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YOUNG, Dr. T. Hydraulic investigations, subservient to an intended Croonian lecture on the motion of the blood. Tract. 4to. vol. 27.

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1808.)

On the mechanism of the eye. Tract. 4to. vol. 27.

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1801.)

Lond. 1808

Lond. 1801

On the theory of light and colours. Tract. 4to. vol. 27. Plate. Lond. 1802

vol. 27. Plates.

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1802.)

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1800.)

Outlines of experiments and inquiries respecting sound and light. Tract. 4to. Lond. 1800 Remarks on the employment of oblique riders, and on other alterations in the construction of ships. Tract. 4to. vol. 27. Plate.

(Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1814.)

Lond. 1814

Remarks on the probabilities of error in physical observations, and on the density of the earth considered, especially with regard to the reduction of experiments on the pendulum; in a letter to Capt. H. Kater. With a postscript. Tract. 4to. vol. 27. Lond. 1819 (Excerpt Phil. Trans. for 1819.)

Vide also TREDGOLD. YVERT. Vide DELESSE.

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ZABAGLIA, N., and FONTANA, D. Contignationes, ac pontes Nicolai Zabaglia una cum quibusdam ingeniosis praxibus, ac descriptione translationis obelisci Vaticani, aliorumque, per equitem Dominicum Fontana susceptæ. Folio. Plates. Roma, 1743 Nouvelles tables d'aberration et du nutation, pour 1404

ZACH, le Baron de.

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ZAHRTMANN, Vice-Admiral. The Danish pilot. 8vo.
ZANOTTI, E. Vide ARCHIMEDES and others.

ZENDRINI, B. Vide ARCHIMEDES and others.

Marseille, 1812
Lond. 1853

ZEITSCHRIFT des Deutsch-Österreichischen telegraphen-vereins. Herausgegeben

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des Österreichischen ingenieur-vereines. Vols. 1—17.

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Berlin, 1854-65 4to. Plates and

Wien, 1849-65

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Berlin, 1857-65

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Berlin, 1851-64

für das berg-hütten-und salinenwesen in dem Preussischen staate. Vols. 1-13. 4to. Plates and cuts.

(Incomplete. Vol. 6 missing.)

Berlin, 1854-65

ZONCA, V. Novo teatro di machine et edificii, per varie et sicure operationi. Folio. Plates.

Padoua, 1621

ZOOLOGY. Vide BUCKLAND, and EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF SCIENCE,

LONDON: FRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

WHITWORTH, R. A report and survey of the canal, proposed to be made on one level, from Waltham Abbey to Moorfields. Also a report and survey of a line, which may be continued from Marylebone to the said proposed canal. To which is subjoined an address on the importance and great utility of canals in general, by J. Sharp. Tract. Folio. vol. 1. Map.

Ditto, Tract. 4to. vol. 16. Maps.

Lond. 1773 Lond. 1774

Report on the proposed canal on the north side of the river Tyne, with observations on that report: together with various publications and petitions for and against that line of canal. Tract. 8vo. vol. 91.

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Lond. 1841

Analysis of the evidence in favour of the constant supply system given before the Health of Towns Commissioners, with remarks thereon. Tract. 8vo. vol. 78. Lond. 1846

Explanation of the plates of the Cornish and Boulton and Watt engines erected at the East London Water Works, Old Ford. Tract. 4to. vol. 37. Plate.

Lond. 1842

Lond. 1859

Further elucidations of the useful effects of Cornish pumping engines, showing the average working for long periods, &c. Tract. 8vo. vol. 110. Observations on the past and present supply of water to the metropolis. Tract. 4to. vol. 35.

(Read before the Society of Arts, May 12, 1835.)

Lond. 1835

Observations upon the nature, properties, and value of the patent solid sewage manure, with a description of Wicksteed's patent process for its manufacture, and a statement showing the origin of the scheme for removing the sewage of the metropolis and other towns by means of a tunnel sewer having an artificial fall, Tract. 8vo. vol. 99. Lond. 1851 engines in Lond. 1838

On the effective power of the high pressure expansive condensing use at some of the Cornish mines. Tract. 4to. vol. 37.

(Excerpt Trans. Inst. C.E. vol. 2.)

Report on the practicability of obtaining a sufficient supply of water, for Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, and Batley, from the proposed source. Tract. 8vo. vol. 110. Appendices. Dewsbury, 1856

Report to the Directors of the East London Water Works; being replies to a series of questions proposed by Dr. S. Smith, relative to the practicability and expediency of giving a constant supply. With an Appendix, containing report to the Health of Towns Commission, and letters to J. G. Lefevre, Esq., and to the chairmen of three provincial water works on the same subject. 4to. Lond. 1847

Report upon the advantages to be derived from clothing of steam boilers, pipes, cylinders, &c., with the patent felt, manufactured by Messrs. Borradaile, Whiting, and Co. Tract. 4to. vol. 37.

