Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-06-12
ARTS AND SCI
u>NlES.

Ana nos. intended fer the Engineering Pro-
f-s>ion Edited by OLIVER BSR>E, formerly
professor Of Mathe -aa''cs, College OF 1'''i
frcinerrs London Author ana Inventor OF
..The Calculus OF Form. The New and
Improves system of Logarii:Es. " lhe E'e-
n-nt~ Of Euclid by Cotor>. eic-' etc
V3>IiI~ work i OF large so SIZE containing
nearly two thousand pages. upwards o,
fifteen hundred plates. and six ,hoasanr wooG
cuts. It viii present working CRAVINGS ana
descriptions oil Tie sne-t important machines u
the nitcQi States independent Z! the results
ct 4 r- mean ingenuity II Will contain complete
practical tfeatises on Mechanics, Machinery. En-
aine-v crk. and Engineering; ~i'h all that Is
u>efsfi IN more 'han one thousand collars worth
of folio volumes. maCaztaes and other books,
among uhich ma, be mentioned the ioti"~iug;
Elbllc1hvque ces Arts Industries, Mason.
pari.:s civil Engineer aad Architects Journal,
!.onGon:5 Eagineer aud Macaimisis Assistant
Blackie. Glaseow;l Publication lndnsireHe
ArfEttrsnd Atne. Paris:1 JamI-sou's Mrchan-
trs OF Iius.,: Treatise on Mechanics, Poisson, :
AlIcrui~iie Eauztiiung E.it AbhtaUages, For
>,er Wisn:a crgan fur die Fortschrite des
I>enhnhuwrsens in techntscher Brzirhu"g.
Won W aIt5ccr, " le>baGen;) SheTWIn'> Logar-
Ifthsns. i}v1ue's Iogarthms; The Mechanical
and Mathematical " orhs Of Oliver Byrue; Sil-
I lIluan's Journal; AleEemeine Maschinen- En-
| eve opadfa. Huls-e, I1eInzig;) Cotton Manniac-
tturc OF Great Britain and America contrasted;
! Uo,tzaptitl's farming and Mechanical Manipu-
lat.ou; The Steam Engine, ]. Bourne Essen
b.hG Zeitung, stuttgart Tredgold on the
Steam Engine: Pixies Mathematical and Optical
4 IGslrunlr ats; Dictiouaire dos Arts ct Nanufac-
I ture~. 'Laboulay-. Haris;> Saganzins Civ:l En-
g;nceriu.: Towns Indicator ard pynanone=
Ter; Origin ant progress Of Steam Navigation,
y oodcreft: E>,a sur 7 indnstrie dies ,:a;ier-s
I'eAties. Michel Alcan, PARISH Macneill ; a
/ les: Gs:er. Mechanics Pocket Dictionary
'i'sm.ir:3..'a Mllwri sht's and Engineers foek-
IT Companion. lady aad Gentlemans Diary
-iartGe Steam engine. Brown;l N.isoach rs
Mechanics and Engineering; The Ma'he matt
can. l.oadanil Barlow Strength OF NaterI-
a,s Maau's Mechanics: Mechanical Principles
! Of Engineering aud Architecture. (No-eiy;)
Journal Of tie Franklin Institute; The Trans
actions OF the lns,itue of Civil Engineers, Lon
&on;) .i.e Artisan; Quarterly Papers OF t.aS-
. nccrjng. published by w eaie London in'pc-
II Dictionary, (Giasgow;1 Students GUIDE to
IN, locomotive Engine; Railway Engine and
Carr. gt Wheels. barlow, Lonton;) Recnel
des Ma,.lnres instruments ct ApPaFeiis, lie
Blanc. P.ris.: Buchanan on Nil W ork; fracti-
c.i E,a,nn,e- . Modern Tools aud Machines.
"a ;.nnje:S Rr,er.o ire &c / Industr.e FRAN
Gals, ct ttraarese. Matthias, Paris;) Treatise
on tie Manufacture of ,as. Aecuin' Lohdoh')
Setting on; Curves on Railways, Law: L'.dono
II &c on tie Steam Engine Hrlen'hc amen
can, Railroad Journal, New \ COX, n ,he ''u".
