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What was behind the short form of moulding plane sometimes encountered?

The turn of the millennium saw the publication of two timely little books on screws and the tools to tighten or remove them.

This is a guide to help an inexperienced collector identify trade tools. The word "trade" encompasses a wide range of activities – but for the purposes of this article, trade tools are considered to be implements or devices that augment our dexterity to accomplish a task or to carry out a job.

This account sets down most of what is known on this topic and has been written in the hope of obtaining some useful feedback. Bath stone is a relatively soft oolitic limestone of Jurassic age, Its older name of freestone means it can be freely worked by hand tools; there is no plane of cleavage.

When the spire of Salisbury Cathedral was completed in about 1310 it was the tallest stone structure in Europe and it remained so for a hundred and fifty years. After the demise of Lincoln and Old St. Pauls it was the tallest building in England.