FOR

ENGINEERS;

BEING

A SERIES OF LECTURES DELIVERED TO THE WORKING ENGINEERS

OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE;

TOGETHER WITH

A Series of Appendices,

CONTAINING

THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRIES INTO THE STRENGTH OF
MATERIALS, THE CAUSES OF BOILER EXPLOSIONS, ETC.

BY

WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, F.R.S., F.G.S.,

PRESIDENT OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER ;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR; ETC.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, LONGMANS, & ROBERTS.

The right of translation is reserved.

Life of
Rev. J. J. Swaim,

I Claremont, St.EE.
(H. U. 1873.)

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT REVEREND

JAMES PRINCE LEE, D.D.,

Lord Bishop of Manchester,

THAN WHOM THERE IS NO MORE SINCERE FRIEND

AND ADVOCATE OF EDUCATION

IN ITS MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND ENLIGHTENED SENSE,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

AS A MARK OF PERSONAL REGARD,

AND IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE EMINENT SERVICES HE HAS RENDERED

TO THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIS COUNTRY.