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_SHORT LIST_ _June, 1913_
A SHORT LIST OF
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS
PUBLISHED BY
=E. & F. N. SPON=, _Limited_,
57, Haymarket, London, S.W.
SOLE ENGLISH AGENTS for the Books of—
MYRON C. CLARK, NEW YORK
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, NEW YORK
PAGE
Agriculture 2
Architecture 2
Artillery 4
Aviation 4
Bridges and Roofs 5
Building 2
Cement and Concrete 7
Civil Engineering 9
Curve Tables 11
Dictionaries 12
Domestic Economy 12
Drawing 13
Earthwork 14
Electrical Engineering 14
Foreign Exchange 19
Gas and Oil Engines 19
Gas Lighting 20
Historical: Biographical 20
Horology 21
Hydraulics; Pumps 21
Industrial Chemistry 22
Institutions 48
Interest Tables 25
Irrigation 25
Logarithm Tables 26
Manufactures 22
Marine Engineering 26
Materials 28
Mathematics 28
Mechanical Engineering 29
Metallurgy 32
Metric Tables 33
Mineralogy and Mining 34
Miscellaneous 47
Model Making 35
Municipal Engineering 39
Naval Architecture 26
Organization 36
Physics 36
Price Books 37
Railway Engineering 38
Sanitation 39
Structural Design 5
Telegraph Codes 41
Useful Tables 46
Warming: Ventilation 41
Water Supply 42
Workshop Practice 43
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All books are bound in cloth unless otherwise stated.
_NOTE: The Prices in this Catalogue apply to books sold in
the United Kingdom only._
AGRICULTURE
=Hemp.= A Practical Treatise on the Culture for Seed and Fibre.
By =S. S. Boyce=. 13 illus., 112 pp., crown 8vo. (_New
York, 1900._) 2_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Farm Drainage.= By =H. F. French=. 100 illus., 284 pp.,
crown 8vo. (_New York, 1904._) 4_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Talks on Manures.= By =J. Harris=. New edition, 366 pp.,
crown 8vo. (_New York, 1893._) 6_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Coffee=, its Culture and Commerce in all Countries. By =C. G.
W. Lock=. 11 plates, 274 pp., crown 8vo. (_1888._) 12_s._ 6_d._
=Sugar, a Handbook for Planters and Refiners.= By the
late =J. A. R. Newlands= and =B. E. R. Newlands=. 236
illus., 876 pp., 8vo. (_1909._) £1 5_s._ net.
=Hops=, their Cultivation, Commerce and Uses. By =P. L.
Simmonds=. 143 pp., crown 8vo. (_1877._) 4_s._ 6_d._
=Estate Fences=, their Choice, Construction and Cost. By =A.
Vernon=. Re-issue, 150 illus., 420 pp., 8vo. (_1909._)
8_s._ 6_d._ net.
ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING
=The Hydropathic Establishment and its Baths.= By
=R. O. Allsop=. 8 plates, 107 pp., demy 8vo. (_1891._)
5_s._
=The Turkish Bath=, its Design and Construction. By =R. O.
Allsop=. 27 illus., 152 pp., demy 8vo. (_1890._) 6_s._
=The Builder’s Clerk.= By =T. Bales=. Second edition, 92 pp.,
fcap. 8vo. (_1904._) 1_s._ 6_d._
=Glossary of Technical Terms= used in Architecture and the
Building Trades. By =G. J. Burns=. 136 pp., crown 8vo.
(_1895._) 3_s._ 6_d._
=Chimney Design and Theory.= By =W. W. Christie=. Second
edition, 54 illus., 200 pp., crown 8vo. (_New York, 1902._)
12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Approximate Estimates.= By =T. E. Coleman=. Third edition,
481 pp., oblong 32mo, leather. (_1907._) 5_s._ net.
=Stable Sanitation and Construction.= By =T. E. Coleman=.
183 illus., 226 pp., crown 8vo. (_1897._) 6_s._
=House Plans= and Building Construction for General Contractors
and House Builders. By =M. M. Dustman=. 511 illus.,
239 pp., oblong folio. (_New York, 1912._) 8_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Architectural Examples= in Brick, Stone, Wood and Iron.
By =W. Fullerton=. Third edition, 245 plates, 254 pp.,
demy 4to. (_1908._) 15=s.= net.
=Bricklaying System.= By =F. B. Gilbreth=. 240 illus., 321
pp., 8vo. (_New York, 1909._) 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Field System.= By =F. B. Gilbreth=. 194 pp., 12mo, leather.
