On Heating a Bake Oven
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II, no. 1, January 1954 The following passage is taken from Chapter 5, Article 3 of Le Parfait Boulanger (The Perfect Baker), by M. Parmentier, Paris, I778, and has...
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Saw Hammers
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XIX, no. 2, June 1966 By R.D. Morris The four hammers in fig. 1 are saw hammers and are often mistaken for file maker’s hammers. These, as well as...
Paper Barrels
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. X no. 1, March 1957 by Laurence A. Johnson The pictures used in this article are from Mr. W. H. Murphy’s catalogue, entitled “CATALOGUE containing cuts of the Special...
The Humble Hod
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II No. 14, June 1940 By Joseph E. Sandford About two thousand two hundred years ago, the Greek comic poet Diphilus wrote a comedy called The Brick-Carrier. Only two...
Clams, Pearls, and Button Cutting Tools
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. XXIII, No. 3, September 1970 By Barbara Tucker, Grace Mary Ederer, and Coral Draxten The real romance and excitement of the big pearl hunting days on the Mississippi River...
Tin Plate and the Tinker
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 4 No. 2, April 1951 by Gillian W.B. Bailey Although the manufacture of tin plate had -long been a monopoly of Bohemia, about 1620 the industry spread to Saxony...
Burning Brands or Marking Irons
Excerpted from the The Chronicle Vol. 31 No. 3, September 1978 by John R. Grabb Methinks the realms of England, France and Ireland Bear that proportion to my flesh and blood As did the...
The Staff of Life in Colonial America
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. 39 No.1, March 1986 by Charity Gedney Charity Gedney has been deeply involved as a volunteer worker in various collectors’ societies for many years. She says she deplores the...
Cider Making in the 1870s
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. 29 No. 2, June, 1976 By Daniel B. Reibel Apples were a favorite fruit of American farms. The trees would grow anywhere and they did not require a great...
The Forming Machine: How the manufacturing of hats went from 6 to 600 per day
Excerpted from The Chronicle Volume 51, No 2, June 1998 by Debbie Henderson, Ph.D. The felting process is thousands of years old. Felt has been used for shelters, blankets, shoes, and fabric for...