The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-13
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.


Worklng-draWlngS and descriptions OF the most I'M
portant machines in the United States. lndepen-
IDENTIFY Of the results Of American ingenuity, it will
contain complete practical treatises Mechanics,
Machinery, Engine-w' rk, 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:
|. BibIiotheque des Arts lndustriels. (Masson,
Paris.)
2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
(London.)
8. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
4. Publication Industrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
S. Jamieson's Mechanics OF. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Posson.)
I. Allgemine Bauzeitung NIT Abbidungen.
(Forster, Wien)
8. Organ fur die Fortschrite des Eisenbshnwe-
sens in technIscher Beziehung. won Wal
degg, Wiesbaden.)
6. Sherwin's Logarithms.
10. Byrne' Logarithms.
H. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works OF
Oliver Byne.
IL. Sillman's Journal.
10. Algemeine Acknowledgment (EuiG-
IA. Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain and
America contrasted.
Is Holtzapdels' Turning and Mechanical Manip-
pulation.
l6. The Steam Engine g. Bourne.)
II. E,senbahn- Zetung. (Stuttgart.)
Is. TregoId on the Steam Engine.
10. Pixies Mathematical and Optical Instruments.
90. Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. LA
boulaye, Paris.
81. Sganzln's Civil Engineering.
o. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
90. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
(Woodcroft.)
"a. Essai sur rIndustrie des Matieres Textiles
michel Alcan, Paris.)
25. Macneil's Tables.
26. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
81. Templeton's Millwright's and Engineers
Pocket Companion,
%. Lady's and Gentlemon's Diary.
~. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
30. Wesbach's Mechanics and Engineering.
81. The Mathematician. London.)
80. Barlow on Strength Of Materials.
SO. Hams Mechanics.
"a Mechanical Principles of Engineering and
Architecture. (Mosley.)
35 Journal of the Franklin Institute.
So The Transactions of the Institute Of Civil
Engineers. (London.)
81 The Artisan
SO. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. pub
lished by Weale, London.)
49, Imperial Dictionary (Glasgow)
40. Students Guide to the Locomotive Englne'
Il. halfway anu N~Ai'"6~ '''SN-]' 49,
low, London,)
49, Recueil DIES Machines Instruments ct APPAREL.
lie Blanc, Paris.
AZ. Buchanan on Mill Work.
"a. Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Ma
chimes. C. Rennie.)
as. Repertoire de l'lDdustre Franquaise ct Etrap-
eere. a. Matthias, Paris.)
46. Treatise on the Manufacture OF Uas. (Ac-
Al Setting ont Curves on Railways. Claw,
London.)
as. Hodge on the Steam Engine
40. Scientific American.
so. Railroad Journal New York
81. American Artisan.
So. Mechanics Magazine.
So. Nicholsons Peter) Dictionary OF Archi'ee-
ture.
"a. Dictionaire de Marine Voiles ct Vapeur,
(De Bonnefoux, Paris)
IS. Conway and Menai Tubuler Bridges Fair
barn.
Sc. Brees Railway Practice.
81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary.
So. Bowdtch's Navigation.
50 Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men.
so Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia.
Luke Herbert.)
81. Patent Journal London.
e. Bree's Glossary OF Engineering.
"a Encyclopedia Of Civil Engineering. Grassy.
ga Craddock's Lectures OH the Steam-Engine.
Is Assistant Engineers Railway Guioe. mas
koll.)
&C. Mechanical Principal. (LeonardD
The great object Of this publication is, to place
before practical men and students such an amount
of theoretical and scientific knowledge, ~ con-
densed form, as shall enablr them 70 WORK 10 the
hest advantage and to avoid those mistakes which
they might otherwise commit The amount OF
useful information thus brought together, is almost
he xond prec edent In such works. Indeed there IS
hardly any subject within its range which IS mol
Gated with such cleaness and precision, that even
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Moulder and Boiler Makers.
Arti6cers in Brass, Copper and Tin,
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Carpenters.
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Workers in Ivory, Bone, and Horn.
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Of Great Guns and Small Arms.
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