The southern press., 1851-08-26
CITY, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9e, 1876
MECHANICAL ARTS 8 SCIENCES,
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MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENCES.
ID. APPLETON & CO., NEW YORK,
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A Dictlona OF Machines. Mechanics,
En9iLr Wok, and Engineering
Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
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Edited BY OLIVER BYRsE, formerly Professor If
Mathematics, College Of Girl Engineers London J;
-author and h,pentor ofs The Calculus Qf Form, :"
''The .Nsp and Improved System ef Loga'ithims.
"1he Etemsntsef Euelidby Colors, 7" ETC., eie., etc
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Glasgow
4. Publication Industrielle. (Armengaud Aine,
S. Jameson's Mechanics OF. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics (Poisson)
Z. AlIgemine Bauzeitung nit Abbildungen,
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| g. Sherwin's Logarithims.
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% Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation
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40 Recueil des Machines instruments ct APPAREL
lie Blanc, Paris.
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