The operative mechanic and British machinist
Subtitle: being a practical display of the manufactories and mechanical arts of the United Kingdom
By: By John Nicholson, Esq., civil engineer
Edition: 1st American from the 2d London ed., with additions.
Publisher: Carey & Lea
Published: 1826
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Machinery; Manufactures
Notes: In protective slip-cases.

Foxed. Covers wanting.
Table of contents: title: v.1. On matter. Mechanical powers. Mill geering. Animal strength. Water. Wind. Steam. Flour-mills. Hydraulic engines. Simple machines acting as accessors to manufactures. Manufacture of metal. Manufacture of fibrous materials.; title: v.2. Sundry manufactures. Horology. Building. Appendix.