(_New York, 1908._) 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=The Economics of Contracting.= By =D. J. Hauer=. 10
illus., viii + 269 pp., crown 8vo. (_New York, 1911._)
12_s._ net.
=The Clerk of Works’ Vade Mecum.= By =G. G. Hoskins=.
_Eighth edition in preparation._
=Paint and Colour Mixing.= By =A. S. Jennings=. Fourth
edition, 14 col. plates, 190 pp., 8vo. (_1910._) 5_s._ net.
=A Handbook of Formulæ, Tables, and Memoranda for
Architectural Surveyors.= By =J. T. Hurst=. Fifteenth
edition, new impression, 112 illus., viii + 512 pp., royal
32mo, roan. (_1912._) 5_s._ net.
=Quantity Surveying.= By =J. Leaning=. Fifth edition, new
impression, 936 pp., 8vo. (_1912._) £1 5_s._ net.
=Builders’ Quantities.= By =H. M. Lewis=. 6 illus., 44 pp.,
crown 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 40.) (_1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Obstruction to Light.= A Graphic Method of determining
Problems of Ancient Lights. By =H. B. Molesworth=.
9 folding plates, 4to. (_1902._) 6_s._ net.
=Suburban Houses.= A series of practical plans. By =J. H.
Pearson=. 46 plates and 12 pp. text, crown 4to. (_1905._)
7_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Solid Bitumens=, their Physical and Chemical Properties. By
=S. F. Peckham=. 23 illus., 324 pp., 8vo. (_New York, 1909._)
£1 1_s._
=Roman Architecture, Sculpture and Ornament.= By =G. B.
Piranesi=. 200 plates, reproduced in facsimile from the original.
2 vols., imperial folio, in wrappers. (_1900._) £2 2_s._ net.
=The Seven Periods of English Architecture=, defined and
illustrated. By =E. Sharpe=. Third edition, 20 steel plates,
royal 8vo. (_1888._) 12_s._ 6_d._
=Our Factories, Workshops and Warehouses=, their Sanitary
and Fire-Resisting Arrangements. By =B. H. Thwaite=.
183 illus., 282 pp., crown 8vo. (_1882._) 9_s._
=Elementary Principles of Carpentry.= By =T. Tredgold=
and =J. T. Hurst=. Eleventh edition, 48 plates, 517 pp.,
crown 8vo. (_1904._) 12_s._ 6_d._
=Treatise on the Design and Construction of Mill Buildings.=
By =W. G. Tyrrell=. 652 illus., 490 pp., demy 8vo. (_New
York, 1911._) 17_s._ net.
=Practical Stair Building and Handrailing.= By =W. H.
Wood=. 32 plates, 91 pp., crown 4to. (_1894._) 10_s._ 6_d._
=Spons’ Architects’ and Builders’ Pocket Price-Book and
Diary, 1913.= Edited by =Clyde Young=. Revised by
=Stanford M. Brooks=. Fortieth edition, viii + 308 pp.,
16mo, green leather cloth (size 6½ in. by 3¾ in. by ½ in.
thick), with Diary showing a week at an opening. 2_s._ 6_d._
net.
=Spons’ Practical Builders’ Pocket Book.= Edited by
=Clyde Young= and =Stanford M. Brooks=. 74 illus., viii
+ 456 pp., 16mo, maroon leather cloth. (_1913._) 5_s._ net.
ARTILLERY
=Guns and Gun Making Material.= By =G. Ede=. xii + 74 pp.
crown 8vo. (_1889._) 6_s._
=Treatise on Application of Wire to Construction of Ordnance.=
By =J. A. Longridge=. 180 pp., 8vo. (_1884._) £1 5_s._
=The Progress of Artillery: Naval Guns.= By =J. A. Longridge=.
3 illus., viii + 44 pp., 8vo, sewed. (_1896._) 2_s._
=The Field Gun of the Future.= By =J. A. Longridge=. 28 pp.,
8vo, sewed. (_1892._) 2_s._ 6_d._
AVIATION
=The Atmosphere=, its Characteristics and Dynamics. By
=F. J. B. Cordeiro=. 35 illus., 129 pp., small 4to. (_New
York, 1910._) 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Theory and Practice of Model Aeroplaning.= By =V. E.
Johnson=. 61 illus., xvi + 148 pp., crown 8vo. (_1910._)
3_s._ 6_d._ net.
=The Gyroscope, An Experimental Study.= By =V. E. Johnson=.
