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Excerpt from The Mechanic's Pocket Dictionary: Being a Note Book of Technical Terms, Rules, and Tables, in Mathematics and Mechanics; For the Use of Millwrights, Engineers, Machine Makers, Founders, Carpenters, Joiners, and Students of Natural Philosophy There are interspersed throughout the volume about 900 wood engravings and diagrams, together with four steel engravings of fixed, locomotive, and marine steam engines, which, together with the elegant portrait of the illustrious Watt, will amply show that the publishers have spared no expense in embellishing and illustrating the work. Since the first impression, the work has been carefully revised, and the compiler, in conclusion, has only to express his sincere gratitude to the public for the 'very favourable manner in which his former publications have been received, and trusts that the present volume will in no way diminish the popularity which he has hitherto enjoyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.