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* = In hand and used in the production of this sample catalogue. * 1979.....Plateau/Crist Equipment * 1978.....McMaster-Carr Supply * 1973.....Mill & Mine Supply * 1968.....Marshall Newell Supply * 1941.....Brown & Sharp * 1938.....L.S.Starrett * 1925.....Sandusky Tool Co. 1922.....Sargent Tools 1922.....AF Brombacher 1921.....Collins & Co * 1915.....Millers Falls Tools * 1914.....Chapin-Stephens 1912.....L.& I.J. White * 1911.....James Swan Co. 1910.....Sargent Tools 1909.....Peck, Stow & Wilcox (tinsmithing tools) * 1909.....Preston 1900.....Berger Handbook of Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments of Precision 1899.....Russell Jennings Mfg. Co. * 1898.....Stanley Tools 1896.....Britannia Co. 1895.....L.S.Starrett * 1895.....Chas. Strelinger & Co., Detroit 1894.....Sargent Tools 1892.....Rabone Rules and Levels * 1890.....Buck Brothers * 1888.....Stanley Tools 1888.....Lufkin Rule Co. 1887.....Oldham * 1887.....Millers Falls * 1879.....Stanley Tools * 1877.....Sandusky Tool Co. * 1873.....D.R.Barton & Co. * 1872.....Greenfield Tool Co. * 1870-1...Stanley Tools * 1869.....Auburn Tool Co. * 1867.....Stanley Tools * 1865.....Russel & Erwin Mfg. Co. 1860.....Belcher Brothers * 1855.....Stanley Tools * 1845.....R.Timmins & Sons 1838.....W.H. Carr
* 1933.....George P. Pilling & Son Company. Instruments and apparatus for surgeons and hospitals. 1932-3 ed. Philadelphia, 1932. * 1921.....Kay-Scheerer Corporation. Illustrations of surgical instruments of superior quality manufactured by Kay-Scheerer Corporation of America. 22nd ed. N.Y., 1921. TAUBMAN 617.9 K74i 1921 * 1914.....Collin & Cie. [Catalogue général illustrés d'instruments de chirurgie. Paris, 1914. TAUBMAN 617.9 C699c * c1900.....John Weiss and Son. Catalogue of instruments for operations on the bladder, kidney, urethra, etc., and rectum. Manufactured by John Weiss & Son, Ltd. London, [1900?]. TAUB 617.9 W431. * 1899.....Truax, Charles. The Mechanics of Surgery, comprising detailed descriptions, illustrations, and lists of the instruments, appliances, and furniture necessary in modern surgical art. Chicago: Hammond Press, 1899. * 1889.....Sharp & Smith. Catalogue of Sharp & Smith, importers, manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in surgical instruments, deformity apparatus..., etc. Chicago, 1889. TAUB 617.9 S532c 1889 * 1889.....George Tiemann & Co. The American armamentarium chirurgicum. Centennial edition. N.Y.: C.H. Ludwig, 1889; rpt. San Francisco: Norman Publishing; Boston: The Printer's Devil, 1989. * 1879.....George Tiemann & Co. The American armamentarium chirurgicum: illustrations of modern surgical instruments and appliances. New York, 1879. For additional catalogues, see Black (1996) and Davis (1986) below.
