“Formerly, all nails were hand made, by forging on an anvil; and vast quantities are still made in this manner, being preferable, for many kinds of carpenter’s work, to those made by machinery.” —The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888
The Popular Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge (New York: F. M. Lupton, 1888) 277
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