This new shape rapidly became the standard form of the tool with later variations chiefly related to the adjustability of the plane-iron and sole.
"Woodworking Tools 1600-1900"
Peter C. Welsh
No doubt it looks, at first, as if something were gained by this alteration; for, as I have just pointed out, the word "fishes" can be used in two senses, one of which has a deceptive appearance of adjustability to the "Mosaic" account.
"Mr. Gladstone and Genesis Essay #5 from "Science and Hebrew Tradition""
Thomas Henry Huxley
Its powers of adjustability seemed to fail before the strange and bewildering scene.
"All Around the Moon"
Jules Verne