PART I.

History of the Saw.—Saws of the Greeks.—Invention of the First Saws.—Egyptian Bronze Saws in the British Museum.—Antiquity of Saws.—Mention of Saws in Holy Writ.—Saws of the Stone Age.—Saws of the South-sea Islanders.—Saws for Cutting Stone.—Japanese Saws.—Different Varieties of Saws.—Manner of Using Saws by the Ancients.—Assyrian Saws.—Invention of Circular and Band-Saws.—First Circular-Saws in America.