The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-15


intended for the Engineering Profession.
Edited By OLIVER BrRNg, formerly Professor If
Mathematics, College Of Ciril Engineers, London
.4,hor and Inventor Of g The Calculus qf Form,
'Ihe .Neac and Improved Sysfem Of Logayithims,
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London.)
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A. Publication lndustrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
S. Jameson's Mechanics Of Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
Z. Allgemine Bauzeitung nit Abbldungen.
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8. Organ fur die Fortschrte des Eisenbahnwe
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michel Alcan, Paris)
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%. Marine Steam Engine. Brown
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