A Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers, Based on the Most Recent Investigations : Of Constant Use in Calculations and Estimates Relating to Strength of Materials and of Elementary Constructions; Labour; Heat and Its Applications, Stea

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This Work is designed as a book of general reference for Engineers: - to give within a moderate compass the leading rules and data, with numerous tables, of constant use in calculations and estimates relating to Practical Mechanics. The Author has endeavoured to concentrate the results of the latest investigations of others as well as his own, and to present the best information, with perspicuity, conciseness, and scientific accuracy.

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