The Black Arte
From The Chronicle Volume XII, No. 1, March 1959 by Eloise Stedman Meyers When you broil that juicy steak over a charcoal fire in your backyard, have you ever thought what an important part...
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The Bath Tub Hoax
From The Chronicle Vol. 2, No. 5, June 1938 By Joseph E. Sandford [Mr. H.’ L. Mencken, to whom I submitted the following article for his comments, has written me as follows: “So far...
The Secret Joint Hinge
From The Chronicle, Volume 3, No. 1, July 1944 By Rudolf Hommel A close study of old houses in eastern Pennsylvania revealed that up to the period of the Revolutionary War door hinges were...
Manufacture of Tacks, Brads & Sprigs
From The Chronicle, Volume 1, No. 3 March 1934 By Earle T. Goodnow The following information was secured from a letter of May 30th, 1832, written at Abington, Mass., by Benj. Hobart to the...
Early Methods of Grinding Paint
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, Sept. 1965 by Alexander Farnham For our early ancestors, the stone and muller, fig. I, and mortar and pestle were about the only means at hand...
Printing in Colonial America
Excerpted from The Chronicle Vol. VIII, No. 3, July 1955 By Edwin C. Whittemore Printing, in the sense that we think of it today, began back around 14 5; when John Guttenberg used metal...
Wooden Water Pipes
Excerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II, No. 3, January 1938; no author credited Prior to about 1820, pipes for conveying water, both in this country and in England, while sometimes of stone, were usually...
A Collection of American Implements
From The Chronicle, Vol. 1. No. 12, July 1935 by William B. Sprague Author’s note – The publication of the following article in Old Time New England in July, 1933, contributed in such large...
Stanley Model Shop Tools: Stanley No. 87 Cabinet Makers Scraper Plane Prototype
The subject of this piece is a prototype for the Stanley No. 87 cabinet makers scraper plane (Figure 1). It will be described and compared to the production model No. 87 (Figure 2). John...