A Museum of Early American Tools

Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486425603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Absorbing book describes, in detail, farm tools and kitchen implements and how they were made. Includes devices used by curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, loggers, tanners, coachmakers, and other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. An informal, expressively written book for cultural historians, woodcrafters, and Americana enthusiasts. 184 black-and-white illustrations.

Diary of an Early American Boy 1805

Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486463044
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Excerpts from a teenager's diary interspersed with the author's comments and illustrations depict the lifestyle and crafts of rural New England.

American Barns and Covered Bridges

Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486425614
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
This lovingly written book presents reliable records of such vanishing forms of architecture as the American barn and covered bridge. Delightful anecdotes accompany accurate line drawings of barns attached to houses, an "open" log barn in Virginia, a "top hat" barn in North Carolina, and more. Over 75 black-and-white illustrations.

Dictionary of American Hand Tools

Author: Alvin Sellens
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764315923
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
Here is the greatest assembly of hand tools ever assembled. It is a fascinating chronicle of nearly every tool ever used in North America, including ancient tools used by Native Americans; trade tools used to create coaches, pianos, ships, and saddles; tools for harvesting farm goods, turpentine, and ice; and tools for fine trades such as bookbinding and watch repair. The tools are organized according to profession, from Beekeeper to Wheelwright, and will fascinate todays practitioners of these trades and hobbies. This comprehensive volume includes more than 4,500 images from catalog illustrations, trade literature, and hand drawings. Descriptions provide dimensions and applications. This is a must have for the tool collector and antique dealer, as well as anyone fascinated by the means of production.

A Museum of Early American Tools

Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486463036
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
This delightful evocation of simpler times and the tools that built America has always held a special place in the hearts of lovers of Americana and Yankee ingenuity. Now available in a handsome hardcover gift edition, this engaging, informative book features 184 of the author's inimitable drawings.

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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description

Woodworking Tools 1600-1900

Author: Peter C. Welsh
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736411154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
This history of woodworking hand tools from the 17th to the 20th century is one of a very gradual evolution of tools through generations of craftsmen. As a result, the sources of changes in design are almost impossible to ascertain. Published sources, moreover, have been concerned primarily with the object shaped by the tool rather than the tool itself. The resulting scarcity of information is somewhat compensated for by collections in museums and restorations. In this paper, the author spans three centuries in discussing the specialization, configuration, and change of woodworking tools in the United States.

Eric Sloane's America

Author: Michael Wigley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048646525X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
Eric Sloane's evocative oils of America's landscape and material culture shimmer with immense historical and nostalgic appeal. This original hardcover collection gathers nearly a hundred of his finest paintings, with subjects ranging from New England to the American Southwest.

Early American Technology

Author: Judith A. McGaw
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807839981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495

Book Description
This collection of original essays documents technology's centrality to the history of early America. Unlike much previous scholarship, this volume emphasizes the quotidian rather than the exceptional: the farm household seeking to preserve food or acquire tools, the surveyor balancing economic and technical considerations while laying out a turnpike, the woman of child-bearing age employing herbal contraceptives, and the neighbors of a polluted urban stream debating issues of property, odor, and health. These cases and others drawn from brewing, mining, farming, and woodworking enable the authors to address recent historiographic concerns, including the environmental aspects of technological change and the gendered nature of technical knowledge. Brooke Hindle's classic 1966 essay on early American technology is also reprinted, and his view of the field is reassessed. A bibliographical essay and summary of Hindle's bibliographic findings conclude the volume. The contributors are Judith A. McGaw, Robert C. Post, Susan E. Klepp, Michal McMahon, Patrick W. O'Bannon, Sarah F. McMahon, Donald C. Jackson, Robert B. Gordon, Carolyn C. Cooper, and Nina E. Lerman.

Southwestern Colonial Ironwork

Author: Marc Simmons
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 9780865346017
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
A survey of the full range of ornamental and utilitarian ironwork used and made by Spanish colonial people in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.