, 43:2 50, 50:4 120
screw devices, 51:3 101
shears, 42:2 53
sheep shearing chairs, 43:3 77–78
shop tool, 52:1 41
slasher, 42:3 67
slaughtering implements, 44:2 60
spike device, 52:3 125
spinning/rope-making tool, 52:1 41
spoke tenoning tool, 42:3 82, 42:4 104, 42:4 105
stove, 52:3 125
surveyors' chain, 44:2 61
suspender adjusters, 44:3 76
swages, 44:4 110, 51:2 60
Swedish bow-saws, 43:1 23
taffy cutter, 48:2 46
tamper, 49:1 27
tholes, 51:4 126–127
thread chaser, 44:2 60
thread snippers, 60:2 87
tile spades, 51:2 38
tinners' pigs, 56:2 83, 56:3 123
tinsmith tool, 57:1 29
tool with spring-like jaws, 44:3 83
trap, 56:3 126
"V" grooving tool, 42:4 104–105
vises, 42:3 81
wagon parts, 51:3 74
weather-stripping installation saw/sheetrock saw, 56:4 171
weeding tools, 43:2 49, 43:3 77, 43:4 106
whetstone clamp, 39:4 67
whetstones, 39:3 51–52
window washing device, 47:2 38
wood and metal tool, 44:4 111
woodcutters' saw, 43:1 23
wooden box, 51:2 41
wooden objects, 51:1 18, 51:1 22, 54:2 87
wrought iron devices, 40:1 16A
"Whatsits" (Englund), 49:3 97–99
"Whatsits" (Risely), 47:2 56
"Whatsits" (White), 49:4 115
"Whatsits: A Tin Tool?", 57:1 29
"Whatsits: A Trapped Ham?", 57:1 34
"Whatsits: Breakfast Helper," 57:2 71
"Whatsits: Crippling Effect," 56:4 170–171
"Whatsits: Dispenser, cross handle, compass," 49:2 67
"Whatsits: From Downunder," 56:3 115
"Whatsits: Gauge," 48:2 61
"Whatsits: Hog Wild," 56:3 123
"Whatsits: Is This Item a Stretcher?" (Roger), 56:2 79
"Whatsits: Measuring device, tamper," 49:1 27
"Whatsits: More on Pigs" (Erksine), 56:3 126
"Whatsits: Plier-like tool," 48:1 21
"Whatsits: Pop the Cork!", 56:4 171
"Whatsits: A Pressing Issue Resolved," 56:3 126
"Whatsits: A Purpose for This Bench?", 56:2 82
"Whatsits: Rule" (Fales), 47:4 118
"Whatsits: Saw What?", 56:4 171
"Whatsits: Shank Lasters--Beyond 'What?' to 'Why?'", 57:4 160–161
"Whatsits: Trapped," 56:3 126
"Whatsits: Wrap it Up," 57:2 50
"Whatsits: Wrap it Up or Cut it Up?", 57:1 37
"Whatsits Identified," 52:2 66
axe, 50:2 63
bathtub heaters, 50:2 54, 50:2 67
blade grinder, 50:2 67
M. & W. Job Press Lock, 52:1 31
mole trap, 48:4 74
What Wood Is That? (Edlin), 41:3 48
wheat
binding, 40:4 62
cradling, 40:4 62
farming, 41:2 34–35
threshing machine development, 58:2 54–65
twine and, 58:3 89
Wheatley, A.
Wheaton "Stair Genie," 53:3 119
Wheaton "Stair Wizard," 53:3 119
wheelbarrows
wheel drags, 59:3 91
Wheeler, Asa, 46:1 27, 57:3 91
Wheeler, Bob, 58:3 120–122
Wheeler, Clemson & Co., 43:2 48
Wheeler, Cyrennus, 39:4 61
Wheeler, E. P., 43:2 48
Wheeler, Elisha P., 42:1 15, 42:3 72
Wheeler, John T., 46:1 27
Wheeler, Lemuel, 42:1 15
Wheeler, Madden, and Clemson, 43:3 74, 50:1 17
Wheeler, Madden & Bakewell, 42:1 16, 42:2 49, 42:3 71–72, 59:1 19
Wheeler, Madden & Clemson, 40:2 31
"Wheeler, Madden & Clemson, Saw Makers of Middletown, New York" (Brundage), 42:1 15–16
Wheeler, Madden & Clemson Manufacturing Co., 39:2 26, 42:1 15–16, 42:2 49, 43:3 74, 50:1 17
Wheeler, Robert, 48:3 35, 48:3 63, 48:3 65
Wheeler, Silas, 57:3 102, 57:4 136
Wheeler, Tommy, house, 43:2 33
wheel-fingers, 44:3 89, 44:4 119
Wheeling, West Virginia
planes, 47:3 79–83, 50:2 49
wheel saw sets, 49:1 11–12
wheel tinderboxes, 39:1 14–15
wheelwrights, 41:4 73
account book, 55:1 29
band setters, 43:4 90
bruzz, 42:3 64–65
circus wheels, 41:4 61–63
planes, 56:3 127–128
reamers, 43:1 14
shop, 19th century photographs, 39:4 68
tools, 42:3 64–65
"Wheelwright's Bruzz, The: To What Extent Was It Used in the United States?" (Pomeroy), 42:3 64–65
Whelan, John M. (J. M., Jack), 41:1 19, 43:2 47, 49:3 82, 49:3 101, 51:3 90, 54:4 168, 57:1 33, 58:3 127
"When Gloversville Gloved America: The Inventive Genius of Nineteenth Century New Yorkers in Glove Technology as Seen in Records of the United States Patent Office" (Ruckel), 53:4 138–144
"When is a Turf Mallet not a Mallet?" (Turner), 52:3 99
"Whetstone Mill" (Howes), 41:3 51
Whetstone Mill, Cummington, Massachusetts, 42:3 69
"Whetstone Quarry and Its Proprietor, A" (Donovan-Hall), 42:4 98
whetstones, 41:3 51, 41:4 76
Cape Breton Island, 42:3 7, 42:3 65, 42:3 77
clamp, 39:4 67
cutting, 43:1 24
mill relic, 42:2 44
production of, 42:4 98
quarries, 42:4 98
sandstone, 60:1 40
for scythes, 42:3 69
terminology, 42:4 111
whatsits, 39:3 51–52
whetstone mills, 41:3 51
"Which Collector Gets the Spill Plane?" (Burchard), 43:4 92
Whig party, 47:1 16
whip making shop, 39:3 39
"whipping the cat," 50:1 11
Whipple, J. B.
