I N bringing this narrative to an end, one feels the need
of a summary statement of the results of Buell's life of
activity. It is possible to form a list of achievements that is
not without impressiveness, though some of the items in
the list are naturally of small importance. Here follow the
noteworthy results of his life of ingenious craftsmanship:

A lifetime of work as silversmith, jeweller, and lapidary.

The construction of a practicable lapidary's cutting and
polishing machine.

The cutting and casting of the earliest font of roman
letter known to be made in English America.

The engraving of Parker's Chart of Saybrook Bar, the
first engraving of any consequence made in Connecticut.

The engraving, possibly, of some of the plates for Ber-
nard Romans's Florida chart; the engraving of the Yale
diploma, The Sequel of Arts and Sciences, the arms of the
state, and, finally, the compilation and engraving of his
great wall map of the United States.

The casting of type in sufficient quantity during the
Revolution to enable certain Connecticut printers to carry
on their publications more satisfactorily to themselves and
to their readers.

The construction and operation of a machine for coin-
ing copper money and the designing and making of the
necessary dies.

The construction of the second cotton mill in New Ha-
ven, said at the time to be the first built on successful lines.

The invention of a corn planting machine.

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