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The operative mechanic and British machinist : being a practical display of the manufactories and mechanical arts of the United Kingdom / By John Nicholson, Esq., civil engineer.

By:

Nicholson, John [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Philadelphia : Carey and Lea, 1826Edition: 1st American from the 2d London edition., with additionsDescription: 2 volumes : plates (some folded) ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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Contents:

volume 1. On matter. Mechanical powers. Mill geering. Animal strength. Water. Wind. Steam. Flour-mills. Hydraulic engines. Simple machines acting as accessors to manufactures. Manufacture of metal. Manufacture of fibrous materials.--v. 2. Sundry manufactures. Horology. Building. Appendix.

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First American (1826) from the second London Edition, Vol II includes Horology on pages 48 to 90 including plates 72 to 77, Glossary, Index, Appendices on Geometry, and useful Recipes, Assaying (alloys). Besides horology vol 2 covers also Mills, Railroads, Buildings etc

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