Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 36

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Vols. 39-204 (1874/75-1916/17) have a section 3 containing "Abstracts of papers in foreign transactions and periodicals" (title varies); issued separately, 1919-37, as the institution's Engineering abstracts from the current periodical literature of engineering and applied science, published outside the United Kingdom.

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Page 348 - SCHELLEN'S SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, in its application to Terrestrial Substances and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies. Translated by JANE and C. LASSELL; edited, with Notes, by W. HUGGINS, LL.D. FRS With 13 Plates (6 coloured) and 223 Woodcuts. 8vo. price 28s. CELESTIAL OBJECTS for COMMON TELESCOPES.
Page 327 - A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine, for carrying Vessels or Ships out of, or into, any Harbour, Port, or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm.
Page 332 - ACCOUNT, DESCRIPTIVE AND STATISTICAL, of the BRITISH EMPIRE; exhibiting its Extent, Physical Capacities, Population, Industry, and Civil and Religious Institutions.
Page 352 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 127 - ... in most places being much softer than the bottom, the current has operated there, because it could not penetrate the bed of the river, and has, by those means, gained in breadth what is wanting in depth. "I shall proceed on...
Page 339 - Commission appointed to inquire into the best mode of distributing the Sewage of Towns, and applying it to beneficial and profitable uses.
Page 126 - Irvine, in Ayrshire. As the passage of lighters from that distant place was tedious, and land carriage expensive, the Magistrates of Glasgow in that year made overtures to the Magistrates of Dumbarton for the purchase of ground for an extensive harbour there, which the latter declined to entertain, on the ground — " that the great influx of mariners and others would raise the price of provisions to the inhabitants.
Page 333 - Correspondence of James Watt on his Discovery of the Theory of the Composition of Water, with a Letter from his Son.
Page 354 - The Choice of a Dwelling ; a Practical Handbook of useful information on all points connected with a House. Plans. Post 8vo, 75.
Page 314 - A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments: their construction, uses, qualities, selection, preservation, and suggestions for improvements, with hints upon Drawing and Colouring.

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