The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-16
MECHANICAL ARTS AND SCIENCES


WORK. AND ENGINEERING,
DESIGNED FOR
Practical working men aud those intended for the
Engineering profession
EDITED BY OLIVER BYRNE,
Formerly Professor Of Mathematics College OF civil
EnginreIs, London. Author and Inventor of the
calculus of FORM 'Ihe new and Improved system
o. Logarithms,' the elements of aucid by coors,
ETC., ETC., etc.
This work is Of large Svo size containing nearly
two thousand pages, upwards Of fifteen hundred
plates, and six thousand wood cuts 1t will present
working drawings and descriptions Of the most i'm
portant machines in tho United States IhdePen
dent of the results of American ingenuity, 1t Will
contain cemplEte practical treatises ON Mechanics,
Machinery, Engne-work, and Engineering; with
ali that Is useful in than one thousand dollars
worth of folio volumes magazines, and other books
among which may be mentioned the f1llowlng:-
|. F3ibiotheqve des Arts Industries. Mason.
Paris. 2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal
London. 3. Engineer aud Machinst's Assistant
Blackie. Glasgow. 4. Publication Industrieile.
Armengaud Aine, Paris. 5. Jameson's Mechan-
les OF Fluids 6. Treatise on Mechanics Poisson
Z. Algemeine Bauzeitung NIT Abbllddungen. For
ster, Wien 8. Organ fur die Fertschritte des Els
enbahnwesens in technischer Beziehung Won
WAldegR, Wiesbaden. 9. Sherwns LogarIthlns:
10. Byrne's Logarithms. IL. The Mechanlcal
and Mahematic Works OF Oliver Byrne. II. Sill
lnan's Journal Allgemeine Maschnen- Encyo-
lopadie. Huse Leipzig. Ia. Cotton Manufac-
ture of Great Britain and America contrasted. 40
HoltzasfFe's Turning aud Mechanical Manipula-
ton. I6. The Steam Engine. J. Bourne IL
Eisenbahn- Zeitung. Stuttgart. lS. Ihrydgold on
ON the Steam Engine. 10. Pixies Mathematical
aud optical Instruments. 90. Dictonnalre des Arts
Ell Manufactures, Labouiaye. Paris u. Sgan-
zin's Civil Engineering. %. Browns Indicator and
Dyuanometer. %. Origin and Progress Of Steam
Navigasion, Woodcraft. 24 Essai sur Ptnduslrle
des Matieres Textiles, Michel Alcan, Paris. 25
Macneil's Tables. 26. Grier's Mechanics Pock.
ct Dictionary. 81. Templeton's Milwrght's and
Engineers PocketCompanion. %. Lady andGen
tleman's Diary. %. Marine Steam Engine, Brown
80. Weisback's Mechanics and Engineering. 81.
The Mathematician, London. 30. Barlow on
Strength of Materials 33 Hann's Mechanics
"a. Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, Mnsley 35. Journal of the Franklin
institute. 36. The Transactions Of the institute OF
Civil Engineers, London 81. The Artisan 80.
Quarterly Papers on Engineering, Published by
Weale, London. 80. Imperial Dictionary, Glas-
gov. 40. Students Guide to the Locomotive En-
CINE. Al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels,
Barlow, London. 40. Recueil des Machines In
| struments ct Appareils, LIE Blanc, Paris 43 bu-
chanam on Mill Work. A. Practical Examples OF
! Modern Tools and Machines, G- RennIe 40 ne
pertoire de PIndustre Francaise ct Etrangere, l..
Matthias Paris. 46 Treatise on the Manufacture
| of Gas, Accum, London. At. Setting out curves
on Railways, Law, London 48. Hodge on the
Steam Engine. 49. Scientific American. So.
