PAPEES 



LITERAKY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. 



BY THE LATE 



FLEEMING JENKIN, F.E.S., LL.D. 



PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 



EDITED BY 



SIDNEY COLVIN, M.A. AND J. A. EWING, F.B.S. 



WITH A MEMOIR BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 



o (.1 



IN TWO VOLUMES 



VOL. I. 



LONDON 

 LONGMANS, GEE EN, AND CO. 



AND NEW YORK : W EAST 16 th STEEET 



1887 



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