AN ANCIENT IMPLEMENT.
The saw appears to be the earliest tool that has been traced in Egyptian history. It was found first in the form of a notched bronze knife in ibe third dynasty, or about five thousand years before the Christian era, and was followed in the fourth and fifth dynasties by larger-toothed saws, which were used' by carpenters; but there are no dated specimens until the seventh century before the Christian era, when the Assyrians used j ro n saws. The first knives on record were made out of flint, and were, in fact, saws with minute teeth.
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Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 623, 12 April 1921, Page 3
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100AN ANCIENT IMPLEMENT. Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 623, 12 April 1921, Page 3
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