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ARTS & SCIENCES.

MECHANICAL ARTS & SCIENC CES.
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A Dicuonae of Machines, Mechanics,
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Edited by OLIVER BYRNE, formerly Professor Of
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London
Author and Inventor of"Ih Calculus u Form,
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Glasgow)
4. Publication Industrelle. (Armengaud Aine,
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S. Jameson's Mechanics Of. Fluids.
6. Treatise on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
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90 Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. La
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22 Browns Indicator and Dynaonmeter.
23 Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
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michel Alcan, Parls.)
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2G Griers' Mechanics Pocket Dictionary.
81. Templeton's Millwright's and Engineer 5
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%. Lady's and Gentlemen's Diary.
%. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
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81 The Mathematician. QLondon.)
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33. Hann's Mechanics,
"a Mechanical Principles of Engineering and
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IS. Journal of the Franklin Institute.
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49,. Imperial Dictionary. (Glasgow.)
40, Students Guide to the Locomotive Engine.
Al. Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels (Bsr-
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49, Recueil des Machines instruments ct APpareh.
lie Blanc, Paris.)
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As Repertoire de 'Industrie Franquaise ct Etran-
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46. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. (Ac-
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A. Setting out Curves on Railways. (Law'
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A8. Hodge on the Steam Engine
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SO. Railroad Journal. (New York
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So Nichoson's (Peter) Dictionary OF Architee-
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54. Dictionare de Marine Voles ct Vapeur,
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Luke Herbert.)
6I. Patent Journal London.
62. Bree's Glossary Of Engineering.
So Encyclopedia Of Civil Engineering T r;sy Crasy.
Ga. Craddock's Lectures on the steam Engine.
65 Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. HAS
koll.)
66. Mechanical Prncipia. CLeonard.)
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