One hundred years' progress of the United States : giving, in a historical form, the vast improvements made in agriculture; cultivation of cotton and sugar; commerce; travel and transportation; steam engine; manufacture of cotton, woolen, silk, paper, fire-arms, cutlery, hats, carriages and coaches, plated ware, leather, boots and shoes, clocks and watches, pins, refined sugar, glass, and India rubber; fishing business; fur and fur trade; humanitarian institutions ... : with an appendix entitled Marvels that our grandchildren will see; or, One hundred years' progress in the future ... / by eminent literary men ; embellished with two hundred and eighty engravings.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Hartford : L. Stebbins; Cincinnati : Henry Howe, 1870. |
| Description | xvi, 546 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. |
| Other author/creator | McCay, Charles Francis, 1810-1889. |
| Other author/creator | Merriam, John Clark, 1829- |
| Other author/creator | Kettell, Thomas Prentice. |
| Other author/creator | Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893. |
| Variant title | 100 years' progress of the United States |
| Contents | Progress in agriculture, by C.L. Flint.--Cultivation of cotton, by C.F. McCay.--Steam engine, by J.C. Merriam.--Commerce and trade, travel and transportation, manufactures, building [etc.] by T.P. Kettell.--Appendix, by L.P. Brockett. |
| General note | Added t.p., engr. |
| General note | A reissue of parts of v. 1 and 2 of Eighty years' progress of the United States. 1861; with addition of an appendix. |
| Other title | Marvels that our grandchildren will see. |
| Other title | One hundred years' progress in the future. |
| Other title | Eighty years' progress of the United States. |
| LCCN | 04026199 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Rare Collection | E179 .O58 1870 | ✔ Available | Request Material |