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The world of science, art, and industry illustrated from examples in the New-York exhibition, 1853-54 / edited by Prof. B. Silliman, jr., and C.R. Goodrich; with 500 illustrations, under the superintendence of C. E. Döpler
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THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS.

ffe introduce upon this page two examples of Terra-Cotta Casings, which may I Alexander Young, of New-York. The ease with which it may assume any requiredbe used either for doorways or windows. They are exhibited by the manufacturer, constructive form, its strength, and especially its fire-proof qualities, commend

casings of this material to our builders, and we -hope to see them come into extensive use.

The eminent manfacturers of mirror frames, Messrs. E. Newland & Co., of Phila-delphia, exhibit the large and massive Mantle Mirror, which we here engrave. Its

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style is renaissance, characterized by its usual scroll work with figures interspersed. I cution of this frame is of undisputable excellence. The mirror plate, which is of theUpon the arch there is a copy of the Amazonian group of Kiss. The mechanical exe- | finest glass manufactured at St. Gobain, measures 62 inches by 84 inches.

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