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Civil Engineering57% of collection
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Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigationAuthor: Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1865-
Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigationAuthor: Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1855-
The waterproofing of structures, with special reference to sublevel construction, the envelope method and the application of "Tunaloid."Author: Bird, J. A. & W., & Company
Wireless telegraphy and high frequency electricity; a manual containing detailed information for the construction of transformers, wireless telegraph and high frequency apparatus, with chapters on their theory and operationAuthor: ['Twining, Harry La Verne, 1863-', 'Dubilier, William']
The Construction and Use of Spherical Maps, or Such as are Delineated upon Portions of a Spherical Surface. By Mr. John Colson, M. A. F. R. S.Author: Colson, John
The marine steam engine. Its construction, action and management. A manual and book of reference for ... all interested in steam navigation ..Author: Busley, Carl, 1850-
Douglas Fir Ship: Specifications for the Construction of a Standard Wood ...Author: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation , United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation , Ferris, Theodore E ., Theodore E Ferris
Elements of machine construction and drawing: or, Machine drawing, with some elements of descriptive and rational cinematicsAuthor: Warren, S. Edward (Samuel Edward), 1831-1909
An elementary treatise on optics, containing all the requisite propositions carried to first approximations; with the construction of optical instruments, for the use of junior university studentsAuthor: Potter, Richard, 1799-1886
The Organ, its History and Construction a Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ with Specifications and Suggestive Details for Instruments of all Sizes, intended as a Handbook for the Organist and the AmateurAuthor: ['Hopkins, Edward J.', 'Rimbault, Edward F.']
Die neueren und wichtigeren landwirthschaftlichen Maschinen und Geräthe : ihre Theorie, Construction, Wirkungsweise und Anwendung : ein Handbuch der landwirthschaftlichen Maschinen- und Geräthekunde zum Selbststudium und UnterrichtAuthor: Schneitler, C. F
Municipal engineering applicable to conditions existing in Bengal [electronic resource] : six lectures delivered in February and March 1899 at the Civil Engineering College, SibpurAuthor: Silk, A. E
An Account of the Preliminary Experiments and Ultimate Construction of a Refracting Telescope of 7.8 Inches Aperture, with a Fluid Concave Lens. [Abstract]Author: Barlow, Peter
Le chauffage economique ou examen critique du chauffage qu'on obtient de cheminées à la françoise et des fourneaux à l'allemande; suivi d'une nouvelle construction de foyers à l'usage du pauvre artisan, et de cheminéesfourneaux, économiques, éprouvés, réunissant les avantages des deux chauffages critiqués, ... Avec plAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Practical ventilation and warming : with illustrations and examples and suggestions on the construction and heating, etc., of disinfecting rooms and Turkish bathsAuthor: ['Constantine, Joseph', 'University of Leeds. Library']
Dwelling houses [electronic resource] : their sanitary construction and arrangementsAuthor: ['Corfield, W. H. (William Henry), 1843-1903', 'University of Glasgow. Library']
Hints for the improvement of trusses; intended to render their use less inconvenient, and to prevent the necessity of an understrap. With the description of a truss of easy construction and slight expence [sic], for the use of labouring poorAuthor: Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. n 84102370
An essay on the construction of wheel-carriages, as they affect both the roads and the horses : with suggestions relating to the principles on which tolls ought to be imposed, and a few remarks on the formation of roadsAuthor: Fry, Joseph Storrs, 1766-1835
The erection of dwelling-houses : with the specification, quantities and estimates and every requisite detail for their constructionAuthor: Brooks, S. H. (Samuel H.), architect
Les édifices hospitaliers : dépuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours ; De l'assistance publique et des hôpitaux : jusqu'au XIXeme siècle ; Les hôpitaux au XIXe siècle études, projets, discussions et programmes relatifs à leur construction : Description de l'hôpital civil et militaire suburbain de MontpéllierAuthor: Tollet, Casimir, 1828-
A manual of weave construction : a systematic arrangement and explanation of the foundation and derivative weaves for harness loomsAuthor: ['Kastanek, Ivo', 'Dale, Samuel S. (Samuel Sherman), b. 1859']
Dress and care of the feet : showing their natural perfect shape and construction; their present deformed condition; and how flat-foot, distorted toes, and other defects are to be prevented or corrected : with directions for dressing them elegantly yet comfortably; and hints upon various matters relating to the general subjectAuthor: Peck, John Lord
Harbours and docks : their physical features, history, construction, equipment, and maintenance, with statistics as to their commercial development, by Leveson Francis Vernon-HarcourtAuthor: Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson Francis, 1839-1907
Essais d'anatomie, où l'on explique clairement la construction des organes du corps, & leurs opérarions [sic] mécaniques, selon les nouvelles hypotheses ...Author: Beddevole, Dominique, -approximately 1692
I. Account of the construction of the asylum, and the early proceedings connected therewith : II. Second annual reportAuthor: Sussex County Lunatic Asylum (Haywards Heath, England)
Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and bookkeeping, geometry, mensuration, and practical trigonometry, mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics, land-surveying, levelling, planning, and mapping, architectural drawing, and isometrical projection and perspective: with examples, showing their application to horticultural and agricultural purposesAuthor: ['Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. n 79143079', 'Loudon, Mrs. (Jane), 1807-1858. n 86053731']
