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A Dictionary OF Machines Mechanics,
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Designed for Practical Working Men, and those
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Edited by OLIVER BrREE. formerly Professor II
Mathematics, College Of Civil Engineers, London !;
.Author and Inventor Of" The Calculus qf Form, :"
"1he Elements Of Eucldby Coiors, etc., ETC., etc.
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]. BibIiotbeque des Arts Industriels.. (Nasson,
2. Civil Engineer and Architects Journal.
5. Engineer and Machinists Assistant. i(Blackie,
Glasgow
4. Publication Industrielle. (Armsngand Aine,
S. Jamieson's Mechanics Of. Fluids.
6. Treatiseo on Mechanics. (Poisson.)
Z. Allgemine Bauzeitung NIT Abbildungen.
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g. Organ fur die FOrtschritte des Esenbahnwe-
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| is. The Steam Engine. ~. Bourne.)
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| 90. Dictionnaire des Arts ct Manufactures. Ua-
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| 49, Origin and Progress Of Steam Navigation.
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| Michel Alcan, Paris.)
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| %. Lady's and Gentlemen's Diary,
| %. Marine Steam Engine. (Brown.)
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| 81. The Mathematician. London.)
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| 80. Hams Mechanics.
| "a Mechanical Principles OF Engineering and
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| IS. Journal of the Franklin Institute.
| 36. The Transactions Of the Institute of, Civil
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| SO. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. pub
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80. Imperial Dictionary. (Glasgow.)
40. Students Guide to the Locomotive Engine
Al Railway Engine and Carriage Wheels (Bar.
low Londou)
40. Recueil des Machines instruments ct APPAREL
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| IS. Buchanan on Mill. Work.
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eere. IL Matthias, Paris.)
| 46. Treatise on the Manufacture Of Gas. (Ac-
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| A. Setting out Curves on Railways. Law,
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So Railroad journal. (New York
| ST. American Artisan.
| 50. Mechanics Magazine.
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| n..ioyvss Mathematical nictionary
| So. Bowditch's Navigation.
90 Greeory's Mathematics for Practical Men.
| go. Engineers and Mechanics Encyclopedia.
0suke Herbert.)
| 81. Patent Journal London.
60. Brees Glossary Of Engineering.
So Encyclopedias Of Civil Engineering. Grassy.
| 81. Craddock's Lectures on the Steam Engine.
65. Assistant Engineers Railway Guide. Has
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6e. Mechanical Principal. .Qeonard.)
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