A Catechism of the Steam Engine: Illustrative of the Scientific Principles Upon which Its Operation Depends, and the Practical Details of Its Structure, in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation and Railways, with Various Suggestions of ImprovementLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 - 284 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 30 - INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE BIBLE: containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews ; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old and New Testaments. By GEORGE TOMLINE, DDFRS New Edition. Fcp. 8vo. 5s. 6d. cloth. TOOKE.-THE HISTORY OF PRICES : With reference to the Causes of their principal Variations, from the year 1792 to the year 1838, inclusive.
الصفحة 32 - Encyclopaedia of Domestic Economy; comprising such. subjects as are most immediately connected with Housekeeping : As, The Construction of Domestic Edifices, with the Modes of Warming, Ventilating, and Lighting them — A description of the various articles of Furniture, with the nature of their Materials — Duties of Servants— &c.
الصفحة 8 - A Dictionary of Practical Medicine : Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, and the Disorders especially...
الصفحة 6 - Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports; Or, a complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the present day.
الصفحة 24 - PORTLOCK.- REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY of LONDONDERRY, and of Parts of Tyrone and Fermanagh, examined and described under the Authority of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance. By JE PORTLOCK, FRS &c.
الصفحة 29 - STEEL'S SHIPMASTER'S ASSISTANT ; Compiled for the use of Merchants, Owners and Masters of Ships, Officers of Customs, and all Persons connected with Shipping or Commerce : containing the Law and Local Regulations affecting the Ownership, Charge, and Management of Ships and their Cargoes ; together with Notices of other Matters, and all necessary Information for Mariners. New Edition, rewritten throughout. Edited by GRAHAM WILLMORE, Esq. MA Barrister-at-Law; GEORGE CLEMENTS, of the Customs, London;...
الصفحة 6 - AND ENGLISH LEXICON TO THE NEW TESTAMENT: especially adapted to the use of Colleges, and the Higher Classes in Public Schools; but also intended as a convenient Manual for Biblical Students in general. By Dr. BLOOMFIELD. 2d Edition, enlarged and improved. Fcp. 8vo. 10s. 6d. cloth. BOY'S OWN BOOK (THE): A Complete Encyclopaedia of all the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth.
الصفحة 23 - Professor Owen's Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844 and 1846.
الصفحة 6 - BOURNE.— A CATECHISM OF THE STEAM ENGINE, Illustrative of the Scientific Principles upon which its Operation depends, and the Practical Details of its Structure, in its applications to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, and Railways: with various Suggestions of Improvement. By JOHN BOURNE, CE, Editor of the Artisan Club's " Treatise on the Steam Engine.
الصفحة 8 - Prayers for every day of the week, selected exclusively from theBook of Common Prayer ; Part II. comprising an appropriate Sermon for every Sunday in the year. By the Rev. THOMAS DALE, MA, Canon Residentiary of St.