The freeman. (Fremont [Ohio]) 1849-1850, 1850-04-06
MECHANICAL ARTS AND SCIENCES,
EDITED BY OLIVER BYRNE,


Practical working men aud those intended 1or the
Engineering profession
EDITED BY OLIVER BYRNE,
Formerly Professor of Mathematics College OF civil
EngiureIs, London. Author and Inventor of 'the
calculus of form, the new and improved system
OF Logarthms,' the elements of auclid by coiors,
etc., ETC., etc.
This work is of large 8vo size, containing nearly
two thousand pages, upwards of fifteen hundred
plates, and six thousand wood cuts 1t will present
working drawings and descriptions Of the most nl
poriant machines in tho United States. lndepen
dent of the results of American ingenuity, it will
contain cemplEte practical treatises on Mechanics,
Machinery, Engine-work, and Engineeringi with
all that Is useful in more than one thousand dollars
worth Of folio volumes, magazines, and other books
among which may be mentioned the following!-
l. Biblotheqve des Arts Industrels. Mason.
Paris. 2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
London. 8. Engineer and Machinist's Assistant
Blackie, Glasgow. A. Publication Indusriee.
Armengaud Aine, Paris. s. Jamieson's Mechan-
les OF Fluids. 6. Treatise on Mechanics. Poisson.
Z. Allgemeine Bauzeitung nit Abblddungen. For
ster, Wien. 8. Organ fur die Ferschritte des Els
enbahnwesens in technscher Bezehung. Won
Waldegg, Wiesbaden 8. Sherwin's Logarithms
10. Byrues Logarhms. IL. The Mechanical
aud Mathematics w orks ofOliver Byrne. l2. Sill
man's Journal. Allgemeine Maschinen- Encyc-
lopade. Hullse. Leipzig. Ia. Cotton Manufac-
ture of Great Britain and America conlrasted. i5
Holzasffels Turning and Mechanical Manipula-
| iion. 16 The Steam Engine. ] Bourne. II.
Eisenbahn- Zeitung, Stuttgart l8. ThrYdgold on
on the Steam Engine. 10. Pixies Mathematical
and optical Instruments. 90. Dctionnare des Arts
ct manufacturers, LabOulaye, Paris. II. Sgan-
zin's Civil Engineering. %. Browns Indicator and
Dynanometer 90. Origin and Progress Of Steam
Navigason. Woodcraft. "a. Essai sur Plndustrle
des Matieres Textiles, Michel Alcan, Paris 25
Macneill's Tables. g. Grier's Mechanics Pock.
ct Dictionary. 81. TempIetons Mwrig5t.s - - )
t.s u i;,yvr.s ompanion. %. Lady andGen-
tleman's Diary. 90. Marine Steam Engine, Brown.
go Weisback's Mechanics and Engineering. 81
| The Mathematician, London. ~ Barlow on
Strength of Materials. 80. Hann's Mechanics
34 Mechanical Principles of Engineering and Ar
chtecture, Mosey. 35. Journal of the Franklin
Institute Sc. The Transactions of the Institute OF
Civil Engineers, London 81 The Artisan 49,
Quarterly Papers Engineering. Published by
Weale, London. SO. Imperial Dictionary, Glas-
gov. 40 Students Guide to the Locomotive En-
gine. Al Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels,
| Barlow, London. AZ. Recuel des Machines In
struments ct Appareils, LIE Blanc, Paris. 43. Bu-
chanan on Mill Work. a. Practical Examples OF
| Modern Tools and Machines, G. Rennie. As. Re-
pertoire de PIndustrie Franchise ct EtrangeTe, l..
| Matthias Paris. 46 Treatise on the Manufacture
! of Gas, Accum, London. At. Setting out Curves
on Railways, Law, London. 48. Hodge on the
Steam Engine. 49, Scientific American. So.
Railroad Journal, New York. 81. American Arti-
SAN So. Mechonics' Magazine. SO. Ncholson's
Dictionary of Architecture. 54 DictonnaiTe de
| Marine VoiIes ct Vapeur, De Bonnefaux Paris.
SIS. Conway and Menai Tubular Bridges, Fairoan.
| Sc. Brees Railway Practice. ST. Barlow's Math-
ematical Dictionary. 3d. Bowdich's Navigation.
