The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-20
WASHINGTON CITY, SATURDAY sEPrEMBER 20, 1851
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES

MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
ID. APPLETON & CO., NEW YORK,
aAvE IN ceussE OF rUBLicA ALTON, IN PARTS, PRIcE
lSsSTy-fnE CENTS EACH,
A Diotlona Of Machines, Mechanics
Engine Wok. and Engineering.
Designed for Practical Working Men. and those
intended for the Engineering Profession.
Edited by OLIVER BYRsE, formerly Professor u
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London !;
ssutAov and iapentor cr"Ihe Calculus " F6rm, .
"Txe .Nssc and Improved Sysfsm Of Logasithnls,
"The Elemsniso Euclidby Coiors ETC., ETC., etc.
THIS work is oflarge 8vo. size, containing nearly
t,oo thousand pages, upwards Of Gfsssm hundred
plates aud sin thousand rood cuts. X will present
working drawings and ptions Of the most i'm
portana machines in the United States. Indepcn.
IDENTIFY Of tho results Of American ingenuity, il will
contain complete practical treatiscs on h1echanics,
Machinery, Enginc-work, and Engineering with
all that is useful ia more than thousand dol
lars' worth of folio volumes, magazines, and other
books, among which may be mentioned tho FOL
lowing: '
l. Bbliotheque des Arts lnduatriels. (Masson
2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal
I.ondon)
g. Engineer and Machinists Assistant (Biacke,
| Glasgow
1. Publication lndustrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
s. Jamieson's Mechanics Of Fluids.
! g. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
7. Algemine Bauzcitung NIT Abbildungen
Forster, Wien.)
8 Organ fur die Fortschri'te des Eisenbahnwe-
sens in technischer Bezichung. won Wal
degg Wiesbaden.)
6. Sherwin's Logarithims.
10. Byrne's Logarhms.
| III. The Mechanical and Mathematical Works Of
Oliver Byrne.
! ~. Silliman's Journal.
10. Algemene Maschinen- Encyclopedias. (Huls'
Sc, Leipzig
/ IA. Cotton Manufacture OF Great Britain and
! America contrasted.
Is. Holtzapfels' Turning and Mechanical Manip
pulation-
is. The Steam Engine. (J. Bourne.)
IT, Eisenbahn- Zeitung. (Smttgart)
49, Tregod on the Steam Engine.
10. Pixies Mathematical and Optical Instruments
90 Dictionnaire DIES Ats ct Manufactures LA
boulaye, Paris.
81. Sganzin's Civil Engineering.
%. Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
%. Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation
(Woodcroft.)
"a. Essai sur pIndustre des Matieres Textiles
/ michel Alcan, Paris.)
25. Macncil's Tables.
%. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
81. Templeton's Millwrght's and Engineer
Pocket Companion.
%. I,ady's and Gentlemen's Diary.
/ ~. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
30 Weisbacs Mechanics and Engineering.
81 The Mathematician. (London,)
81. Barlow on Strength Of Materials
80. Hams Mechanics
"a Mechanical Principles OF Engineering an
Architecture. (Mosley.)
as. Journal of the Franklin Institute.
36. The Transactions Of the Institute Of Cvi
Engineers. (London.)
81. The Artisan.
SO. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. pub
lished by Weaie, London.)
49, Imperial Dictionary. Glasgow
40. Students Guide TO the Locomotive Engine
Al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels. Bar
low, London,) :,
AZ Recuei des Machines instruments ct APPAREL
lie Blanc, PARISH
49, Buchanan on Mill Work.
"a Practical Examples of Modern Tools and Ma
chimes. &C. Rennie.)
As. Repertoire de l'IDdustrie Franquaise ct Etran
gere IL Matthias, Paris.)
az Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. (Ac
com, London.)
AZ. Setting out Curves on Railways. (Law
London.)
AZ. Hodge on the Steam Engine
49, Scientific American
50. Railroad Journal New YORK
81. American Artisan
50. Mechanics Magazine
So. Ncholson's Peter Dictionary OF Archtee
ture.
"A D;ctona;re de Marine Voiles ct Vapeur
de Bounefoux, Paris.)
IS. Conway and Menai Tubuer Bridges Far
barn.
Sc. Brees' Railway Practice.
81. Barlow's Mathematical Dictionary
So. Bowdtch's Navigation.
80 Gregory's Mathematics for Practical Men
co Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia.
Luke Herbert.)
g. Patent Journal London.
So Bree's Glossary of Engineering
63 Encyclopedias Of Civil Engineering. Grassy
g. Craddock's Lectures on the Steam-bngne
65. Assistant Enginsers Railway Guide. (Has
koll.)
ss. Mechanical Principal. J1eonard.)
The great object Of this publication is, to plac'
before practical men and students such an amour
of theoretical and scientific knowledge, in a con
densed form, as shall enable them to work TO th'
best advantage and to avoid those mistakes whcl
thew might otherwise commit The amount o
useful information thus brought together, is almos
beyond a precedent 10 such works Indeed there .
hardly any subject within its range when IS no
Gated with such clearncss ana prec's'oh' ",s ~ %
man of the most ordinary capacity cannot tail o
understanding, and thus learning from II muci
which il is important for him to know.
From the annexed list of the principal author
and subject comprised in this work IT IS seii-evl
deot that all citizens engaged in the practical an'
useful arts, ETC., may derive essential advantage
from the possession and study of this publication
The following msy be especially designated;
Millwrghts.
Moulder and Boiler Makers.
Artiicers Ia Brass, Copper. and Tin.
Cutters, and Workers OF Steel IN general
Carpenter.
Brickmakers
Workers in Ivory, Done, and Horn.
Civil Engin, ers, Railway Contractors, and Con-
tractors for Earlh-W Work, and Masonry OF ever,
description.
| Architects an Bridge Builders
Builders Master Masons, aud briokiayers,
| =, M,stcrs nj kessets Shin Carmen