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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES


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A Dictionay of Machines Mechanics
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Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
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Edited by OLIVER BYRNE, formerly Professor qf
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London
.4tahor and Inventor ef"7hs Calculus Qf Form,
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g. Engineer and Machinists Assistant (Blackie,
Glasgow
A. Publication Industrelle. (Armengaud Aine,
Paris.)
S. Jamiesons Mechanics O.. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
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michel AIcan, Paris.)
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%. Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
| 27. Templeton's Millwright's and Engineers
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| %. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
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| 81 The Mathematician. lIOndOn.)
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lie Blanc, Paris.)
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| 81 Bowditch's Navigation.
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luke Herbert.)
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GO Encyclopedia Of Civil Engineering. Grassy.
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