Compendium of mechanics, or text book, for engineers, mill-wrights, machine-makers, founders, smiths, &c. containing practical rules and tables connected with the steam engine, water wheel, force pump, and mechanics in general . calculated in common decimal arithmetic, which renders this treatise adapted for the use of operative mechanics . With plates

Brunton, Robert

Published by John Niven, Jun., 118, Trongate, G. and W. B. Whittaker, and knight & Lacey, London; Bailey & Knotts, Birmingham; Oliver & Boyd, A. Constable & Co. and E. West & Co. Edinburgh, Glasgow, 1824

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First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 132, [4]; engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates; original printed tan boards; some rubbing, paper along the joints a little cracked; a good, sound copy. Inscribed at the top of the title page: "Caesar Colclough a son amis D Hombur." Caesar Colclough (1766-1842) was a Member of Parliament for County Wexford in the Irish House of Commons.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Compendium of mechanics, or text book, for engineers, mill-wrights, machine-makers, founders, smiths, &c. containing practical rules and tables connected with the steam engine, water wheel, force pump, and mechanics in general . calculated in common decimal arithmetic, which renders this treatise adapted for the use of operative mechanics . With plates
• Publisher: John Niven, Jun., 118, Trongate, G. and W. B. Whittaker, and knight & Lacey, London; Bailey & Knotts, Birmingham; Oliver & Boyd, A. Constable & Co. and E. West & Co. Edinburgh, Glasgow
• Publication Date: 1824
• Edition: 1st Edition
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