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| 81 The Mathematician. (London.) e
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AZ Hodge on the Steam Engine
| 49 Scientific American.
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Sc. Brees' Railway Practice.
81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary
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6O Enaineers' and Mechanics Encyclopedias.
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81. Patent Journal London
62. Bree's Glossary Of engineering.
63 Encyclopedias Of Civil Engineering. Grassy
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