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John H. Gage was a machinist and manufacturer of machine tools in Nashua. He subsequently formed a partnership with David A. G. Warner and George H. Whitney, as [[Gage, Warner and Whitney]]. | John H. Gage was a machinist and manufacturer of machine tools in Nashua. He subsequently formed a partnership with David A. G. Warner and George H. Whitney, as [[Gage, Warner and Whitney]]. | ||
A ''J. H. Gage'' metal planing machine is preserved at the Smithsonian. Photos and description [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_845574 here]. The Smithsonian date it at c.1837, but Robert B. Gordon, in a masterly analysis of the machine, put the date between 1845 and 1851<ref>'Machine Archeology: The John Gage Planer', IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1991), pp. 3-14 </ref> | A ''J. H. Gage'' metal planing machine is preserved at the Smithsonian. Photos and description [http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_845574 here]. The Smithsonian date it at c.1837, but Robert B. Gordon, in a masterly analysis of the machine, put the date between 1845 and 1851<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/40968857?seq=12#metadata_info_tab_contents] 'Machine Archeology: The John Gage Planer', IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1991), pp. 3-14 </ref> | ||
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of Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
Machine tool maker.
Born 25 September 1815, New Hampshire.
Died 23 October 1862.[1]
John H. Gage was a machinist and manufacturer of machine tools in Nashua. He subsequently formed a partnership with David A. G. Warner and George H. Whitney, as Gage, Warner and Whitney.
A J. H. Gage metal planing machine is preserved at the Smithsonian. Photos and description here. The Smithsonian date it at c.1837, but Robert B. Gordon, in a masterly analysis of the machine, put the date between 1845 and 1851[2]