Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-07-06


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Practical working men and those intended for the.
Engineeripg profession.
EDITED RY OLIVER BYRNE,
Formefy Professor Of Nj ath emasics College Of civil
lsn rinre1h. London. Author and Inventor Of the
calculus Of form. the new aud improved system
q logaFshms.s the elements Of auelid By colOrs,
= ctc,s etc, etc.
This work is d fiarge eyo size. containing nearly
two thousand pages upwards Of fifteen hundred
plates, andsix thousand wood cuts. II will present
Working drawings and descriptions Of the most i1n-
poElRnt alachnes II. tho United States. 1ndepen-
uenk of tte results Of American Ingenuity, il will
eeutain eenPIkte practical trea,ises on Mechanics,
Machinery Engine work. and Engineering; With
all that Il useful in than one thousand dollars
worth Of folic volumes, magazines, and other books
among which may be mentioned the fsllowings--
T. Bihlotheqvs des Arts Industrielr. Mason.
-PatrsS 2. Civil Enaineerand Architects Journal.
London. g. Engineer and Machinist's Assistant.
ahlMckie, Glasgow. A. Publication Enduslrieile.
Arlncngand Aine, Paris. s. Jamieson's Meehan-
les Of Fluids. s. Treatise Mechanics. Poisson.
= Ailgemeine Bsuzeiiung init Abbilddungen.. For
ater Wien. 9. Organ fur die Fertselrtte des Els
eEAaAAnwssens in sechnischer Bezehnng. Con
tVAldeggs Wiesbaden. 8. SheFwin's Logarithms.
40. Byrne's Loganthms. III. Tho Mechanical
and Mathematical w forks of Oliver Byrne. - Sill
iuians Journal. AllHemeine Meschinen- EncYe-
lepadie; Hnllse. Leipzig. IA. Cotton Manuiac-
Hnroof Great Britain and america contrasted IS.
llcllzasifslss Turning and Mechanical Manipula-
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cti Ghe Steam Engine. ID. Pikeaa Mathematical
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e. Manufacturers Laboulaye. Paris 81. Sgan-
ga,s Civil Engine eFing %. Browns indicator and
Dyuanometer. %. Origin and Progress of Steam
Navgasion, Woodcraft ID Essai sur plndustrie
dss Mafieres Textiles Michel Aican, Paris 25
Macneill's Tables. &c. Grier's Mechanics Pock
ct Dictionary. ~. TemPlston,s Milwright's and
EngineeRs Pcches Companion, q. LaaY andGen-
temhnAs Di4rys 90 Marine Steam Eneine. Brown.
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-. Il 4. Tl..f,
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a. Mechdnical Principles of Engine eefing and Ar
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lnstilue- 36 The Transactions Of the Institute Of
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Quarterly Papers EngneeRings published By
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Baflowi London "A Recueil des Machines In
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Nodegn Tools ard Machines g. Rennie as Re-
per,oire de z lndustrie francalse ct Erangere, h..
bIathiass Paris. 46. Treatise on the Manufacture
Of Gas, Accnm, London. Al Setting ont Curves
On Rniways. Law London AZ. Hodge on the
Elennl Engine. az. Scientific American. so.
Railroad journal. New York 81. American Arti-
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Dictionary Of Architecture. 81 Dctionnaire de
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66 Brees,s r lezy Practice. 81. Barlow s Matll
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SO. Gfegory's Mathematics for Practical men.
GO. Enninaer's and mechanics Encyclopedia, Luke
Herbert. 6T Patent Journals London. 50. Brees'
Glossary Of Engneering. 3d. Eneyciopedia OF
CIei EngineeFngs Grassy. 3D. Cradock 8 Lectures
On the steam Esgine o.. Assistant engineers
Railway Gnides Haskell. Co. Mechanical Princi-
spias Leonard.
hs great object Of this pubiication is to place be-
fore practicnt men and students snch an amour. Of
taeoletica aud scientific knowledge, in condensed
form, as shall enable them 10 work to the best ad
ranlaRe. and 10 avoid those mistakes which they
might otherwise commit. The amount Of useful
information thus brought togetheris almost beyond
precedens ia such works. Indeed, there is hardly
any aubject within ita range which is hot treated
Wik snsh clesreess and precision, that even man
of The most ordinary capacity cannot fail of pnder-
siepding i. and thus learning from Il much which
is isnportant for him TO know.
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Pin and needle makers. Nail and rvet makers.
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The publishers have expended large sum Of
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ir .ordinaTy pages Of the size This has also
secured to each plate working drawings of ample
size and eleafness, so eahat meehanic may CON-
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Jess Of cost 10 make fhe work complete as posi-
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work will procure ii IS issued in numbers, and thus
encourage tho enterprise,