08 MitchilVs Vieiv of the Manufactures 
Gr. A larger circle of iron, of the same height as the 
circle F ; it serves for the movable board B to rest upon, 
as it is turned round. 
Fig. 3. The movable board B, with the iron plate fix- 
ed to it. The square holes in this plate must exactly fit 
that part of the axis which protrudes ; and the plate it- 
self must project so much from the board, as to take in 
the said part of the axis conveniently. 
Fig. 4. The axis, upon a larger scale than the other 
figures, and out of its socket. 
H. The square protruding part, which fits into the 
holes of the iron plate. 
I. A round part, of the same size and height as the 
hole in the circle F, (in Fig. 3,) in which it turns. 
K, A larger round part, which turns under the circle 
F, and is by it kept in its place. 
No. 8. 
Views of the Manufactures in the United States ; 
derived from the returns mode to the Treasury , pur- 
suant to an Act of Congress , passed May 1 st, 1810. 
In a Letter from S. L. Mit chill, to the Hon . Tho- 
mas Newton, dated Washington , January 7, 1813.* 
Dear Sir, 
The act further to alter and amend the act providing 
for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of 
the United States, passed May 1, 1810, made it the duty 
of the several marshals, secretaries, and their assistants, 
while they were taking the census of the people, to take 
also, under the ilirection of the secretary of the treasury, 
and according to the instructions he should give, an ac- 
* From the American Med. and Philos. Register* vol. 2. p. 40 5. 
