The Disston Lumberman's Handbook: A Practical Book of

The Disston Lumberman's Handbook: A Practical Book of Information on the Construction and Care of Saws (Classic Reprint)

As far as can be learned the first saws of any kind manufactured in the United States were made by Wilham Rowland, who started in business in Philadelphia in 1806. In 1823 A aron Nichols opened a small plant in Philadelphia, and in 1828 or 1829 a firm inN ew York City took up the making of circular saws fromE nglish steel. These vere probably the first circular saws made in this country. Noah Worrel began, inN ew York, about 1835, to make trowels and small circular saws. A bout 1833 William Charles Johnson commenced the manufacture of saws in Philadelphia and it was with this concern that Henry Disston learned his trade. In 1840 the firm of William Charles Johnson failed and Henry Disston accepted from them some tools, steel, and such material as he could get in the saw manufacturing line on account of wages due him and began the manufacture of saws in his own name. After this there were several small industries started, such as Jonathan Paul in 1840, J. Bringhurst in 1842, James Turner in 1843 and Walter Cresson in 1845. These latter were each in turn bought out by Henry Disston. Previous to 1855 all the crucible steel used in this country in the manufacture of saws was brought fromE ngland. In that year, Henry Disston built and operated the first successful crucible-steel melting plant for saw steel in the United States. The crucible steel so made by Henry Disston was hauled from the works to a mill some 5or 6miles away and there, under his guidance, was rolled into sheets and taken back to theD isston Works to be made into saws. After making steel in this way for several years, Henry Disston built a rolling mill and from then on used his own make of steel for manufacturing saws.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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ReleaseDate 2012-05-20

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Forgotten Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2012-05-20

The Disston Lumberman's Handbook: A Practical Book of Information on the Construction and Care of Saws (Classic Reprint)

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