USEFUL INFORMATION FOR ENGIN EE

SECOND SERIES

CONTAINING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES ON

THE COLLAPSE OF BOILER FLUES AND THE STRENGTH OF

MATERIALS, AND LECTURES ON POPULAR EDUCATION AND VARIOUS SU

CONNECTED WITH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, IRON SHIP-

BUILDING, THE PROPERTIES OF STEAM, ETC.

bart.

BY

Sir WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, LL.D. F.

Corresponding Member of the National Institute of France, Chevalier of the Le
Member of the Royal Academy of Turin, &c.

SECOND

SERIES

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBE

1860