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Water softening and treatment, condensing plant, feed pumps and heaters for steam users and manufacturersAuthor: Booth, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853 or 4-1921
Cyclopedia of engineering; a manual of steam boilers, steam pumps, steam engines, gas and oil engines, marine and locomotive workAuthor: Derr, Louis, 1868-1923, ed
Farm mechanics; machinery and its use to save hand labor on the farm, including tools, shop work, driving and driven machines, farm waterworks,care and repair of farm implementsAuthor: Shearer, Herbert A
Waterworks for the Supply of Cities and Towns; with description of the Principal Geological formations of England as Influencing Supplies of WaterAuthor: Hughes, Samuel
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics, with the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipsesAuthor: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776. n 85049037
A companion to the air pump, with a description of Claxton's improved single cylinder lever air pumps, and a descriptive explanation of a great variety of apparatus and experiments, many of which are originalAuthor: Wightman, Joseph M. (Joseph Milner), 1812-1885
Handbook on engineering. The practical care and management of dynamos, motors, boilers, engines, pumps, inspirators and injectors, refrigerating machinery, hydraulic elevators, electric elevators, air compressors, rope transmission and all branches of steam engineeringAuthor: Tulley, Henry Charles
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19930091057: The general theory of blade screws including propellers, fans, helicopter screws, helicoidal pumps, turbo-motors, and different kinds of helicoidal bladesAuthor: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
Cyclopedia of engineering; a general reference work on steam boilers and pumps; steam, stationary, locomotive, and marine engines; steam turbines; gas and oil engines; gas-producers; compressed air; refrigeration; elevators; heating and ventilation; management of dynamo-electric machinery; power station; etcAuthor: American Technical Society
Cyclopedia of engineering : a general reference work on steam boilers, pumps, engines, and turbines, gas and oil engines, automobiles, marine and locomotive work, heating and ventilating, compressed air, refrigeration, dynamos motors, electric wiring, electric lighting, elevators, etc.Author: ['American Technical Society', 'Derr, Louis, 1868-1923']
Hydraulic motors, with related subjects, including centrifugal pumps, pipes, and open channels, designed as a text-book for engineering schoolsAuthor: Church, Irving Porter, 1851-1931
A system of natural philosophy : in which the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, magnetism, steam engine, and electromagnetism are familiarly explained and illustrated by more than two hundred engravings : to which are added questions for the examination of pupils, designed for the use of schools and academiesAuthor: Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
(1) Notes on Applied Mechanics (2) Applied Mechanics, Including Hydraulics and the Theory of the Steam-Engine For Engineers and Engineering StudentsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Mechanics of engineering (Fluids) : a treatise on hydraulics and pneumatics for use in technical schoolsAuthor: Church, Irving P. (Irving Porter), 1851-1931
A system of natural philosophy: in which the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, magnetism, steam engine, and electro-magnetism, are familiarly explainedAuthor: Comstock, John Lee, 1789-1858. [from old catalog]
New Hanover County, N. C.: Water Supplies. Protection of Water System from ContaminationAuthor: Connection with Fire Pumps. (Reg. Bd. of H., Sept. 8, 1914)
Analysis of a course of lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, electricity, and astronomy, read by James Ferguson, F. R. S.Author: The sixth edition. 1769 β Ferguson, James
White on corporations; containing the laws as amended to January 1, 1915, concerning business, railroad, ferry, navigation, stage coach, tramway, pipe line, gas, electric light, waterworks, telegraph, telephone, turnpike, plank-road and bridge corporations and joint-stock associations; tax laws, code provisions, etc.; affecting the foregoing classes of corporations, together with decisions, commentaries, forms and precedentsAuthor: ['White, Frank, 1856-1927', 'New York (State)']
Cyclopedia of engineering; a general reference work on steam boilers, pumps, engines, and turbines, gas and oil engines, automobiles, marine and locomotive work heating and ventilating, compressed air, refrigeration, dynamos, motors, electric wiring, electric lighting, elevators, etcAuthor: American School (Chicago, Ill.)
Bill, intituled, Act to confirm Provisional Orders of Local Government Board for Ireland relating to : Waterworks in Town of DundalkAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Bill, intituled, Act to confirm Provisional Orders of Local Government Board for Ireland relating to : Towns of Clonmel and Dundalk, and Waterworks in Town of KeadyAuthor: Classic Public Domain
A system of natural philosophy : in which are explained the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, magnetism, steam-engine, electro-magnetism, electrotype, photography, and daguerreotype : to which are added questions for the examination of pupils, designed for the use of schools and academiesAuthor: Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
Descriptive catalogue of U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co. Batavia, Illinois : manufacturers of Halladay's standard wind mills, double and single acting pumps, the IXL feed grinders, Halladay's celebrated outlet valves, railroad tanks, drop pipes, goosenecks, hay carriers, horse hay forks, &c.Author: U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co.
