Practical Geometry and Templating, for the Use of Platers, Smiths
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Third Edition, 480 pp., with 140 Illusts. Fcap. 8vo, 7_s._
half-bound.
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_=Locomotive Engine Development.=_
_THE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT._ A Popular Treatise
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and 1893. By CLEMENT E. STRETTON, C.E., Author of "Safe Railway
Working," &c. Second Edition, Revised and much Enlarged. With 95
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
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_=Fire Engineering.=_
_FIRES, FIRE-ENGINES, AND FIRE-BRIGADES._ With a History of
Fire-Engines, their Construction, Use, and Management; Remarks
on Fire-Proof Buildings, and the Preservation of Life from Fire;
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C.E. With numerous Illustrations. 544 pp., demy 8vo, £1 4_s._
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_=Estimating for Engineering Work, &c.=_
_ENGINEERING ESTIMATES, COSTS AND ACCOUNTS_: A Guide to
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_=Engineering Construction.=_
_PATTERN-MAKING: A Practical Treatise_, embracing the Main Types
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_=Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering Terms.=_
_LOCKWOOD'S DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED IN THE PRACTICE OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING_, embracing those current in the Drawing
Office, Pattern Shop, Foundry, Fitting, Turning, Smith's and
Boiler Shops, &c. &c. Comprising upwards of 6,000 Definitions.
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_=Mill Gearing.=_
_TOOTHED GEARING_: A Practical Handbook for Offices and
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[_Just published._
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
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DIAMETRICAL PITCH.--XIV. THE ODONTOGRAPH.--XV. PATTERN GEARS.--XVI.
MACHINE MOULDING GEARS.--XVII. MACHINE CUT GEARS.--XVIII.
PROPORTION OF WHEELS.
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_STONE-WORKING MACHINERY, and the Rapid and Economical Conversion
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_=Pump Construction and Management.=_
_PUMPS AND PUMPING: A Handbook for Pump Users._ Being Notes
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_=Milling Machinery, etc.=_
_MILLING MACHINES AND PROCESSES: A Practical Treatise on Shaping
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_=Turning.=_
_LATHE-WORK: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and
Processes employed in the Art of Turning_. By PAUL N. HASLUCK.
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_=Screw-Cutting.=_
_SCREW THREADS: And Methods of Producing Them._ With Numerous
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_=Smith's Tables for Mechanics, etc.=_
_TABLES, MEMORANDA, AND CALCULATED RESULTS, FOR MECHANICS,
ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, etc._ Selected and Arranged by
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_=French-English Glossary for Engineers, etc.=_
_A POCKET GLOSSARY of TECHNICAL TERMS: ENGLISH-FRENCH,
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_=Year-Book of Engineering Formulæe, &c.=_
_THE ENGINEER'S YEAR-BOOK FOR 1894._ Comprising Formulæ, Rules,
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[_Just published._
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_=Portable Engines.=_
_THE PORTABLE ENGINE; ITS CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT._ A
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_=Elementary Mechanics.=_
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_=Steam.=_
_THE SAFE USE OF STEAM._ Containing Rules for Unprofessional
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_HEATING BY HOT WATER_: with Information and Suggestions on
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_=Locomotive-Engine Driving.=_
_LOCOMOTIVE-ENGINE DRIVING: A Practical Manual for Engineers in
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_=Stationary Engine Driving.=_
_STATIONARY ENGINE DRIVING: A Practical Manual for Engineers
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_=The Engineer, Fireman, and Engine-Boy.=_
_THE MODEL LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, FIREMAN, and ENGINE-BOY._
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_CONTINUOUS RAILWAY BRAKES: A Practical Treatise on the several
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_=Pocket Companion for Enginemen.=_
_THE ENGINEMAN'S POCKET COMPANION AND PRACTICAL EDUCATOR FOR
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_=The Water Supply of Cities and Towns.=_
_A COMPREHENSIVE TREATISE on the WATER-SUPPLY OF CITIES AND
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_=Statics, Graphic and Analytic.=_
_GRAPHIC AND ANALYTIC STATICS, in their Practical Application
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Bowstring and Suspension Bridges, Braced Iron Arches and Piers,
and other Frameworks._ By R. HUDSON GRAHAM, C.E. Containing
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from existing Structures. Specially arranged for Class-work in
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_=Practical Mathematics.=_
_MATHEMATICS FOR PRACTICAL MEN_: Being a Commonplace Book of Pure
and Mixed Mathematics. Designed chiefly for the use of Civil
Engineers, Architects and Surveyors. By OLINTHUS GREGORY, L.L.D.,
F.R.A.S., Enlarged by HENRY LAW, C.E. 4th Edition, carefully
Revised by J. R. YOUNG, formerly Professor of Mathematics,
Belfast College. With 13 Plates. 8vo, £1 1_s._ cloth.
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_=Hydraulic Tables.=_
_HYDRAULIC TABLES, CO-EFFICIENTS, and FORMULÆ for finding the
Discharge of Water from Orifices, Notches, Weirs, Pipes, and
Rivers._ With New Formulæ, Tables, and General Information on
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Towns and Mill Power. By JOHN NEVILLE, Civil Engineer, M.R.I.A.
Third Ed., carefully Revised, with considerable Additions.