Artisan; Mechanics Magazine; Nicholson
tPeter) Dictionary of Architecture; Dciion-
nar- de Marine N'iies ct a '"meur' re r',h nHnr
aefou,, Paris:) Con"ay and Menai tubular
Bridges, Fairbarn;) bftrs' Railway Practice; :
Dariow's Mathematical Dictionary; Bowd'tch 5
Na.igation Gregory's Mathematics tor iFact'-
cal inea; Engineers and Mechanics Ems '.e'o-
,.ed;a. Luxe Herbert Patent Journal, Lon
ION Erees' Glossary of Engineering; tncy-
clopedia OF Civil engineering, (Crasy;) Grad
docks Lectures ca the steam Engine; Assistant
Engineers Railway Guide, (IIashoil Mechan-
zeal f'r.ncipiai [i.eonaTd.I
Tie great object of tins publication is to place
before practical men 4nd students such an
.mount Of theoretical and scientific knowledge,
N con- Used form, as TO enable them TO work
TO the be ST au antage, ana 10 aVoid 'hose ms
takes which they ngn, oihel 'ae co.''''',' ~"
anouLt Of usefal information thus "a ,e"' ~
g-tl,eri IS almost Geyond precede nj 10 such wofks-
Indeed, there is hardly any subject within IT'S
range which ~ not treated with such citarness
M precision, ti!.t even a man OF the most or
binary capacity cannot fail of understanding IT,
and thus learning from it much which II is I'M
ncrtant for him 70 anow
From the annexed list Of The principal au-
tlsors ana subjects comprised IN this work, II is
ceIi-evideni that ell ciiizers engaged IN the use
fol and practical arts etc, may derive essential
advantages from the possession and study OF this
publications, the following may be especially
de>ignated
Mlwfights; Moulders and Builder Makers;
Artificers III Brass, Copper and Tin; Cutters
aud workers of Steel in general; Carpenters;
BrickmakerS; w orhers in Ivory, Bone and
Horn; CIVIL Engineers. Railway Contractors,
and Contractors for earh-work and Masonry Of
every description; Architects and Bridge Build
erS: ship Builders, Masters of Vessels. ship
Carpenters and others connected with building
and docking Ships; Block and Pump makers;
Hemp dressers aud Rope makers; Manufacture
ers Of Spinning machines, Rowing machines,
Card Breakers and Finishers, Drawing Frames,
w Ilows and Pickers, etc. connected with cot
ton, lax and wool machinery; Caienderers,
Bleachers ard Calico Printers, Cloth Folders
and Measures, and persons interested IN sewing
machinery; Anchor and Chain Gable manuiac-
turers; eating ami Turning tool makers; pin
and needle makers; na,I and rivet makers, Bolt
and screwbolt ma.ers nail cutters, coners;
leather Gressers and currIerJ; manufacturers OF
great guns and small arms; candle makers; bis
cut auj cracker makers; lace makers; rboon
viewers; stone cutters and marble masons; dy-
ers; cloth washers and ~conrers; coopeTs; cider
ana cheese manHia turers, sugar boilers and re-
hners, with proprietors of sugar Plantations,
manufacturers of railway, bar, round, ribbon
and rod iron; wheel, axle, and spring makers,
engine drivers and persons connected with the
locomotive generally ); eng neers and captains OF
steam vessels; managers of stationary engines;
In nber dealers aud owners OF saw mills; veneer
cutters; owners Of planning machinery; corn mil
Iers, ana persons connected with boiling and
bran separating machinery; farmers, and per. ,
sons using grain-shelling and threshing machIn- |
cry; bull! workers. caryers. engra"eTs, and ov- |
ndInent makers in general; persons employed /
III the manufacture Of gas; makers OF copper I
ana lead tubing; linen and straw paper makers;
ship owners, harbor masters, and others inter- ;
ested in dredging machinery; well-sinkers; as /
trononlers. philosophers, and others using philo-
81 piIIca apparatus and Instruments; miners, en-
ciueeTs, and others, Interested in pumping en-
zines, persons interested in canals and aque
ducts; warehousemen, aud others using hydrau-
lie presses, dynanoiDetrlc screws, common and
feed cranes; workers in metals and alloys: tin
plate workers; spring manufacturers; wheel
VI ghtS clock makers and Eorologis;s, etc, etc.
The publishers have expended large sum of
money 10 get original drawings of machinery
n praClfCai this country, ana have
cured almost every work on the subject, w.ieth-
n published in England. France or Germany,
he most esse ntial parts OF which being onpris-
q in this Dictionary, render il as perfect and
,omprehe nsive as possible The publishers have
.naeavored TO great economy in type, SO
ha, each page of the work contains at least four
ines the number Of words found in ordinary
,7ges of the size. This has also secured