The Workman's Manual of Engineering Drawing

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Crosby Lockwood & Son., 1891 - Mechanical drawing - 280 pages

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Page 28 - WOODWORKING MACHINERY. Its Rise, Progress, and Construction. With Hints on the Management of Saw Mills and the Economical Conversion of Timber. Illustrated with Examples of Recent Designs by leading English, French, and American Engineers. By M. Powis BALE, AMInst.CE, MIME Second Edition, Revised, with large Additions, large crown 8vo, 440 pp., cloth 9/
Page 28 - ... the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Arches, Bridges, Roofs, Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, &c. To which is added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber, &c., with Descriptions of the kinds of Wood used in Building ; also numerous Tables of the Scantlings of Timber for different purposes, the Specific Gravities of Materials, &c. By THOMAS TREDGOLD, CE With an Appendix of Specimens of Various Roofs of Iron and Stone,...
Page 33 - We can do no other than pronounce this work a most valuable manual of astronomy, and we strongly recommend it to all who wish to acquire a general — but at the same time correct— acquaintance with this sublime science.
Page 15 - TREATISE ON THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS. With Rules for Application in Architecture, the Construction of Suspension Bridges, Railways, &c. By PETER BARLOW, FRS A new Edition, revised by his Sons, PW BARLOW, FRS, and WH BARLOW, FRS ; to which are added, Experiments by HODGKINSON, FAIRBAIRN, and KIRKALDY ; and Formulae for calculating Girders, &c.
Page 11 - LIST OF CONTENTS. I. Historical Sketch of some of the means that have been adopted for the Supply of Water to Cities and Towns. — II. Water and the Foreign Matter usually associated with it— III. Rainfall and Evaporation.— IV. Springs and the waterbearing formations of various districts.
Page 45 - A very good book, and one to be highly recommended as a practical guide. The practical directions are excellent."— Atheneeum.
Page 13 - MATHEMATICAL TABLES, for Trigonometrical, Astronomical, and Nautical Calculations ; to which is prefixed a Treatise on Logarithms. By HENRY LAW, CE Together with a Series of Tables for Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. By Prof. JR YOUNG. New Edition. 4s. 204*.
Page 9 - CONTINUOUS RAILWAY BRAKES: A Practical Treatise on the several Systems in Use in the United Kingdom ; their Construction and Performance. With copious Illustrations and numerous Tables. By MICHAEL REYNOLDS. Large crown 8vo, 95.
Page 16 - SEWER (2 PLATES) ; OUTFALL SEWER, BRIDGE OVER RIVER LEA (3 PLATES) ; OUTFALL SEWER, BRIDGE OVER MARSH LANE, NORTH WOOLWICH RAILWAY, AND Bow AND BARKING RAILWAY JUNCTION ; OUTFALL SEWER, BRIDGE OVER Bow AND BARKING RAILWAY (3 PLATES) ; OUTFALL SEWER, BRIDGE OVER EAST LONDON WATERWORKS' FEEDER (2 PLATES) ; OUTFALL SEWER RESERVOIR (2 PLATES) ; OUTFALL SEWER, TUMBLING BAY AND OUTLET ; OUTFALL SEWER, PENSTOCKS.
Page 31 - For those who insert enamelled sentences round gilded chalices, who blazon shop legends over shop-doors, who letter church walls with pithy sentences from the Decalogue, this book will be useful.

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