OF THE

MOST EMINENT

AMERICAN MECHANICS:

ALSO,

LIVES OF DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN MECHANICS;

TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF

ANECDOTES, DESCRIPTIONS, &c. &c.

RELATING TO THE MECHANIC ARTS.

ILLUSTRATED BY FIFTY ENGRAVINGS.

BY HENRY HOWE

“The due cultivation of practical manual arts in a nation, has a greater tendency to
polish and humanize mankind, than mere speculative science, however refined and sublime
it may be."

PUBLISHED BY ALEXANDER V. BLAKE,

No. 54 Gold, corner of Fulton-street,
STEREOTYPED BY R. C. VALENTINE, 45 GOLD-STREET.