Lond. 1840

Report upon the most advantageous mode of dealing with the sewage matter of the metropolis with a view to the preparation of sewage manure. Tract. 8vo. vol. 108. Lond. 1854

Report upon the various plans proposed for rendering available the manure contained in the sewage water of the metropolis, with a detailed explanation of the plan proposed by the Company, and an estimate of the cost of the works and of the annual expenditure and revenue. Tract. 8vo. vol. 96. Lond. 1845

WICKSTEED, T. Report upon vulcanised india-rubber joints for water and gas sockket-pipes. Tract. 8vo. vol. 96. Cut. Lond. 1848 WIEBE, F. C. H. Die mahlmühlen eine darstellung des baues und des betriebes der gebräuchlichsten mühlen. 8vo. Cuts. 4to. atlas of plates. Sammlung ausgeführter kraftmaschinen aus dem bereiche des gesammten mühlenbaus. I. Wasserräder.

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Stuttgart, 1861

Berlin, 1843

WIEBEKING, Le Chevalier, C. F. Architecture civile, théorique et pratique, &c. Vols. 1 and 2. 4to. Folio atlas of plates.

Munich, 1827-28

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Munich, 1842

Mémoires concernant les améliorations des ports de Venise, la conservation des îles, nommées Lidi, l'amélioration du cours da la Brenta, du Bacchiglione et des canaux de dessèchement et de navigation entre Venise, Padoue, Vérone et l'Adige; avec le projet d'un port de mer devant Trieste, et la description des ports de Nieuwendiep, en Hollande, et du port de Cronstadt. 4to. Plates. Munich, 1810 Notice relative à un système très avantageux de construction de chemins de fer. Tract. 8vo. vol. 81. Munich, 1842 Theoretisch-practische wasserbaukunst. 4 vols. 4to. Folio atlas of plates. München, 1811–17 Traité contenant une partie essentielle de la science des construire des ponts, avec une description de la nouvelle méthode économique de construire des ponts à arches de charpente, &c. 4to. Folio atlas of plates. WIGHTMAN, W. Remarks on the advantages and economy of the moveable derrick crane. Tract. 8vo. vol. 62. Plate.

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Munich, 1810

Edinb. 1844

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WILDE, W. R. A descriptive catalogue of the antiquities of stone, earthen, and vegetable materials, in the museum of the Royal Irish Academy. 8vo. Cuts. Dublin, 1857 WILDER, J. The causes and effects of explosions in steam engines investigated; with an easy and certain means of preventing their destructive effects. Tract. 8vo. vol. 84. New York, 1847 WILKIE, G. The manufacture of iron in Great Britain; with remarks on the employment of capital in iron works and collieries. 8vo. Cuts. Edinb. 1857 WILKINS, H. An account of the construction and prices of catadioptric sealights, optical and mechanical portions. 4to. Plates. Lond. 1851 WILKINSON, H. Engines of war; or historical and experimental observations on ancient and modern warlike machines and implements, including the manufacture of guns, gunpowder, and swords. 8vo. Lond. 1841

J.J. The law of shipping, as it relates to the building, registry, sale, transfer, and mortgage of British ships, including the registry and trading of ships built in India, with an Appendix: I. of statutes, with the Indian Act No. X. of 1841, and the proclamation of the Governor-General of India in Council; and, II. of forms and precedents, &c. 8vo. Lond. 1843

W. A. The toll question on railways, exemplified in the case of the Croydon and Greenwich Companies. Tract. 8vo. vol. 79.

Lond. 1841

WILLAN, R. Observations on the ventilation of rooms; on the construction of,
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Lond. 1794

WILLDEY, G. Book of maps (general atlas): taken from Ogilby, Bowen and
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WILLIAMS, C. W. Further remarks on the proposed asylum harbour at Holy-
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Liverpool, 1847
Letter on the operations of the smoke nuisance act, with remarks on the for-
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Lond. 1856
Letters to Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., on the proposed asylum harbour at
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Liverpool, 1847
Observations on an important feature in the state of Ireland, and the want
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Lond. 1831

Observations on the inland navigation of Ireland, with a description of the
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Dublin, 1833

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Lond. 1860

Lond. 1861

Prize essay on the prevention of the smoke nuisance. Tract. 8vo. vol. 137.
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Lond. 1856
Remarks on the proposed asylum harbour at Holyhead, and the monopoly
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Liverpool, 1847

The combustion of coal and the prevention of smoke chemically and practi-
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Lond. 1854

D. H. A geological report on the Damoodah valley. Tract. 8vo. vol. 97.
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Lond. 1850
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J. B. Practical geodesy: comprising chain surveying and the use of sur-
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Lond. 1846
Capt. W. G. Report of a survey around the falls of Niagara, with a view to
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Washington, 1836
WILLIAMSON, Brothers. Description of patent vortex water wheel. Tract.
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Lond. 1851
Lond. 1841

WILME, B. P. A hand-book for plain and ornamental mapping and engineering
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Lond. 1841

WILSON, D. Vide BARANTE.

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