Leonard Bailey (inventor)
{{Short description|American inventor (1825–1905)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Leonard Bailey
| birth_date = May 8, 1825
| birth_place = Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1905|02|05|1825|05|08}}
| death_place = New York City
| occupation = Toolmaker/cabinet Maker
}}
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Leonard Bailey (May 8, 1825 in Hollis, New Hampshire – February 5, 1905 in New York City) was a toolmaker and cabinet maker from Massachusetts, United States, who in the mid-to-late nineteenth century patented several features of woodworking equipment. Most prominent of those patents were the planes manufactured by the Stanley Rule & Level Co. (now Stanley Black & Decker) of New Britain, Connecticut.[http://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/leonard-bailey "Inventor of the Week" archive: Leonard Bailey]
Commonly known as Stanley Bailey planes, these planes were prized by woodworkers of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, and remain popular among today's wood craftspeople. A type study of his patented planes and the rest of the Stanley line may be found at Patrick Leach's "Blood and Gore".Patrick Leach's [http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html Blood and Gore]
Bailey's design ideas are still used by Stanley and other plane manufacturers to this day.
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Category:People from Hollis, New Hampshire
Category:19th-century American inventors
Category:Inventors from New Hampshire
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