34 illus., 40 pp., crown 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 22.)
(_1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Natural Stability and the Parachute Principle in Aeroplanes.=
By =W. Le Maitre=. 34 illus., 48 pp., crown
8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 39.) (_1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=How to Build a 20-ft. Bi-plane Glider.= By =A. P. Morgan=.
31 illus., 60 pp., crown 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 14.)
(_New York, 1909._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Flight-Velocity.= By =A. Samuelson=. 4 plates, 42 pp., 8vo,
sewed. (_1906._) 2_s._ net.
=Resistance of Air and the Question of Flying.= By =A.
Samuelson=. 23 illus., 36 pp., 8vo, sewed. (_1905._) 2_s._ net.
=The Laws of Avanzini.= Laws of Planes moving at an angle
in air and water. By Lieut.-Col. =R. de Villamil=. 2 folding
plates, 3 illus., 23 pp., super royal 8vo, sewed. (_1912._)
2_s._ net.
=Aeroplanes in Gusts, Soaring Flight and Aeroplane Stability.=
By =S. L. Walkden=. 4 plates, 47 illus., xvi +
188 pp., 8vo. (_1912._) 7_s._ 6_d._ net.
BRIDGES, ARCHES, ROOFS, AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN
=Strains in Ironwork.= By =Henry Adams=. Fourth edition,
8 plates, 65 pp., crown 8vo. (_1904._) 5_s._
=Designing Ironwork.= By =Henry Adams=. Second series.
8vo, sewed.
Part I. A Steel Box Girder. (_1894._) 9_d._ net.
" II. Built-up Steel Stanchions. (_1901._) 1_s._ 3_d._ net.
" III. Cisterns and Tanks. (_1902._) 1_s._ net.
" IV. A Fireproof Floor. (_1903._) 1_s._ net.
=Columns and Struts.= Theory and Design. By =Wm. Alexander=.
101 illus., xii + 265 pp., demy 8vo. (_1912._)
10_s._ 6_d._ net.
=A Practical Treatise on Segmental and Elliptical Oblique
or Skew Arches.= By =G. J. Bell=. Second edition, 17
plates, 125 pp., royal 8vo. (_1906._) £1 1_s._ net.
=Economics of Construction= in relation to Framed Structures.
By =R. H. Bow=. Third thousand, 16 plates, 88 pp., 8vo.
(_1873._) 5_s._
=Theory of Voussoir Arches.= By Prof. =W. Cain=. Third
edition, 201 pp., 18mo, boards. (_New York, 1905._) 2_s._ net.
=New Formulæ for the Loads and Deflections= of Solid Beams
and Girders. By =W. Donaldson=. Second edition, 11
illus., viii + 56 pp., 8vo. (_1872._) 4_s._ 6_d._
=Plate Girder Railway Bridges.= By =M. Fitzmaurice=.
4 plates, 104 pp., 8vo. (_1895._) 6_s._
=Pocket Book of Calculations= in Stresses. By =E. M. George=.
66 illus., 140 pp., royal 32mo, half roan. (_1895._) 3_s._ 6_d._
=Strains on Braced Iron Arches= and Arched Iron Bridges.
By =A. S. Heaford=. 39 pp., 8vo. (_1883._) 6_s._
=Tables for Roof Framing.= By =G. D. Inskip=. Second
edition, 451 pp., 8vo, leather. (_New York, 1905._) 12_s._ 6_d._
net.
=Stresses in Girder and Roof Frames=, for both dead and
live loads, by simple Multiplication, etc. By =F. R. Johnson=.
28 plates, 215 pp., crown 8vo. (_1894._) 6_s._
=A Graphical Method for Swing Bridges.= By =B. F. La Rue=.
4 plates, 104 pp., 18mo, boards. (_New York, 1904._) 2_s._ net.
=Bridge and Tunnel Centres.= By =J. B. McMasters=. Illustrated,
106 pp., 18mo, boards. (_New York, 1893._) 2_s._ net.
=Notes on Cylinder Bridge Piers= and the Well System of
Foundations. By =J. Newman=. 144 pp., 8vo. (_1893._) 6_s._
=Calculation of Columns.= By =T. Nielsen=. 4 plates, 36 pp.,
8vo. (_1911._) 4_s._ 6_d._ net.
=A New Method of Graphic Statics= applied in the Construction
of Wrought Iron Girders. By =E. Olander=. 16 plates,
small folio. (_1887._) 10_s._ 6_d._
=Steel Bar and Plate Tables.= Giving Weight of a Lineal
Foot of all sizes of L and T Bars, Flat Bars, Plates, Square
and Round Bars. By =E. Read=. On large folding card.
