John G. Wells

Books by John G. Wells

Leonard Bailey and his Woodworking Planes

An Unrecognized Genius of the American Industrial Revolution

New Englander Leonard Baileywas one of the inventive geniuses of theAmerican Industrial Revolution. His designs and patented inventions solvedproblems with woodworking planes that had plagued craftsmen for centuries. Hisplanes allowed woodworkers to transition from the age of wooden carpenter’spl...
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