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, Cutler and Co., Castle Hill Works, Sheffield [in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London]; and _Illustrated Supplement to the Catalogue of Bench Planes_, Arrowmammett Works (Middletown, Conn., 1857) [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

[7] York County Records, Virginia Deeds, Orders, and Wills, no. 13 (1706-1710), p. 248; and the inventory of Amasa Thompson in LAWRENCE B. ROMAINE, "A Yankee Carpenter and His Tools," _The Chronicle_ of the Early American Industries Association (July 1953), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 33-34.

[8] _Reports by the Juries: Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851_ (London, 1852), p. 485.

[9] U.S. patent specifications cited in this paragraph may be found at the U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.

[10] In 1865 George Parr in his application for an improved screwdriver stated categorically that the scalloped blade served no purpose other than decoration. See U.S. patent 45,854, dated January 10, 1865.

[11] Francis A. Walker, ed., _United States Centennial Commission, International Exhibition, 1876, Reports and Awards, Group XV_ (Philadelphia, 1877), p. 5.

[12] Ibid., p. 6.

[13] Ibid., pp. 9-10.

[14] Ibid., pp. 11-12.

[15] Ibid., pp. 14, 44, 5.

[16] Ibid., p. 13.

[17] Restored patent 4,859X, August 24, 1827, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

[18] U.S. pat. 16,889, U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C. The numbered specifications that follow may be found in the same place.

[19] Walker, ed., _Reports and Awards_, group 15, p. 13.

[20] Ibid.

[21] _Tools_ (Boston, 1884), p. 54 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

[22] _Tools and Supplies_ (June 1900), no. 85 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

[23] Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), p. 14.

[24] _Tools for All Trades_ (New York, 1896), item 75 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

[25] See _Baldwin, Robbins & Co.: Illustrated Catalogue_ (Boston, 1894), pp. 954, 993 [in the Smithsonian Institution Library].

[26] Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), p. 14.

[27] _Tools and Supplies_, op. cit. (footnote 22).

[28] _Mechanick Exercise_ ..., p. 62.

[29] Ibid., p. 95.

[30] Walker, op. cit. (footnote 19), pp. 31-49.

[31] _Mechanick Exercises_ ..., p. 94.

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