glove patents, 53:4 140, 53:4 141
Whipple, John, 57:3 92
whiskey barrels, 40:4 71
whiskey distilleries, 55:3 86
Whitaker, E. V.
Whitaker, W. W.
Whitbeck Hardware, 51:1 7
Whitcher, Frank W., & Co., 43:1 10
shoemakers' hammer, 43:3 81
White, A., 43:1 10, 43:1 24
White, Almon, 47:4 122
White, Ansley D., 45:4 101
White, Charlotte
planemaker, 57:3 96, 57:3 100–101
White, Dyer, 53:2 58
White, Eleanor, 53:3 114
White, Frank, 39:3 45, 40:1 1, 40:2 19, 40:2 36A, 41:2 35, 42:1 11, 42:2 46, 42:3 58, 43:1 1, 43:1 9, 43:1 26, 43:2 50, 43:3 66, 43:3 79, 43:4 101, 44:1 21, 44:2 41, 44:2 55, 44:2 62, 44:4 122, 44:4 127, 45:2 44, 45:3 93, 45:4 125, 50:4 120, 56:2 82, 56:4 170, 59:2 59
White, George, 57:3 100
White, H. O., 41:2 23, 42:3 68
White, Henry G., 57:3 100
White, Israel, 56:1 27
name stamps, 57:3 100
planemaker, 57:3 100–101
White, J. C., 41:4 61
White, J. & J., Co., 43:1 10
White, Jacob, 46:3 82, 57:3 100
White, Jerison, 56:1 2
White, Jerison, & Son, 56:1 2
White, John, 46:4 108, 49:4 115, 50:2 54, 50:2 63, 50:3 104
White, Jonas, 47:1 23
White, K. D., 46:1 5–6, 49:1 25
White, L. & I. J., tools, 53:1 17
White, Larned, 56:1 1, 56:1 2
White, Malcolm, 53:1 30
White, Philo, 45:2 53
White, Ron, 58:4 173
White, Stephen, 39:4 57
White, Thomas A., 41:4 61
White, W. H. H., 48:4 93
White, William Braid, 42:3 71
"white death" (stonecutters tuberculosis), 60:1 26
White Eagle, Chief (Ponca Indians), 59:1 5
Whitehall boats, 48:2 43–44
white lead paint, 55:2 71
Whiteny, Aaron, 49:1 33
white poplar
for altarpieces, 46:4 100–101
White & Spear, 51:2 60, 51:3 92
whitewashing
white work
American, 54:1 11–12
European, 54:1 10–11
Marseilles, 54:1 9–19
needlework, 54:1 9–10
popularity of, 54:1 11, 54:1 12, 54:1 17
terminology, 54:1 9–10
woven, 54:1 10
Whiting, Anthony, 58:2 62
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Whiting, Gertrude, 43:4 95, 52:3 101
Whiting, H., Jr., 45:1 20
Whiting, Joanne, 40:2 26
Whiting, Timothy, 41:3 37, 41:3 38
Whitman, Walt, 45:2 51
Whitmore, Michael, 49:4 119
Whitmore, William, 48:3 52
Whitmore & Wolff, 49:4 117, 49:4 118–120
Whitmore, Wolff, Duff & Co., 49:4 119
Whitmore, Wolff, Lane & Co., 49:4 119
Whitney, Baxter D., Co., 47:3 73
Whitney, Baxter D., & Sons, 57:1 12
Whitney, Eli, 44:3 74, 44:3 76, 44:4 117, 50:2 66, 52:1 10, 52:1 11–12, 55:3 113
Whitney, George W., Co., 60:1 39
Whitney, Henry, 55:4 140
Whitney, John, 44:3 74
Whitney, Philip, 54:4 143
Whitney, Philo, 44:3 74
Whitney-Holmes cotton gin, 52:1 12–13
Whiton, D. E., 45:2 55
Whittam, W., 45:3 89
Whitten, Hapgood and Co., 49:1 15
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 55:4 134
whittle, 41:2 34
Whittling and Woodcarving (Tangerman), 46:1 24–25
