Annals of Commerce, Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation, with Brief Notices of the Arts and Sciences Connected with Them, 1805, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing the Commercial Transactions of the British Empire and Other Countries, from the Earliest Accounts T
Excerpt from Annals of Commerce, Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation, With Brief Notices of the Arts and Sciences Connected With Them, 1805, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing the Commercial Transactions of the British Empire and Other Countries, From the Earliest Accounts to the Meeting of the Union Parliament in January, 1801; And Comprehending the Most Valuable Part of the Late Mr. Anderson's History of Commerce We find, however. In the very brief hiftory, which we have, of the ages precediirg'the flood, a few fh-ort ...
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Excerpt from Annals of Commerce, Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation, With Brief Notices of the Arts and Sciences Connected With Them, 1805, Vol. 1 of 4: Containing the Commercial Transactions of the British Empire and Other Countries, From the Earliest Accounts to the Meeting of the Union Parliament in January, 1801; And Comprehending the Most Valuable Part of the Late Mr. Anderson's History of Commerce We find, however. In the very brief hiftory, which we have, of the ages precediirg'the flood, a few fh-ort novices, which infer, that forne progreis had been made in man'u'fa�iures during that period. The building of-a city, 'or village, by Cain, however mean the houfes may have been, fuppofes the exi'fience of forn'e mechanic knowle'ge. The mufical infiruments, as harps and organs, the works in lblrafls and in iron (the mod difficult-of all metals in'the application of it to the fer vzce of mankind) made by the following generations ffhew, that the arts were confiderably advanced bur above all 'the confiru�tion or Noah's ark, a {hip of three decks, covered all - over with pitch, and wait ly larger than any modern effort of naval arch-ite�'ture, proves, that many feparate trades were then carried on for it can by no means be fuppoi'ed, that Noah and his three fons could collect and prepare the vai't quantity and variety of materials, and alfo tools, neceflary for carrying on fo {lupendous a fabric, had there not been people, who made a trade of fupplying them in exchange for commodities, or perhaps for money. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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