Excerpt from Report of the Ninth Industrial Exhibition, Under the Auspices of the Mechanics' Institute, of the City of San Francisco: Held at the Pavilion of the Institute, Mission and Eighth Streets, From the 18th Day of August to the 3d Day of October, 1874 The forthcoming Industrial Exhibition will be the tenth held under the auspices of the Mechanics' Institute, and the Managers are justified in saying that it will undoubtedly surpass in completeness of detail and general arrange ment any heretofore held. The last Exhibition was attended by 700, 000 visitors, attracted hither by the fame of these Industrial Fairs, and for the purpose Of investigation, business and pleasure. 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.