* 1922.....Montgomery Ward * 1897.....Sears Roebuck
* Bennion, Elisabeth. Antique Medical Instruments. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet; Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1979. DENT (at BUHR) R856 B421 * __________. Antique Dental Instruments. London: Sotheby's Publications, 1986. DENT RK 681 .B47x 1986 Bishop, J. Leander. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860. 3d ed. 3 vols. 1868 (rpt. 1967) [on order] [Black, Lois.] [Catalogue of Medical Trade Catalogues.] N.Y.: The New York Academy of Medicine Library, 1996. * Brigden, Roy. Agricultural Hand Tools. Shire Album 100. Princes Risborough: Shire, c1983; rpt. 1995. * Cope, Kenneth L. Makers of American Machinist's Tools: A Historical Directory of Makers and their Tools. Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press, 1994. NOT AT U/M * Cope, Kenneth L. American Machinist's Tools: An illustrated directory of patents. Mendham, NJ: Astragal Press, 1993. NOT AT U/M * Daumas, Maurice. Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Trans. Mary Holbrook. London: Portman, 1989. First English ed., 1972. Q185 D243 1989 Davis, Audrey B. The Finest Instruments Ever Made: a Bibliography of Medical, Dental, Optical, and Pharmaceutical Company Trade Literature, 1700-1939. Arlington, Mass.: Medical History Publishing Associates, c1986. DENT or TAUB Z 7164 M43 D3811 1986 __________. Medicine and its Technology: An introduction to the history of medical instrumentation. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1981. * Dupont, Jean-Claude. L'artisan forgeron. Quebec: Les presses de l'universite Laval, 1979. TT 220 D861 * Fredgant, Don. Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Collectibles. Florence, Alabama: Books Americana, 1981. DENT R 856.48 .F741 1981 * Fussell, G.E. The Farmer's Tools: A History of British Farm Implements, Tools, and Machinery Before the Tractor Came, From A.D. 1500-1900. London: Andrew Melrose, 1952. BUHR S 675 .F98 * Goodman, W.L. The History of Woodworking Tools. NY: McKay; London: G. Bell, 1964. TT 180 G65 * Hambly, Maya. Drawing Instruments, 1580-1980. London: Sotheby's, 1980. * Handtools of Arts and Crafts. London, 1981 ART & ARCH TT 153.7 H24 * Heggs, Francis Michell, and H. G. Radcliffe Drew. The Instruments of surgery. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1963. * Hindle, Brooke, ed. America's Wooden Age: Aspects of its Early Technology. Tarrytown: Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975. * Howe, James Virgil. The Modern Gunsmith. Rev. ed. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1941. 2 vols. * Hummel, Charles. With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York. Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1968. ART & ARCH LOCAL STORAGE TJ 1195.H92 Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office. 1880- Index Medicus. N.Y.: F. Leypoldt, 1879- Kauffman, Henry J. American Axes. Brattleboro: Stephen Greene Press, 1972. NOT AT U/M Kean, Herbert P. and Emil S. Pollak. Collecting Antique Tools. NOT AT U/M __________. A Price Guide to Antique Tools. NOT AT U/M * Kababian, P.B. American Woodworking Tools. Greenwich: NY Graphic Society, 1978. A&A LOCAL STORAGE TT186.K41 * Kilby, Kenneth. The Cooper and his trade. London: John Baker, 1971. Medical Device Register. Greenwich, Conn.: DSI, 1993- Mercer, Henry Chapman. Ancient Carpenters' Tools. Bucks County Historical Society, 1929. 5th ed., Horizon Press, 1975. NOT AT U/M Miller, Genevieve, ed. Bibliography of the history of medicine of the United States and Canada, 1839-1960. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1964. Pearson, Ronald W. The American Patented Brace 1829-1924: An illustrated directory of patents. NOT AT U/M * Peterson, Charles E., ed. Building Early America. Art& Arch Local Storage TH 23 B93 * Pollak, Emil and Martyl Pollak. Selections from The Chronicle: The Fascinating World of Early Tools and Trades. Mendham, N.J., 1991. Roberts, Kenneth D. and Jane W. Roberts. Planemakers and other edged tool enterprises in New York State in the nineteenth century. Cooperstown: NYSHA, 1971. Roberts, Kenneth D. Wooden Planes in 19th-Century America. Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts, 1975. * Rose, Walter. The Village Carpenter. ART & ARCH LOCAL STORAGE TH 5607.R8 Rutkow, Ira M. The history of surgery in the United States, 1775-1900. 