HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING. By GARDNER D. HISCOX. A treatise on the
properties, power, and resources of water for all purposes. Including
the measurement of streams, the flow of water in pipes or conduits; the
horse-power of falling water; turbine and impact water-wheels, wave
motors, centrifugal, reciprocating, and airlist pumps.
With 300 figures and diagrams and 36 practical tables. All who are
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Wheels; Pumps and Pumping Machinery; Reciprocating Pumps; Hydraulic
Power Transmission; Hydraulic Mining; Canals; Ditches; Conduits and Pipe
Lines; Marine Hydraulics; Tidal and Sea Wave power, etc. 320 pages.
Price $4.00
ICE AND REFRIGERATION
POCKET BOOK OF REFRIGERATION AND ICE MAKING. By A. J. WALLIS-TAYLOR This
is one of the latest and most comprehensive reference books published on
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management of refrigerating machinery and the construction and
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constant reference by refrigerating engineers, with nearly one hundred
tables containing valuable references to every fact and condition
required in the installment and operation of a refrigerating plant.
Illustrated. (5th Edition, revised.) Price $1.50
INVENTIONS PATENTS
INVENTOR'S MANUAL, HOW TO MAKE A PATENT PAY.
This is a book designed as a guide to inventors in perfecting their
inventions, taking out their patents and disposing of them. It is not in
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It is a book containing a quarter of a century's experience of a
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Advice on Disposing of Old Patents. Advice as to Patent Attorneys.
Advice as to Selling Agents. Forms of Assignments. License and
Contracts. State Laws Concerning Patent Rights. 1900 Census of the
United States by counties of over 10,000 population. Revised edition.
120 pages. Price $1.00
KNOTS
KNOTS, SPLICES AND ROPE WORK. By A. HYATT VERRILL. This is a practical
book giving complete and simple directions for making all the most
useful and ornamental knots in common use, with chapters on Splicing,
Pointing, Seizing, Serving, etc. This book is fully illustrated with one
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knots and Bends. Terms used in Handling Rope. Seizing Rope. 3. Ties and
Hitches. 4. Noose, Loops and Mooring Knots. 5. Shortenings, Grommets and
Selvages. 6. Lashings. Seizings and Splices. 7. Fancy Knots and Rope
Work. 128 pages. 150 original engravings. Price 60 cents.
LATHE WORK
MODERN AMERICAN LATHE PRACTICE. By OSCAR E. PERRIGO. This is a new book
from cover to cover, and the only complete American work on the subject
written by a man who knows not only how work ought to be done, but who
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Price $2.50
PRACTICAL METAL TURNING. By JOSEPH G. HORNER. This important and
practical subject is treated in a full and exhaustive manner and nothing
of importance is omitted. The principles and practice and all the
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illustrated. Price $3.50
TURNING AND BORING TAPERS. By FRED H. COLVIN. There are two ways to turn
tapers; the right way and one other. This treatise has to do with the
right way; it tells you how to start the work properly, how to set the
lathe, what tools to use and how to use them, and forty and one other
little things that you should know. Fourth edition. 25 cents.
LIQUID AIR
LIQUID AIR AND THE LIQUEFACTION OF GASES. By T. O'CONOR SLOANE. This
book gives the history of the theory, discovery, and manufacture of
Liquid Air, and contains an illustrated description of all the
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edition. 365 pages. Price $2.00
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
AIR-BRAKE CATECHISM. By ROBERT H. BLACKALL. This book is a standard text
book. It covers the Westinghouse Air-Brake Equipment, including the No.
5 and the No. 6 E. T Locomotive Brake Equipment; the K (Quick-Service)
Triple Valve for Freight Service; and the Cross-Compound Pump. The
operation of all parts of the apparatus is explained in detail, and a
practical way of finding their peculiarities and defects, with a proper
remedy, is given. It contains 2,000 questions with their answers, which
will enable any railroad man to pass any examination on the subject of
Air Brakes. Endorsed and used by air-brake instructors and examiners on
nearly every railroad in the United States. 25th Edition. 350 pages,
fully illustrated with folding plates and diagrams. $2.00
AMERICAN COMPOUND LOCOMOTIVES. By FRED. H. COLVIN.
