THE CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA. CONDUCTED BY THE REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL. D. F. R. S. L. & E. 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. |