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WACHTER, J. P. Junr. Plan for preventing railway trains from running off the
rails and for stopping them instantaneously. Tract. 4to. vol. 42. Plates. Rotterdam, 1852
WAGES, trades' unions and strikes. Vide BLACK.
WAGGONS, railway. Vide LESAGE, and STRICKLAND.

WAGHORN, T. Steam navigation to India, viâ Egypt and Red Sea. Tract. 8vo. vol. 18.

Liverpool, 1835

WAISTELL, C. Designs for agricultural buildings. Edited by J. Jopling. 4to.

Plates.

WAKEFIELD, E. G. Householders in danger from the populace.

vol. 63.

Swing unmasked; or the causes of rural incendiarism. Tract.

Lond. 1827 Tract. 8vo. Lond. no date 8vo. vol. 52. Lond. 1831

WAKELEY, A. The mariner's compass rectified; containing horary tables, a description of the instruments used in navigation, and tables of latitude and longitude, &c. Enlarged by J. Atkinson, revised by W. Mountaine. 12mo. Cuts. Lond. 1759 WALDEGG, E. H. Von. Die kalk-, ziegel- und röhr-enbrennerei. In ihren ganzen umsang und nach den neuesten erfahrungen. Gründliche anleitung zur anlage und zum betrieb von kalkbrennereien und ziegeleien, zur fabrikation von allen arten backsteinen, hohlziegeln, dachziegeln, thönernen fliessen und röhren, zur herstellung von cementen und mortel. Ein hand-und hülfsbuch für ziegler, kalk-cement-und backsteinbrenner, für maurer, bautechniker, fabrik-und gutsbesitzer und technische behörden. 8vo. Cuts.

WALES, W.

Leipzig, 1861

Astronomical observations, made in the voyages undertaken for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere by Commodore Byron, and Captains Wallis, Carteret, and Cook. Drawn up and published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude, from the journals of the several commanders and from the papers of Mr. C. Green. 4to. Maps. Lond. 1788

WALES, coast of, sailing directions for. Vide SHERINGHAM. WALKER, Lieut.-Col. A. Report on the province of Kattywar, and the ceded districts in Guzerat, &c. 8vo.

Bombay, 1856

Bombay, 1856

(Excerpt Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government.) WILLOUGHBY, J. P., and other officers. Proceedings adopted for the suppression of female infanticide in the province of Kattywar. 8vo. (Excerpt Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government.) Lieut. B. J., R.N. A code of signals for the use of the mercantile navy. Two parts. 8vo. Plates and cuts.

Lond. 1841

C. V. A system of train signalling, by which also disabled trains may telegraph for assistance without the aid of portable apparatus. Tract. 8vo. vol. 136. No place or date

(Excerpt Proc. Roy. Soc. March 19, 1857.)

Memoir on the difference between Leyden discharges and lightning flashes, and on their relative action upon metallic bodies vicinal to the conductor of the respective discharges. Tract. 8vo. vol. 57. Cuts.

(Read before the London Electrical Society, December 20, 1842.)
The Electrical Magazine. Vols. 1 and 2. 8vo. Plates and cuts.

Lond. 1842

Lond. 1845

(Title page and index wanting to vol. 2.)

No place or date

Train-signalling system. Tract. 8vo. vol. 136.
(Excerpt De La Rive's Electricity, vol. 2.)

Vide also DE LA RIVE.

J. Dundee Harbour. Report on embanking the shore or bed of the River Tay. Tract. 4to. vol. 40. Plan.

Isle of Man harbours; report. Tract. 8vo. vol. 102. Plates.

Lond. 1845

Westminster, 1856

WALKER, J. Kurrachee harbour in Scinde; report.
Plan.

Kurrachee harbour in Scinde. Second report, and 1857-8, by William Parkes. Tract. 8vo. vol. 135. Newhaven harbour, Sussex. Second report.

Tract. 8vo. vol. 102.
Westminster, 1856

report of the survey of
Westminster, 1858

Tract. 8vo. vol. 135. Plan.
Lewes, 1846

On the resistance of fluids to bodies passing through them.

vol. 42. Plate.

