Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone: A Biographical SketchThompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips)
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Philipp Reis: Inventor of the Telephone: A Biographical Sketch
Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips)
Reis, Philipp, 1834-1874; Telephone -- History
_The Gas Consumer’s Handy Book._ By WILLIAM RICHARDS, C.E.
_Illustrated._ 18mo, sewed, 6_d._
_Steam Pleating for Buildings_; or, Hints to Steam Fitters,
being a description of Steam Heating Apparatus for Warming and
Ventilating Private Houses and large Buildings; with Remarks on
Steam, Water, and Air in their relation to Heating; to which
are added miscellaneous Tables. By J. W. BALDWIN, Steam Heating
Engineer. _With many illustrations._ Second edition, crown 8vo,
cloth, 10_s._ 6_d._
_A Pocket-Book of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda for Civil and
Mechanical Engineers._ By GUILFORD L. MOLESWORTH, Mem. Inst.
C.E., Consulting Engineer to the Government of India for State
Railways. _With numerous illustrations_, 744 pp. Twenty-first
edition, revised and enlarged, 32mo, roan, 6_s._
SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:
Surveying, Levelling, etc.--Strength and Weight of
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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,
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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 by J. T. HURST, C.E., Author of ‘Architectural
Surveyors’ Handbook,’ ‘Hurst’s Tredgold’s Carpentry,‘ etc.
Fifth edition, 64mo, roan, gilt edges, 1_s._; or in cloth case,
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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.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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