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Bourne s Treatise on the Steam En&amp;lt; 



gine. 



Nlntli Edition. 



Hlustrated. 4to. Cloth. $15.00. 



TEEATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE in its various applica, 

 tions to Mines, Mills, Steam. Navigation, Railways, and Agricul 

 ture, with, the theoretical investigations respecting the Motive 

 Power of Heat and the proper Proportions of Steam Engines. 

 Elaborate Tables of the right dimensions of every part, and 

 Practical Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of 

 every species of Engine in actual use. By JOHN BOURNE, being 

 the ninth, edition of &quot;A Treatise on the Steam Engine,&quot; by 

 the &quot;Artisan Club.&quot; Illustrated by thirty-eight plates and five 

 hundred and forty- six wood-cuts. 



As Mr. Bourne s work has tho great merit of avoiding 1 unsound and imma 

 ture views, it may safely be consulted by all who are really desirous of ac 

 quiring- trustworthy information on the subject of which it treats. During- 

 tao twenty-two years which have elapsed from the issue of tho first edition, 

 the improvements introduced in tho construction of tho steam engine have 

 been both numerous and important, and of these Mr. Bourne has taken caro 

 to point out the more prominent, and to furnish tho reader with such infor 

 mation as shall enable him readily to judge of their relative value. This edi 

 tion has been thoroughly modernized, and made to accord with the opinions 

 and practice of the more successful engineers of the present day. All that 

 the book professes to give is given with ability and evident care. The scien 

 tific principles which are permanent are admirably explained, and reference 

 is made to many of the more valuable of the recently introduced engines. To 

 express an opinion of the value and utility of such a work as The Artisan 

 Club s Treatise on the Steam Engine, which has passed through eight editions 

 already, would bo superfluous ; but it may be safely stated that the work is 

 worthy the attentive study of all cither engaged in the manufacture of steam 

 engines or interested in economizing the use of steam. Mining Journal. 



Islierwood s Engineering Precedents. 



Two Vols. in One. 8vo. Cloth. $2.50. 



ENGINEEEING PEECEDENTS FOE STEAM MACHINEEY. 



Arranged in the most practical and useful manner for Engineers. 

 By B. F. ISHERWOOD, Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. With illus- 



