Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Machinery and Its Benefits, to Labor in the Crude Iron, and Steel Industries
Civilization may well be measured by the progress made in mechanical processes. From the simple and crude tools of earlier ages to the colos sal machines and complex implements of today there is observed an ascending series of greater mechanical production which registers itself in a greater number of useful things which go to satisfy our ever increasing wants.
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