THE

8212

GREAT INDUSTRIES

OF THE

UNITED STATES:

BEING

AN HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF THE ORIGIN, GROWTH AND
PERFECTION OF THE CHIEF INDUSTRIAL

ARTS OF THIS COUNTRY:

BY

HORACE GREELEY, LEON CASE, EDWARD HOWLAND, JOHN B. GOUGH,
PHILIP RIPLEY, F. B. PERKINS, J. B. LYMAN, ALBERT BRISBANE, REV.
E. E. HALL, AND OTHER EMINENT WRITERS UPON POLIT-

ICAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMY, MECHANICS,
MANUFACTURES, ETC., ETC.

With over 500 Illustrations.

HARTFORD:

J. B. BURR & HYDE.

CHICAGO AND CINCINNATI:

J. B. BURR, HYDE & CO.

1872.