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Page 410 - McCULLOCH (Prof. RS) Elementary Treatise on the Mechanical Theory of Heat, and its application to Air and Steam Engines.
Page 408 - A Pocket-Book for Boiler Makers and Steam Users, comprising a variety of useful information for Employer and Workman, Government Inspectors, Board of Trade Surveyors, Engineers in charge of Works and Slips, Foremen of Manufactories, and the general Steamusing Public. By MAURICE JOHN SEXTON. Second edition, royal 32mo, roan, gilt edges, S^.