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A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860 : exhibiting the origin and growth of the principal mechanic arts and manufactures, from the earliest colonial period to the adoption of the constitution, and comprising annals of industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of important inventions, tariffs and the results of each decennial census
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- Creator
- by J. Leander Bishop
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 3rd ed., rev. and enl
- Philadelphia : E. Young; London : S. Low. 1868
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780665256554, 0665256558
- "In three volumes. Vol. II."
- "With an appendix, containing statistics of the principal manufacturing centres, and descriptions of remarkable manufacturies at the present time."
- Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 25653-25656.
- Tables.
- The 1st issue of v. 1 appeared in 1861. In 1862, Bishop entrusted the charge of the work to Edwin T. Freedley, by whom it was completed with the aid of Edward Young--Cf. issue of 1866, v. 2, p. 11--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ottawa : Canadiana.org, 2008.
- 654 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.