Whittmoor apple parers, 59:4 152
Whittock, John M., 56:3 104
Whitton, Charlotte, 44:1 19
Whitus, Charles, 42:4 110
Whitworth, Joseph, 55:3 113
"Whitworth [screw] thread," 55:3 113
"Who Can You Believe If Not the New York Times?", 45:2 60
"Whodunit" (Fales), 47:4 128
"Whodunit" (Rideout), 49:4 134
"Whodunit" (Robinson), 49:3 101
"Whodunit? Makers & Markers," 44:4 116–118, 45:1 19–21, 45:2 55, 45:3 89–90, 45:4 118–120, 46:1 26–27, 46:2 54
Whorff, John, 42:4 97–98
"Who's Who of Pittsburgh Hardware Company Marks" (Prince), 49:4 116–124
"Who Was Barney Dean? And Other Related Questions" (Mello and De Avila), 42:4 96–97
"Who Was S. Felch? Some Facts and Speculation" (Brundage), 43:3 72
"Why Leather Washers?" (West), 47:4 126
wicker furniture
wire grass for, 58:3 94–95
Wickwire, 53:3 92
wide smoothing planes
Widoe, F.
widows
as buttermakers, 50:4 107–114
Wiener, Caryn Eve, 41:4 73
Wiggins, Louis, 46:3 71–72
Wilber, C. Keith, 51:1 26
Wilber, Jo., 40:2 25
Wilber Direct Draft Mower, 45:4 121
Wilbour, Abiathar, 47:2 52
Wilbur, Barak, Jr., 47:2 51–52
Wilbur, C. Keith, 41:2 36, 46:4 107
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Wilbur, Joshua, Jr.
planemaker, 56:1 28–31, 56:1 37
Wilbur, Joshua, Sr., 56:1 28
Wilbur, Keith, 43:3 79
Wilbur (Wilbour), Joshua, 56:2 83
Wilbur-Ellery House, 56:1 28
Wilbur Mausoleum, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 59:2 40
Wilcox, Chapple Late, 55:3 126
Wilcox, Dennis, 49:4 132
Wilcox, Horace C., 49:4 132–133
Wilcox, Horace C., Co., 49:4 133
Wilcox & Gibbs, 50:2 67
Wild, Michael, 59:2 39
Wild, William, 59:2 54
Wilder, George H., 57:3 93
Wilder, Moses, 60:2 69
Wilder, Moses, Blacksmith Shop, Old Sturbridge Village, 60:2 68–76
Wilderson, Charles, 60:4 140
Wilderson, Clinton G. (C. G.), 56:2 50, 60:4 138, 60:4 139, 60:4 141, 60:4 144, 60:4 148
Wilderson, Ella G., 60:4 148
Wilderson, Susan Bair, 60:4 140
Wildung, Frank, 46:4 110, 46:4 112
Wile, D. H.
Wiley & Frick, 49:4 114
Wilkerson, David, 55:3 112
Wilkes, J., 46:4 121
Wilkes, Sarah, 49:2 48
Wilkins, John, 51:3 71
Wilkins, Richard, 41:1 16
Wilkins, W. T., 41:2 37, 45:3 66
Wilkins, William (Will), 44:4 99, 50:3 89
Wilkinson, A. J., & Co., 49:4 114–115
Wilkinson, David, 55:2 81
Wilkinson, John, & Co., 44:4 116
Wilkinson weavers shears, 49:3 99, 49:4 front cover
Willard, H. B., 57:3 115
Willard, Henry F., 48:2 63
Willard, Solomon, 59:2 39, 59:2 40, 59:3 81
Willard Manufacturing Co., 39:2 18
Willet Titus, Roslyn, 45:4 121
"William Evans--Renaissance Man, Planemaker and Professor of Music" (Prine), 48:3 53–56
William L. Goodman's British Planemakers, 51:4 108
Williams, A. C., Co.
Williams, A. R.
