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... Silk Machinery . 405 Dyeing of Cotton and Silk . APPENDIX . 416 421 LIST OF ENGRAVINGS . PAGE . FRONTISPIECE .-- Portrait of.
... Silk Machinery . 405 Dyeing of Cotton and Silk . APPENDIX . 416 421 LIST OF ENGRAVINGS . PAGE . FRONTISPIECE .-- Portrait of.
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... Silk Machinery . Silk Loom . Other Machinery . Profile of Samuel Wetherill . 2833 29 33 43 79 111 183 290 305 307 309 385 395 345 405 409 416 ib . 421 DEDICATION . TO ANDREW JACKSON , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED.
... Silk Machinery . Silk Loom . Other Machinery . Profile of Samuel Wetherill . 2833 29 33 43 79 111 183 290 305 307 309 385 395 345 405 409 416 ib . 421 DEDICATION . TO ANDREW JACKSON , PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED.
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... silk and cotton ; and that they have spread from England to the whole of Europe , to America , and to parts of Africa and Asia : it must be admitted that the mechanical improvements in the art of spinning . have an importance which it ...
... silk and cotton ; and that they have spread from England to the whole of Europe , to America , and to parts of Africa and Asia : it must be admitted that the mechanical improvements in the art of spinning . have an importance which it ...
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... silk stockings , that he would sell remarkably low , but he wished the bargain to be between themselves ; which overture our young adventurer listened to rather incautiously ; and found , on examination , after he went to his tavern ...
... silk stockings , that he would sell remarkably low , but he wished the bargain to be between themselves ; which overture our young adventurer listened to rather incautiously ; and found , on examination , after he went to his tavern ...
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... silk lace , a business which since has been carried on to a very great extent . Subsequently , the principle of the invention has been applied to a considerable variety of other work . About the year 1771 , Mr. Strutt entered into ...
... silk lace , a business which since has been carried on to a very great extent . Subsequently , the principle of the invention has been applied to a considerable variety of other work . About the year 1771 , Mr. Strutt entered into ...
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Page 29 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble...
Page 280 - Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufacture and a natural history of the country...
Page 145 - We know that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil.
Page 201 - We have experienced what we did not then believe, that there exists both profligacy and power enough to exclude us from the field of interchange with other nations: that to be independent for the comforts of life we must fabricate them ourselves. We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist.
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Page 60 - The embarrassments which have obstructed the progress of our external trade have led to serious reflections on the necessity of enlarging the sphere of our domestic commerce. The restrictive regulations which, in foreign markets, abridge the vent of the increasing surplus of our agricultural produce, serve to beget an earnest desire that a more extensive demand for that surplus may be created at home...
Page 245 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.