Bit, auger
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TWIST/L'HOMMIDEU/SCREW LEAD
- DATE
- 1861
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.1599.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Snell Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Fiskdale, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- brace bit
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- steel (?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.1 cm
- Width
- 1.4 cm
- Height
- 1.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools-Hand
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Snell
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Fiskdale
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Possibly used c. 1860s- late 1940s.
- Canada
-
Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1] - Function
-
Used for cutting into wood. - Technical
-
Single twist pattern patented in 1809 by Erza L'Hommedieu. The single twist or L'Hommidieu pattern was preferred by shipwrights who maintained that it was less likely to become stuck than a double-twist auger. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Following text stamped on bit: "SNELL MFG. CO./ FISKDALE MASS/ U.S.A."
- Missing
- None.
- Finish
- Metal [presumably steel].
- Decoration
- N/A
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Snell Mfg. Co., Bit, auger, after 1861, Artifact no. 2004.1599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1599.001/
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