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... Young . 1s . 6d . 84 * . KEY TO THE ABOVE , by J. R. Young . 18. 6d . 85. EQUATIONAL ARITHMETIC : including Tables for the Calculation of Simple Interest , with Logarithms for Compound Interest , and Annuities , by W. Hipsley . 18 . 85 ...
... Young . 1s . 6d . 84 * . KEY TO THE ABOVE , by J. R. Young . 18. 6d . 85. EQUATIONAL ARITHMETIC : including Tables for the Calculation of Simple Interest , with Logarithms for Compound Interest , and Annuities , by W. Hipsley . 18 . 85 ...
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... Young . 2s . 100 * . NAVIGATION TABLES , for Use with the above . 1s . 6d . 106. SHIPS ' ANCHORS for all SERVICES , by G. Cotsell . 1s . 6d . 149. SAILS AND SAIL - MAKING , by R. Kipping , N.A. 2s . 6d . PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE ...
... Young . 2s . 100 * . NAVIGATION TABLES , for Use with the above . 1s . 6d . 106. SHIPS ' ANCHORS for all SERVICES , by G. Cotsell . 1s . 6d . 149. SAILS AND SAIL - MAKING , by R. Kipping , N.A. 2s . 6d . PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCE ...
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... young engineers they will prove invaluable . Even in the hands of those having some expe- rience the book will often serve to call attention to matters which in the haste of estimating might otherwise be forgotten . It is altogether a ...
... young engineers they will prove invaluable . Even in the hands of those having some expe- rience the book will often serve to call attention to matters which in the haste of estimating might otherwise be forgotten . It is altogether a ...
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... YOUNG , C.E. , Author of " The Economy of Steam Power on Common Roads , ' & c . With numerous Illustrations , Diagrams , & c . , handsomely printed , 544 pp . , demy 8vo , price 17. 45. cloth . " A large well - filled and useful book ...
... YOUNG , C.E. , Author of " The Economy of Steam Power on Common Roads , ' & c . With numerous Illustrations , Diagrams , & c . , handsomely printed , 544 pp . , demy 8vo , price 17. 45. cloth . " A large well - filled and useful book ...
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... young engineer . " - Builder . " An excellent selection of examples , very carefully drawn to useful scales of pro- portion . " - Artizan . Mathematical and Drawing Instruments . A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPAL MATHEMATICAL AND DRAWING ...
... young engineer . " - Builder . " An excellent selection of examples , very carefully drawn to useful scales of pro- portion . " - Artizan . Mathematical and Drawing Instruments . A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPAL MATHEMATICAL AND DRAWING ...
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A B fig arc cutting arch architectural arcs of circles asymptotes axis Bisect the angle circle cutting circle drawn circumference circumscribed common logarithm CONIC SECTIONS Construction contour convolution cube cuts the axis cutting the circle cycloid describe a circle diameter divide draw an arc draw tangents Draw the chords draw the tangent Edition ellipse engineering entasis figure find points fixed axis flexure foci focus given circle given line given point given.-Let inscribed circles intersecting join lemniscate length line A B LUDGATE HILL mean-proportional measure number of equal number of points ovolo parabola perpendicular Plates point of contrary-flexure pole produce PUBLISHED BY LOCKWOOD radii radius of curvature radius-vector Railway ratio required curve right angles right-line scale Scott Burn sides spiral square Tables touch the given trapezium triangle vertex vertical voussoirs
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