Excerpt from The Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures, and Shipbuilding, Vol. 2: July to December, 1859 But we have said enough in this egotistical strain, and will therefore end here - end with the hope that, notwithstanding the proud burst of new litemhre with which the year 1860 is opening, our voice will still he waited for with interest, and listened to with attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.