Williams, Colin H., 41:1 18, 41:2 21A, 41:2 33, 41:4 76–77
Williams, Daniel, 43:3 73
Williams, David, 43:2 48
Williams, Hampton, 46:1 21
Williams, Jim, 41:4 63
Williams, John, 43:2 48, 44:1 18
Williams, Lorraine E., 59:1 2
Williams, R. R., 45:4 117
Williams, Richard, 43:4 99
Williams, Roger, 42:4 92
Williams, T. M., 52:4 137
Williams, W. P., 44:3 79
Williams, William
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Williamsburg, Long Island, New York
cast steel, 44:3 85
saw manufacturers, 44:4 102–103
Williamsburg, Massachusetts
"Williamsburg Long Island Cast Steel"
"William Scott Faced Hard Times as One of First 'Western' Planemakers (Prine), 50:3 88–92
Williams & Cuddy, 52:1 13
Williamson, Catherine (Stanbrough), 56:4 146, 56:4 150, 56:4 152
Williamson, Frederick, 58:1 33
Williamson, Harrison, 56:4 148, 56:4 154
Williamson, James, 39:3 42
Williamson, Jane Harriet, 56:4 151
Williamson, Jedidiah, 56:4 152, 56:4 153
Williamson, John (son of Seth), 56:4 148
Williamson, John M. (brother of Seth), 56:4 146–149, 56:4 153–154
Williamson, Julia (Smith), 56:4 148, 56:4 152
Williamson, Lettyann, 56:4 148
Williamson, Maria, 56:4 148, 56:4 153, 56:4 154
Williamson, Mary Ann, 39:1 12
Williamson, Seth, 56:4 146–154
Williamsport Machine Co.
tilting bandsaws, 56:2 49
"William Steele: Wheeling Planemaker, Inventor and Entrepreneur" (Prine), 47:3 79–83
Williams Universal Planes, 42:4 96
Williard, J., 59:2 55
Willis, Beriah, 58:1 39
Willis, Stephen, 55:2 65, 55:2 75
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Willis, Valentine, 44:3 81
Willis Planimeter, 46:4 112
willows
wills indexes, 47:4 125
Wilmot, Samuel D., 44:4 103, 45:2 54
Wilshire, John, 50:1 12
Wilson, H., 55:3 126, 56:2 80
Wilson, Increase, 41:2 22, 41:2 23, 42:3 68
Wilson, John, 44:3 70, 44:4 105, 45:4 120, 49:4 134
Wilson, Philip, 49:4 117
Wilson, Robert, 47:1 2
Wilson, William, 47:3 75
Wilson, Woodrow, 50:3 85
Wilson & Co., 41:4 75, 42:1 20
Wilt, Daniel, 56:3 90
Wimble, Sheffield, 47:2 45
wimbles, 47:2 45
Sheffield, 45:4 120, 46:3 88
winchester bushel, 52:4 151
winding blocks
for measuring granite surface flatness, 59:4 139
winding reels
Danner, Daniel, 47:1 15–26
"Windmill, Prescott Farm, Middletown, Rhode Island" (MacLeish), 53:3 116
windmills, 51:4 105
Prescott Farm, Middletown, Rhode Island., 53:3 116
window cleaners' belt terminal, 43:4 105
windows
frames, 18th century, Newport, Rhode Island, 55:1 12–15
glass, shipping crate for, 54:4 164
scaffolds, 45:3 83
shades, 42:3 63
washing, 42:3 62–63
washing device, whatsit, 47:2 38
wind power
cotton gin, 52:1 9
saw or grist mills, 41:3 60
Windsor-Chair Making in America (Evans), 58:4 133–140
"Windsor-Chair Making in America: From Craft Shop to Consumer, A Book Preview" (Evans), 58:4 133–140
Windsor chairs, 47:2 52, 59:2 75, 59:2 77.
See also chairs and chairmaking
chairmaking shops, 58:4 134–136
commercial and institutional uses of, 58:4 140
English prototypes, 58:4 136
making, 39:3 45, 58:4 133–140
materials used, 58:4 135
paint colors, 58:4 137
popularity of, 58:4 138–140
terminology, 58:4 135, 58:4 136
water power and, 58:4 135
water transportation and, 58:4 137–138
"Wind Wagon," 58:2 85
wine bottle corkers, 45:4 122
wine caskets, 41:4 75
wine-coopers' compass, 57:4 139
wine gallon, 52:4 154
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wine hogshead, 52:4 152–154
wine press
with threaded wooden screws, 56:2 57
Wing, Anne, 40:2 25, 42:4 87, 43:2 47, 46:2 39, 47:4 124, 48:3 57, 49:3 86, 50:4 133, 52:2 75, 52:2 76, 58:3 123, 58:3 127
Wing, Donald (Don), 40:2 25, 42:4 87, 43:2 47, 46:2 39, 47:4 124, 48:3 57, 49:3 86, 50:4 133, 52:2 75, 52:2 76, 58:3 123, 58:3 127
Wing, H., & Son, 46:1 27
Wing, Samuel, 39:3 45, 40:1 1, 47:2 57–59, 48:4 94–95, 57:1 1, 57:1 3, 57:1 4, 57:2 42
Wingo, David, 58:1 45
Winklehouse, Jacob, 45:1 6
Winlaw, William
threshing machine, 58:2 54–55
