Illustrated Catalogue And General Description Of Improved Machine Tools For Working Metal

Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue and General Description of Improved Machine Tools for Working Metal In presenting a new edition of our Catalogue we have endeavored to illustrate as many as possible of the machines which we have added to our list since our last edition was published; but the progress of machine construction is so rapid that it is impossible to keep a work of this kind thoroughly up to date. We have in progress at the present time a number of new machines which we would greatly like to illustrate, but which will not be completed in time for the present issue. Besides adding many new and improved tools to our list of manufactures we have thoroughly revised many of our standard products, making those changes in detail which experience has demonstrated would increase their efficiency or durability and substituting new designs where it was found advantageous to do so. At best this publication is necessarily incomplete; it is intended more as an indication of our general line of work, than an exact catalogue of our productions. If, therefore, intending purchasers should not find herein machines which meet their requirements in capacity or kind, we may nevertheless be prepared to furnish what they want, and we solicit their inquiries and specifications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue and General Description of Improved Machine Tools for Working Metal Five Medals and the Grand Diploma of Honor, Vienna, Three Medals, International Exhibition, Philadelphia, Grand Prize, Exposition Universelle, Paris. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

In this detailed catalogue, William Sellers & Co. present their wide range of metalworking machines. With detailed descriptions and illustrations, this book is an invaluable resource for engineers and metalworkers alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Sellers brothers, Samuel and George, came to North America in 1682 as part of the Quaker migration to William Penn’s new province on the shores of the Delaware River. Across more than two centuries, the Sellers family—especially Samuel’s descendants Nathan, Escol, Coleman, and William—rose to prominence as manufacturers, engineers, social reformers, and urban and suburban developers, transforming Philadelphia into a center of industry and culture. They led a host of civic institutions including the Franklin Institute, Abolition Society, and University of Pennsylvania. At the same time, their vast network of relatives and associates became a leading force in the rise of American industry in Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee, New York, and elsewhere. Engineering Philadelphia is a sweeping account of enterprise and ingenuity, economic development and urban planning, and the rise and fall of Philadelphia as an industrial metropolis. Domenic Vitiello tells the story of the influential Sellers family, placing their experiences in the broader context of industrialization and urbanization in the United States from the colonial era through World War II. The story of the Sellers family illustrates how family and business networks shaped the social, financial, and technological processes of industrial capitalism. As Vitiello documents, the Sellers family and their network profoundly influenced corporate and federal technology policy, manufacturing practice, infrastructure and building construction, and metropolitan development. Vitiello also links the family’s declining fortunes to the deindustrialization of Philadelphia—and the nation—over the course of the twentieth century.