The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-03-23
MACHINES, MECHANICS, ENGINE.
WORK. AND ENGINEERING,

MACHINES, MECHANICS, ENGINE
WORK. AND ENGINEERING,
DESIGNED FOR
Practical working men aud. those intended Tor the
Engineering profession.
EDITED BY OLIVER BYRNE,
Formerly Professor of Mathematics College OF civil
EnginreIs, London. Author and Inventor OF 'the
calculus of form,' 'the new and improved system
oIsLogarithms' the elements of auclid by colors'
ETC., ETC., etc.
This work is Of large svo size, containing nearly
two thousand pages, upwards of fifteen hundred
plates and six thousand wood cuts 1t will present
working g-drawings and descriptions OF the most I'm
lporiaul machines in tho United States lndepen
dent of the results of American ingenuity, 1t will
contain cempiEte practical reatises ON Mechanics,
Machinery, Engine work, and Engineering; with
tali that Is useful in than one Thousand dollars
worth Of folio Volumes magazines, aud other books
among which may be mentioned the folowing:-
|. Bbliotheqve dcs Arts lndustTiels, Masson.
Paris 9. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
London. 3. Engineer and Machnisrs ASSISTANT
Backie Glasgow. 4. Publication lndustriee
Armengaud Aine, Paris. 5. Jamieson's Mechan-
les of Fluids. 6. Treatise on Mechanics. Poisson.
IL. Agemeine Bauzeitung NIT Abhiddunges, For
ster, Wien. s. Organ fur die Fertschritte des Es-
lanbshnwesens in fechnischer Beziehung. Won
| Waldege, Wiesbaden. 9. Sherwin's Logarithms.
10 Byrne's Logarithms IL. The Mechanical
aud Mathe hematical w orks ofOliver Byrne II Sill
liman's Journal. Ailgemeine Maschinen- Encyo-
Iture of Great Britain and America contrasted. i5
Hultzasffsl's Turning and Mechanical Manipnla-
lton. l6. The Steam Engine. J. Bourne. II.
Eisenbahn- Zeitung, Stuttgart. IL. Thrydgold ON
ON the Steam Engine. ~ Pixies Mathematical
and optic al Instruments. 90. Diconnaire des Arts
let Manufactures, Laboulaye. Paris. 81 Sgan-
zin's Civil Engineering. 22 Browns Indicator and
Dynanometer. %. Origin and Progress of Steam
4 Navigasion, Woodcraft. "a. Essai sur + Plndusirie
des Matieres Textiles, Michel Alcan, Paris. 25
Macneill's Tables. &c. Grier's Mechanics Pock
ct Dictionary. 21. Templeton's Milwright's and
Engineers Pocket Companion. %. Lady andGen-
ltleman's Diary. %. Marine Steam Engine Brown.
80. Weisbaek's Mechanics and Engineering. 81
The Mathematician, London. 81. Barlow on
Strength of Materials 49, Hann's Mechanics
"a. Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Ar
chitecture, Mosley. 35 Journal of the Franklin
Institute. sc. The Transactions OF the Institute Of
J Civil Engineers, London 81. The Artisan 50.
Quarterly Papers Engineering, Published by
Weale, London. SO. Imperial Dictionary, Glas-
cow 40. Students Guide to the Locomotive En-
gne. Al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels,
Barlow, London. AZ. Recueil des Machines In
siruments ct Appareils, LIE Blanc Paris. 43 Bu-
chanan on Mill Work. A. Practical Examples OF
Modern Tools and Machines, G. Rennie.- 40. Re
pertoire de Plndustrie Francaise ct Etrangere, l..
i Matthias, Paris. 46 Treatise on the Manufacture
of Gas, Accum London. At. Setting out Curves
on Railways, Law, London AZ. Hodge on the
Steam Engine. 40. Scientific American. 5u'
Railroad Journal, New York. 81. American Artl-
san. So. Mecnonics' Magazine. 50. Nicholson's
4 Dictionary of Architecture. 54. Dictonnaire de
Marine a Voiles ct Vapeur, De Bonnefaux, tarls.
l55. Conway and Menai Tubular Bridges, FaIroan.
So Brees' Railway Practice. 81. Barlow's Math-
ematcal Dictionary. So. Bowdich's Navigation.
So Gregory's Mathematics for Practical men.