Manual of American water-works : compiled from special returns, containing the history, distribution, consumption ... of the waterworks of the United States and CanadaAuthor: Engineering News Publishing Co
Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi River; upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow: and upon the deepening of the mouths: based upon surveys and investigations made under the acts of Congress directing the topographical and hydrographical survey of the delta of the Mississippi RiverAuthor: ['Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883', 'Abbot, Henry L., joint author']
Power plant testing; a manual of testing engines, turbines, boilers, pumps, refrigerating machinery, fans, fuels, materials of construction, etc.Author: Moyer, James Ambrose, 1875-
Miscellaneous: Standard Rates Water Works, 1883; Tax Receipt Book, 1919; Facts about Your Waterworks, ca. 1935Author: Public Works Department, City of Athens
The panorama of science and art : embracing the sciences of aerostation, agriculture and gardening, architecture, astronomy, chemistry, electricity, galvanism, hydrostatics and hydraulics, magnetism, mechanics, optics, and pneumatics : the arts of building, brewing, bleaching ... the methods of working in wood and metal ... and a miscellaneous selection of interesting and useful processes and experimentsAuthor: Smith, James, 1759-1828?
Handbook on engineering. The practical care and management of dynamos, motors, boilers, engines, pumps, inspirators and injectors, refrigerating machinery, hydraulic elevators ... air compressors ... and all branches of steam engineeringAuthor: Tulley, Henry Charles
A system of natural philosophy : in which the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics, astronomy, electricity, and magnetism, are familiarly explained, and illustrated by more than two hundred engravings : to which are added, questions for the examination of pupils : designed for the use of schools and academiesAuthor: Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
A system of natural philosophy: in which are explained the principles of mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, acoustics, optics ..Author: Comstock, J. L. (John Lee), 1789-1858
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 dissertation on the artificial medicated water baths, partial pumps, vapourous and dry baths, internal and external moist and dry fumigations, oleous, saponaceous, spirituous and dry Frictions; together with a description of the apparatus, erected in Panton-Square, Hay-Market, at the solicitation of many of the faculty, nobility and gentry, for the purpose of preparing and applying them. With an account of their nature and efficacy in the cure of most disorders incident to the human body, supported by the opinions of the most eminent physicians, both ancient and modern; To which are added, many well authenticated cases of cures performed on persons of credit and reputationAuthor: Royal College of Physicians of London
Report to the Honorable Board of Administration on the extension and betterment of the city waterworks by the Engineer CommissionAuthor: Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Administration. Engineer Commission
ERIC ED620452: A School Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Embracing the Elementary Principles of Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Pyronomics, Optics, Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Electro-Magnetism, Magneto-Electricity, and Astronomy. With a Description of the Steam and Locomotive EnginesAuthor: ERIC
Bill, intituled, Act for confirming Provisional Orders of Local Government Board for Ireland under Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1875, relating to : City of Dublinand confirming Provisional Orders of Local Government Board for Ireland relating to waterworks in City of ArmaghAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Bill, intituled, Act to confirm Provisional Orders of Local Government Board for Ireland relating to : Waterworks in City of LimerickAuthor: Classic Public Domain
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Waterworks Distribution: A Practical Guide to the Laying Out of Systems of Distributing Mains ... β John Ambrose McPherson
Water softening and treatment, condensing plant, feed pumps and heaters for steam users and manufacturers β Booth, Wm. H. (William Henry), 1853 or 4-1921
Pumps and Hydraulics. In Two Parts: Part Two β William Rogers
Cyclopedia of engineering; a manual of steam boilers, steam pumps, steam engines, gas and oil engines, marine and locomotive work β Derr, Louis, 1868-1923, ed
A Treatise on Hydraulics β William Cawthorne Unwin
Farm mechanics; machinery and its use to save hand labor on the farm, including tools, shop work, driving and driven machines, farm waterworks,care and repair of farm implements β Shearer, Herbert A
A treatise on hydraulics [microform] β Bovey, Henry T. (Henry Taylor), 1852-1912
The Goulds M'f'g. Co's. Illustrated ...: Catalogue and Price List, of Pumps, Engines ... β Goulds Pumps, Inc
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