Excerpt from Industrial Plants Their Arrangement and ConstructionWith steam to supersede the slave and serf came the new era of industrialism. The iron-masters, ship builders, spinners, weavers, and engineers, through their surprising accomplishment, took rank with the professions; they were seen to be men of the great est ability; they attained to wealth and important positions in the government of nations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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