4 minTechnologyEarly Methods of Grinding PaintExcerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, Sept. 1965 by Alexander Farnham For our early ancestors, the stone and muller, fig. I,...
10 minHistoricalPrinting in Colonial AmericaPRINTER and PRESSMEN as illustrated in the first encyclopedia printed in America, that by Thomas Dobson in Philadelphia in 1798....
4 minHistoricalWooden Water PipesExcerpted from The Chronicle, Vol. II, No. 3, January 1938; no author credited Prior to about 1820, pipes for conveying water, both in...
12 minAgricultureA Collection of American ImplementsFrom The Chronicle, Vol. 1. No. 12, July 1935 by William B. Sprague Author's note – The publication of the following article in Old Time...
6 minCollectingIronsA few irons from the editor's collection (she uses them as bookends). From the The Chronicle Volume XIV, No. 4, December 1961 by...
6 minManufacturingStanley Model Shop Tools: Stanley No. 87 Cabinet Makers Scraper Plane PrototypeThe subject of this piece is a prototype for the Stanley No. 87 cabinet makers scraper plane (Figure 1). It will be described and...