{"product_id":"9781931626408","title":"Leonard Bailey and his Woodworking Planes: An Unrecognized Genius of the American Industrial Revolution","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eVan Pernis, Paul; Wells, John G.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAstragal Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eNew Englander Leonard Baileywas one of the inventive geniuses of the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Industrial Revolution. His designs and patented inventions solved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eproblems with woodworking planes that had plagued craftsmen for centuries. His\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eplanes allowed woodworkers to transition from the age of wooden carpenter’s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eplanes to modern, metallic, fully adjustable planes suitable for any kind of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewoodworking. His plane designs are still in use throughout the world and are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eessentially unchanged from the planes he first made in the 1860’s. He deserves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emore credit than he has received among America’s great inventors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book covers the thirty-two-year period in Leonard Bailey’s life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebetween 1852 when he began inventing, making and selling woodworking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etools in Winchester, Massachusetts, through his years at the Stanley Rule \u0026amp; Level\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompany from 1869–1874, and ends in 1884 when he worked in Hartford,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConnecticut, and sold his Victor Tool business to the Stanley Rule \u0026amp; Level Company.","brand":"Astragal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47203441213695,"sku":"9781931626408","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781931626408_s600x595.jpg?v=1781973751","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781931626408","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}