(THE REPORTER) — From hand planes to winding sticks, the tools of the 19th century woodworker fill the workshop of Westfield furnituremaker Roy Adams. Last Tuesday evening, Feb. 18, Adams brought out ...
A simple 19 th Century tool is still useful to ocean scientists in the age of satellites, new research shows. A Secchi disk – historically called a “dinner plate” by sailors – is used in the open ...