The Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1713 - 1930

Volume 8

The Classic Period of American Toolmaking 1713 - 1930
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Table of Contents (duplicated in above .pdf -- open the file to navigate)

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2
History Recapitulated............................................................................................................................ 5
English Traditions; American Resources .............................................................................................. 9
The Early Toolmakers ......................................................................................................................... 13
The Prevailing Viewpoint ................................................................................................................... 18
The Iconography of Tools ................................................................................................................... 26
The Toolmaking Clans of New England 1652-1930 .......................................................................... 31
The Pattern Books: Smith and Timmins ............................................................................................. 35
A Lost Chapter in Ferrous Metallurgy ................................................................................................ 45
England versus America: Resources, Markets, and Ideology ............................................................. 48
The Reinvention of Malleable Cast Iron ............................................................................................. 54
Roots of the American Factory System .............................................................................................. 57
The American Factory System............................................................................................................ 59
Steelmaking Reconsidered .................................................................................................................. 65
The End of the Wooden Age .............................................................................................................. 72
Technological Overlap: Hand-forged or Drop-forged? ...................................................................... 74
The Search for American Steelmakers ............................................................................................... 76
The Significance of Alloy Tool Steels ................................................................................................ 79
The Classic Period of American Machinists’ Tools ........................................................................... 82
The Final Years ................................................................................................................................... 85
Appendix A. Time Line ...................................................................................................................... 88
Appendix B. Definitions: Types of Iron and Steel ............................................................................. 91
Appendix C. 18th and 19th Century American Toolmaker Company Files ......................................... 95
Appendix D. Unidentified Toolmakers in the Davistown Museum Collection ................................ 217
Annotated Bibliographies ................................................................................................................. 226
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 226
The Industrial Revolution in America ........................................................................ 228
U. S. and New England Toolmakers ........................................................................... 257
Tools of the Trades ..................................................................................................... 276
Collector’s Guides, Handbooks, and Dictionaries ...................................................... 334
Tool Catalogs .............................................................................................................. 345
Tool Journals, Newsletters, and Auction Listings ...................................................... 361
Index ............................................................................................................................... 369
Appendices
18th and 19th Century Toolmaker Information Files
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Citations and Annotations from Hunter's Waterpower
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Yankee Plough Planes
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Katahdin Iron Works: Blast Furnaces, Charcoal Kilns, Lime Kilns
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Axes
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Joiners
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Saws
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Annotated Bibliographies
Introduction
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The Industrial Revolution in America
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US and New England Toolmakers
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Tools of the Trades
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Collector's Guides, Handbooks and Dictionaries
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