Official catalogue complete in one volume. I. Main building. II. Department of machinery. III. Department of art. IV. Department of agriculture and horticulture (1876) (14776574372)

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Title: Official catalogue complete in one volume. I. Main building. II. Department of machinery. III. Department of art. IV. Department of agriculture and horticulture
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: United States. Centennial commission. (from old catalog) Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) DLC (from old catalog)
Subjects: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. R. Nagle and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Ambler, W^illiam, Bradford, York-shire.—Machine for making paper coptubes used in spinning ; machine for clean-ing the teeth of wheel castings. 520 25 Mackenzie, Duncan, London.—Self-acting reader for the Jacquard loom. 520 26 Ingham, John, & Sons, Croft HeadWorks, Thornton, near Bradford.—Caseof shuttles, etc., for weaving; tacking,shuttle pikes, stocks, and bowls for weav-ing. 520 27 Piatt Bros., & Co. (Limited\ Hart-ford Works, Oldham, Lancashire.—Cot-ton gin. 521 28 Gadd, Thomas, Manchester.-Print-ing machine for large size garment rollers,angiilar enjiine ; comliined engraving andpunching machine ; setting-out table, withmicrometer; combined varnishing andruling machine ; machine for setting out;ruling machine, clams, engravers block,and lathe. 521 29 Lancaster, William, Willow IronWorks, Accrington, Lancashire.—Yarn-si/ing dressing machine; self-stoppingbeaming machines ; loom. 521 30 Booth, H., & Co., Preston, Lanca-shire.—Cotlon-spinning machinery. 521
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oo THIS Pennsylvania Railroad IS THE Best Constructed and Best Equipped Railwayon the American Continent. THE ENTIRE LINE hetween New York and Pittsburgis laid with a double track of steel rails, weigh-ing sixty-seven pounds to the yard. These railsare secured to oak ties, averaging 2600 to themile of single track, and are connected betweenthe ties, thus preventing all jarring or jolting. THE ENTIRE LINE is ballasted with broken stoneeighteen inches in depth, securing firmness andfreedom from dust. OVER ONE HUNDRED MILES of third track is laid atsuitable intervals, affording facilities for keepingfreight and way trains entirely out of the way ofExpress Trains. ALL BRIDGES are of iron or stone, and are the mostsubstantial structures of the kind on the continent. THE BLOCK-SIGNAL SYSTEM, operated by telegraph,extends over the entire line and renders accidentsalmost impossible. THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND PASSENGER CARSrun are built according to standards establishedby the Company, of the