Celebrating Trades, Crafts, and Tools in American History and Their Impact on Our Lives
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XXI no. 2, June 1968 by Robert H. Carlson The purpose of this article is to identify and describe the different types of Spiral Augers and their components. In...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 49, no. 1, March 1996 By Clifford D. Fales The availability of better wood screws and the rise of the factory system in the last quarter of the nineteenth...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, September 2011 by Patty MacLeish This telephone, which weighs 44 pounds, was “picked up” by Jim Sellers last December (Figure 1). There is a Bureau of...
The following is excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 59 no. 3, September 2006 by Suzanne Fellman Jacob It’s cold; the wind drives down the back of your neck. Your hands are ungloved in order...
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 59 no. 4, December 2006 by Joan Unwin Ken Hawley has been collecting tools and related material for more than fifty years, and, in 1998 with help from the...
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XVII no. 3, September 1964 The tin lamps and torches often used for Political Campaigns, were mainly used for religious, industrial and theatrical purposes. The name “torch” is applied...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 63 no. 1, March 2010 by John G. Wells My first encounter with a French metallic plane by Chardoillet occurred in 1983. My wife Janet and I had been...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 31 no. 1, March 1978 by Warren E. Roberts A close examination of any wood screws used is of great importance in attempting to discover the date at which...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 27 no. 1, April 1974 by Doris S. Halsey Before the advent of the assembly line, when time was of lesser importance and fine workmanship was expected and appreciated,...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XIX No. 2, June 1966 Editor’s note: Do not read this article if you’re squeamish. by Mary Earle Gould Villages of the early years commonly had a tannery, a...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. IV no. 4, October 1951 By Harrison Elliott A somewhat simple and ingenious contrivance is the paper mould used in forming each sheet separately by the hand process for...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XII No. 4, December 1959 By Laurence A. Johnson “Though thou shouldest bray ( beat small) a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will his...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 57 no. 4, December 2004 by Louise Muse In 1876, Justus Roe of Patchogue, New York, decided to go into the business of manufacturing steel tape measures. The company...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. X111 no. 4. December, 1960 by Laurence A. Johnson The speed and enthusiasm with which the American public in the late 1860’s took up the use of the self...
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 57 no. 1, September 2004 by Roger K. Smith Jonathan Eastman Minott’s career encompassed most of the nineteenth century, but although the first part of his career was spent...
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