Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . CHAPTER n. Fig. I. Common Nails.(Half Size.) piate-naiia. % _j TTTHE nails commonly used in connection A with building operations are too well-known to require any description. Theyare specifically designated as to within a comparatively short time,nails were made by hand almost entire-ly by women and children, and it is oneof the best arguments in favor of the in-troduction of machinery that the processby which nail-making has been perfectedhas released a vast multitude from the labo-rious and
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . CHAPTER n. Fig. I. Common Nails.(Half Size.) piate-naiia. % _j TTTHE nails commonly used in connection A with building operations are too well-known to require any description. Theyare specifically designated as to within a comparatively short time,nails were made by hand almost entire-ly by women and children, and it is oneof the best arguments in favor of the in-troduction of machinery that the processby which nail-making has been perfectedhas released a vast multitude from the labo-rious and wearing occupation, besides giv-ing a great deal better results. The application of machineryto the manufacture of nails is purely an American idea and sorecent have been the innovations in connection with this indus-try that we imagine -many people would be surprised to knowthe changes which have been made both in the form and inthe, character of the ordinary nails, during the past is only about fifteen years since iron nails were annealed, orcapable of clinching without rupt
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