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Field-book for railroad engineer. Circular and parabolic curves, turnouts, vertical curves, levelling, computing earth-work, transition curves on new lines and applied to existing lines, together with tables of radii, ordinates, long chords, logarithms, logarithmic and natural sines, tangents, etc., and a metric curve table.

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Henck, John B.
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Publication Date
1898
c1854
Call Number
625 HEN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV984.58.37
Call Number
625 HEN
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Author
Henck, John B.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
D. Appleton and Co.
Publication Date
1898
c1854
Physical Description
xv; 164 p. : diagr. ; 14 cm.
Inscription
"Presented by W.H.T. Twigg BCLS May 17 1934"
Library Subject (LOC)
Railroad engineering
Subjects
Transportation
Notes
Author's given name and dates: Henck, John B. (John Benjamin), 1816-1903.
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Webster's pocket pronouncing dictionary of the English language : condensed from the original dictionary

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Edition
Rev. ed.
Publication Date
1858
Call Number
423 WEB
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV985.4002.1
Call Number
423 WEB
Edition
Rev. ed.
Author
Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869
Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
Publication Date
1858
Physical Description
ii-iv, 313 p. ; 13 cm.
Inscription
inside front cover: "Miss J.E. Simpson"[handwritten in pencil] "Who'se she?"[handwritten in pencil] printed sticker label inside back cover, gold foil: "Moir's Halifax Canada" pencil notes inside back cover small sticker label, red/gold: "DALGLEISH, Stationer, B. Salterton."
Library Subject (LOC)
English language--Dictionaries
Notes
"Condensed from the original Dictionary by Noah Webster, LL.D." .
"with accented vocabularies of classical, scripture, and modern geographical names".
"containing 10,000 more words than Walker's Dictionary".
Author's given name and dates : Webster, William G. (William Greenleaf), 1805-1869.
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