The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-23
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES
d. APPLETON & Co, NEW YORK


Machinery, Engine-work, and Engineering with
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books, among which may be mentioned the fol-
lowing:
l. Bibiotheque DIES Arts INDUSTRIES. (Nlasson,
Paris.)
9 Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
(London.)
3. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (B!acke,
Glasgow
A. Publication Industrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
Paris.)
5. Jamieson's Mechanics Of. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson)
T. Allgemine BauZeitung nit Abbildungen.
(Forster, Wien.)
s. Organ fur die Fortschritte des Eisenbahnwe-
sens in technischer Beziehung. (Von Wal
degg, Wiesbaden.)
6. Sherwin's Logarithims.
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Oliver Byrne.
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l6. The Steam Engine. G.. Bourne)
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90. Dctionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. La
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81. Sganzn's Civil Engineering.
%. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
%. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
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michel Alcan, Paris)
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"a Mechanical Principles Of Engineering and
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lie Blanc, PARISH
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63 Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering. Grassy.
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65 Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. (Has-
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