Henry Carey Baird & Co.

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Henry Carey Baird & Co. Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books

Forming a complete course of Mechanical Engineering and Architectural Drawing. From the French of M. Armengaud the elder, Prof. of Design in the Conservatoire of Arts and Industry, Paris, and MM. Armengaud the younger and Amouroux, Civil Engineers. Rewritten and arranged, with additional matter and plates, selections from and examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the day. By William Johnson, Assoc. Inst. C. E., Editor of “The Practical Mechanic’s Journal.” Illustrated by 50 folio steel plates and 50 wood-cuts.
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Henry Carey Baird & Co. Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books

Illustrated by numerous engravings. (In press.)
CLOUGH.—THE CONTRACTOR’S MANUAL AND BUILDER’S PRICE-BOOK:
Designed to elucidate the method of ascertaining, correctly, the value and Quantity of every description of Work and Materials used in the Art of Building, from their Prime Cost in any part of the United States, collected from extensive experience and observation in Building and Designing; to which are added a large variety of Tables, Memoranda, etc., indispensable to all engaged or concerned in erecting buildings of any kind.
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Henry Carey Baird & Co. Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books

Comprising the Rudiments and Principles of Cabinet-making and Upholstery, with Familiar Instructions, Illustrated by Examples for attaining a Proficiency in the Art of Drawing, as applicable to Cabinet-work; The Processes of Veneering, Inlaying, and Buhl-work; the Art of Dyeing and Staining Wood, Bone, Tortoise Shell, etc. Directions for Lackering, Japanning, and Varnishing; to make French Polish; to prepare the Best Glues, Cements, and Compositions, and a number of Receipts particularly for workmen generally.
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