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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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| MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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A Dictiona OF Machines, Mechanics,
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Designed for Practical Working Men. and those
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Edited by OLIVER BrRSE, formerly Professor et
Mathematics, College Of Cipii Engiaeers, London !:
.4,thor and Hpentor or"The Calculus Qr Form,
''Ths .kslc and hnJrooed System Of Logariihms, -
"Ihe Eiementsof Eueiidby Coiors, etc, ETC, etc.
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/. Bibliotheque des Arts INDUSTRIES. (Masson,
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g. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
Glasgow
A. Publication lndustriele. (Armengaud Aine,
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S. Jamieson's Mechanics of Fluids.
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90 Dictionnaire des A Is ct Manufactures. (La-
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-. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
%. Origin and Progress. of Steam Navigation,
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michel Alcan, Paris.)
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AZ Tempieton'. Millwrght's and Engineers
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~. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
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| ,r Io,rnal Of The Frank lin Institute
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lie Blanc Paris.)
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"a. Practical Examples Of Modern Tools and Ma
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as Repertoire de l'lndustre Franquaise ct Etran-
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A6. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. (Ac-
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AZ. Setting out Curves on Railways (Law,
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4S Hodge on the Steam Engine
49 Scientific American.
So Railroad Journal. New YORK
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So Mechanics Magazine
SO. Nicholson's Peter Dictionary OF Architee-
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50. Dictionaire de Marine YoileG ct a VaPeur,
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81 Rowditch's Navigation.
20 Gragory,s Mathematics for Practical Men.
60 Ene,neers' and Mechanics Encyclopedia.
luke Herbert.)
81, Patent Journal'i London.
60. Bree's Glossary Of Engineering.
SO Encyclopedias of Civh engineering. Grassy.
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