Modern shipbuilding and the men engaged in itPollock, David
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Modern shipbuilding and the men engaged in it
Pollock, David
Shipbuilding -- Great Britain
_Elements of Construction for Electro-Magnets._ By Count TH. DU
MONCEL, Mem. de l’Institut de France. Translated from the French by
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_Handrailing: by the Square Cut._ By JOHN JONES, Staircase Builder.
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SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:
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—Millwork, 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.
_Spons’ Tables and Memoranda for Engineers_; selected and arranged
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