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[[Image:JD_DS01.jpg|thumb|Darling & Schwartz sliding caliper gauge]] | [[Image:JD_DS01.jpg|thumb|Darling & Schwartz sliding caliper gauge]] | ||
[[Image:JD_DS02.jpg|thumb|Detail showing high standard of workmanship]] | [[Image:JD_DS02.jpg|thumb|Detail showing high standard of workmanship]] | ||
[[Image:JD_DS01a.jpg|thumb|Discrete marking on caliper gauge, and a less discrete pin head]] | |||
Darling & Schwartz of Bangor, Maine, USA | Darling & Schwartz of Bangor, Maine, USA | ||
* Makers of high quality tools. Typically, their tools were stamped '''D. & S.''' | * Makers of high quality tools. Typically, their tools were etched or stamped '''D. & S.''' | ||
* In 1852 Samuel Darling invented a graduating engine and began the manufacture of rules and squares at Bangor. His first partner was Edward H Bailey, but after a year he formed a new partnership with Michael Schwartz, a saw maker and hardware dealer of Bangor. In 1866 they formed a partnership with competitors [[Brown and Sharpe]]. The partnership continued as Darling, Brown & Sharpe until 1892, when Darling's interest was bought out <ref>'English & American Tool Builders' by Joseph Wickham Rowe </ref> | * In 1852 Samuel Darling invented a graduating engine and began the manufacture of rules and squares at Bangor. His first partner was Edward H Bailey, but after a year he formed a new partnership with Michael Schwartz, a saw maker and hardware dealer of Bangor. In 1866 they formed a partnership with competitors [[Brown and Sharpe]]. The partnership continued as Darling, Brown & Sharpe until 1892, when Darling's interest was bought out <ref>'English & American Tool Builders' by Joseph Wickham Rowe </ref> | ||
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Darling & Schwartz of Bangor, Maine, USA
- Makers of high quality tools. Typically, their tools were etched or stamped D. & S.
- In 1852 Samuel Darling invented a graduating engine and began the manufacture of rules and squares at Bangor. His first partner was Edward H Bailey, but after a year he formed a new partnership with Michael Schwartz, a saw maker and hardware dealer of Bangor. In 1866 they formed a partnership with competitors Brown and Sharpe. The partnership continued as Darling, Brown & Sharpe until 1892, when Darling's interest was bought out [1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'English & American Tool Builders' by Joseph Wickham Rowe