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... Cloth . $ 30.00 . THE GEOLOGY OF PENNSYLVANIA . A Government Survey . With a gen eral view of the Geology of the United States , Essays on the Coal For- mation and its Fossils , and a description of the Coal Fields of North America and ...
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... Cloth . $ 10.00 . A MANUAL OF THEORETICAL MECHANICS . By Julius Weisbach , Ph . D. Translated from the fourth augmented and improved German edition , with an introduction to the Calculus , by Eckley B. Coxe , A. M. , Mining Engineer ...
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... Cloth . $ 25.00 . Half morocco . $ 30.00 . MODERN MARINE Engineering , applied to Paddle and Screw Propul sion . Consisting of 36 Colored Plates , 259 Practical Wood - cut Illus trations , and 403 pages of Descriptive Matter , the whole ...
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... Cloth , $ 3.00 A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE SLIDE VALVE BY ECCENTRICS , — examining by methods the action of the Eccentric upon the Slide Valve , and explaining the practical processes of laying out the movements , adapting the valve for ...
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... Cloth . $ 6.00 . THE NAVAL DRY DOCKS OF THE UNITED STATES . BY CHARLES B STUART , Engineer in Chief U. S. Navy . Ward's Steam for the Million . 8vo . Cloth . $ 1.00 . STEAM FOR THE MILLION . A Popular Treatise on Steam and its ...
... Cloth . $ 6.00 . THE NAVAL DRY DOCKS OF THE UNITED STATES . BY CHARLES B STUART , Engineer in Chief U. S. Navy . Ward's Steam for the Million . 8vo . Cloth . $ 1.00 . STEAM FOR THE MILLION . A Popular Treatise on Steam and its ...
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