CO. Engineers and mechanics Encyclopedia, Luke
Herbert. 81. Patent Journal, London. o. Brees
/, Glossary of Engineering. 63. Encyclopedias o
Civil Engineering, Grassy. Ga Cradock's Lecture;
on the Steam Engine. 65. Assistant Engineer,
: Railway Guide, Haskell. &C. Mechanical Princl
pia, Leonard
The great object Of this publication is to place be
fore practical men and students snch an amount o.
theoretical and scientific knowledge, in condensed
form, shall enable them to work to the best ad
) vantage, and to avoid those mistakes which the!
might otherwise commit. The amount OF useiu
information thus brought together is almost beyonC
lprecedent in such works. Indeed, there IS hardly
any subject within its range which is not treated
with sush ceareess and precision, that even mar
of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail OF under
standing il, and thus learning from IT much which
is important for him to know.
!, From the annexed list of the principal authors
and subjects comprised in this work, it is set-eVl
dent that all citizens engaged in the practical ant
useful arts. etc., may derive essential advantages
f from the possession aud study Of this publication
I the following may be especially designated:
Millwrights. Moulders and Boiler makers. Ar
tificeTs in brass copper and TIM Cutters ana Work
ers of stee lin general. Carpenters. BrickmakeTs
Workers i'll ivory bone and horn. Civil engineers
railway contractors, and contractors of earth wori
a and masonry of every description. Architects ant
J. bridge builders Builders, master masons' ant
brickayers. Ship builders, masters OF vessels, shl
carpenters, and others connected with building ant
3 docking ships Block and pump makers. HEM
= dressers and rope makers. Manufacturers OF nel
and cotton fabrics. Manufacturers of spinning ma
$ Chimes rowing machines, card breakers, and hnlsh
ers drawing frames, willows and pickers, etc., con
i nected with cotton, fax, and wool machinery
Calenderers, bleachers and calico printers Cloti
folders and measurers, and persons interested II
e sewing machinery, Cnchor and caoie cnalh Iiau
= ufacturers. Cutting and turning TOOL makers
{ Pin and needle makers. Nail and rivet makers
Il Bolt and screw bolt makers. Nail cutters. Coin
o lers Leather dressers aud curriers' Manutactur
: lers of great guns aed small arms. Candle makers
Biscuit and cracker makers. Lace makers. Rib
bon weavers. Stone cutters and marble masons
If Overs, cloth washers and scourers. CooPers Z!
: der and cheese manufacturers Crown, chrysta
. and plate glass makers Sugar boilers and rehnerf
, with propretors of sugar plantations. ManufactuE
: ers Of railway, BAR round, ribbon and rod iron
!. Wheel, axle, and spring makers. Engine driver
and persons connected with the locomotive geneT
ally. Engineers and captains of steam vessels
% Managers Of stationary engines Lumber dealer
!. and owners of saw mills. Veneer cutters. Own
/ ers of planning machinery. Corn millers and per
sons connected with boiling and bran separatln
!, machinery Farmers and persons using graz
u sheng and threshing machinery Buhi workers
e lcarvers engravers, and ornament makers in gene
e ral Persons employed in the manufacture of gas
Ic Makers of copper and lead tubing. Linen an
straw paper makers. Ship owners harbor masters
and others interested in dredging machinery. We
g sinkers. Astronomers, philosophers, and other
using philosophical apparatus and Instruments
Engineers, miners, and others interested in pump
y ling engines. Persons interested in canals an
. aqueducts Warehousemen, and others using by
= dTauIic presses, dynanomeric cranes, jack screws
0 common and feed cranes Workers in metals an
} alloys. Tin plate workers. Spring manufactul
ers. Wheel wrghts, clock makers and hOrOlOgist'
Etc., ETC., etc.
e The publishers have expended large sum {
N money 10 get original drawings of machinery
at practical in this country, and have procured a
most every work the subject, whether pubiishe
in England France, or Germany, the most essen
d tal parts of which being comprised in this Dctiona
ry, render it as perfect and comprehensive pos
10 sible. The publishers have endeavoredto gres
economy in type, that each page of the work
" tans at least four times the number of words oun
in ordinary pages of the same size. This has ais
secured to each plate working drawings of ampl
d isize and clearness, SO that mechanic may con
10 struct accurately any machne described.
e The publishers are, in short determined, regard
u ess of cost to make the work complete as poss
BILE; and it is hoped every desrous to obtain tn
work will procure it as issued in numbers and thu
encourage the ENTERPRISE.