1848 ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS LEATHER POCKET - BOOK FIFTH EDITION - RARE
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ENGINEERS' AND MECHANICS' POCKET-BOOK, CONTAINING UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; TABLES OF AREAS AND CIRCUMFERENCES OF CIRCLES, CIRCULAR REGMENTS AND ZONES OF A CIRCLE;SQUARES AND CUBES, SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS;LENGTHS OF CIRCULAR AND SEMI-ELLIPTIC ARCS;AND RULES OF ARITHMETIC.MENSURATION OF SURFACES AND SOLIDS;THE MECHANICAL POWERS;GEOMETRY, TRIGONOMETRY, GRAVITY, STRENGTH OF MATERIALS, WATER WHEELS, HYDRAULICS, HYDROSTATICS, PNEUMATICS, STATICS, DYNAMICS, GUNNERY, HEAT..., WINDING ENGINES, TONNAGE, SHOT, SHELLS, &C.STEAM AND THE STEAM-ENGINE;COMBUSTION, WATER, CABLES AND ANCHORS, FUEL, AIR, GUNS, &C., &C.TABLES OF THE WEIGHTS OF METALS, PIPES, &C.MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, AND EXERCISES.&C., &C.THE BOOK IS THE FIFTH EDITION BY CHAS. H. HASWELL, ENGINEER IN CHIEF U.S.NAVY.PUBLISHED IN NEW-YORK BY HARPER & BROTHERS, 1848.