(_1911._) 1_s._ net.
=Reference Book for Statical Calculations.= By =F. Ruff=.
With diagrams, 140 pp., crown 8vo. (_1906._) 5_s._ net.
=Suspension Bridges and Cantilevers.= By =D. B. Steinmann=.
vii + 185 pp., 18mo, boards. (VAN NOSTRAND
SERIES, No. 127.) (_New York, 1911._) 2_s._ net.
=The Strength and Proportion of Riveted Joints.= By =B. B.
Stoney=. 3 illus., 87 pp., 8vo. (_1885._) 5_s._
=The Anatomy of Bridgework.= By =W. H. Thorpe=. 103
illus., 190 pp., crown 8vo. (_1906._) 6_s._ net.
CEMENT AND CONCRETE
=Portland Cement=, its Manufacture, Testing and Use. By
=D. B. Butler=. Third edition, 135 illus., including 17
plates, xii + 450 pp., 8vo. (_1913._) 16_s._ net.
=Theory of Steel-Concrete Arches= and of Vaulted Structures.
By =W. Cain=. Fourth edition, 27 illus., 212 pp.,
18mo, boards. (_New York, 1906._) 2_s._ net.
=Reinforced Concrete Construction. Elementary Course.=
By =M. T. Cantell=. 65 illus., 135 pp., crown 8vo. (_1911._)
4_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Reinforced Concrete Construction. Advanced Course.=
By =M. T. Cantell=. 242 illus., xvi + 240 pp., super
royal 8vo. (_1912._) 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Graphical Reinforced Concrete Design.= A series of Diagrams
on sheets (measuring 17½ in. by 22½ in.) for Designing
and Checking. With 48-page pamphlet. By =J. A.
Davenport=. Complete in roll. (_1911._) 5_s._ net.
=Cement Users’ and Buyers’ Guide.= By =Calcare=. 115
pp., 32mo, cloth. (_1901._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Diagrams for Designing Reinforced Concrete Structures.=
By =G. F. Dodge=. 31 illus., 104 pp., oblong folio. (_New
York, 1910._) 17_s._ net.
=Cements, Mortars, and Concretes=; their Physical properties.
By =M. S. Falk=. 78 illus., 176 pp., 8vo. (_New York,
1904._) 10_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Construction, Methods and Cost.= By =H. P.
Gillette= and =C. S. Hill=. 310 illus., 690 pp., 8vo. (_New
York, 1908._) £1 1_s._ net.
=Engineers’ Pocket Book of Reinforced Concrete.= By
=E. L. Heidenreich=. 164 illus., 364 pp., crown 8vo, leather,
gilt edges. (_New York, 1909._) 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Inspection.= By =C. S. Hill=. 15 illus., 179 pp.,
12mo. (_New York, 1909._) 4_s._ 6_d._ net.
Works by A. A. HOUGHTON.
=Practical Silo Construction.= 18 illus., 69 pp., cr. 8vo.
(S. & C. SERIES, No. 27.) (_New York, 1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Moulding Concrete Chimneys, Slate and Roof Tiles.= 15
illus., 61 pp., cr. 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 28.) (_New
York, 1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Moulding and Curing Ornamental Concrete.= 5 illus., 58 pp.,
cr. 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 29.) (_New York, 1911._)
1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Monuments, Mausoleums and Burial Vaults.=
18 illus., 65 pp., cr. 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 31.) (_New
York, 1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Floors and Sidewalks.= 8 illus., 63 pp., cr. 8vo.
(S. & C. SERIES, No. 32.) (_New York, 1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Moulding Concrete Baths, Tubs, Aquariums and Natatoriums.=
16 illus., 64 pp., cr. 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES,
No. 33.) (_New York, 1911._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Bridges, Culverts, and Sewers.= 14 illus., 58 pp., cr.
8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 34.) (_New York, 1912._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Constructing Concrete Porches.= 18 illus., 62 pp., cr. 8vo.
(S. & C. SERIES, No. 35.) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Moulding Concrete Flower-Pots, Boxes, Jardinières=, etc.
8 illus., 52 pp., cr. 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 36.)
(_New York, 1912._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Moulding Concrete Fountains and Lawn Ornaments.=
14 illus., 56 pp., crown 8vo. (S. & C. SERIES, No. 37.)
(_New York, 1912._) 1_s._ 6_d._ net.