Railroad Journal, New York. 81. American Arti-
san So Mechonics' Magazine. 50. Ncholson's
Dictionary of Architecture 81. Dictonnalre de
! Marine Voiles ct Vapeur, De Bonneiaux. 7 aTis'
| S. Conway and Menai Tubular Bridges, Fairoan-
Sc Brees' Railway Practice. 81. Barlow's Math-
ematical D cionary. So. BowdIch's Navigation.
| So Gregory's Mathematics for Practical men.
| 60. Engineers and mechanics Encyclopedia, Luxe
Herbert. 81. Patent Journal, London. o. brees
GLOSSARY of Engineering. So Encyclopedias of
Civil Engineering, Grassy 81. Cradock's Lectures
on the Steam Engine. 65- Assistant EnRneer $
Railway Guide, Haskell. 66. Mechanical Prlncl-
pia. Leonard.
fore practical men and students snch an amount OF
theoretical and scientific knowledge, IN CONDENSED
form, shall enable them to work to the oest ao-
vantage, and to avoid those mistakes whicn they
might otherwise commit The amount OF use'ui
Information thus brought together is almost beyond
precedent in such works. Indeed, there IS hardly
any subject within its range which Is not treated
with sush cleareess and precision, that even man
of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail OF under
standing it, and thus learning from 1t much whlcn
is important for him TO know.
From the annexed list of the principal authors
aud subjects comprised in this work, it is seli-eVl-
dent that all citizens engaged in the pracucai ano
useful arts. ETC., may derive essential advantages
from the possession and study Of this pubIcatlon-
the following may be especially designated:
Millwriphts Mouders and Boiler makers. Ar
;ifcers in brass ccpfer and lin. cutters aho woiA @
ers of stee! in general. Carpenters BrlekmakeIs.
Workers in ivory bone and horn. Civil engineers
railway contractors, and contractors OF earth wofK
and masonry of every description Architects aug
bridge builders Builders, master Inasohs' ano ~
bric kayeFs Ship builders masters OF vessels snip
carnsniers and others connected with building and
docking ships. Block and pump makers nemp
dressers and rope makers. Manufacturers OF linen
and COTTON fabrics Manufacturers OF spinning ma
chimes rowing machines, card breakers, ano nhish-
ers drawing frames, willows and pickers, etc., con-
necteu with cotton, flax, and wool machinery
Calenderers, beachers and calico printers. Cloth
folders and measurers, and persons Interested IL
Sc wing machinery. CnchoT and cable chan man
!, ufa
Pin and needle makers. Nail and rIPet mhKers
Bolt and screw-bolt makers. Nail cutters. Com
ers. Leather dressers aud curriers'. Manuiac1ur
ers of great guns aed small arms. Canole makels
Biscuit and cracker makers. Lace makers. Rib
hon weavers Stone cutters and marble masons
Overs, cloth washers and scourers Coopers. VI
der and cheese manufacturers CroWn' chIy s'ai
and plate glass makers. Sugar boilers ano relner 70
with nronrietors of ugar plantations. ManufactuF
ers Of railway, bar, round, ribbon ana roo IRON
Wheel axle and spring makers. Engine driver
and persons connected with the locomotive gene'
aiIv Engineers aud captains OF steam vessels
# Managers Of stationary engines. Lumber dealer
and owners of saw mills. Veneer cutters. own
ers of planning machinery. Corn millers' ana per
sons connected with boiling aud bran seParatIn
u machinery. Farmers and persons 1sing graz
shelng and threshing machinery BUM workers
- caryers engravers, and ornament makers IN gene
:. raj. Persons employed in the manufacture oil gai
{ Makers Of copper and lead tuoing, Linen an
:, straw paper makers Ship owners hsrnor naasn1l ne
siukers Astronomers, philosophers. and othei
I, using philosophical apparatus and Instruments
u Engineers, miners, and others Interested III uihi
ing engines Persons, interested in canals an
l. aqueducts. Warehousemen, and others using ~
draulic presses, dynAnometrc cranes, jack screw
common aud feed cranes. Workers in metals al
alloys Tin plate workers. Spring manuiactn
ers. Wheel wrights, clock makers aud horoiogis'
ETC.. ETC., etc.
~ The publishers have expended large sum
- money 10 get original drawings OF machinery
III practical use in this country, and have procured
mos, every work on the subject, whether publish
lis in England, France, or Germany, the most esse
Of tia parts of which being comprised in this Dcton
nv, render it as perfect and comprehensive as Pc
III sible The publishers have endeavoredto use gre
economy in type, that each page OF the work co
e- tains at least four times the number of words ton
in ordinary pages Of the same size This has al
secured 10 each plate working drawings OF amp
u size and clearness, that a mechanic may CO
ad struct accurately any machine described
no The publishers are, in short determined, regal
~, less Of cost to make the work as oFpiete as pos
BILE; and it is hoped every one desirous TO obtain
As work will procure it issued in numbers, and N
ancouraos the enteTurise.