Clapboard saw (c1850), invented by Robert Eastman & Josiah Jaquith in 1820, changed production of building cladding from splitting trees with an ax to rip-cutting logs held on a radial axis in Maine State Museum. Augusta, ME.

Clapboard saw (c1850), invented by Robert Eastman & Josiah Jaquith in 1820, changed production of building cladding from splitting trees with an ax to rip-cutting logs held on a radial axis in Maine State Museum. Augusta, ME.
Photo by Jim Steinhart © 2011, all rights reserved. (Ref: MEA332)

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