The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . ed account of the work, which is from the penof Mr. Fairfield. It is to be regretted that the limits of this work make it neces-sary to omit a history of the great accomplishments of our in-ventors in other fields. In agricultural implements, in steamengines, and in many other departments of invention, the ingenu-ity of our people deserves a record which it would require vol-umes to present.
The United States of America; a study of the American commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education, and self-government; . ed account of the work, which is from the penof Mr. Fairfield. It is to be regretted that the limits of this work make it neces-sary to omit a history of the great accomplishments of our in-ventors in other fields. In agricultural implements, in steamengines, and in many other departments of invention, the ingenu-ity of our people deserves a record which it would require vol-umes to present. ELECTRICITY. Up to the year 1750, electricity, already enrolled in history forthree-and-twenty centuries, had made no direct contribution tosocial progress, or the needs of men. Truly it may have aidedintellectual advance by enticing many a truth-seeker, in an all toospeculative age, from listless meditation to experimental activity,but utilities it had none. It is strange to reflect that, five generations back, the adjectiveelectric now so brilliantly and intimately welded with memoriesand realities, must then have suggested only the secluded studiesof a few philosophers or a few scientific
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