Winnie Machine Works, 45:1 28
Winslow, Lorenzo, 49:4 136
Winslow, Samuel, 49:3 101
Winstead Plane Co., 60:1 45
Wintermute, Charles, 53:2 45
Winterthur, Charles F., Museum
Winterthur, Henry Francis du Pont, Museum, 42:1 5, 58:1 37, 58:2 53
Winterthur Library, 58:1 37–39
Winthrop, Adam, 43:1 8
Winthrop, Governor, 43:1 8
Winthrop, John, the Younger, 48:4 96
Wintrey, E. M., 49:2 57
Wintrop, Governor, 43:1 8
wire-band cutters, 41:1 20A
wire bending machine
Warren R. Van Vliet, 53:2 45
wire coopers, 41:3 59
wire-covered rollers
raising nap on wool fabrics with, 45:2 39
wire cutters, 52:3 105
wire fencing
wire stretchers for, 46:1 22
wire grass
(carex stricta), 58:3 89–99
for floor coverings, 58:3 95–96
harvesting, 58:3 88, 58:3 91–94, 58:3 back cover
industry, 58:3 89–99
twine production, 58:3 93–94
for wicker furniture, 58:3 94–95
wire nippers, 52:3 101
wire rope
for cable tool drilling, 53:3 89–90
coiling device and turn-table, 53:3 91
for granite quarrying, 59:3 84–87
splicing, 53:3 89, 53:3 90
wire saws
diamond-embedded wire, 59:4 136
for granite, 59:2 49, 59:4 135–136
wire working
estate inventory, 41:3 78
Wirtenen, Martin, 49:3 99, 49:4 139
Wirth, Adolph, 39:2 18
Wirth's, Jake, Restaurant, 43:2 52
Wisconsin Grass Twine, 58:3 90
Wisconsin State Capital, Madison, 59:2 41, 59:2 42
Wise, Louisa, 55:2 46
Wisner, Asa, 44:2 59
Wisnieski, Ray, 39:2 32
Wiss Scissors Co., 49:3 74
scissors, 52:3 104
snips, 49:4 front cover
Wister, James, 49:3 98
Wiswell, Edward, 40:3 50
Witbeck, Clark, 50:4 128
Witbeck, Clark, & Co., 50:4 128
Witbeck, G. L., 50:4 128
witchets, 56:2 62
Witchger, Eugene, 54:1 31
Witherby, T. H., 45:4 119
Witherell, Carl von, 50:1 37, 50:2 43
Witherell, James H., 50:1 37, 50:2 43
Witherell, Louis von, 50:1 37, 50:2 43
"Witherell Axe Company of Oakland, Maine" (Klenman), 50:2 43
With Hammer in Hand, The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York (Hummel), 43:4 95, 44:3 84–85, 46:1 26, 53:3 103, 57:2 79, 58:2 49, 58:2 53
Witney, Dudley, 41:2 21
Witsen, Nicolaes, 42:1 3
Witt, Otto
Witte, Tom, 45:4 119
Witte, Tom, Antiques, 41:3 60
Witter, Frank E., 42:2 36
Wittlock, Lavern, 44:4 125
W. M. Co., 45:2 44
Wodrough and McParlin, 40:4 56
Wohgemuth, Christian, 43:1 5
Wolcott, Gideon, 52:2 52
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Wolcott, Stephen C., 42:3 65, 46:3 72
Wolcott, William, 53:2 60
Wolf, William F., 44:3 93, 44:4 121
Wolfe, J. H.
Wolfe, Mary, 44:2 55
Wolfenbarger, Arthur, 43:3 77
Wolff, Bernard, Jr., 49:4 119, 49:4 120
Wolff, Christian H., 49:4 119
Wolff, Lane & Co., 49:4 117, 49:4 118–120, 49:4 120
Wolff, Michael, 49:4 119
Wolfington, Alfred R., 52:1 16
Wolfington foundry, 52:1 16
Wollaston, William Hyde, 50:2 44
Wolverton, Dave, 54:1 36
women
agricultural work by, 45:4 117
as buttermakers, 50:4 107–114
clothing, 41:1 14
clothing fabric, 52:4 131, 52:4 132
clothing fashion colors, 53:4 156–162
contracted tape measure employees, 57:4 133
as cotton mill laborers, 54:2 73
employed by Southern Railway, 50:3 86
as factory knitters, 53:4 146
farm life, 55:3 85–94
fretwork, 41:1 1
as hand knitters for Union Army, 53:4 145–155
humor about, 44:1 14, 44:2 51–52
ladies' tool chests, 50:1 31–32
mill girls, 44:2 52
as nailmakers, 44:2 49, 44:3 95
as Newport, Rhode Island, domestic servants, 53:2 66, 53:2 69–74
palamarkas used by, 60:4 171
palmleaf hats, 40:2 19–20
Philadelphia entrepreneurs, 57:3 96–101
planemakers, 55:4 169
quilting by, 44:2 39
roles of, 44:3 89–90, 44:3 92, 50:4 109
textile production and, 53:4 131
tool interests of, 43:4 91
wages of, in wire grass industry, 58:3 96–97
wire grass industry laborers, 58:3 91, 58:3 96–97
Women's Wear Daily, 55:1 10
"Wonderful Wacky World of Wrenches, The" (Stahl)
"Part I," 43:2 31–32
"Part II," 43:3 62–63
"Part III," 44:1 11–12
Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The (Baum), 45:4 117
wood.