The only book on compounds for the engineman or shopman that shows in a
plain, practical way the various features of compound locomotives in
use. Shows how they are made, what to do when they break down or balk.
Contains sections as follows:-A Bit of History. Theory of Compounding
Steam Cylinders. Baldwin Two-Cylinder Compound. Pittsburg Two-Cylinder
Compound. Rhode Island Compound. Richmond Compound. Rogers Compound.
Schenectady Two-Cylinder Compound. Vauclain Compound. Tandem Compounds.
Baldwin Tandem. The Colvin-Wightman Tandem. Schenectady Tandem. Balanced
Locomotives. Baldwin Balanced Compound. Plans for Balancing. Locating
Blows. Breakdowns. Reducing Valves. Drifting. Valve Motion.
Disconnecting. Power of Compound Locomotives. Practical Notes. Fully
illustrated and containing ten special "Duotone" inserts on heavy Plate
Paper, showing different types of Compounds. 142 pages. Price $1.00
APPLICATION OF HIGHLY SUPERHEATED STEAM TO LOCOMOTIVES. By ROBERT GARBE.
A practical book. Contains special chapters on Generation of Highly
Superheated Steam; Superheated Steam and the Two-Cylinder Simple Engine;
Compounding and Superheating; Designs of Locomotive Superheaters;
Constructive Details of Locomotives using Highly Superheated Steam;
Experimental and Working Results. Illustrated with folding places and
tables. Price $2.50
COMBUSTION OF COAL AND THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE. By WM. M. BARR. This
book has been prepared with special reference to the generation of heat
by the combustion of the common fuels found in the United States, and
deals particularly with the conditions necessary to the economic and
smokeless combustion of bituminous coal in Stationary and Locomotive
Steam Boilers. The presentation of this important subject is systematic
and progressive. The arrangement of the book is in a series of practical
questions to which are appended accurate answers, which describe in
language, free from technicalities, the several processes involved in
the furnace combustion of American fuels; it clearly states the
essential requisites for perfect combustion, and points out the best
methods of furnace construction for obtaining the greatest quantity of
heat from any given quality of coal. Nearly 350 pages, fully
illustrated. Price $1.00
DIARY OF A ROUND HOUSE FOREMAN. By T. S. REILLY. This is the greatest
book of railroad experiences ever published. Containing a fund of
information and suggestions along the line of handling men, organizing,
etc., that one cannot afford to miss. 176 pages. Price $1.00
LINK MOTIONS, VALVES AND VALVE SETTING. By FRED H. COLVIN, Associate
Editor of "American Machinist."
A handy book for the engineer or machinist that clears up the mysteries
of valve setting. Shows the different valve gears in use, how they work,
and why. Piston and slide valves of different types are illustrated and
explained. A book that every railroad man in the motive power department
ought to have. Contains chapters on Locomotive Link Motion, Valve
Movements, Setting Slide Valves, Analysis by Diagrams, Modern Practice,
Slip of Block, Slide Valves, Piston Valves, Setting Piston Valves,
Joy-Allen Valve Gear, Walschaert Valve Gear, Gooch Valve Gear,
Alfree-Hubbell Valve Gear, etc., etc. Fully illustrated. Price 50 cents.
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER CONSTRUCTION. By FRANK A. KLEINHANS. The construction
of boilers in general is treated, and following this, the locomotive
boiler is taken up in the order in which its various parts go through
the shop. Shows all types of boilers used; gives details of
construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches and
dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets, and
other data. Locomotive boilers present more difficulty in laying out and
building than any other type, and for this reason the author uses them
as examples. Anyone who can handle them can tackle anything. Contains
chapters on Laying Out Work; Flanging and Forging; Punching; Shearing:
Plate Planing; General Tables; Finishing Parts; Bending; Machinery
Parts; Riveting; Boiler Details; Smoke Box Details; Assembling and
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worker all need it. No matter what the type of boiler, you'll find a
mint of information that you wouldn't be without. Over 400 pages, five
large folding plates. Price: $3.00
LOCOMOTIVE BREAKDOWNS AND THEIR REMEDIES. By GEO. L. FOWLER. Revised by
WM. W. Wood, Air-Brake Instructor. Just issued. Revised pocket edition.
