THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE PRINCIPAL MECHANIC ARTS AND TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION; AND COMPRISING ANNALS OF THE INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES IN MACHINERY, WITH A NOTICE OF The Important Inventions, Tariffs, and the Results of each Decennial Census. STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURING CENTRES, AND DESCRIPTIONS IN TWO VOLUMES: VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA: EDWARD YOUNG & CO. NO, 441 CHESTNUT STREET. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON & CO., 47 LUDGATE HILL. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by EDWARD YOUNG & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA: STEREOTYPED BY S. A. GEORGE, 607 SANSOM STREET. |