2 vols. San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1988. Salaman, R.A. Dictionary of Tools of Woodworking and Kindred Trades. NY: Scribner, 1975. U/M copy missing. ?Same as Dictionary of Woodworking Tools, 1990 ____________. Dictionary of Leatherworking Tools. * Scott-Scott, Michael. Drawing Instruments. Shire Album 180. Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1986. Sellens, Alvin. Woodworking Planes. Alvin Sellens, 1978. * Sloane, Eric. A Museum of Early American Tools. NY: Wilfrid Funk, 1964. * Sturt, George. The Wheelwright's Shop. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1963.* * Tabanelli, Mario. Tecniche e strumenti chirurgici del xiii et xiv secolo. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1973. Biblioteca della 'Rivista di storia delle scienze mediche e naturali,' v. 18. BUHR RD 21 D13 * Thompson, C.J.S. The History and Evolution of Surgical Instruments. NY: Schuman's, 1942. DENT RK 681 .T46 * Turner, Anthony. Early Scientific Instruments: Europe, 1400- 1800. London: Sotheby's, 1987. Q 185 T86511 1987 * Underhill, Roy. The Woodwright's Shop: A practical guide to traditional woodcraft. Chapel Hill: U of NC Press, 1981. * __________. The Woodwright's Companion: Exploring Traditional Woodcraft. Chapel Hill, 1983. ART & ARCH TT 180 U4671 1983 * Viires, Ants. Woodworking in Estonia: Historical survey. Transl. from Estonian [by] E.R. Kirjastus. Jerusalem: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1969. * Watson, Aldren. Hand Tools: Their Ways and Workings. NY: Norton, 1982. * Webber, Ronald. The Village Blacksmith. South Brunswick: Great Albion Books, 1971. TT220 W37 1972 Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Subject Catalogue of the History of Medicine and Related Sciences. Kraus International, 1980- Whelan, John M. The Wooden Plane: Its history, form, and function. Not at U/M Wilbur, C. Keith. Antique Medical Instruments. West Chester, Penn.: Schiffer, 1987.
Basing, Patricia. Crafts and trades in Medieval manuscripts. London: British Library, 1990. FA//ND 3336 B371 1990--BUT NOT ON SHELF! * Campbell, J. Menzies. Catalogue of the Menzies Campbell Collection of Dental Instruments, Pictures, Appliances, Ornaments, etc. Edinburgh: Royal College of Surgeons, 1966. DENT RK 686 .R88 * Dammann, Gordon. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Civil War Medical Instruments and Equipment. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories, 1983. DENT R 856 .A5 D361 1984 * Davis, Aubrey B. The Dentist and his Tools. In the Smithsonian. [Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution,] 1970? DENT RK 681 .D26 1970 * Early American Tools. Photographs by Hans Namuth; Text by Marshall Davidson. Olivetti Corporation of America, 1975. * Edmunson, James M. Nineteenth-century surgical instruments: A catalogue of the Gustav Weber Collection at the Howard Dittrick Museum of Historical Medicine. 1986 TAUBMAN RD71 G8711 1986 * Gaynor, James M. and Nancy L. Hagedorn. Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-century America. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1993. NOT AT U/M Hansen, James L., et. al. The Billings microscope collection of the Medical Museum Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1974. * Historical Center for the Health Sciences. URL:http://www.sils.umich.edu/HCHS/ * Instruments of Change: New Hampshire Hand Tools and their makers, 1800-1900. Exhibition held at the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1984-5. Written by James L. and Donna Belle Garvin. New Hampshire Historical Society, 1985. GRAD TJ 1200 .G331 1985 * Minow, Helmut, ed. Historische Vermessungsinstrumente: ein Verzeichnis der Sammlungen in Europa. Wiesbaden: Chmielorz, 1982. * The OHIOLINK on-line catalogue. URL: telnet:/cat.ohiolink.edu The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton. NOT AT U/M * Wildung, Frank H. Woodworking Tools at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum, 1957. Art&Arch TH 5618 S54 1957
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AACR2r MeSH LCSH Art and Architecture Thesaurus Controlled vocabularies constituted by indexes and arrangement of many of the works cited above. Most comprehensive: McMaster-Carr.
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