It is out of the question to try and tell you about every subject that
is covered in this pocket edition of Locomotive Breakdowns. Just imagine
all the common troubles that an engineer may expect to happen some time,
and then add all of the unexpected ones, troubles that could occur, but
that you had never thought about, and you will find that they are all
treated with the very best methods of repair. Walschaert Locomotive
Valve Gear Troubles, Electric Headlight Troubles, as well as Questions
and Answers on the Air Brake are all included. 294 pages. 7th Revised
Edition. Fully illustrated. $1.00
LOCOMOTIVE CATECHISM. By ROBERT GRIMSHAW. The revised edition of
"Locomotive Catechism," by Robert Grimshaw, is a New Book from Cover to
Cover. It contains twice as many pages and double the number of
illustrations of previous editions. Includes the greatest amount of
practical information ever published on the construction and management
of modern locomotives. Specially Prepared Chapters on the Walschaert
Locomotive Valve Gear, the Air Brake Equipment and the Electric Head
Light are given. It commends itself at once to every Engineer and
Fireman, and to all who are going in tor examination or promotion. In
plain language, with full complete answers, not only all the questions
asked by the examining engineer are given, but those which the young and
less experienced would ask the veteran, and which old hands ask as
"stickers." It is a veritable Encyclopedia of the Locomotive, is
entirely free from mathematics, easily, understood and thoroughly
up-to-date. Contains over 4,000 Examination Questions with their
Answers. 825 pages, 437 illustrations and three folding plates. 28th
Revised Edition. $2.50
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTOR AND REFERENCE BOOK FOR LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND
ENGINEERS. By CHAS. F. LOCKHART. An entirely new book on the Locomotive.
It appeals to every railroad man, as it tells him how things are done
and the right way to do them. Written by a man who has had years of
practical experience in locomotive shops and on the road firing and
running. The information given in this book cannot be found in any other
similar treatise. Eight hundred and fifty-one questions with their
answers are included, which will prove specially helpful to those
preparing for examination. Practical information on: The Construction
and Operation of Locomotives. Breakdowns and their Remedies; Air. Brakes
and Valve Gears. Rules and Signals are handled in a thorough manner. As
a book of reference it cannot be excelled. The book is divided into six
parts, as follows: 1. The Fireman's Duties. 2. General description of
the Locomotive. 3. Breakdowns and their Remedies. 4. Air Brakes. 5.
Extracts from Standard Rules. 6. Questions for examination. The 851
questions have been carefully selected and arranged. These cover the
examinations required by the different railroads. 368 pages. 88
illustrations. Price $1.50
PREVENTION OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, OR SAFETY IN RAILROADING. By GEORGE
BRADSHAW. This book is a heart-to-heart talk with Railroad Employees,
dealing with facts, not theories, and showing the men in the ranks, from
every-day experience, how accidents occur and how they may be avoided.
The book is illustrated with seventy original photographs and drawings
showing the safe and unsafe methods of work. No visionary schemes, no
ideal pictures. Just plain facts and Practical Suggestions are given.
Every railroad employee who reads the book is a better and safer man to
have in railroad service. It gives just the information which will be
the means of preventing many injuries and deaths. All railroad employees
should procure a copy, read it, and do your part in preventing
accidents. 169 pages. Pocket Size. Fully illustrated. Price 50 cents.
TRAIN RULE EXAMINATIONS MADE EASY. By G. E. COLLINGWOOD. This is the
only practical work on train-rules in print. Every detail is covered,
and puzzling points are explained in simple, comprehensive language,
making it a practical treatise for the Train Dispatcher, Engineman,
Trainman, and all others who have to do with the movements of trains.
