Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers ...: Pe-Z. Addenda: including the titles of works added to the library during the printing of the catalogue, and those omitted from the general body of the work. Appendix: being a catalogue of the horological library bequeathed to the institution by B.L. Vulliamy

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Page 335 - Notes of a Course of Nine Lectures on Light, delivered at the Royal Institution, AD 1869. By Professor TYNDALL. Crown 8vo.
Page 166 - SCHELLEN'S SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, in its application to Terrestrial Substances and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies. Translated by JANE and C. LASSELL; edited, with Notes, by W. HUGGINS, LL.D. FRS With 13 Plates (6 coloured) and 223 Woodcuts. 8vo. price 28s. CELESTIAL OBJECTS for COMMON TELESCOPES.
Page 269 - ... CHART, exhibiting at one view the Symptoms, Treatment, and Mode of Detecting the various Poisons, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal. To which are added, concise Directions for the Treatment of Suspended Animation.
Page 211 - Hydraulics. The Flow of Water through Orifices, over Weirs, and through Open Conduits and Pipes.
Page 334 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Page 317 - R. BOND. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged : to which is appended, QUESTIONS on MAGNETISM, ELECTRICITY, and PRACTICAL TELEGRAPHY, for the Use of Students, by W.
Page 360 - THEORY OF STRESSES IN GIRDERS AND SIMILAR STRUCTURES; with Practical Observations on the Strength and other Properties of Materials. By BINDON B. STONEY, LL.D., FRS, MICE With 5 Plates and 143 Illust.
Page 470 - Science, and the International Association for obtaining a uniform decimal system of measures, weights, and. coins.
Page 53 - Indicator. — A Treatise on the Richards SteamEngine Indicator and the Development and Application of Force in the Steam- Engine. By CHARLES T. PORTER.
Page 165 - Warfare. A Treatise on Coast Defence ; based on the experience gained by Officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army of the Confederate States, and compiled from Official Reports of Officers of the Navy of the United States, made during the North American War from 1861 to 1865, by VON SCHELIHA, Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Engineer of the Department of the Gulf of Mexico, of the Army of the late Confederate States of America...

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