Our country and its resources; . As the light <if liberty waxes dim-mer, ?- does tin Inventive genius Bag;inil dull apace, until finally, amid thedarkness of the political night which br Is over Eastern hinds, it is utterly extinguished. I II I \ S II BE! II M Il MOD or \MERT-t \\ INVENTION During this decade, the one im-mediately preceding Hie <ivil war,the stimulating Influence of inven-tion upon industry became notice-ably apparent. Southern New Eng-land was tending to become a gigan-tic workshop ami the character sections of New York andPennsj Ivania ami hio radicallychanged
Our country and its resources; . As the light <if liberty waxes dim-mer, ?- does tin Inventive genius Bag;inil dull apace, until finally, amid thedarkness of the political night which br Is over Eastern hinds, it is utterly extinguished. I II I \ S II BE! II M Il MOD or \MERT-t \\ INVENTION During this decade, the one im-mediately preceding Hie <ivil war,the stimulating Influence of inven-tion upon industry became notice-ably apparent. Southern New Eng-land was tending to become a gigan-tic workshop ami the character sections of New York andPennsj Ivania ami hio radicallychanged from agricultural to indus-trial communities. The invention ofihe sewing machine the greatestlabor-saving device of the ages- <wasof itself a tremendous stimulus, amithe opening up of the Wesl througb the rail Ida 11 meant activity in iron i roductioD ami the basic engineering industries. The reaper and thethresher made the opening up of theWest profitable and the inventions in Grearms, machine tools, locks and. ELIAS HOWE, JR. inventor of Hie Sewing Machine Born .inly 9, 1819 Died o, tobi r I. !>•;: THE PATENT OFFICE .i 13
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