Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-Book, Containing United States and Foreign Weight Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments and Zones of a Circle; Squares and Cubes, Square and Cube Roots; Lengths of Circular and Semi-Elliptic Arcs; and Rules of Arithmetic. Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; The Mechanical Powers; Geometry, Trigonometry, Gravity, Strength of Materials, Water Wheels, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Statics, Dynamics, Gunnery, Heat, Winding Engines, Tonnage, Shot, Shells, &c. Steam and the Steam-Engine; Combustion, Water, Gunpowder, Cables and Anchors, Fuel, Air, Guns, &c, &c. Tables of the Weights of Metals, Pipes, &c. Miscellaneous Notes, Dimensions of Steamers, Mills, Motion of Bodies in Fluids, Orthography of Technical Terms, &c., &c.
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Title
Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-Book, Containing United States and Foreign Weight Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments and Zones of a Circle; Squares and Cubes, Square and Cube Roots; Lengths of Circular and Semi-Elliptic Arcs; and Rules of Arithmetic. Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; The Mechanical Powers; Geometry, Trigonometry, Gravity, Strength of Materials, Water Wheels, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Statics, Dynamics, Gunnery, Heat, Winding Engines, Tonnage, Shot, Shells, &c. Steam and the Steam-Engine; Combustion, Water, Gunpowder, Cables and Anchors, Fuel, Air, Guns, &c, &c. Tables of the Weights of Metals, Pipes, &c. Miscellaneous Notes, Dimensions of Steamers, Mills, Motion of Bodies in Fluids, Orthography of Technical Terms, &c., &c.
Description
11th edition book of math problems and concepts for studying engineers bound in a leather traveling case. This book was allegedly carried by a Confederate soldier (related to Ellen Ingold McDowell McIntyre) in his knapsack during the Civil War. After Ellen McIntyre's death in 2024, the book was inherited by her granddaughter Addison Rebecca McDowell.
Creator
Haswell, Chas. H
Source
The Addison Rare Book Repository
Publisher
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 329 & 331 Pearl Street, Franklin Square. (see map)
Kennesaw State University (digital collection publisher)
Date
1860
Contributor
Addi McDowell - Curator
Rights
All Rights Reserved
Format
Book, 113mm x 160mm x 21mm
Language
English
Type
Physical Object
Coverage
United States 19th Century
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Physical Dimensions
113mm x 160mm x 21mm
Materials
Leather, paper
Original Format
Book
Geolocation
Citation
Haswell, Chas. H, “Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-Book, Containing United States and Foreign Weight Measures; Tables of Areas and Circumferences of Circles, Circular Segments and Zones of a Circle; Squares and Cubes, Square and Cube Roots; Lengths of Circular and Semi-Elliptic Arcs; and Rules of Arithmetic. Mensuration of Surfaces and Solids; The Mechanical Powers; Geometry, Trigonometry, Gravity, Strength of Materials, Water Wheels, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Statics, Dynamics, Gunnery, Heat, Winding Engines, Tonnage, Shot, Shells, &c. Steam and the Steam-Engine; Combustion, Water, Gunpowder, Cables and Anchors, Fuel, Air, Guns, &c, &c. Tables of the Weights of Metals, Pipes, &c. Miscellaneous Notes, Dimensions of Steamers, Mills, Motion of Bodies in Fluids, Orthography of Technical Terms, &c., &c.,” Digital Histories, accessed August 25, 2025, https://digitalhistories.kennesaw.edu/items/show/228.