D. VAN NO,STRAND.
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Bourne’s Treatise on th.0 Steam En
gine.
Ninth Edition.
Tilustrated. 4to. Cloth. $15.00.
TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE in its various applica-
tions to Mines, Mills, Steam Navigation, Raihvays, and Agricul-
ture, with the thcoretical investigations respecting the Motive
Power of Heat and the proper Proportions of Steam Engines.
Elaborate Tables of the right dimensions of every part, and
Practical Instructions for the Manufacture and Management of
every species of Engine in actual use. By John Boürne, being
the ninth edition of “ A Treatise on the Steam Engine,” by
the “ Artisan Club.” Illustrated by thirty-eight plates and five
hundred and forty-six wood-euts.
As Mr. Bourne’s work has the great merit of avoiding unsound and imma-
ture views, it may safely be consulted by all who are really desirous of ac-
quiring trustworthy Information on the subject of which it treats. Dunng
the twenty-two years which have elapsed from the issue of the first edition,
the improvements introduced in the construotion of the steam engme have
been both numerous and important, and of these Mr. Bourne has taken care
to point out the more prominent, and to furnish the reader with such Infor
mation as shall enable him readily to judge of their relative value. Tins edi
tion has been thoroughly modernized, and mado to accord with tho opmions
and praetice of the more successful engineers of the present day. All that
the book professes to give is given with ability and evident care. The scien
tific principles which are permanent are admirably explamed, and referenco
is mide to many of the more valuable of the recently introduced engines. To
express an opinion of the value and Utility of such a Work as The Artisan
Club's Treatise onthe Steam Engine, which has passed through eight editions
already, would be superfluous; but it may be safely stated that the work is
worthy the attentive study of all either engaged in the manufacture of steam
engines or interested in economizing the use of steam.—Mining Journal.
Isherwood’s EnginGering Precedents.
Two Yols. in One. 8vo. Cloth. $3.50.
ENGINEERING PRECEDENTS FOR STEAM MACHINERY.
Arranged in the most practical and useful inannerfor Engineers.
By B°P. Isherwood, Civil Engineer, U. S. Navy. With ülus-
trations.
