In 1809, L'Hommedieu, a Frenchman, invented an auger with two pods and cutting lips, a central screw and a twisted shank. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
True, the turning-lathe, the axe, the hammer, the chisel, the saw, the auger, the plane, the screw, and cutting and other wood-shaping instruments in simple forms existed in abundance. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Many of these holes are as round and as cleanly cut as if they had been made with an auger. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Formerly augers and similar boring tools had merely a curved sharpened end and a concavity to hold the chips, and the whole tool had to be withdrawn to empty the chips. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.