Hand Book of Calculations for Engineers and Firemen. Relating to the Steam Engine, the Steam Boiler, Pumps, Shafting, Etc. [Handbook]

330 pp. 14 pages of publisher ads follow text. Comprising the elements of mechanical philosophy, mensuration, geometry, algebra, arithmetical signs, and tables. United States weights, measures and money; tables of wages with copious notes, explanations and help rules useful for an engineer. And for reference, tables of squares and cubes, square and cube roots, circumference and areas of circles, tables of weights of metals and pipes, tables of pressures of steam, etc., etc., etc.