The southern press., 1851-11-22
WASHINGTON CITY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER s2 1851
MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES
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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
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Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
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Edited by OLIVER BYRsE, formerly Professor qt
Mathematics, College of Civil Engineers, London
.4,thor and Inventor of"The Calculus Qr Form "
"Ths .Nsic and Improved System Of Logdrithnss
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