So. Gregory's Mathematics for Practical men,
60. Engineers and mechanics Encyclopedias, Luke
Herbert. 81. Patent journal, London. g. Brees
Glossary of Engineering. 63. Encyclopedia o
Civil Engineering, Grassy. "a: Cradock,s Lectures
on the Steam Engine. 65 Assistant Engineer'f
Railway Guide, HaskoH. Do. Mechanical frnci'
pia. Leonard.
The great object Of this publication is to place be
fore practical men and students snch amount o.
theoretical and scientific knowledge, in condensed
form, as 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 beyond
precedent in such works. Indeed, there is hardly
any subject within its range which is not treated
with sush cIeareess and precision, that even a mai
of the most ordinary capacity cannot fail OF under
standing it, and thus learning from 1t much which
is important for him to know.
From the annexed list of the principal author,
and subjects comprised in this work, it is self-evi
dent thai all citizens engaged in the practical ane
useful arts, ETC., may derive essential advantages
from the possession and study OF this pubiicaton;
the following may be especially designated;
Millwrights. Moulders and Boiler makers. Ar
tificeYs in brass copper and tin. Cutters and work
ers of stee in general Carpenters. Brickmakers
Workers in ivory bone and horn. Civil engineers
railway contractors, and contractors OF eafth WorH
and masonry of every description. Architects ane
bridge builders Builders, master masons, anc
brickayers Ship builders, masters OF vessels, saiE
carpenters, and others connected with building ant
docking ships Block and pump makers HEMP
dressers and rope makers. Manufacturers OF liner
and cotton fabrics Manufacturers Of spinning ma
chimes, rowing machines, card breakers, and finish
ers, drawing franes, willows and pickers, ETC., con
nected with cotton, flax, and wool machinery
Caenderers, beachers and calico printers Cloti
folders and measurers, and persons interested IL
Sc wing machinery. Cnchor and cable chain man
ufacturers. Cutting and turning tool makers
Pin and needle makers. Nail and rivet makers
Bolt and screw bolt makers. Nail cutters. Coin
ers. Leather dressers and curriers'. Manutactur
! ers of great guns aed small arms. Candle makers
Biscuit and cracker makers. Lace makers Rib
bon weavers. Stone cutters and marble masons
Overs, cloth washers and scourers. Coopers. CL
der and cheese manufacturers. Crown, chryssaI
and plate glass makers. Sugar boilers and retlners
with proprietors of sugar plantations. Manufactur
ers Of railway, bar, rouIad, ribbon and rod iron
Wheel, axle, and spring makers Engine driver
and persons connected with the locomotive gener
ally. Engineers aud captains of steam vessels
Managers Of stationary engines. Lumber dealer
and owners of saw mills. Veneer cutters. Own
ers of planning machinery Corn mlilers, and per
sons connected with bolting and bran separatin
!, machinery. Farmers and persons using graf
shelling and threshipg machinery. Buhl workers
carvers, engraveTs, and ornament makers in gene
raj. Persons employed in the manufacture of gas
Makers of copper and lead tubing. Linen an
, straw paper makers. Ship owners, harhor masters
and others interested in dredging machinery. We
sinkers. Astronomers. philosophers. and Other
V using philosophical apparatus and Instruments
Engineers, miners, and others interested in pump
ing engines. Persons interested in canals an
aqueducts Warehousemen, and others using by
" dIaulic presses, dynanometric cranes, jack screw
e common and feed cranes. Workers in metals al
r alloys Tin plate workers. Spring manufactu
e ers. Wheel wrghts, clock makers and horologist
Etc, ETC., etc.
The publishers have expended large sum
d money TO get original drawings of machinery
practical use in this country, and have procured a
most every work on the subject, whether pubiisht
- in England, France, Germany, the most essei
tia parts of which being comprised in this Diction
y y ry, render it perfect and comprehensive as po
e sible The publishers have endeavored to use gre
economy in type, that each page of the work col
n tans at least four times the number of words foul
:! in ordinary pages of the same size. This has al
secured TO each plate working drawings of amp
q, size and clearness, that mechanic may CO..
struct accurately any machine described.
The publishers are, in short determined, regar
less of cost, to make the work complete pos:
D. BILE; and it is hoped every desrous to obtain
work will procure it as issued in numbers, and tn
encourage the enterprise.
- The work will be issued in semi monthly nur
bers, commencing in January, 1850, and will pro
or ress with great regularity.
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