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1828.)

Tract. 4to.
Lond. 1828

Report addressed to the Committee of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal Company on a bill now in Parliament for the improvement of the river Severn. Tract. 8vo. vol. 96. Lond. 1841 Report on Dymchurch wall in the county of Kent: from surveys made in June and July, 1837. Tract. 4to. vol. 34. Lond. 1837 Report on the communication with Ireland, addressed to Sir J. Barrow, Bart. Tract. Folio. Plates. Lond. 1843

Report on the drainage of the Middle Level, part of the great level of the fens, called the Bedford Level, and on the state of the river Ouse, below Denver Sluice, in reference to the drainage of the South Level. Tract. 4to. Plan.

Lond. 1842 Report to the Commissioners of the river Wear on the formation of wet docks at Sunderland. Tract. 8vo. vol. 13. Plate. Lond. 1832 Report to the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on the comparative merits of locomotive and fixed engines as a moving power. Tract. 4to. vol. 37. 2nd edition. Plate. Lond. 1829

Report to the Parliamentary trustees for improving the navigation of the river Clyde, and enlarging the harbour of Glasgow. Tract. 8vo. vol. 75. River Severn and South Wales Railway.

River Tyne improvement. Piers at entrance.

Lond. 1841
Tract. 4to. vol. 40. Cuts.
Lond. 1845

Report and plan. Tract.
Westminster, 1853

8vo. vol. 125. Plans. and BURGES, A. Report on the improvement of the harbour of Belfast. Tract. 4to. vol. 34. Plate.

Lond. 1830 Report to the Commissioners of the haven of Great Yarmouth, respecting the proposed lock upon the river Wensum, at Norwich. Tract. 8vo. vol. 71. Plates.

CUBITT, W., and BRUNEL, I. K. City of London sewers. to the City Remembrancer. Tract. 4to. vol. 40. Cuts.

Yarmouth, 1838 Report addressed Lond. 1848 appointed in conse

and MYLNE, W. C. The joint report of the engineers sequence of the late intended Eau Brink Act. Tract. 8vo. vol. 18. Cambridge, 1825 Vide also PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, and SMEATON.

J. S. An accurate description of the Liverpool and Manchester railway, the tunnel, bridges, and other works throughout the line; with an account of the opening of the railway, and the melancholy accident which occurred; a memoir of the late Right Hon. William Huskisson, &c. Tract. 8vo. vol. 3. 3rd edition. Plates.

(Part of the memoir of Mr. Huskisson missing.)

Liverpool, 1831

R. A treatise on magnetism, with a description of a meridional and azimuth compass, &c.; with tables of variation for all latitudes and longitudes. 8vo. Plates.

Lond. 1794 R. J. Examination of the value of the bonds of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. With letter of the Hon. G. M. Dallas, late V. P. of the United States, and other documents. Tract. 8vo. vol. 138. Lond. 1851

T. L. An essay on architectural practice, being an attempt to supply a guide for students, at their first entrance on the practice of architecture as a profession. Sec. 1. On the construction of working drawings. Tract. 8vo. vol. 59. Cuts.

Lond. 1841

Lond. 1862

WALKER, W. Junr. Memoirs of the distinguished men of science of Great
Britain living in the years 1807-8. With an introduction by R. Hunt. 8vo. Plate.
WALLICH, Dr. G. C. Notes on the presence of animal life at vast depths in the
sea; with observations on the nature of the sea bed, as bearing on submarine telegraphy.
Tract. 8vo. vol. 136.
Lond. 1860

The north Atlantic sea bed: comprising a diary of the voyage on board H. M. S. Bulldog, in 1860; and observations on the presence of animal life, and the formation and nature of organic deposits, at great depths in the sea. Tract. 4to. vol. 48. Map and plates. Lond. 1862 WALLIS, J. Dendrology; in which are facts, experiments, and observations, demonstrating that trees and vegetables derive their nutriment independently of the earth and also observations on decay and defects in trees, together with a better method of pruning. Tract. 8vo. vol. 76. Plate. Lond. 1835 Capt. S.

Vide WALES.

WALLS, construction of.

