Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1897 — As to the Saw. [ARTICLE]

As to the Saw.

Perhaps no tool In common use haa a tnora intereating history than the saw. Saws here been discovered In Norway and Denmark which belonged to the bronze age. The metal of which they were composed was cast into a thin shaft and serrated by breaking the edge. Equally interesting discoveries have been made in America. It has been found that the saws made of obsidian—a kind of lava produced by volcanoes— were used during the stone age In Mexico.