form very important items in our domestic commerce. The sewing-machine is an American invention, and thefirst really practical one was first offered to thepublic by Elias Howe, Jr., about 1846. A patenthad been obtained for one five years before.Great improvements have been made, and now avery… … The mining interests of the United States have become an eminent part ofthe national wealth. The extraction of lead, iron, copper, the precious metals,and coal from the bosom of the earth is a business that has almost whollygrown up within the last hundred years. In 1754 a lead minewas worked in…
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