Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-08-05
GREAT MECHANICAL WORK.
D. Appleton & Co.,
NEW YORK,

Is
II, NEW YORK,
ARE NOW PUBLISHING IN PARTS,
Prise XIV. cents each,
A Dictionary OF MACHINES, MECHANICS, EN-
eINR-woRK AND ENGINEERING, Designed Ior
Practical Working Men, and those intended for
the Engineering Profession. Edited by Oliver
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