Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-07-31
Mechanical Arts and Sciences.

Mechanical Arts and Sciences.
D. APPLETON co, NEW YORK,
Hare in course Of Publication,
IN PARTS, PRICE 25 CENTS EACH,
A DICTIONARY OF MACHINES, MEcHANIcS'
ENG1NE-woRX, and ENGINEERING
Designed for Practical Working men
and those intended for the Engineering Fro
fession. Edited BY OLIVER BYRNE, for-
meriy Professor Of Mathematics, College of
Girl Engineers, London. Author and In.
renfor Of. The Calculus Of Form The
Ne,c and Improved System Of Logarifhms,'
Tie Elements Of Euclid by Coiors, etc. etc.
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Fifteen Hundred Plates, and Six Thousand
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in the United States. independent Of the result
Of American ingenuity. il will contain complete
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Rbliothotheque des Arts Industrials. Mason Pars
.. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal l.ondon)
B. Engineer and Mcchanist assistant (Blackc Glasgow
l. Publication, lndustrellc Armengaude Aine, fars)
s. Jameson'p Mechanics Of Fluids.
e. Treatise Mechanics poisson. Wfen)
= All-ycmcinc Dauzcitung nit Abbildungcn. (forster
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tcchnischcr Bczichang. Von waldegg Wiesbadcn)
.. Shcrwin's Losarithms 10. Byrncs Losarithms:
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l3 All-gcmcnc Ma.chincn Encyclopedia. Iul1see Teip
zig lcontrasted
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IL. HoltzarEel's turning and mechanical Manipulation
IL. The steam Engine. ~. Bourne)
L.. Ei-cnbahn Zeitung. tstuttgard)
II. Trcdgold on the steam Engine.
IL. Pike mathematical and optical Instruments.
20 pietionair- dcs arts It manufactalc.; LaDouye
-. Browns Indicator and Pynanometer Croft
~. Origin and progress Of steam Navigation Wood
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a,,, Grrr's Mechanic Pocket Dictionary. lp,nion.
q. Tcmpctons Mill~rghts and Engineers Pocket Com
IS. Lady AMI Gcntcnans Diary.
-. Marine steam Engine. tBrown)
20. Wesbach's Mechanics and Engineering
81. The Mathematician (London)
-. Burow Strength Of Materials.
~. Hunn's Mcchanius. ltMcscly-l
~ sicchanca Principle Of Engineering snd Architecture
g. The transaction Of the Institute Of Civil ENGINEERS.
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~. Students Guide 10 the Locomotive. LONDON
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! Blanc, Paris.
~. buchanan On Mill WORK. Ill., hennle.i
~. Practical Examples Of modern Tools and Mrchines
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81 american Artisan %. Mechanics Magazine.
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ST. Brecs Railway Practice.
!
81 Bo"ditrh. Navigation.
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~. Brees Glossary Of Engineering:
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Gs Assistant Engineer. Railway Guide. Iil.koIl.
III, Mechanical irincipia- leonardo
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