See also logging;
lumber;
timber and timber industry;
trees
for charcoal making, 47:2 37
colonial timberyards, 54:2 54–59
curly maple, 57:1 28
firewood, 54:1 26–30
maple burls, 57:1 28–29
for shakes, 45:4 124
Wood, Benjamin
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 56
Wood, C. F., 43:3 62
Wood, Don, 44:4 102, 44:4 121
Wood, Elizabeth, 58:4 145
Wood, George A., 55:3 120
Wood, George E., 55:2 59–63, 55:3 120
Wood, Jack, 57:2 56
Wood, James, 44:2 40
Wood, Jethro, 58:1 10
Wood, Mary E., 52:2 55, 52:2 57
Wood, Paul, 59:3 80, 60:1 facing p. 1
Wood, Richard, 44:4 125
Wood, Valentine, 42:2 53
Wood, W. R., & Co., 60:1 39
Wood, Walter A., Harvester, 58:3 93
Wood, William, & Co., 41:3 77, 41:3 79
Woodard, George E., 44:2 56
wood-bending machine, 44:1 5
wood-body spokeshaves, 52:3 111–113
wood-boring tools
self-boring barrel spigots, 54:3 93–101, 54:3 127
sixteenth century, Nürnberg, 54:2 83
wood-boring machine, 44:4 126
Woodbury, Robert S., 42:2 43
Woodbury, Vermont, gray granite, 59:2 40, 59:2 43–44, 59:2 44
Woodbury and Clemson, 42:1 16
Woodbury Granite Co., 59:2 42, 59:4 132, 59:4 139, 59:4 150, 60:1 10, 60:1 11, 60:1 16, 60:1 19, 60:1 22, 60:1 24, 60:1 30
wood carving
wood-carving tools
Swan, James, Co., 44:3 75–76
Woodcraft Supply Corp., 41:1 2
wood-cuts
reproduction of artwork by, 39:1 inside front cover
wood-cutting tools
sixteenth century, Nürnberg, 54:2 83
woodcutters' saw, 43:1 23
"Wooden Bench Planes: A Primer" (Reichman), 45:4 108–109
wooden bench vise screws, 54:4 162–163
wooden boat/shipbuilding
calking irons, 54:3 102–109
Coronet (schooner yacht), 53:1 1–8
wooden brakes, 45:4 126
wooden clamps, 48:2 62–65
Hood, William J., 47:4 108–112
jaws, 47:4 111
screws, 47:4 111
"Wooden Clamps of William J. Hood and his Colleagues, The" (Boyd), 47:4 108–112
wooden crates
citrus fruit crate labels, 42:2 33–35
wooden handles.
See also handles
wooden kitchenware, 54:2 48–49, 54:2 50
wooden dishes, 40:3 49
wooden forks, 39:4 68A
wooden pails
bolting, 46:2 44
hand manufacture of, 45:3 67–69
timber for, 46:2 43–44
wooden pegs
makers, 40:3 37
for shoes, 42:2 38–41
Wooden Plane, The (Martin), 57:1 33
Wooden Plane, The (Whelan), 54:4 168, 57:1 33, 59:3 121, 60:3 133
wooden planes.
See planes
Wooden Planes in 19th Century America (Roberts), 58:2 66
wooden railroad spikes, 43:3 69–70, 43:4 97
"Wooden Railroad Spikes Tell a Strange Story" (West), 43:3 69–70
wooden rules, 51:4 121
wooden screws, 41:3 inside front cover, 55:3 115
n5, 56:2 56
advertisement, 41:3 50
Harvey, Thomas William, 47:3 84–87
manufacture of, 44:4 127
patents, 47:3 84–86
rolling threads, 47:3 86
screw head finishing, 47:3 86
thread sizes, 40:3 38–39
wooden hand screws, 46:3 65
wood fastening screws, 54:1 39
wooden screw sets, 45:3 80
wooden shingle roofing, 55:2 70–72
wooden ships, 48:1 1, 48:1 4
wooden shoes, 40:2 36A, 50:2 71, 50:3 100, 51:2 41
tools for making, 40:1 13
"Wooden Shoes," 50:2 71, 50:3 100
wooden threaded tools.
See threaded wood tools
wooden threads, 40:1 9
wooden tools
cleaning, 41:2 30
husking pegs, 59:3 99–100
insect damage to, 40:2 30–31
restoring color to, 43:2 48
restoring patina of, 43:1 24–25
tropical hardwoods, 41:2 30
wooden toys
wooden tub and pail industry
wooden vessels
woodenware, 40:3 49
wooden well pumps, 41:3 83, 42:1 26
wooden wheels
"Wood Fires and Firewood" (White), 54:1 26–30, 59:2 59
wood formers (shapers)
wood fuel
in Colonial America, 39:1 9
Woodhouse, Henry, 43:2 33
Wooding, Robert, 46:1 3, 49:3 86, 51:3 101
Woodman, Edward, 42:4 92
Woodman, W. L., 55:4 169
Woodmen of the World lodge, 46:1 31
wood mills
Woodrough and McParlin, 39:2 26
Woodruff, Alex, farmhouse, 55:3 90–93
Woods, Thomas R., 44:2 49
woodsaws, 47:2 38, 54:1 27–30
"Wood Screw Advertisement, A" (Wood), 41:3 50
Woodson, J., 59:2 56, 59:2 57
wood splitters, 55:1 34
wood stoves, 54:1 26–29, 54:1 26–30
n.7
wood turning
Danner, Daniel, 47:1 15–26
Woodville Edge Tool Manufactory, The, 45:2 58
Woodward, Betsy H., 42:2 37
Woodward, Elizabeth, 50:4 109
Woodward, Foster, 51:1 24
Woodward, Frank, 57:3 86–87
Woodward, Thomas W., 48:1 20, 60:2 57
Woodward, W. W.