Contains complete and reliable information of the Standard Code of
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different roads. Explains fully the practical application of train
orders, giving a clear and definite understanding of all orders which
may be used. The meaning and necessity for certain rules are explained
in such a manner that the student may know beyond a doubt the rights
conferred under any orders he may receive or the action required by
certain rules. As nearly all roads require trainmen to pass regular
examinations, a complete set of examination questions, with their
answers, are included. These will enable the student to pass the
required examinations with credit to himself and the road for which he
works.
256 pages. Fully illustrated with Train Signals in colors. Price $1.26
TRAIN RULES AND DESPATCHING. By H. A. DALBY. Every railroad man, no
matter what department he's in, needs a copy of this book. It gives the
standard rules for both single and double track, shows all the signals,
with colors wherever necessary, and has a list of towns where time
changes, with a map showing the whole country. The rules are explained
wherever there is any doubt about their meaning or where they are
modified by different railroads. It's the only practical book on train
rules in print. Over 220 pages. Leather cover. Price $1.50
THE WALSCHAERT AND OTHER MODERN RADIAL VALVE GEARS FOR LOCOMOTIVES. By
WM. W. Wood. If you would thoroughly understand the Walschaert Valve
Gear you should possess a copy of this book, as the author takes the
plainest form of a steam engine-a stationary engine in the rough, that
will only turn its crank in one direction and from it builds up—with the
reader's help—a modern locomotive equipped with the Walschaert Valve
Gear, complete. The points discussed are clearly illustrated; two large
folding plates that show the positions of the valves of both inside or
outside admission type, as well as the links and other parts of the gear
when the crank is at nine different points in its revolution, are
especially valuable in making the movement clear. These employ sliding
cardboard models which are contained in a pocket in the cover. The book
is divided into five general divisions, as follows: I. Analysis of the
gear. II. Designing and erecting the gear. III. Advantages of the gear.
IV. Questions and answers relating to the Walschaert Valve Gear. V.
Setting valves with the Walschaert Valve Gear; the three primary types
of locomotive valve motion; modern radial valve gears other than the
Walschaert; the Hobart All-free valve and valve gear, with questions and
answers on breakdowns; the Baker-Pilliod valve gear; the Improved
Baker-Pilliod Valve Gear, with questions and answers on breakdowns. The
questions with full answers given will be especially valuable to firemen
and engineers in preparing for an examination for promotion. 245 pages.
Third Revised Edition. Price $1.50
WESTINGHOUSE E-T AIR-BRAKE INSTRUCTION POCKET BOOK. By WM. W. Wood,
Air-Brake Instructor. Here is a book for the railroad man, and the man
who aims to be one. It is without doubt the only complete work published
on the Westinghouse E-T Locomotive Brake Equipment. Written by an Air
Brake Instructor who knows just what is needed. It covers the subject
thoroughly. Everything about the New Westinghouse Engine and Tender
Brake Equipment, including the Standard No. 5 and the Perfected No. 6
Style of brake, is treated in detail. Written in plain English and
profusely illustrated with Colored Plates, which enable one to trace the
flow of pressures throughout the entire equipment. The best book ever
published on the Air Brake. Equally good for the beginner and the
advanced engineer. Will pass any one through any examination. It informs
and enlightens you on every point. Indispensable to every engineman and
trainman. Contains examination questions and answers on the E-T
equipment. Covering what the E-T Brake is. How it should be operated.
What to do when defective. Not a question can be asked of the engineman
up for promotion on either the No. 5 or the No. 6 E-T equipment that is
not asked and answered in the book. If you want to thoroughly understand
the E-T equipment get a copy of this book. It covers every detail. Makes
Air Brake troubles and examinations easy. Price $1.50
MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE
AMERICAN TOOL MAKING AND INTERCHANGEABLE MANUFACTURING. By J. V.
WOODWORTH.
A "shoppy" book, containing no theorizing, no problematical or
experimental devices, there are no badly proportioned and impossible
diagrams, no catalogue cuts, but a valuable collection of drawings and
descriptions of devices, the rich fruits of the author's own experience.
