Excerpt from Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania and Mechanics' Register, Vol. 26: Devoted to Mechanical and Physical Science, Civil Engineering, the Arts and Manufactures, and the Recording of American and Other Patented InventionsThomas Garvie has engaged to be his overseer for the weaving depart ment, and left the shawl factory to his brother James and Son, who are doing well.Mr. Prichard from Edinburgh, now engineer to the Government zinc mines in Poland, was in Scotland - two years ago, at which time he engaged a bleacher from Perthshire, who has commenced bleaching to the above establishment. This is the first attempt at bleaching in Poland.Mr. George Blackie, engineer, from Edinburgh, is now employed on canals and public roads by the Government of Poland.At Prussian Bohemia, at Aix in Prussia, and in Saxony at Chemnitz, there are also machine-making establishments. In fact, they are rising in all parts of the Continent with a rapidity, and to an extent, very far dis proportioned either to the growth of the population or to the progress of preceding years. (to BE continued.)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. 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.