A compendium of the veterinary art. Containing plain and concise rules for the treatment of all the disorders and accidents to which the horse is liable; with observations on grooming, feeding, exercise, and the construction of stables. Also, a brief description of the structure, economy, and diseases of the horse's foot, with the principles and practice of shoeingAuthor: White, James, -1825
A few illustrations from the many inexpensive hospitals erected by our firm in iron and weatherboard for permanent purposes : on "Speirs" patented system of constructionAuthor: Speirs & Co
Kalamazoo, Mich.: Tenement and Dwelling Houses. Construction and Sanitary Regulation of. (From Ord. No. 321, Mar. 28, 1912)Author: Classic Public Domain
An improved construction of stretcher for sick and wounded persons, and of vehicles and apparatus employed in combination therewithAuthor: Tell, Michael
Rudimentary treatise on the construction of cranes, and machinery for raising heavy bodies, for the erection of buildings, and for hoisting goodsAuthor: Glynn, Joseph, 1799-1863
Arrêt du Conseil d'État du roi, qui ordonne que dans les forêts & bois les plus voisins des ports, à l'exception des quarts de réserve, il sera fait délivrance aux entrepreneurs de flottage, des étoffes, rouettes & autres bois nécessaires pour la construction des trains : du 29 juin 1785 : extrait des registres du Conseil d'ÉtatAuthor: ["France. Conseil d'Etat", 'Imprimerie royale (France), publisher']
A history of the planing-mill, with practical suggestions for the construction, care and management of wood-working machineryAuthor: Tompkins, Charles R
The Gospel of St. John : in Greek and English, interlined, and literally translated; with a transposition of the words into their due order of construction; and a dictionary, defining and parsing them: principally designed for the use of schoolsAuthor: Friederici, E., ed. and tr
A new translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses into English prose, as near the original as the different idioms of the Latin and English languages will allow. With the Latin text and order of construction on the same page; and critical, historical, geograAuthor: Ovid
Field engineering. A hand-book of the theory and practice of railway surveying, location, and construction, designed for the class-room, field, and office, and containing a large number of useful tables, original and selectedAuthor: Searles, William Henry, 1837-
A treatise on concrete, plain and reinforced; materials, construction, and design of concrete and reinforced concreteAuthor: Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915
A treatise on highway construction : designed as a text-book and work of reference for all who may be engaged in the location, construction, or maintenance of roads, streets, and pavementsAuthor: Byrne, Austin T. (Austin Thomas), 1859-
Explication des travaux entrepris pour la construction de la tonnelle ou passage sous la Tamise entre Rotherhithe et Wapping à l'effet d'ouvrir une communication permanente entre les deux reives de ce fleuveAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A treatise on the construction of maps: comprehending an inquiry into the principles of mathematical geography and the relations of geography to astronomy: with rules for the formation of map-projectionsAuthor: Hughes, William, 1817-1876
A treatise on the strength of timber, cast and malleable iron, and other materials: with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, &c.: and an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of inclined planes and gradientsAuthor: ['Barlow, Peter, 1776-1863. [from old catalog]', 'Heather, J. F. (John Fry), d. 1886, ed', 'Willis, Robert, 1800-1875. [from old catalog]']
A treatise on the strength of timber, cast iron, malleable iron, and other materials : with rules for application in architecture, the construction of suspension bridges, railways, etc. : with an appendix on the power of locomotive engines, and the effect of inclined planes and gradientsAuthor: Barlow, Peter, 1776-1862
Cours d'architecture, ou, Traité de la décoration, distribution & construction des bâtiments : contenant les leçons données en 1750, & les années suivantsAuthor: ['Blondel, Jacques-François, 1705-1774', 'Patte, Pierre, 1723-1814']
Gas, gasoline and oil engines, including complete gas engine glossary; a simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail, and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuelAuthor: Rathbun, John B
The gas engineer's pocket-book, comprising tables, notes, and memoranda relating to the manufacture, distribution, and use of coal gas and the construction of gas works;Author: O'Connor, Henry, 1858-1915
The complete mathematical and general navigation tables, including every table required with the nautical almanac in finding the latitude and longitude: with an explanation of the construction, use, and application to navigation and nautical astronomy, trigonometry, dialling, gunnery, etc., etcAuthor: Kerigan, Thomas
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Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation — Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1865-
Water-supply engineering; the designing, construction, and maintenance of water-supply systems, both city and irrigation — Folwell, Amory Prescott, 1855-
The waterproofing of structures, with special reference to sublevel construction, the envelope method and the application of "Tunaloid." — Bird, J. A. & W., & Company
Popular Lectures on the Steam Engine: In which Its Construction and ... — Dionysius Lardner
Wireless telegraphy and high frequency electricity; a manual containing detailed information for the construction of transformers, wireless telegraph and high frequency apparatus, with chapters on their theory and operation — ['Twining, Harry La Verne, 1863-', 'Dubilier, William']
REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION — GEORGE A. HOOL
Wills: Construction: Precatory Trust
The Construction and Use of Spherical Maps, or Such as are Delineated upon Portions of a Spherical Surface. By Mr. John Colson, M. A. F. R. S. — Colson, John
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