Excerpt from The History of Printing in America, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers; To Which Is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World In no condition of man are the first principles of the arts and sciences unknown which circumstance demonstrates that the efforts of invention arise from natural propensities, perpetually stimulated by his desire to render his Works more perfect and useful. Rousseau says, Man is employed, from the first age of his being, in invention and contrivance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.