File:History of Inventions USNM 13 European Ax.png
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English: No. 1. stone as or hatchet, earliest and simplest form of cutting implement known to have been made by man. Nodule of flint roughly flaked. France. Thennes 99,440
No. 2. Stone ax or hatchet of flint, shaped by chipping. Sweden 137,521 No. 3. Stone ax or hatchet of flint, shaped by chipping and finished by grinding. Sweden 136,743 No. 4. Stone ax or hatchet of nonchippable material, pecked into form and then ground 15,868 No. 5. Stone ax or hatchet ; nonchippable material, pecked into form ; ground and polished ; poll roughened for insertion in wooden handle. Switzerland 100,614 No. 6. Stone ax or hatchet ; serpentine ; ground ; fitted in staghorn socket for insertion in wooden handle. Switzerland 100,.554 No. 7. Bronze ax or hatchet; cast; flat blade pointed above for insertion in wooden handle. France 136,700 No. 8. Bronze ax or hatchet; cast; blade flat with raised edges, to be inserted in handle 148,628 No. 9. Bronze ax or hatchet ; cast ; wings and stop to aid in fixing handle 101,101 No. 10. Bronze ax or hatchet ; cast ; wide wings at sides and hood at upper end for attaching handle 101,172 No. 11. Bronze ax or hatchet ; cast ; socketed for insertion of handle ; ring at side to aid in fixing handle 101,110 No. 12. Stone ax or hatchet, pecked into form and then ground ; drilled for insertion of handle Sweden 101.046 No. 13. Stone ax or hatchet, pecked into form and ground ; drilled for insertion of handle 137,138 No. 14. Modern iron ax ; curved poll ; used for timbering. Fusan, Korea, 129,495 No. 15. Modern chopping ax ; iron and steel ; in common use in United States. No. 16. Wood-splitting ax ; operated by steam power. |
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| Source | Walter Hough (1922). Synoptic series of objects in the United States National Museum illustrating the history of inventions. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60 (2404). 1-47, 56 pl. |
| Author | United States National Museum (Smithsonian Institution), Washington D.C. |
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