The Mechanic's Text-Book and Engineer's Pocket Guide; containing a concise treatise on the nature and application of mechanical forces; action of gravity; the elements of machinery; rules and tables for calculating the working effects of machinery; of the strength, resistance, and pressure of materials; with tables of the weight and cohesive strength of iron and other metals; to which is added, valuable hits to the young mechanic on the choice of a profession; misdirection of industry; intellectual cultivation, and the studies and morals of the mechanic, etc. etc.
Boston, MA: Philips, Sampson and Company, 1849. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 403 plus 5-page publisher's catalog bound in, illustrated with b/w line drawings. Ex-library markings. A practical reference guide for the engineer, with chapters on practical geometry, mensuration, and instrumental arithmetic; tables of practical data around..... More
