| Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown | 19-May- |
| Tools |
| Hammer head casting | 123012T2 |
| 6 1/2" long, 1 1/2" wide, 1" face |
| signed "5" |
| This appears to be a half-finished hammer head casting. |
| SubCategor | Machinists' Tools |
| Equal spacing drafting divider | 41617T2 |
| 6 1/8" long, expands from 1 7/16" to 10 3/4" long |
| signed "T. ALTENEDER & SONS PHILA. PA." |
| Theodore Alteneder & Sons worked circa 1850. (DATM 1999) |
| Machinists' level | 5915T3 |
| 6 13/16" long, 1" tall, 5/8" wide |
| signed "G.W. LOTHROP. 1856" (oak leaves) |
| Lothrop is not listed in the DATM (1999) or Directory of Sheffield. A George W. Lothrop, owner |
| of a general store, was married in 1856 in Maryville California and a George W. Lothrop Jr. of |
| Woonsocket, Rhode Island has an 1881 patent on a heddle frame connection for looms. |
| Tap threading wrench | 41617T4 |
| 16 1/2" long, 1 1/8" capacity, 4 1/2" wide |
| signed "E.G. LAMSON" |
| Ebenezer G. Lamson & Co. worked out of Windsor, VT circa 1850-1877 (DATM 1999). |
| Inside/outside calipers | 22411T24 |
| 5" long and 2" wide closed | bio |
| signed "P S STUBS" |
| SubCategor | Measuring Tools |
| Calipered wire gauge | 42012T4 |
| 8 5/16" long, 4" wide |
| signed "PARTRIDGE, MAKER, MARLASTON" |
| This unusual tool was made by George Partridge & Sons of Darlastown, England. They |
| operated circa 1816 to 1950 (http://blackcountryhistory.org/collections/getrecord/GB149_D- |
| SSW_2_GP/). Courtesy of Liberty Tool Co. |
| Level | 101113T1 |
| 28" long, 3 1/4" wide, 1 1/2" high |
| signed "P. QUIGLEY NEWARK NJ" |
| DATM (Nelson 1999, 642) lists Philip Quigley as a maker of levels, marking gauges, and |
| wooden planes. He was born in Ireland in 1824. He started working in Newark, NJ, in 1847. He |
| moved to San Francisco, CA in 1852 and died in 1871. |
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