The Great Industries of the United States: Being an Historical Summary of the Origin, Growth, and Perfection of the Chief Industrial Arts of this Country

Horace Greeley

J.B. Burr & Company, 1874 - Industries - 1304 pages

Contents

• PAGE: xiii
• THE PROGRESS OF INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES: 25
• SEWING MACHINES: 47
• PRINTING AND THE PRINTING PRESS: 57
• WATCHES AND MACHINE WATCHMAKING: 73
• PURIFYING AND HEATING WATER FOR STEAM BOILERS: 82
• SHIPBUILDING: 89
• CABINET AND PARLOR ORGANS: 109
• AXES AND PLOWS: 122
• MANUFACTURE OF SALT: 148
• THE ICE TRADE: 156
• LITHOGRAPHY: 170
• BOOKMAKING: 181
• KNITTING MACHINES: 192
• WRITING PAPER: 201
• GLUE: 207
• BRUSHES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE: 277
• CORDAGE: 285
• HORSE SHOE NAILS: 295
• PETROLEUM: 303
• PIANOFORTES: 319
• MOWERS AND REAPERS: 332
• IRON AND ITS PREPARATION: 349
• SAWS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE: 363
• ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK AND BRONZE CASTINGS: 379
• BILLIARDS AND BILLIARD TABLES: 390
• BELLS HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE: 405
• WIREDRAWING: 419
• ARTIFICIAL LIMBS: 425
• JEWELRY AND ITS MANUFACTURE: 435
• STOVES AND RANGES: 442
• QUILL AND METALLIC PENS: 456
• FIRE PUMPS: 465
• THREAD MACHINERY: 472
• COPPER: 479
• STEEL AND COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING: 487
• SCALES: 493
• BEDS: 501
• STEAM AND THE STEAM ENGINE: 507
• CALICO PRINTING: 523
• NARROW GAUGE RAILROADS: 533
• SEWING SILK AND MACHINE TWIST: 542
• FIREARMS: 555
• LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN UTILIZATION OF STEΛΜ: 563
• ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORK: 574
• BANK NOTE ENGRAVING: 583
• ARMORED VESSELS AND ARTILLERY: 597
• LINEN COLLAR AND CUFF MANUFACTURE: 607
• RAILROAD CARS: 618
• HAIR CLOTH: 630
• FIREWORKS: 641
• CALLIOPES: 651
• OIL CLOTH: 661
• SOAP ITS HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE: 675
• IRON WORKING MACHINERY: 684
• AGRICULTURAL HAND IMPLEMENTS: 693
• LASTS: 699
• GUNPOWDER: 705
• THE EXPRESS BUSINESS: 713
• FANCY LOOM MAKING: 721
• AMERICAN LEAD PENCILS: 728
• RULES: 739
• BROOMS: 745
• MERCURY OR QUICKSILVER: 761
• SILK DRESS GOODS: 770
• HATS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE: 776
• ILLUMINATING GAS: 784
• NARROW TEXTILE FABRICS 702: 792
• CARRIAGEBUILDING 83: 803
• BREACH LOADING FIRE ARMS: 812
• LUMBER AND LUMBERING: 820
• POTTERY AND PORCELAIN: 826
• CARPETS: 834
• STEAM FIRE ENGINES: 840
• BRITANNIA WARE: 852
• LIFE INSURANCE: 860
• PHOTOGRAPHY: 874
• A NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION: 882
• GLASS: 889
• FERMENTED LIQUORS 838: 898
• SCREWWRENCHES: 906
• WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES: 914
• MODERN INVENTION IN DOMESTIC INDUSTRY: 920
• STEEL: 931
• THE GATLING GUN: 944
• CHEESE AND ITS MANUFACTURE: 951
• COTTON MANUFACTURES: 964
• CAOUTCHOUC OR INDIARUBBER: 971
• VARNISH: 985
• FLOUR: 994
• SAFES AND SAFETY LOCKS: 1007
• RAILROADS: 1020
• ROLLED SHEET BRASS: 1045
• HOISTING MACHINERY: 1055
• LEAD AND ZINC: 1064
• BANKS AND BANKING: 1079
• FURNITURE: 1099
• THE POST OFFICE: 1116
• SPOOLCOTTON THREAD: 1126
• CLOCKS: 1138
• PAPER FURNISHING GOODS: 1143
• FIRE INSURANCE: 1151
• THE TREASURY: 1161
• COTTON AND WOOLLEN MACHINERY: 1173
• COMBS: 1179
• HOTELS: 1186
• FISH CULTURE: 1198
• GAS AND WATER PIPE: 1207
• NEWSPAPERS: 1214
• MATCHES: 1223
• AMERICAN MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH: 1233
• LADIES BOOTS AND SHOES: 1256
• WOOD TYPE: 1265
• CARRIAGE AXLES AND SPRINGS: 1272
• STENCIL PLATES: 1282
• QUARRIES: 1289

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Great Industries of the United States: Being an Historical Summary of the Origin, Growth, and Perfection of the Chief Industrial Arts of this Country
• Author: Horace Greeley
• Publisher: J.B. Burr & Company, 1874
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Dec 1, 2008
• Length: 1304 pages