OF THE MOST EMINENT AMERICAN MECHANICS: ALSO, LIVES OF DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN MECHANICS; TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTES, DESCRIPTIONS, &c. & c. RELATING TO THE MECHANIC ARTS. ILLUSTRATED BY FIFTY ENGRAVINGS. BY HENRY HOW E. "The due cultivation of practical manual arts in a nation, has a greater tendency to NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY ALEXANDER V. BLAKE, STEREOTYPED BY R. C. VALENTINE, 45 GOLD-STREET. 1841. |