Phone ; Fax 02 ; Website: Footprint. This book focuses on the measuring tools used by tradesmen and professionals in their everyday work, on the trades in which specific tools were used and how these tools were made and by whom. The intention is that the information contained here will be of use to collectors and researchers by explaining how the measuring devices were used and by placing them in a trade and social context.
It concentrates on those measuring items likely to be found and collected today Some are included because they are regularly encountered; others because they reflect important historical trends or developments. Still others pose intriguing intellectual challenges. Finally, many are simply attractive objects. Special features include illustrated appendixes, a checklist of rule makers and dealers, a full index, and separate index of names. Descriptions, illustrations and interesting information on 80 different categories of tools.
The tools are carefully described and their use discussed. Perhaps the most valuable parts of the Gabriel legacy are the two inventories of his stock that have survived. Goodman in , the edition has been enlarged and revised by Mark and Jane Rees. The book starts out with pages about the history of planemaking in the U. It also follows up the list with nine appendixes covering a variety of related subjects.
Although the maker list is the part of primary interest to most buyers, this additional information provides an informative and interesting bonus. The marks provided in the maker list segment are smoke prints which have had little or no retouching.
Accordingly, some are blurrier and harder to distinguish details in than the extensively retouched marks in the Pollak book.
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