The southern press., 1851-11-01
NOVEMBER l. 1851

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Edited by OLIVER BrRsE, formerly Professor u
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.4uihor and mpenior ef"Ihe Calculus " Fbrm,
'The .Nssc and Improved System Of Logarithims, "
The Elementsqf Euciidby Cotors, I" ETC., ETC. ETC.
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9. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
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8. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. (Blackie,
GIasgow.)
a. Publication Industrielle. ,(Armongaud Aine,
Paris.)
S. Jamiesons Mechanics Of. Fluids.
g. Treatise on Mechanics. (POsson.)
I. Allgemne Bauzeitung nit Abbildungen.
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8. Organ fur die Fortschrtc des Esenbahnwe
sens in technischer Bcziehung. (Von Wal
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6. Sherwn's Logarthims.
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%. Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. (La-
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%. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation
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Michel Acan, Paris.)
25 Macneill's Tables.
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%. Lady's and Gentemen's Diary.
~. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
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az Treatise on the Manufacture of Gas. (Ac-
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aa Hodge on the Steam Engine
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Luke Herbert.)
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| "a Craddock,s Lectures the Steam Engine
65 Assistant Engineers Railway Guide HAS
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