The Appointment and Duties of the Town
Surveyor—Traffic—Macadamised Roadways—Steam Rolling—Road
Metal and Breaking—Pitched Pavements—Asphalte—Wood
Pavements—Footpaths—Kerbs and Gutters—Street Naming
and Numbering—Street Lighting—Sewerage—Ventilation of
Sewers—Disposal of Sewage—House Drainage—Disinfection—Gas
and Water Companies, &c., Breaking up Streets—Improvement
of Private Streets—Borrowing Powers—Artizans’ and
Labourers’ Dwellings—Public Conveniences—Scavenging,
including Street Cleansing—Watering and the Removing of
Snow—Planting Street Trees—Deposit of Plans—Dangerous
Buildings—Hoardings—Obstructions—Improving
Street Lines—Cellar Openings—Public Pleasure
Grounds—Cemeteries—Mortuaries—Cattle and Ordinary
Markets—Public Slaughter-houses, etc.—Giving numerous Forms
of Notices, Specifications, and General Information upon these
and other subjects of great importance to Municipal Engineers
and others engaged in Sanitary Work.
_Tables of the Principal Speeds occurring in Mechanical Engineering_,
expressed in metres in a second. By P. KEERAYEFF, Chief Mechanic of the
Obouchoff Steel Works, St. Petersburg; translated by SERGIUS KERN, M.E.
Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6_d._
_A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and Cure of Dry
Rot in Timber_; with Remarks on the Means of Preserving Wood from
Destruction by Sea-Worms, Beetles, Ants, etc. By THOMAS ALLEN BRITTON,
late Surveyor to the Metropolitan Board of Works, etc., etc. _With 10
plates_, crown 8vo, cloth, 7_s._ 6_d._
_Metrical Tables._ By G. L. MOLESWORTH, M.I.C.E. 32mo, cloth, 1_s._
6_d._