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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
d. APPLETON & CO., NEW YORK,
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A Dicronae of Machines, Mechanics,
Engils. Wok, and Engineering.
Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
intended for The Engineering Profession.
Edited by OLIVER BYRNE, formerly Professor V
Mathematics, College of Cirii Engineers, London
.4uthor and Itosntor or"The Calculus " Form,
"The .Ne,o and Inrroped System Of Logariihims, +"
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A. Publication Industrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
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6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Posson.)
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| 8 Organ fur die Fortschrte des Esenbahnwe-
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/ Michel Acan, Paris.)
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20 Gregory,s Mathematics for Practical Men
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Luke Herbert.)
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