Vide ANONYMOUS, GREGORY, and RONDELET. WALTER, G. An examination of his evidence before a Committee of the House of Lords" on the direct Brighton railway bill." Vide ANONYMOUS.

WALTERS, J. Explanation of certain improvements in naval architecture. Tract. 8vo. vol. 26. Plates.

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Lond. 1815

WARBURTON, H. On the partition of numbers, and on combinations and permutations. 4to.

Cambridge, 1847

(Excerpt Trans. Cambridge Phil. Society, vol. 8.)

Cambridge, 1854

Self-repeating series. Tract. 4to. vol. 42.

(Excerpt Trans. Cambridge Phil. Society, vol. 9.)

WARD, F. O. Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Memorandum on 'the data employed by Mr. Bazalgette in determining the size and estimating the cost of the works designed for the main drainage of the metropolis. Tract. 8vo. vol. 108. Lond. 1855 (Imperfect.)

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J. The young mathematician's guide; being a plain and easie introduction to the mathematicks, in five parts, viz., arithmetick, algebra, geometry, conic sections, arithmetic of infinities and gaging. 6th edition. 8vo. Plate and cuts. Lond. 1731 WARE, J. Vide PALLADIO.

S. A treatise of the properties of arches, and their abutment piers; containing propositions for describing geometrically, the catenaria, and the extrados of all curves, so that their several parts and their piers may equilibrate; also concerning bridges and the flying buttresses of cathedrals, &c. 8vo. Plates. Lond. 1809

Tracts on vaults and bridges; containing observations on the various forms of vaults; on the taking down and rebuilding London Bridge; and on the principles of arches; illustrated by extensive tables of bridges; also containing the principles of pendent bridges, with reference to the properties of the catenary, applied to the Menai bridge, and a theoretical investigation of the catenary. 8vo. Plates. Lond. 1822

WARLIKE machines and implements. Vide WILKINSON.
WARMING. Vide BARLOW, BOYCE, BUCHANAN, CHABANNES, DAVIES, GROU-
VELLE, HOOD, Inman, PÉCLET, PERKINS, PRICE, RICHARDSON, RITCHIE, TREDGOLD,
URE, and WHITWELL.

and ventilating Pentonville prison. Vide JEBB.

MORIN.

the Théâtre-Lyrique and Théâtre of the Cirque Imperial. Vide

apparatus at the British Museum, Vide RICHARDSON.

of new justiciary court, Edinburgh. Vide RICHARDSON.
of the Derbyshire infirmary. Vide SYLVESTER.

WARNER, J. On a stereometric tablet for the computation of earthwork. Tract.

8vo. vol. 139. Plate.

Glasgow, no date

(Excerpt Proc. Inst. E. S. vol. 6.)

WARNER, J. New theorems, tables, and diagrams for the computation of earthwork. Designed for the use of engineers in preliminary and final estimates, of students in engineering, and of contractors and other non-professional computers. In two parts, with an Appendix. Part 1, a practical treatise. Part 2, a theoretical treatise. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1861 WARREN, Capt., R.N. Remarks on the observations by Mr. Stevenson on Mr. Telford's plan; printed by order of the Committee of management of the Dundee ferries. Tract. 4to. vol. 34.

Dundee, 1820

J. N. The report of the Board of Health on the supply of water to the metropolis, weighed in its own balance and found wanting. Tract. 8vo. vol. 83. Lond. 1850

WARRINGTON, R. Vide LEESON.

WATCHES. Vide ATWOOD, COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS, and DENT.

WATCH BALANCES, times of vibration of. Vide ATWOOD.

WATCHWORK. Vide ROBISON.

WATER-bearing strata of the country around London. Vide PRESTWICH. bill, metropolis. Vide WRANGHAM,

bulkheads. Vide HOLDSWORTH.

Company, Carlisle, Prospectus of a joint stock, to be formed for supplying the city of Carlisle and its environs with water from the river Eden. Tract. 8vo. vol. 68. Plan. Carlisle, no date

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London and Westminster. Vide CLUTTERBUCK, CURTIS, and

STEPHENSON.

Watford spring. Vide LANKESTER.

