A

POPULAR HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

OF THE MOST

REMARKABLE INVENTIONS

DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY.

BY

FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL,

AUTHOR OF

PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS," MANUAL OF ELECTRICITY, ETO.

ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

346 & 348 BROADWAY.

1860.