In its 500-odd pages the one subject only, Tool Making, and whatever
relates thereto, is dealt with. The work stands without a rival. It is a
complete practical treatise on the art of American Tool Making and
system of interchangeable manufacturing as carried on to-day in the
United States. In it are described and illustrated all of the different
types and classes of small tools, fixtures, devices, and special
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metal working establishments where economy, capacity, and
interchangeability in the production of machined metal parts are
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particular attention is paid to drill jigs, boring, profiling and
milling fixtures and other devices in which the parts to be machined are
located and fastened within the contrivances. All of the tools,
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lathes, patented machinery, typewriters, electrical apparatus,
mechanical appliances, brass goods, composition parts, mould products,
sheet metal articles, drop forgings, jewelry, watches, medals, coins,
etc. 531 pages. Price $4.00
HENLEY'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL ENGINEERING AND ALLIED TRADES. Edited
by JOSEPH G. HORNER, A.M.I., M.E. This set of five volumes contains
about 2,500 pages with thousands of illustrations, including
diagrammatic and sectional drawings with full explanatory details. This
work covers the entire practice of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The
best known expert in all branches of engineering have contributed to
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the beginner and the self-taught practical man, as well as the
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and machinist. The work will be found a means of advancement to any
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its treatment of technical subjects, simple and clear in its descriptive
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reference it is without a peer. $6.00 per volume. For complete set of
five volumes, price $25.00
MACHINE SHOP ARITHMETIC. By COLVIN-CHENEY. This is an arithmetic of the
things you have to do with daily. It tells you plainly about: how to
find areas of figures; how to find surface or volume of balls or
spheres; handy ways for calculating; about compound gearing; cutting
screw threads on any lathe; drilling for taps; speeds of drills, taps,
emery wheels, grindstones, milling cutters, etc.; all about the Metric
system with conversion tables; properties of metals; strength of bolts
and nuts; decimal equivalent of an inch. All sorts of machine shop
figuring and 1,001 other things, any one of which ought to be worth more
than the price of this book to you, and it saves you the trouble of
bothering the boss. 6th Edition. 131 pages. Price 50 cents.
MODERN MACHINE SHOP CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND MANAGEMENT. By OSCAR E.
PERRIGO. The only work published that describes the Modern Machine Shop
or Manufacturing Plant from the time the grass is growing on the site
intended for it until the finished product is shipped. Just the book
needed by those contemplating the erection of modern shop buildings, the
rebuilding and reorganization of old ones, or the introduction of Modern
Shop Methods, time and cost systems. It is a book written and
illustrated by a practical shop man for practical shop men who are too
busy to read theories and want facts. It is the most complete all-around
book of its kind ever published. 400 large quarto pages. 225 original
and specially-made illustrations. Price $5.00
MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS AND NOVELTIES OF
CONSTRUCTION. By GARDNER D. HISCOX. This is a supplementary volume to
the one upon mechanical movements. Unlike the first volume, which is
more elementary in character, this volume contains illustrations and
descriptions of many combinations of motions and of mechanical devices
and appliances found in different lines of machinery. Each device being
shown by a line drawing with a description showing its working parts and
the method of operation. From the multitude of devices described, and
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elevators, Prony brakes, thermometers, various types of boilers, solar
engines, oil-fuel burners, condensers, evaporators, Corliss and other
valve gears, governors, gas engines, water motors of various
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bicycles, railway block signals, car couplers, link and gear motions,
ball bearings, breech block mechanism for heavy guns, and a large
accumulation of others of equal importance. 1,000 specially made
engravings. 396 octavo pages. Price $2.50
MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS, POWERS, AND DEVICES. By GARDNER D. HISCOX. This is
a collection of 1,890 engravings of different mechanical motions and
appliances, accompanied by appropriate text, making it a book of great
value to the inventor, the draftsman, and to all readers with mechanical
tastes. The book is divided into eighteen sections or chapters in which
the subject matter is classified under the following heads: Mechanical
Powers; Transmission of Power; Measurement of Power, Steam Power; Air
Power Appliances; Electric Power and Construction, Navigation and Roads;
Gearing; Motion and Devices; Controlling Motion; Horological; Mining;
Mill and Factory Appliances; Construction and Devices; Drafting Devices:
Miscellaneous Devices, etc. 12th edition. 400 octavo pages. Price $2.50
MACHINE SHOP TOOLS AND SHOP PRACTICE. By W. H. VANDERVOORT. A work of
555 pages and 673 illustrations, describing in every detail the
