GREAT INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES by Greeley 1872 Gold Silver Mining Assay

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Offered here for sale is an acceptable complete original copy of
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 by Horace Greeley, Leon Case, Edward Howland, John B. Gouch, Philip Ripley, F.B. Perkins, and Others. Hartford: JB Burr & Hyde, 1872. 9" X 6", pp xx + 1304 with over 500 engraved illus; other leather with 4 raised bands. Quite worn with some splitting at hinges else a good complete working copy. Not ex-library. Besides describing the advances of mining, milling, smelting and quarrying in several chapters, this huge work describes everything from sewing machines,
billiard
tables, jewelry, narrow gauge railroads, gunpowder, photography, the Gatling gun, clocks, newspapers, matches, ladies boots and shoes, to name of few of the hundreds of entries. Nicely illustrated. A great read!
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