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THE first half of this book is devoted to the various systems of power production, and the other half to the application of such power to the manifold needs of mankind; there is also a short account of the properties of, and the modern methods of manufacturing on a large scale, the chief materials used in constructional work.
Science in Modern Life.
Prepared under the editorship of J. R. Ainsworth Davis. Vol vi., Engineering. By J. W. French. Pp. vi + 225. (London: The Gresham Publishing Co., 1910.) Price 6s. net.
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B., T. Science in Modern Life . Nature 84, 395 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084395a0
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