Memoirs 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 ArtsHarper & brothers, 1847 - 482 páginas |
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... of the United States 392 Manufactory of the Gobelins 394 March of Umbrellas 395 The French Machine - maker Manufacturing Establishments The Mechanical Fiddler 396 400 402 Corn Mills in ancient times The Obelisk of Luxor American.
... of the United States 392 Manufactory of the Gobelins 394 March of Umbrellas 395 The French Machine - maker Manufacturing Establishments The Mechanical Fiddler 396 400 402 Corn Mills in ancient times The Obelisk of Luxor American.
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... establishment , there , and offered him the situation of his clerk at a salary of fifty pounds . The money was less than he was now making as a compositor ; but he longed to see his native country again , and accepted the proposal . Ac ...
... establishment , there , and offered him the situation of his clerk at a salary of fifty pounds . The money was less than he was now making as a compositor ; but he longed to see his native country again , and accepted the proposal . Ac ...
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... establishment of a fire- insurance company ; and afterwards exerted himself in organizing a philosophical society , an academy for the education of youth , and a militia for the defence of the province . In short , every part of the ...
... establishment of a fire- insurance company ; and afterwards exerted himself in organizing a philosophical society , an academy for the education of youth , and a militia for the defence of the province . In short , every part of the ...
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... establishment . In none were they so formidable as in the cotton manufacture and it is judged that he , who forsook the endearments of home for a land of strangers , to seek its estab- lishment among us , certainly claims a place amid ...
... establishment . In none were they so formidable as in the cotton manufacture and it is judged that he , who forsook the endearments of home for a land of strangers , to seek its estab- lishment among us , certainly claims a place amid ...
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... establishment of the business were pursued , can hardly be con- ceived at the present day , even by a practical machinist or manu- facturer . The basin of the Narragansett bay , and the small , but invaluable streams that fall into it ...
... establishment of the business were pursued , can hardly be con- ceived at the present day , even by a practical machinist or manu- facturer . The basin of the Narragansett bay , and the small , but invaluable streams that fall into it ...
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