. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . JHISAPIAKE MOIL-TOMS i paopnaw ©if ©H^iaiLii©. ©aRnraat oir©n)-toirk§, CITY OF HARRISBURG. 359 manufacture of agricultural implements, of somewhich inventions they are the proprietors. Theseworks are among the most successful industries ofthe city. Harrisburg Chain-Works.—Joshua W. Jones,of Harrisburg, the inventor of the new process forremoving indentation made on paper after beingprinted thereon, and hydraulic dry-pressing ma-chines, and patent releasable clip-chain bale-t
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . JHISAPIAKE MOIL-TOMS i paopnaw ©if ©H^iaiLii©. ©aRnraat oir©n)-toirk§, CITY OF HARRISBURG. 359 manufacture of agricultural implements, of somewhich inventions they are the proprietors. Theseworks are among the most successful industries ofthe city. Harrisburg Chain-Works.—Joshua W. Jones,of Harrisburg, the inventor of the new process forremoving indentation made on paper after beingprinted thereon, and hydraulic dry-pressing ma-chines, and patent releasable clip-chain bale-tires,finding great difficulty in procuring the proper chainsfor his machines, established this business for his ownbenefit. It has grown to an extensive establishment,and the demand for the manufacture, apart from hisown, has been greater than the supply. At presentonly four furnaces are in operation, but eight otherswill soon be erected. The principal product will bechain bale-tires, and the capacity of the works isestimated at three thousand per mouth. A smallBaxter engine is employed to drive a fan for fires,and an oven (eight feet by two feet by six fe
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