On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from On the Economy of Machinery and ManufacturesIN two months from the publication of the first ci this volume, three thousand copies were in the hand public. Very little was spent in advertisements, th sellers, instead of aiding, impeded its sale it formed of any popular series, - and yet the public, in a few wee chased the whole edition. Some small part of this perhaps, was due to the popular exposition of those processes which are carried on in our workshops, ant endeavour to take a short view of the general principle direct the manufactories of the country. But the chiel was the commanding attraction of the subject, a increasing desire to become acquainted with the purst interests of that portion of the people which has 1 acquired so large an accession of political in¿uence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.