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A

PRACTICAL TREATISE

ON

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING,

COMPRISING

METALLURGY, MOULDING, CASTING, FORGING, TOOLS, WORKSHOP MACHINERY,
MECHANICAL MANIPULATION, MANUFACTURE OF THE STEAM-ENGINE, ETC.

WITH

AN APPENDIX

ON THE ANALYSIS OF IRON AND IRON ORES.

BY

FRANCIS CAMPIN, C.E.

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PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS' SOCIETY, AUTHOR OF "THE ENGINEER'S POCKET
REMEMBRANCER FOR CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, ETC., ETC.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM-BOILERS, REMARKS UPON FURNACES
USED FOR SMOKE PREVENTION AND ON EXPLOSIONS.

BY ROBERT ARMSTRONG, C.E.

REVISED, WITH NOTES, BY JOHN BOURNE.

RULES FOR CALCULATING THE CHANGE WHEELS FOR SCREWS ON A TURNING
LATHE, AND FOR A WHEEL-CUTTING MACHINE,
BY J. LA NICCA.

THE MANAGEMENT OF STEEL, INCLUDING FORGING, HARDENING, TEMPERING, ANNEAL-
ING, SHRINKING, EXPANSION, AND THE CASE-HARDENING OF IRON,
BY GEORGE EDE.

ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY-NINE PLATES OF

BOILERS, STEAM-ENGINES, WORKSHOP MACHINERY, CHANGE WHEELS FOR SCREWS, ETC..

AND ONE HUNDRED WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

PHILADELPHIA:

HENRY CAREY BAIRD,

INDUSTRIAL PUBLISHER,

No. 406 WALNUT STREET.

Dedication.

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THOMAS WICKSTEED, Esq.,

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS,
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY OF CORNWALL.

ETC., ETC.

THIS WORK

Is Respectfully Dedicated,

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NUMEROUS KINDNESSES RECEIVED

FRCM HIM

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.