General Foundry Practice

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C. Griffin, limited, 1907 - Founding - 383 pages
 

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Page 36 - CONTENTS — Early History of Pumping Engines — Steam Pumping Engines — Pumps and Pump Valves— General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping Engines — The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound — Types of Mining Engines — Pit Work — Shaft Sinking — Hydraulic Transmission of Power in Mines — Electric Transmission of Power — Valve Gears of Pumping Engines — Water...
Page 42 - CONTENTS.— Resolution and Composition of Forces— Work done by Machines and Living Agents — The Mechanical Powers : The Lever ; Derricks as Bent Levers— The Wheel and Axle: Windlass; Ship's Capstan ; Crab Winch— Tackles : the "Old Man...
Page 50 - Practical Sanitation : A Handbook for Sanitary Inspectors and others Interested in Sanitation.
Page 35 - A MANUAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS : Comprising the Principles of Statics and Cinematics, and Theory of Structures, Mechanism, and Machines. With Numerous Diagrams. Crown 8vo, Cloth. SEVENTEENTH EDITION. 12s. 6d. A MANUAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING : Comprising Engineering Surveys, Earthwork, Foundations, Masonry, Carpentry, Metal Work, Roads, Railways, Canals, Rivers, Waterworks, Harbours, &c.
Page 31 - TRAVERSE TABLES: Computed to Four Places of Decimals for every Minute of Angle up to 100 of Distance. For the Use of Surveyors and Engineers. BY RICHARD LLOYD GURDEN, Authorised Surveyor for the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria, *»* Published with the Concurrence oj the Surveyors- General for New South Wales and Victoria. "Those who have experience in exact SURVEY-WORK will best know how to appreciate the enormous amount of labour represented by this valuable book.
Page 55 - EDITION, Revised. In Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. With 200 Illustrations. 3s. 6d. ELEMENTARY COAL-MINING: FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, MINERS, AND OTHERS PREPARING FOR EXAMINATIONS. BY GEORGE L. KERR, ME, M.lNST.ME CONTENTS. — Sources and Nature of Coal. — Exploration and Boring for Coal. — Breaking Ground. — Explosives, Blasting, &c.
Page 54 - Rarely does it fall to the lot of a reviewer to have to accord such unqualified praise as this book deserves. . . . The profession generally have every reason to be grateful to Sir C. Le Neve Foster for having enriched educational literature with so admirable an elementary Text-book."— Mining Journal.
Page 35 - EDITION. 12s. 6d. A MANUAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING: Comprising Engineering Surveys, Earthwork, Foundations, Masonry, Carpentry, Metal Work, Roads, Railways, Canals, Rivers, Waterworks, Harbours, &c. With Numerous Tables and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. cloth. TWENTY-SECOND EDITION. 16s. A MANUAL OF MACHINERY AND MILL WORK : Comprising the Geometry, Motions, Work, Strength, Construction, and Objects of Machines, &c.
Page 83 - Large 8vo. Profusely Illustrated with Plates and Figures in the Text. 16s. net. THE SPINNING AND TWISTING OF LONG VEGETABLE FIBRES (FLAX, HEMP, JUTE, TOW, & RAMIE). A Practical Manual of the...
Page 52 - RESEARCHES ON THE PAST AND PRESENT HISTORY OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. Including the latest Discoveries and their Practical Applications. BY DR. THOMAS LAMB PHIPSON. PART I. — The Earth's Atmosphere in Remote Geological Periods. PART II. — The Atmosphere of our present period. Appendices; Index. " The book should prove of interest to general readers, as well as to meteorologists and other students of science.

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