Dry Rot.
A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of Dry Rot in Timber, Remarks on the Means of Preserving Wood from Destruction by Sea-Worms, Beetles, Ants, &c. By Thomas Allen Britton, late Surveyor to the Metropolitan Board of Works, &c., &c.


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Mining Engineering.
A Practical Treatise on Coal Mining. By G. G. André, F.G.S., Mining Civil Engineer, Member of the Society of Engineers. With Plates of Practical Drawings.


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Slide Valve.On Designing Valve Gearing.
By Edward J. Cowling Welch, Memb. Inst. Mechanical Engineers. With Diagrams.

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