Whittle Dean, Newcastle. Vide PROSPECTUS.

-, conveyance of. Vide DWYER, LEUPOLD, and SWITZER.

cost of.

courses.

Vide LEE.

Vide CASTELLANI, EGEN, HAGEAU, and MORIN.
for irrigation. Vide PASSA.

of Shropshire and adjacent counties. Vide AIKIN.
of Rome. Vide ANONYMOUS.

&c., list of Italian authors on. Vide BOSSUT.
discharge of, tables of the. Vide MATTHEWS.

through orifices. Vide BIDONE, and PONCELET.

distribution of, for agricultural purposes.

for domestic use. Vide O'DOHERTY.

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Vide DENTON.

frame, or throstle, invention of. Vide GUEST.

gas. Vide JOBARD.

-, gauging of flowing. Vide BOILEAU, and PRONY.

in the interior of the earth. Vide DELESSE.

influence of, on the temperature of soils. Vide PARKES.
legislation on streams of. Vide GENIEYS.

machines for raising. Vide BELIDOR, and EWBANK.

WATER meters.

Vide BELIDOR, CHADWICK, FANTONI, FOTHERGILL, GREGORY, MICHELOTTI, and SIEMENS.

mills. Vide BEATSON, KROOK, SMEATON, TREDGOLD, and WHITELAW.

modes of distributing. Vide GENIEYS, and DUPUIT.

motion and velocity of. Vide ARCHIMEDES and others, BANKS, Belanger, BELIDOR, BIDONE, BOSSUT, BRUSCHETTI, DOUGLAS, DUPUIT, DWYER, EYTELWEIN, FANTONI, GAUTHEY, GIRARD, GREGORY, MARIOTTE, PRONY, and PUJOL.

movement in secret channels and over permeable earths. Vide DUPUIT.

of canals, means of saving. Vide FULTON.

of the ocean, temperature and density of the. Vide SABINE.

pipes.

Vide BRAMAH.

plan for laying without disturbing the pavements. Vide WILLIAMS. power of, to turn mills.

pressure engines.

HACHETTE.

Vide GLYNN.

Vide BELIDOR, BOSSUT, D'AUBUISSON DE VOISONS, and

properties of. Vide BOWMAN.

quality of the New River. Vide SPENCER.

reservoirs. Vide D'AUBUISSON DE VOISINS.

right of, from the rock of the mill of Craigie. Vide MONCRIEFF v. Ramsay. supply. Vide BATEMAN, BERENGER, HEALTH OF TOWNS COMMISSION, LATHAM, MANUAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, and MATTHEWS.

Aberdeen. Vide SIMPSON.

Birmingham. Vide RAWLINSON.

constant, remarks on. Vide WICKSTEED.

Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, and Batley. Vide WICKSTEED.

Dublin. Vide BRAZILL.

Edinburgh. Vide ANONYMOUS, RAMSAY, STEVENSON, and TELFORD. for canals. Vide GAUTHEY.

for lodging houses. Vide HAYWOOD.

Geelong. Vide PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS-VICTORIA.

Glasgow. Vide BATEMAN, GALE, GORDON, RANKINE, and REPORTS.
Lisbon. Vide ANONYMOUS.

Liverpool. Vide SIMPSON, and STEPHENSON.

London. Vide ANONYMOUS, BARLOW, BOARD OF HEALTH, CLAY, CLUTTERBUCK, CURTIS, DENTON, DUPIN, DUTENS, GRAHAM, HAYWOOD, HOMERSHAM, HUMPHREYS, JONES, MARTIN, MATTHEWS, METROPOLITAN PAROCHIAL WATERSUPPLY ASSOCIATION, MOFFAT, RENNIE, REPORTS, ROWLANDSON, STEPHENSON, TABBERNER, WARREN, and WICKSTEED.

Manchester, Salford, and Stockport. Vide HOMERSHAM.

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Paris. Vide ANONYMOUS, FER DE LA NOUERRE, FIGUIER, GAUTHEY, GIRARD, LESAGE, MALLET, PERRONET, PRÉFET DE LA SEINE, and RAMBUTEAU.

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