construction, operation, and manipulation of both hand and machine
tools. Includes chapters on filing, fitting, and scraping surfaces; on
drills, reamers, taps, and dies; the lathe and its tools; planers,
shapers, and their tools; milling machines and cutters; gear cutters and
gear cutting; drilling machines and drill work; grinding machines and
their work; hardening and tempering; gearing, belting and transmission
machinery: useful data and tables. 6th edition, Price $3.00
THE MODERN MACHINIST. By JOHN T. USHER. This is a book showing, by plain
description and by profuse engravings, made expressly for the work, all
that is best, most advanced, and of the highest efficiency in modern
machine shop practice, tools, and implements, showing the way by which
and through which, as Mr. Maxim says, "American machinists have become
and are the finest mechanics in the world." Indicating as it does, in
every line, the familiarity of the author with every detail of daily
experience in the shop, it cannot fail to be of service to any man
practically connected with the shaping or finishing of metals. There is
nothing experimental or visionary about the book, all devices being in
actual use and giving good results. It might be called a compendium of
shop methods, showing a variety of special tools and appliances which
will give new ideas to many mechanics, from the superintendent down to
the man at the bench. It will be found a valuable addition to any
machinist's library, and should be consulted whenever a new or difficult
job is to be done, whether it is boring, milling, turning, or planing,
as they are all treated in a practical manner. Fifth Edition. 320 pages.
250 illustrations. Price $2.50
MODERN MILLING MACHINES: THEIR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. By
JOSEPH G. HORNER. This book describes and illustrates the Milling
Machine and its work in such a plain, clear, and forceful manner, and
illustrates the subject so clearly and completely, that the up-to-date
machinist, student, or mechanical engineer cannot afford to do without
the valuable information which it contains. It describes not only the
early machines of this class, but notes their gradual development into
the splendid machines of the present day, giving the design and
construction of the various types, forms, and special features produced
by prominent manufacturers, American and foreign. Milling cutters in all
their development and modernized forms are illustrated and described,
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MARINE ENGINEERING
MARINE ENGINES AND BOILERS, THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. By Dr. G.
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MINING
ORE DEPOSITS, WITH A CHAPTER ON HINTS TO PROSPECTORS. By J. P. JOHNSON
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PATTERN MAKING
PRACTICAL PATTERN MAKING. By F. W. BARROWS. This is a very complete and
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PERFUMERY
HENLEY'S TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOK OF RECEIPTS, FORMULAS AND PROCESSES.
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PLUMBING
MECHANICAL DRAWING FOR PLUMBERS. By R. M. STARBUCK. A concise,
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parts of the plumbing system; use of scales. 23. Use of architect's
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25. Drawing of wrought iron piping, valves, radiators, coils, etc. 26.
Drawing of piping to illustrate heating systems. 150 illustrations.
Price $1.50
MODERN PLUMBING ILLUSTRATED. By R. M. STARBUCK. This book represents the
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working data for all fixtures and groups of fixtures. It is helpful to
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Contains following chapters, each illustrated with a full-page plate:
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bath; water closets, venting of water closets; low-down water closets,
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urinals, the bidet: hotel and restaurant sink, grease trap;
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connections for S traps, venting; connections for drum traps; soil pipe
connections; supporting of soil pipe; main trap and fresh air inlet;
floor drains and cellar drains, subsoil drainage; water closets and
floor connections; local venting; connections for bath rooms;
connections for bath rooms, continued; connections for bath rooms,
continued; connections for bath rooms, continued; examples of poor
practice; roughing-work ready for test; testing of plumbing system;
method of continuous venting; continuous venting for two-floor work;
continuous venting for two lines of fixtures on three or more floors;
continuous venting of water closets; plumbing for cottage house;
construction for cellar piping; plumbing for residence, use of special
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the destruction of pipes by electrolysis; construction of work without
use of lead; Automatic sewage lift, automatic sump tank; country
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water mains and service by electricity; double boilers; hot water supply
of large buildings; automatic control of hot water tank; suggestions for
estimating plumbing construction. 400 octavo pages, fully illustrated by
55 full-page engravings. Price $4.00
STANDARD PRACTICAL PLUMBING. By R. M. STARBUCK. A complete practical
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water boilers; heating of radiation by supply system; theory for the
plumber; drawing for the plumber. Fully illustrated by 347 engravings.
