in which the great revolutions of the earth and animated nature, are reconciled at once to modern science and sacred history

Researches on the Tides - Sixth Series

together with rules deduced from numerous experiments for making an artificial water cement, equal in efficiency to the best natural cements of England, improperly termed Roman cements; and an abstract of the opinions of former authors on the same subjects

... cast iron bridges, iron and gas works ... plan of the harbour and port of London : the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the civil engineer, to the nobility and gentry, as monuments of the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer

to which is added, a glossary of technical terms, used in civil engineering, explaining and illustrating every word in ordinary use; and the details of Hawthorne's celebrated locomotive engine, for the Paris and Versailles railway

practically described and illustrated

historical, theoretical and practical : illustrated by upwards of three thousend engravings on wood by R. Branston

comprehending its earliest investigations, and modern practice and art. Designed as a history for the common reader, and guide to the student of the art. ; in three parts. containing an account of the various attempts in the Art of Flying by Artificial Means, from the Earliest Period down to the Discovery of the Aeronautic Machine by the Montgolfiers, in 1782, and to a later Period. With a brief history of the author's fifteen years' experience in aerial voyages ; also, full instructions in the art of making balloons, parachutes, etc. etc., as adapted to the practice of aerial navigation, and directions to prepare experimental balloons

with an outline of glacial and post-tertiary geology and remarks on the origin of species : with special reference to man's first appearance on the earth