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CROSS PEEN HAND HAMMER [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
  • Metal Forging
DEF

... a mass of iron square or octagonal in cross section, punched in the middle to receive a hickory or ash handle, with a flat face on one end and a wedge perpendicular to the handle on the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)
  • Forgeage
DEF

Marteau à tête en ligne transversale au manche; il allonge le métal sans l'élargir.

CONT

Les marteaux de devant, ou ceux qui sont placés à la forge devant l'enclume, sont aussi de deux sortes, à panne & à traverse, & ont vingt-huit à vingt-neuf lignes en quarré par la tête, sur six à sept pouces de long. Ils sont tous émmanchés de bois de cornouiller de deux piés & demi de long environ. [...] le marteau à traverse a sa panne perpendiculaire au manche.

Spanish

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