The southern press., 1850-09-10
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES

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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES
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A Dictionay of Machines, Mechanics,
Engins-Wok, and Engineering. VA
Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
intended for ae Engineering Profession.
Edited By Oliver BYRSE, fonneriy Prqfsssor Of
Mathematics, College Of Girl Engineers, London
"Ihe Nsw and Improped System Of Logarithims, .
"Tne Elemenisef Euelidby Goiors, !" ETC., ETC., etc.
THIS work Is oflarge Syo. size, containing nearly
i tco thousand pages, upwards of fifteen hundred
pIates and sr thousand trood cuts. Ii will present
working-drawings and descriptions of the most inn
portant machines in the United States Indepen
IDENTIFY ofthe results of American ingenuity 1t will
contain complete practical treatises on Mechanics,
Machinery, Engine-wcrk, and Engineering; with
all that is useful in more than one thousand dol
lars worth Of folio Volumes magazines, and other
books, among which may be mentioned the fol-
lowing: @.' ~." w
l. Bibiotheque des Arts INDUSTRIES. (Masson,
Paris) r...l Id -. .-
.. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
3. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Backie,
4. Publication Industrielle. (Armeugaud Aine,
Paris.)
S. Jamieson's Mechanics of Fluids.
G. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.) ,r
7. Allgemine Bauzetung NIT Abbildungen-
g. Organ fur die Fortschritte des Eisenbahnwe-
sens in techniseher Beziehung. Won Wal.
degg, Wiesbaden) =, ..
6. Sherwin's Logarithims.
10. Byrne's Logarithms.
H. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works Of
Oliver Byrne. -..' =
l2. sillimans Journal: -.
10. Agemeine Maschinen-E Encyclopedia. (Huls.
Sc, Leipzig..
IA. Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain and
e. ,. America contrasted.
Is. Holtzapfes Turning and Mechanical Manip-
M pulation. - W. <v9t% - ',,.
l6. The Steam Engine. q. Bourne.)
IL. Elsenbahn-Zeitung. (stuttgart)
y l8. Tregold on the Steam Engine.
Is. Pixies Mathematical and Optical instruments.
20. Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. Qa-
boulaye, Paris.
81. Sganzn's Civil Engineering.
g. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
23 Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
(Woodcroft.)
"a. Essai sur i'Industrie des Matieres Textiles
(Michel Alcan, Paris.)
25 Macneill's Tables
26. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
81. Templeton's !" Millwright's and Engineers
Pocket Companion.
%. Lady's and Gentlemen's Diary.
%. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
80. Weisbach's Mechanics ard Engineering.
81. The Mathematician. (London.)
80. Barlow on Strength of Materials.
80. Hams Mechanics.
"a. Mechanical Principles Of Engineering and
Architecture. (Mosley.)
az Journal of the Franklin Institute.
36. The Transactions Of the Institute of Civil
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81. The Artisan.
80. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. Pub.
lished by Weale, London.)
49, Imperial Dictionary. Glasgow
40. Students Guide TO the Locomotive Engine.
Al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. (Bar
low, London,)
4a. RecueI des Machines instruments ct Apparel.
lie Blanc, Paris.)
43. Buchanan on Mill Work.
"A. Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Ma
chimes. &c. Rennie.)
As. Repertoire del'IDdastrie Franqnasc ct Eran'
W. gere e. Matthias, Paris.)
46. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. (Ac
com, London.)
London.)
4s. Hodge on the Steam Engine
40. Scientific American.
so. Railroad Journal. (New York;
ST. American Artisan.
50. Mechanic Magazine.
So. Ncholson's (Pe,er) Dictionary of Architec
54, Diclionaire de Marine voiles ct Vapeur,
(De Bonnefoux, Pars:)
IS. Conway and Menai Tubuler Bridges (Fan-
Sc. Brees' Railway Practice.
81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary.
So. Bowdtch's Navigation.
SO. Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men.
GO. Engineers and Mechanics Encycl 'pedia.
Luke Herbert.)
6I. Patent Journal London.
62. Bree's Glossary OF Engineering.
g. Encyclopedia OF Civil Engineering. Grassy.
ga. Craddock's Lectures OIL the Steam-Engine
IS. Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. (Has-
66. Mechanical Principia. Geonard)
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of theoretical and scientific knowledge, in con.
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