Woodward, William, 42:2 37, 47:2 51–52
planemaker, 53:2 55, 53:2 60
Woodward ice tools, 60:3 118, 60:3 121
Woodwell, J. K., 49:4 121
Woodwell, James, 49:4 120
Woodwell, Joseph, 49:4 116, 49:4 120–121
Woodwell, Joseph, & Co., 49:4 120–121
Woodwell, Joseph R. (son of Joseph), 49:4 120
Woodwell, W. K., 49:4 120
woodwork
Woodworker, The, 57:1 13, 57:1 15, 60:4 143, 60:4 147
woodworkers and woodworking
Colonial Williamsburg, 47:1 32
craft societies, 58:4 134
foot-powered machinery, 48:4 75–88
green, 47:1 33
Leadville, Colorado, 42:4 108
as road builders, 45:2 53–54
shops, van Vliet etchings of, 46:1 9
Woodworking (Midwest Tool Collectors Association), 49:2 65
Woodworking (Sellens), 57:1 33
woodworking bench
Kraus, John Erhard, 60:3 97–98
woodworking machinery, 45:3 93
ball bearings and Babbitt bearings, 57:1 13–14
Blanchard, Thomas, 44:1 3–6
dating, 57:1 12–15
electric motors, 57:1 14–15
home-shop, 57:1 15
manufacturing, 46:4 116–119
vintage catalogs, 58:3 107–112
Wood Working Machinery, Its Rise, Progress, and Construction 1800-1880 (Bale), 56:2 46
Woodworking Planes (Sellens), 48:2 57
woodworking shop
woodworking tools
as art, 52:2 82–83
collecting, 52:2 81–82
English, 45:1 31, 50:2 70–71
exhibitions, 51:3 99
Hamburg makers, 48:2 47–53
inventories, 41:2 29
inventory lists, 39:3 40–44
Japanese, 52:1 40–41, 52:4 165–166
Long Island, New York, makers, 44:2 59
Monticello, 58:1 12–27
museum collection, 45:1 12, 45:1 13
Old Sturbridge Village, 39:3 45
production and distribution, 51:3 99–101
types of, 52:2 81–82
Woodworth, Selah, 40:4 67
Woodwright's Work Book, The: Further Explorations in Traditional Woodcraft (Underhill), 47:4 118, 54:4 161, 59:3 109
woolen clothing
cleaning, 42:3 62
felt hats, 52:4 156
hand and machine knit underclothing, 53:4 145–155
hosiery, 55:1 1–11
janes (jeans), 52:4 130
mittens, for Union Army, 53:4 148
woolen textiles.
See also textiles and textile production
cropping (shearing), 52:4 131, 52:4 133n20
fulling, 45:2 38
fulling mills, 52:4 127–133
Jacquard coverlet weavers, 55:1 16
production of, 52:4 127–133
raising nap on, 45:2 38–39
scouring, 52:4 130
screw press, 52:4 131
woolens vs. worsteds, 45:4 116
Woolsey, J. S., 53:4 149–150
wool wheels, 47:1 21
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
historical sketch of, 55:2 79, 55:2 81
Worcester, Cyprian S., 44:4 123
Worcester, Lucian T., 44:4 123
Worcester County, Massachusetts
Worcester File Works, 40:1 2
Worden, Christopher, 49:2 41
Worden, Cole & Gior, 49:2 41–42
Workbench Book, The (Landis), 41:1 inside front cover
workbenches, 41:1 16
tropical hardwoods, 41:2 30
work day
Eight Hour Law, 52:4 135–136
quarry workers, 55:3 103
regulations, 47:1 18
"Workers from Our Past," 41:1 14
"Workers from Our Past" (Brown), 40:3 41
working butter, 52:3 90
working conditions
coal mining, 52:4 135–136
Eight Hour Law, 52:4 135–136
"Working in Stone in 1851," 39:1 16
Workingman's Benevolent Association (WBA), 52:3 115, 52:4 136–145
working tables
for buttermaking, 52:3 90
"Working with Barrels in Commerce" (Ward), 44:4 106
"Workin' on the Railroad: Southern Railway's Steam Locomotive Repair Facilities at Spencer, North Carolina" (Knapp), 50:3 74–87
Workman's Companion (Nicholson), 57:1 10
workmen
19th century photographs, 39:4 68
Work Sites in Industrial Philadelphia (Scranton and Licht), 57:4 151
World's Columbian Exposition
McCaffrey File Co., 48:3 49
World War I
Crescent Machine Co. and, 60:4 154–156
German immigrants and, 60:4 154–155
World War II
military axes, 39:2 22, 39:2 23
Roe tape measures, 57:4 133
Southern Railway and, 50:3 80
Stetson Hat posters, 54:1 40
World War II Memorial, Washington, D. C., 58:4 149, 58:4 151
Worley, Parker, 45:4 125
worm (screw thread), 40:3 38
Worman, Joe, 60:4 145
worm gear, 51:2 36–38
Worrell patents, planes, 59:3 121
Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers, 48:2 39
Worshipful Company of Glovers, 53:4 138
Worshipful Company of Horners, 54:3 110–111
"Worshipful Company of Horners, The" (Denning), 54:3 110–113
worsted fabrics, 45:2 38, 45:4 116
worsted yarn, 51:2 35
Worth, Samuel, 51:2 52
Worthen, Thomas, 45:3 76
Worthington, Richard T., 40:4 62–63
Worthington, Thomas, 40:4 62–63
Worthington of Shawnee, 52:3 97
Wostenholme, George, 39:2 31
Wrangel, Herman, 39:3 46
wreathing planes (Kranzhobels), 59:4 162–163
wreaths
bulrush, 45:3 93
making, 46:1 22
wrench braces, 45:1 6
wrenches.
