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George Collings was a carpenter, joiner and author. He is notable for having authored certain key works on the methods and techniques of designing and making situation-specific woodwork.
Still referred to this day, is his book, Circular Work in Carpentry & Joinery, a Practical Treatise on Circular Work of Single and Double Curvature - first published in 1886. A modern edition - ISBN 0-85442-054-1 - with a forward and annotations by Karl Shumaker - was published in 1992 by Stobart Davies Ltd. The original preface of the book gives the author's address as "Dover Road, Upper Walmer, Kent". [1]
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