Object number
60/167/2
Description
A screw or spiral auger is tool used to bore long deep holes. Donated to the Museum by the Town Clerk of Reading.
An auger is a boring tool used in a variety of woodworking trades, such as carpentry, wheelwrighting and ship-building, to bore long deep holes. It consists of an iron shank with a T-shaped handle at one end and a boring device at the other. This is one of seven ‘screw augers’ or ‘spiral’ augers of various sizes donated to the Museum by the Town Clerk of Reading.
Physical description
1 auger: metal
Archival history
It is not clear which negatives related to which of the augers 60/167/1-7.
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4891.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4892.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_4924.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5657.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5641.tif - High resolution image