Price $3.00
RECEIPT BOOK
HENLEY'S TWENTIETH CENTURY BOOK OF RECEIPTS, FORMULAS AND PROCESSES.
Edited by GARDNER D. HISCOX. The most valuable Techno-chemical Receipt
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RUBBER
RUBBER HAND STAMPS AND THE MANIPULATION OF INDIA RUBBER.
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SAWS
SAW FILINGS AND MANAGEMENT OF SAWS. By ROBERT GRIMSHAW. A practical hand
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STEAM ENGINEERING
AMERICAN STATIONARY ENGINEERING. By W. E. CRANE. This book begins at the
boiler room and takes in the whole power plant. A plain talk on
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cement; pile driving; engines, slow and high speed; valves; valve
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EMINENT ENGINEERS. By DWIGHT GODDARD. Everyone who appreciates the
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ENGINE RUNNER'S CATECHISM. By ROBERT GRIMSHAW. A practical treatise for
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ENGINE TESTS AND BOILER EFFICIENCIES. By J. BUCHETTI. This work fully
describes and illustrates the method of testing the power of steam
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evaporative power of fuels. Combustion of fuel and chimney draft; with
formulas explained or practically computed 255 pages, 179 illustrations.
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MODERN STEAM ENGINEERING IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. By GARDNER D. HISCOX.
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STEAM ENGINE CATECHISM. By ROBERT GRIMSHAW. This unique volume of 413
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STEAM ENGINEER’S ARITHMETIC. By COLVIN-CHENEY. A practical pocket book
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STEAM HEATING AND VENTILATION
PRACTICAL STEAM, HOT-WATER HEATING AND VENTILATION. By A. G. KING.
This book is the standard and latest work published on the subject and
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and settings. V. The chimney flue. VI. Pipe and fittings. VII. Valves,
various kinds. VIII. Forms of radiating surfaces. IX. Locating of
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Pressure systems of hot-water work. XV. Hot-water appliances. XVI.
Greenhouse heating. XVII. Vacuum vapor and vacuum exhaust heating.
XVIII. Miscellaneous heating. XIX. Radiator and pipe connections. XX.
Ventilation. XXI. Mechanical ventilation and hot-blast heating. XXII.
Steam appliances. XXIII. District heating. XXIV. Pipe and boiler
covering. XXV. Temperature regulation and heat, control. XXVI. Business
methods. XXVII. Miscellaneous. XXVII. Rules, tables and useful
information. 367 pages. 300 detailed engravings. Price $3.00
STEAM PIPES
STEAM PIPES: THEIR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. By WM. H. BOOTH. The work is
well illustrated in regard to pipe joints, expansion offsets, flexible
joints, and self-contained sliding joints for taking up the expansion of
long pipes. In fact, the chapters on the flow of steam and expansion of
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strength of pipes and method of hanging them are well treated and
illustrated. Valves and by-passes are fully illustrated and described,
as are also flange joints and their proper proportions, exhaust heads
and separators. One of the most valuable chapters is that on superheated
steam and the saving of steam by insulation with the various kinds of
felting and other materials with comparison tables of the loss of heat
in thermal units from naked and felted steam pipes. Contains 187 pages.
Price $2.00
STEEL
AMERICAN STEEL WORKER. By E. R. MARKHAM. This book tells how to select,
and how to work, temper, harden, and anneal steel for everything on
earth. It doesn't tell how to temper one class of tools and then leave
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