* * * * *
=Reinforced Concrete.= By =E. McCulloch=. 28 illus., 128
pp., crown 8vo. (_New York, 1908._) 6_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete and Reinforced Concrete.= By =H. A. Reid=. 715
illus., 884 pp., royal 8vo. (_New York, 1907._) £1 1_s._ net.
=Theory and Design of Reinforced Concrete Arches.= By =A.
Reuterdahl=. 41 illus., 126 pp., 8vo. (_New York, 1908._)
8_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Specification for Concrete Flags.= Issued by the =Institution
of Municipal and County Engineers=. Folio, sewed.
(_1911._) 2_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Practical Cement Testing.= By =W. P. Taylor=. With 142
illus., 329 pp., demy 8vo. (_New York, 1906._) 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Concrete Bridges and Culverts.= By =H. G. Tyrrell=. 66
illus., 251 pp., crown 8vo, leather. 12_s._ 6_d._ net.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Canals, Surveying.
(_See also_ =Irrigation= _and_ =Water Supply=.)
=Practical Hints to Young Engineers Employed on Indian
Railways.= By =A. W. C. Addis=. 14 illus., 154 pp.,
12mo. (_1910._) 3_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Levelling=, Barometric, Trigonometric and Spirit. By =I. O.
Baker=. Second edition, 15 illus., 145 pp., 18mo, boards.
(_New York, 1903._) 2_s._ net.
=River and Canal Engineering.= By =E. S. Bellasis=. 72
illus., x + 220 pp., 8vo. (_1913._) 8_s._ 6_d._ net.
=Punjab Rivers and Works.= By =E. S. Bellasis=. Second
edition, 47 illus., viii + 64 pp., folio. (_1912._) 8_s._ net.
=Notes on Instruments= best suited for Engineering Field Work
in India and the Colonies. By =W. G. Bligh=. 65 illus.,
218 pp., 8vo. (_1899._) 7_s._ 6_d._
=Practical Designing of Retaining Walls.= By Prof. =W. Cain=.
Fifth edition, 14 illus., 172 pp., 18mo, boards. (_New York,
1908._) 2_s._ net.
=The Maintenance of Macadamised Roads.= By =T. Codrington=.
Second edition, 186 pp., 8vo. (_1892._) 7_s._ 6_d._
=The Civil Engineers’ Cost Book.= By Major =T. E. Coleman=,
R. E. xii + 289 pp., Pocket size (6½ × 3⅝ in.),
leather cloth. (_1912._) 5_s._ net.
=Retaining Walls in Theory and Practice.= By =T. E. Coleman=.
104 illus., 160 pp., crown 8vo. (_1909._) 5_s._ net.
=On Curved Masonry Dams.= By =W. B. Coventry=. 8vo,
sewed. (_1894._) 2_s._
=A Practical Method of Determining the Profile of a Masonry
Dam.= By =W. B. Coventry=. 8vo, sewed. (_1894._) 2_s._ 6_d._
=The Stresses on Masonry Dams= (oblique sections). By
=W. B. Coventry=. 8vo, sewed. (_1894._) 2_s._
=Handbook of Cost Data for Contractors and Engineers.=
By =H. P. Gillette=. 1,854 pp., crown 8vo, leather, gilt
edges. (_New York, 1911._) £1 1_s._ net.
=Rock Excavation, Methods and Cost.= By =H. P. Gillette=.
_Second edition in preparation._
=High Masonry Dams.= By =E. S. Gould=. 2nd. edit. With
illus., 88 pp., 18mo, boards. (_New York, 1905._) 2_s._ net.
=Railway Tunnelling= in Heavy Ground. By =C. Gripper=.
3 plates, 66 pp., royal 8vo. (_1879._) 7_s._ 6_d._
=Levelling and its General Application.= By =T. Holloway=.
_Third edition in preparation._
=Waterways and Water Transport.= By =J. S. Jeans=. 55
illus., 520 pp., 8vo. (_1890._) 9_s._ net.
=Table of Barometrical Heights to 20,000 Feet.= By Lieut.-Col.
=W. H. Mackesy=. 1 plate, 24 pp., royal 32mo. (_1882._) 3_s._
=Aid Book to Engineering Enterprise.= By =E. Matheson=.
Third edition, illustrated, 916 pp., medium 8vo, buckram.
(_1898._) £1 4_s._
=A Treatise on Surveying.= By =R. E. Middleton= and =O.
Chadwick=. Third edition, royal 8vo. (_1911._)