The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-17
WASHINGTON CITY, SATURDAY, H. 1851
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES


| MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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Edited by OLIVER BvRnE, formerly Professor Of
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| .author and Inventor of"IHe CaIcut.s Qf Firm,
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l. Bib 'iotheque dos Arts Industriels (Masson
2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal
8. Engh ,eer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
Glasgow.)
4. Public alton Industriclle. (Armengaud Aine,
PARISH
S. Jamieson's Mechanics Of. Fluids.
g. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
T. AlgemiDe Bauzeitung NIT Abbildungen
~ (Eorster, Wien.) A
| g. Organ fur die Fortschritte des Eisenbahnwe-
sens in technscher Bcziehung (Von Wal
degg Wiesbaden.)
| 6. Sherwins Logarithims.
| no Ryrne'a LORarthms.
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| 10 Siliman's Journal. 8
| 49, Algemeine Maschinen-E Encyclopedia. (Huls-
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| IL. Esenbahn- Zeitung. (Stnttgart)
| 49, Tregod on the Steam Engine.
| 49, Pixies Mathematical and Optical Instruments:
| 90 Diconnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. La
boulaye, Paris.
| 2i- Sganzns Civil Engineering. Gk
| a. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
| % Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
| (Woodcroft.) Il. . +
| a. Essai sur pIndustrie des Matiercs Textiles
| michel Alcan, Paris.)
| o. Macnell's Tables
| &c Griers Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
| 81. Templetcm's Miliwright's and Engineers
| Pocket Companion.
| o. Lady and Gentlemen's Diary.
| 29. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.) s
| 80 Weisba sh's Mechanics and Engineering.
| 81. The M atnematiciah Qondon)
| 80. Barlow on Strength of Materials.
| 80. Hams Mechanics.
| "a Mocha nical Principles Of Engineering and
| Arch itecture. (Mosley.)
| 35 Journs i of the Franklin Institute.
| &c. The Transactions of the Institute Of Civil
| Eng neers. Uondon.)
| 81. The Artisan.
49, Quar- tcrly Papers on Engineering. pub
lish ed by Weale, London.)
| 49, Imps rial Dictionary. (Glasgow.)
| 40 Stud ents Guide TO the Locomotive Engine.
| H. Rail way Engine and Carriage Wheels. (Bar-
| lo' ", London,)
! AZ Re, ueil des Machines instruments ct APPAREL
| Gle Blanc, PARISH
! AZ. Blu chanan on Mill Work. r-
AZ. Pr actical Examples of Modern Tools and Ma
chimes. &c. Rennie.)
rs. Repertoire dclIndustrie Franquaise ct Elran-
gere. a. Matthias, Pars.)
| 46. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Cas- (Ac-
| com, London.)
4 A. Setting out Curves on Railways Claw,
! ff London.) ~
! az. Hodge on the Steam-Engine
| 40. Scientific American.
so Railroad Journal. New York
| ST. American Artisan.
| ST. Mechanics Magazine.
| So Nicholson's peter Dictionary Of Architee-
ture.
| a. Dictionaire de Marine voiles ct vapeur,
Ode Bonnefoux, Pars.)
| IS. Conway and Menai Tubulcr Bridges (Fair-
barn.)
| Sc Brees' Railway Practice M
| 81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary.
| So Bowditch's Navigation. ls
| SO. Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men.
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| Luke Herbert.) u t,4 ~
| 81. Patent Journal London.
| 60 Bree's Glossary Of Engineering.
| 60 Encyclopedia Of Civil Engineering. Grassy
| GA. Craddock's Lectures on the Steam-Engne.
| 65. Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. Has
tH koll) fN c r
! 66. Mechanical Principal. (Leonard)
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Civil Engineers, Railway Contractors, and Con-