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uommon Materials of Construction, Prof. G. B. 



Upton ; Design of Boilers and Pressure Vessels, Profs. 



G. B. Haven and G. W. Swett ; Mechanism of the 



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James and M. W. Dole; Steam Charts, Prof. F. O. 



Ellenwood ; American Handbook for Electrical 



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Hydraulics, being Vol. v. of Text-book of Mechanics, 



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