The American system of manufactures: the report of the Committee on the Machinery of the United States 1855, and the special reports of George Wallis and Joseph Whitworth 1854Edinburgh U.P., 1969 - 440 pages |
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... supply has been the means of originating many ingenious machines , for which the Americans have so deserved a reputation , as applicable to the manufacture of small articles , or portions of more complicated productions . Thus the very ...
... supply has been the means of originating many ingenious machines , for which the Americans have so deserved a reputation , as applicable to the manufacture of small articles , or portions of more complicated productions . Thus the very ...
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... supply their own wants , as also some of the North Western States , and the British provinces . Philadelphia and ... supply of raw material and fuel , together with ready means of transport throughout the whole of the Mississippi and ...
... supply their own wants , as also some of the North Western States , and the British provinces . Philadelphia and ... supply of raw material and fuel , together with ready means of transport throughout the whole of the Mississippi and ...
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... supply the wants of their countrymen in those particulars . In textile fabrics the consideration of that sterling quality in make , which always forms so important an element in the judgment of the European consumer , is comparatively ...
... supply the wants of their countrymen in those particulars . In textile fabrics the consideration of that sterling quality in make , which always forms so important an element in the judgment of the European consumer , is comparatively ...
Contents
Introduction by Nathan Rosenberg | 1 |
Orders and Instructions received by Committee 91 | 91 |
Journal of the Committee 98 | 98 |
Copyright | |
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