The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-19
Washington Thursday, December 10. 1850.
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES
D. APPLETON s CO., NEW YORK,

MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
D. APPLETON s. CO., NEW YORK,
HAVE IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION, IN PARTS, PRICE
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH,
A Dictionay of Machines, Mechanics,
Engine-Wok and Engine ering.
Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
intended far the Engineering Profession.
Edited by OLIVER BYRNE, formerly Professor Of
Mathematics, College Of Grill Engineers, London
.author and Errenior or"7he Calculus Of For1n,"
"The .Nsto and Improved System Of Logarithims,"
The EtemenisQ Of Euetdby COiOrs," ETC., ETC., etc.
TNHlSwor is oflarge Svo. size, containing nearly
l. t'cO thousand pages, upwards Of fifteen hundred
plates and sir thousand rood cuts. 1t will present
working-drawings and descriptions Of the most inn
portant machines in the United States. Indepen.
IDENTIFY Of the results Of Amerc ingenuity, 1t will
contain complete practical treatises on Mechanics,
Machinery, Engine-work, 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:
l. BlbIiotheque des Arts INDUSTRIES. (NIasson,
Paris.)
9. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
(London.)
g. Engineer aud Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
Glasgow
4. Publication Ldustrellc. (Armengaud Aine
Paris.)
S. Jameson's Mechanics oil. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poissou.)
! 7. Allgemine Bauzeitung nit Abblldungcn
(Forster, Wien)
g. Organ fur die Fortschri'te des Eisenbahnwe
sens in technischer Bezichung. won Wal.
| degg, Wiesbaden.)
| 6. Shcrwin's Logarthims.
10. Byrne's Logarithms
| IL. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works Of
Oliver Byrne.
| IL. Sllimans Journal.
10. Algemeine Maschinen Encyclopedia. (1uls.
Sc, Leipzig.
IA. Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain and
America contra%ed
Is. Hol,zapfes' Turning and Mechanical Manp
pulation.
l6. The Steam Engine (J. Bourne.)
| II. E!senbahn-Xeilung. (Stuttgart.)
10. Tregold on the Steam Engine.
10. Fixes Mathematical and Optical Instruments.
30. Dictionnaire des Ats ct Manufactures. QLa-
boulay G, Paris.
81. Sganzlns Civil Engineering.
-. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
%. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
(Woodcroft.)
"a. Essai sur rIndustrie des Malieres Textiles
(Mlchel Alcan, Paris.)
IS. Macneill's Tables.
26. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
81 TempIeton's Mllwright's and Engineer
| Pocket Companion.
%. Lady's and Gentlemens Diary.
~. Marine Steam Engine. ('rown.)
80. Weisbach's Mechanics and Engineering.
81. The Mathematician. Q.ondon.)
3D. Barlow on Strength Of Materials.
80. Hams Mechanics.
81 Mechanical Principles of Engineering and
Architecture. (Aloslcy.)
| IS. Journal of the Franklin Institute.
ba transactions Of the Institute If Civil
Engineers. (London.)
81. The Artisan.
80. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. pub.
lished by Weale, London.)
49, Imperial Dictionary. (Glasgow.)
no. Students Guide to the Locomotive EGG inc.
al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. (Bar-
low, London,)
~. Recuel des Machines instruments ct APPAREL.
lie Blanc, Paris.)
A. Buchanan Mill Work.
A. Practical Examples Of Modern Tools and Ma
chimes. C. kenne)
As. Repertoire de l'lndustre Franquaise ct Etran-
gere. O. Matthias, Par-.)
az Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas (Ac-
com, London.)
| A. Setting out Curves on Railways. QLaw,
London.)
az. Hodge on The Steam Engine
A. Scientific Ame, lean.
So Railroad Journal. New York
| ST. American Artisan.
! S. Mechanics Magazine.
| So Nicholson's (Peter) Dictionary of Archltec
ture.
54 Dictionaire de Marine Voiles ct Vapeur,
de Bonuefoux, Paris)
IS. Conway and Mcnai Tubuler Bridges (Fair-
barn.
Sc. Brees' Railway Practice.
! 81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary.
S. Bowditch's Navigation.
So Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men
GO. Eng ,neers and Mechanics Encyclopedia
| (Luke Herbert)
81. Patent Journal London.
! g. Brees G .ossary Of Eng ineering
63 Encyclopedias of Civil Engineering. Grassy
! a. Craddock's Lectures oil the Steam-Engine
! 65. Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. Has
koll.)
&C. Mechanical Principal. (Leonard.)
The great object of this publication is, to place
before prac teal men and students such an amount
Of theoretical and scientific knowledge, IN con-
Edensed form, as shall enable them to work to the
best advantage, and to avoid those mistakes which
! they might otherwise commit The amount OF
useful information thus brought together, is almost
be yond precedent In suob works. Indeed there is
hardly any subject within its range which IS not
Gated with such cleaness and precision, thai even
man of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail OF
understanding, and thus learning from 1t much
which il is important for him to know.
From the annexed list of the principal author,
and subject comprised in this work il is sell-evi-
dent, that all citizens engaged in the practical and
useful arts, ETC., may derive essential advantages
from the possession and study of this publication,
The following my be especially designated:
Millwrights.
Moulder and Boiler Makers.
Ar,ifcers in Brass, Copper. and Tin.
Cutters, and Workers Of Steel in general,
Carpenters.
Brickmakcrs
Workers in Ivory, Bone, and Horn.
Civil Engine ers, Railway Contractors, and Con-
tractors for Ear,h-Work and Masonry Of every
description,
Architects an Bridge Dniidrrs.
, Builders, Master Masons, and D,i,klayers.
Ship Builders, Masters OF Vessel Snip Carpcn,,