1850 RI Products of Industry & Manufacturing
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This entry
is of interest for several reasons. Unlike many other planemakers, Manchester
appeared to be making planes full time up until his premature death in
1858 at age 39. So here we have a planemaker at his prime, working alone
by hand, and producing 730 planes per year. The average cost of the irons
are twenty-five cents, and the average price of the finished planes are
$1.65. Of course this is only true if the figures given above are accurate.
It's also interesting that the
amount of boxwood purchased is half the amount of beech. much more than
would have been required for boxing purposes alone. Manchester must have
used boxwood for many of his planes. |
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