A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.Britton, Thomas Allen
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A treatise on the origin, progress, prevention, and cure of dry rot in timber : $b with remarks on the means of preserving wood from destruction by sea worms, beetles, ants, etc.
Britton, Thomas Allen
Dry-rot; Wood -- Preservation
Surveying, Levelling, etc.--Strength and Weight of
Materials--Earthwork, Brickwork, Masonry, Arches, etc.--Struts,
Columns, Beams, and Trusses--Flooring, Roofing, and Roof
Trusses--Girders, Bridges, etc.--Railways and Roads--Hydraulic
Formulæ--Canals, Sewers, Waterworks, Docks--Irrigation and
Breakwaters--Gas, Ventilation, and Warming--Heat, Light, Colour,
and Sound--Gravity: Centres, Forces, and Powers--Mill-work,
Teeth of Wheels, Shafting, etc.--Workshop Recipes--Sundry
Machinery--Animal Power--Steam and the Steam Engine--Water-power,
Water-wheels, Turbines, etc.--Wind and Windmills--Steam
Navigation, Ship Building, Tonnage, etc.--Gunnery, Projectiles,
etc.--Weights, Measures, and Money--Trigonometry, Conic Sections,
and Curves--Telegraphy--Mensuration--Tables of Areas and
Circumference, and Arcs of Circles--Logarithms, Square and Cube
Roots, Powers--Reciprocals, etc.--Useful Numbers--Differential
and Integral Calculus--Algebraic Signs--Telegraphic Construction
and Formulæ.
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valuable information, or for refreshers of the memory. The book
has been re-arranged, the supplemental formulæ and tables added
since the first issue having now been incorporated with the
body of the book in their proper positions, the whole making a
handy size for the pocket. Every care has been taken to ensure
correctness, both clerically and typographically, and the book
is an indispensable _vade-mecum_ for the mechanic and the
professional man.”--_English Mechanic._
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_Spons’ Tables and Memoranda for Engineers_; selected and arranged by J.
T. HURST, C.E., Author of ‘Architectural Surveyors’ Handbook,’ ‘Hurst’s
Tredgold’s Carpentry,’ etc. 64mo, roan, gilt edges, third edition,
revised and improved, 1_s._ Or in cloth case, 1_s._ 6_d._
This work is printed in a pearl type, and is so small, measuring
only 2½ in. by 1¾ in. by ¼ in. thick, that it may be easily
carried in the waistcoat pocket.
“It is certainly an extremely rare thing for a reviewer to
be called upon to notice a volume measuring but 2½ in. by 1¾
in., yet these dimensions faithfully represent the size of the
handy little book before us. The volume--which contains 118
printed pages, besides a few blank pages for memoranda--is,
in fact, a true pocket-book, adapted for being carried in the
waistcoat pocket, and containing a far greater amount and
variety of information than most people would imagine could
be compressed into so small a space. … The little volume has
been compiled with considerable care and judgment, and we can
cordially recommend it to our readers as a useful little pocket
companion.”--_Engineering._
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