See also monkey wrenches
bending, 39:4 52
beryllium, 53:3 107
bike, 46:1 32
brass, 45:4 122
breech, 41:3 49, 41:3 84
Buckner Manufacturing Co., 45:4 122, 45:4 123, 45:4 127
combination pipe wrench and pipe vise, 43:3 62
combination tools, 43:3 62, 45:4 118
Crescent, 45:1 21
diagonal, 43:2 32
"fitsall," 40:1 2
Four-Square line, Stanley Works, 59:4 155
hammering with, 44:1 11
handles, 51:3 97
hand rail, 44:1 11
Hollandsche Schroefsleutel, 44:1 11
jam, 41:3 49, 42:2 37, 42:2 41, 44:1 11
monkey, 43:2 31, 44:1 11, 45:4 119, 46:1 26, 53:3 107
Newhouse Wolf Trap Wrench, 46:1 22
"Perfect Handle," 51:3 97
pressed steel, 45:4 118–119
scroll, 39:2 29, 39:4 52
sixteenth century, Nürnberg, 54:2 83
spanner, 45:4 122
Tiffany silver, 48:2 46
types of, 43:2 31–32, 43:3 62–63, 44:1 11–12
whatsits, 45:3 85, 45:4 127
Wrentham, Massachusetts
account book, 55:1 27–30
African Americans, 46:2 39–42, 46:4 95–97
Book of Notifications, 46:4 95
location of, 54:1 3–4
"Negro servants" in, 46:2 39
Nicholson, Francis, 48:3 63, 53:1 33–35
planemakers, 46:2 39–42, 46:4 92–93, 54:1 1–8
smallpox, 46:4 96
tax lists, 46:2 42
typhoid fever, 46:4 97
Wrentham group, 45:1 19
"Wrentham" mark, 52:2 77, 54:1 2–4, 54:1 6, 54:1 back cover, 54:1 front cover
"Wrentham Trio," 54:1 1–8
Wright, A., 50:1 16
Wright, Amerman, 42:2 53
Wright, Charles, 45:4 103, 56:3 110, 59:3 109
Wright, Curtis, 52:2 80
Wright, Ellis, 51:3 101
Wright, J. E., 44:2 59
Wright, Medad, 56:1 12, 59:4 141
Wright, Philemon, 40:4 57
Wright, Philip E., 60:2 64
Wright, Prentiss, 59:4 141
Wright, Richard, 52:2 67–68
Wright, Ruth, 56:1 12–13
Wright, Sylvester J., 45:1 6
Wright and McAllister, 44:1 31
Wright Smithy, 40:4 57
Wright Wire Co., 53:3 88
Wrinn, Jim, 50:3 73, 50:3 87
writing implements, 39:2 32A
wrong-sided molding plane irons, 47:4 113–114
wrought iron, 40:4 70, 54:1 21
political banner, 46:1 6
rust removal from, 39:1 12
signs, 44:3 81
wrought iron devices
Wrought Iron Works, 44:3 70
wrought nails, 48:1 25
W series measuring tapes, 54:4 156
Wuesthof, Ed., catalog, 41:3 57
Wunderlin, Dominik, 53:2 83
Wyke, John, 43:4 107, 47:4 105, 55:4 145–148, 58:1 38
Catalog of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers, 53:3 97–101
Wyke, John, catalog, 39:1 6, 39:2 27
Wyke and Green pattern book, 39:1 7
Wyllie, Robin, 45:1 21
Wyllie, Robin H., 56:2 80
Wynkoop, J. F., 56:1 16
Wynn, Cornelius, 44:2 47
Wynn, Jerry, 39:3 52A
Wynn, W. & C., 44:2 47
Wynn, William, 44:2 47
Wynn Timmins Catalog, 56:4 171