Chapter X: Part I

History of the Saw.—Saws of the Greeks.—Invention of the First
Saws.—Egyptian Bronze Saws in the British Museum.—Antiquity of
Saws.—Mention of Saws in Holy Writ.—Saws of the Stone Age.—Saws
of the South-sea Islanders.—Saws for Cutting Stone.—Japanese
Saws.—Different Varieties of Saws.—Manner of Using Saws by the
Ancients.—Assyrian Saws.—Invention of Circular and Band-Saws.—First
Circular-Saws in America.