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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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A Dictionary Of Machines, Mechanics,
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Designed for Practical Working Men. aud those
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Edited by OLIVER ByRSE, formerly Professor Of
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London
.aathor aud inresior of"1 Calculus Qf Firm, -
"Ihe .Ns,o and Improved System Of Logaritsinls. .
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|. Bibliotheque des Arts Industries. (Masson,
2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal
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3. Engineer aud Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
Glasgow)
a. Publication Industrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
Paris.)
S. Jamesons Mechanics OF. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. lPoisson.)
Z. Allgemne Bauzeitung nit Abbildungen.
(Forster, Wien)
| 8 Organ fur die Fortschri'te des Eisenhahnwe-
sens in technischer Beziehung. (von Wal.
degg, Wiesbaden.)
| s. Sherwin's Logarthms.
| TO- Byrne's Logarithms.
| IL. The Mechanical aud Mathematical Works OF
| Oliver Byrne.
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| Is. Algemeine Maschnen- Encyclopedia. (Huls.
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| America contrasted.
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| II. Esenbahn-Zelung. Stuttgart
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10. Pixies Mathematical and Optical Instruments.
! 20. Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. ua-
| boulaye, Paris.
| 81. Sganz,n's Civil Engineering
! %. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
%. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
! (Woodcroft.)
! "a. Essai sur lIndustrie des Maiieres Textiles
| michel AIcan, Paris)
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| %. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
| 81. Templston's Millwrght's and Engncer's
| Pocket Companion
| IS. I,ads's and Gentiemen's Diary.
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"a Mechanical Principles of Engineering aud
/ Architecture. (Mosley.)
| 35 Journal of the Franklin Institute.
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| 81. The Artisan.
49, Quarterly Papers on Engineering. pub
-, lished by Weale, London-) s..
| 80. Imperial Dictionary. (GIasgow)
4O Students Guide to the Locomotive Engine.
| a. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. Bar
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| a.. Recueil des Machines instruments G. APPAREL
| lie Blanc, Paris.)
! 49, Buchanan on Mill Work.
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| as. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. Ac-
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| az. Setting ou. Curves on Railways. (Law,
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| 49, Hodge on the Steam Engine
! 49, Scientific American.
! So Railroad Journal. New York
| 81. American Artisan.
| So Mechanics Magazine.
| S. Nicholson's Peter Dictionary of Architee-
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| 81 Dictionaire de Marine Voiles ct Vapeur,
! ODE Bonnefoux, Paris.)
S. Conway and Mena Tubuler Bridges (Fair-
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| Sc. Brees' Railway Practice.
81 RarIow's Mathematical Dictionary.
| So Bowditch's Navigation.
| So Grecory's Mathematics for Practical Men.
| CO. Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia.
| luke Herbert)
| 6l Patent Journal; London.
| g. Bree's Glossary Of Engineering.
| 63 Encyclopeda Of Civil Engineering Grassy.
| Ga Craddock's Lectures the Steam-Engine.
| 65. Assistant Engineers Railway Guide Has
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| &C. Mechanical Principal. (Leonard.)
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