Recognized expert Roger Smith updates this authoritative reference on all patented planes manufactured in America between 1827 and 1927. With 350 photographs and 100 illustrations, the book is a comprehensive resource for biographical material on Hazard Knowles, Leonard Bailey, and other important inventors and manufacturers including Selden Bailey, Leonard Davis, Birdsill Holly, Iver Johnson, Solon and Arthur Rust, Otis Smith, and John Gage. This trusted reference work for identifying and dating the patented planes manufactured in America in its latest edition is a must for collectors, historians, dealers, museum personnel, and all woodworkers interested in the history and development of tools.
