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LATHE WORK
LATHE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION, WITH PRACTICAL
EXAMPLES OF LATHE WORK. By Oscar E. Perrigo.
A new revised edition, and the only complete American work on the subject, written
by a man who knows not only how work ought to be done, but who also knows how
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descriptions and illustrations. Lathe history and the relations of the lathe to manu-
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pages and 350 illustrations. Price........................$2.50
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Canadian Machinery.
TURNING AND BORING TAPERS. By Fred H. Colvin.
There are two ways to turn tapers; the right way and one other. This treatise has
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LIQUID AIR
LIQUID AIR AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF GASES. By T. O’Conor Sloane.
This book gives the history of the theory, discovery, and manufacture of Liquid Air.
and contains an illustrated description of all the experiments that have excited the
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A book that renders simple one of the most perplexing chemical problems of the
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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
AIR-BRAKE CATECHISM. By Robert H. Blackall.
This book is a standard text book. It covers the Westinghouse Air-Brake Equipment
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Service) Triple Valve for Freight Service; and the Cross-Compound Pump, in®
operation of all parts of the apparatus is explained in detail, and a practical way.oi
finding their peculiarities and defects, with a proper remedy, is given. It contains
2,000 questions with their answers, which will enable any railroad man to pass any
examination on the subject of Air Brakes. Endorsed and used by air-brake instruc-
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pages, fully illustrated with, colored plates and. diagrams.
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