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Proportions of condensing engines,

Revolutions per mile of driving wheels, and consumption of steam and
water for each sized wheel,.

Pressure of steam exclusive of that of the atmosphere,

Pressure exerted by the elastic force of steam at various degrees of
temperature, .

AMALGAMS,

VARNISHES,

PRACTICAL TABLES:

tals, and any Diameter,

Weight of Cast-Iron Balls,

SQUARE, ROUND, and Flat,

TABLE OF GRADIENTS, and Resistance per Ton for each,
Ultimate Breaking Weight in Tons of Cast-Iron Pillars,
Table of Strengths of Cast-Iron Shafts,

Strength of the Teeth of Cast-Iron Wheels,

Method of Ascertaining the Weight of Pipes of Various Me

Table of the Weight of Flat and Rolled Iron, .

Weight of Cast-Iron Pipes,

131

Bore and Weight of Cocks; Weight of Lead, Lead Pipe, and

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS,

134

Table of tenacities, resistances to compression, &c., of the common materials of construction,

Table showing the weight a beam of cast-iron one inch in breadth will sustain,

Dimensions of cylindrical columns of cast-iron to sustain given loads,
Elasticity of torsion,

142

Comparative weights of different bodies,

Table of the weight of a superficial foot of plate or sheet iron, copper, and brass,

143

144

145

The mensuration of timber-flat or broad measure, cubic or solid

MENSURATION OF CIRCLES: Table of the Diameters, Circumfe

Table of the circumferences and areas of circles, from 1 to 50 feet, advancing by an inch,

167

IVORY,

174

TABLE OF SQUARES, CUBES, SQUARE AND CUBE ROOTS OF NUMBERS, 180

iron,

Strength of cast-iron pillars,

Strength of ropes,

PROCESSES FOR STAINING WOODS,

Deflection of beams,

Transverse flexure of a wrought-iron bar by horizontal pressure,

Hollow rectangular beams,

Experiments on the transverse strength of rectangular tubes of wrought

Effects of temperature on the strength of cast iron,

Comparative strength of long pillars; resistance to torsion,

LOGARITHMS: Application and Utility of Common Logarithmic

Tables,

212

218

214

215

216

217

217

218

Table to determine the Distances of the Movable Points in a

Parallel Motion,

STEAM ENGINE: To Estimate the Amount of Effective Power,. 227

To determine the proper velocity for the piston,

Approximate velocities for pistons,

227

228

Parallel motion,

228

PROPERTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS EFFECTS OF HEAT: with Tables

of Expansion and Dilatation of Liquids and Solids,

Degrees of the three thermometrical scales,

Table of the Weight of Substances of Construction,

Conducting Power of Materials used in the Construction of

Houses,

Capacity of Bodies for transmitting Heat,

Solders,

Table of Proportions for Shafting with Half-lap Couplings,

Gradations of Temperature,

Table of useful numbers,

Surface of Boiler Tubes of different Lengths and Diameters,

Horse-power that a Cast-Iron Wheel is capable of transmitting, 246 Dimensions of Wheels in actual use,

Table of Comparative Dimensions and Strength of Ropes and
Chains,

Equivalents and Specific Gravities of Sixty-two Simple Sub

SYMBOLS AND EQUIVALENTS OF BINARY COMPOUNDS,
Recipe for Dyeing Hats,

LIQUEFACTION Of Gases,

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Proportionate Strength of Wheels in Horse-power,

Knot Table,

CEMENTS, .

Analysis of certain Organic Substances, from the best Author

ities,

Table to calculate the Pitch of Toothed Wheels,

Strength of Cables,

Size of Cables and Anchors in proportion to Tonnage,.
Strain of Hempen Ropes,

Table of Weights of Square Feet of Copper, Lead, and Iron,
Table of the quantity of Water per Linear Foot in pumps,.
Properties of Atmospheric Air,

Screws,

Component Parts of Several Varieties of Wood,

Specific Gravity of Gases,

Table of Change Wheels for Screw-cutting,

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247

Weight of Atmosphere at different Heights,

Table of the Quantity and Weight of Water in Pipes of any

given size,

Specific Gravities and other Properties of Bodies,

Properties of woods,

The fusing point of metals,

Properties of liquids,

Table of Fusibility of Metals,

Table of the Discharge of Water over Weirs,

Composition of different Gunpowders,

Alloys,

Man and Horse Power,

Speed and Force of Wind at different Velocities,

The Boiling Point,

Table of the Sizes of Nuts equal in Strength to their Bolts,
The Powers of various Species of Fuel,

Table of Ratios of the Successive Hardnesses of Bodies,
Ductility and Malleability of Metals, .

Conducting and Radiating Powers of various Substances,
Reflection and Transmission of Heat, .

Table of Scale of Proofs for Chain-rigging,
MASONRY,.

375

FORMULE FOR RUNNING LINES, LOCATING SIDE TRACKS, &C.,
TABLE OF CHORDS CORRESPONDING TO EVERY 100 FEET ON CURVE
FROM 200 TO 1000 FEET, CALCULATED TO EVERY 15 MINUTES'
RATE OF CURVATURE, FROM 15 MINUTES TO 8 DEGREES, RADIUS OF
1° BEING 5730 FEET,

TABLE OF RADII AND THEIR LOGARITHMS,

408

409

415

457

483

TABLES OF NATURAL AND LOGARITHMIC VERSED SINES AND EXTER-
NAL SECANTS,

NATURAL SINES AND TANGENTS TO EVERY DEGREE AND MINUTE OF
THE QUADRANT,

LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS FROM 1 TO 10,000,

TABLE OF THE LENGTHS OF CIRCULAR ARCS, RADIUS BEING UNITY,. 499 EXPLANATION OF THE USES AND APPLICATIONS OF THE TABLE OF