Bøger af Ellis Sylvester Chesbrough

""Letters on Hydraulics"" is a book written by Ellis Sylvester Chesbrough in 1849. It is a collection of letters that Chesbrough wrote to his brother, who was studying civil engineering. The book covers various topics related to hydraulics, which is the study of fluids in motion. Chesbrough explains the principles of hydraulics, such as fluid pressure, flow rate, and the Bernoulli principle. He also discusses the design and construction of hydraulic systems, including pumps, pipes, and water wheels. The book includes detailed diagrams and illustrations to help readers understand the concepts. ""Letters on Hydraulics"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the field of hydraulics, including students, engineers, and scientists.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Title: Tabular representation of the present condition of Boston, in relation to railroad facilities, foreign commerce, population, wealth, manufactures, etc., etc.: also, a few statements relative to the commerce of the Canadas ...Author: Ellis Sylvester ChesbroughPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00939500CollectionID: CTRG10428450-BPublicationDate: 18510101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Preface signed: E.S. Chesbrough, city engineer. Published also in Boston. City Council. The railroad jubilee. An account of the celebration commemorative of the opening of the railroad communication between Boston and Canada, September 17th, 18th, and 19th, 1851. Boston, 1852, p. 259-278.Collation: 28 p.; 24 cm