THE

CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.

CONDUCTED BY THE

REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL. D. F. R. S. L. & E.
M. R. I. A. F. R. A. S. F. L. S. F. Z. S. Hon. F. C. P. S. &c. &c.

ASSISTED BY

EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN.

USEFUL ARTS.

A

TREATISE

ON THE

ORIGIN, PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT, AND PRESENT STATE

OF THE

SILK MANUFACTURE.

Philadelphia :

CAREY & LEA-CHESTNUT STREET.

TS 1665

"The Arts may be said to imitate Nature, or to help, or to overcome and advance Nature: nor are they therefore to be esteemed less noble because more practical, since our best and most divine knowledge is intended for action; and those may justly be counted barren studies, which do not conduce to practice as their proper end."

BISHOP WILKINS.

STEREOTYPED BY J. HOWE.

A

TREATISE

ON THE

ORIGIN, PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT,

AND

PRESENT STATE

OF THE

SILK MANUFACTURE.

Philadelphia:

CAREY & LEA-CHESTNUT STREET.

1832.

14. Diagram descriptive of the Method of giving "a Pearl edge"