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_=Hydraulics.=_
_HYDRAULIC MANUAL._ Consisting of Working Tables and Explanatory
Text. Intended as a Guide in Hydraulic Calculations and Field
Operations. By LOWIS D'A. JACKSON, Author of "Aid to Survey
Practice," "Modern Metrology," &c. Fourth Edition, Enlarged.
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modern experiments."--_Nature._
_=Drainage.=_
_ON THE DRAINAGE OF LANDS, TOWNS, AND BUILDINGS._ By G. D.
DEMPSEY, C.E., Author of "The Practical Railway Engineer," &c.
Revised, with large Additions on RECENT PRACTICE IN DRAINAGE
ENGINEERING, by D. KINNEAR CLARK, M.Inst.C.E. Author of
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engineering science their special study."--_Iron._
"A comprehensive manual on drainage engineering, and a useful
introduction to the student."--_Building News._
_=Water Storage, Conveyance, and Utilisation.=_
_WATER ENGINEERING_: A Practical Treatise on the Measurement,
Storage, Conveyance, and Utilisation of Water for the Supply of
Towns, for Mill Power, and for other Purposes. By CHARLES SLAGG,
Water and Drainage Engineer, A.M.Inst.C.E., Author of "Sanitary
Work in the Smaller Towns, and in Villages," &c. With numerous
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consideration of the practical applications of the science there
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_=River Engineering.=_
_RIVER BARS: The Causes of their Formation, and their Treatment
by "Induced Tidal Scour;"_ with a Description of the Successful
Reduction by this Method of the Bar at Dublin. By I. J. MANN,
Assist. Eng. to the Dublin Port and Docks Board. Royal 8vo, 7_s._
6_d._ cloth.
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bars."--_Engineer._
_=Trusses.=_
_TRUSSES OF WOOD AND IRON. Practical Applications of Science
in Determining the Stresses, Breaking Weights, Safe Loads,
Scantlings, and Details of Construction_, with Complete Working
Drawings. By WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, Surveyor, Assistant Master,
Tranmere School of Science and Art. Oblong 8vo, 4_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
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_=Railway Working.=_
_SAFE RAILWAY WORKING. A Treatise on Railway Accidents: Their
Cause and Prevention; with a Description of Modern Appliances
and Systems._ By CLEMENT E. STRETTON, C.E., Vice-President and
Consulting Engineer, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.
With Illustrations and Coloured Plates. Third Edition, Enlarged.
Crown 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
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Engineer._
_=Oblique Bridges.=_
_A PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ESSAY ON OBLIQUE BRIDGES._ With 13
large Plates. By the late GEORGE WATSON BUCK, M.I.C.E. Third
Edition, revised by his Son, J. H. WATSON BUCK, M.I.C.E.; and
with the addition of Description to Diagrams for Facilitating the
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supposed to belong to it. As a guide to the engineer and
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unsurpassed."--_Building News._
_=Tunnel Shafts.=_
_THE CONSTRUCTION OF LARGE TUNNEL SHAFTS: A Practical and
Theoretical Essay._ By J. H. WATSON BUCK, M.Inst.C.E., Resident
Engineer, London and North-Western Railway. Illustrated with
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mistakes."--_Colliery Guardian._
_=Student's Text-Book on Surveying.=_
_PRACTICAL SURVEYING_: A Text-Book for Students preparing for
Examination or for Survey-work in the Colonies. By GEORGE W.
USILL, A.M.I.C.E., Author of "The Statistics of the Water Supply
of Great Britain." With Four Lithographic Plates and upwards of
330 Illustrations. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Including
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copy."--_Architect._
_=Survey Practice.=_
_AID TO SURVEY PRACTICE, for Reference in Surveying, Levelling,
and Setting-out; and in Route Surveys of Travellers by Land
and Sea._ With Tables, Illustrations, and Records. By LOWIS
D'A. JACKSON, A.M.I.C.E., Author of "Hydraulic Manual," "Modern
Metrology," &c. Second Edition, Enlarged. Large crown 8vo, 12_s._
6d. cloth.
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writing, renders the book a very useful one."--_Builder._
_=Surveying, Land and Marine.=_
_LAND AND MARINE SURVEYING_, in Reference to the Preparation
of Plans for Roads and Railways; Canals, Rivers, Towns' Water
Supplies; Docks and Harbours. With Description and Use of
Surveying Instruments. By W. D. HASKOLL, C.E., Author of "Bridge
and Viaduct Construction," &c. Second Edition, Revised, with
Additions. Large cr. 8vo, 9_s._ cl.
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"This volume cannot fail to prove of the utmost practical
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to become clean and expert surveyors."--_Mining Journal._
_=Field-Book for Engineers.=_
_THE ENGINEER'S, MINING SURVEYOR'S, AND CONTRACTOR'S FIELD-BOOK._
Consisting of a Series of Tables, with Rules, Explanations
of Systems, and use of Theodolite for Traverse Surveying and
Plotting the Work with minute accuracy by means of Straight
Edge and Set Square only; Levelling with the Theodolite,
Casting-out and Reducing Levels to Datum, and Plotting
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Theodolite by Tangential Angles and Multiples, with Right
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of Tangents and Offsets; and Earthwork Tables to 80 feet deep,
calculated for every 6 inches in depth. By W. D. HASKOLL, C.E.
Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo, 12_s._ cloth.
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volume."--_Railway News._
_=Levelling.=_
_A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEVELLING._ Showing
its Application to purposes of Railway and Civil Engineering, in
the Construction of Roads; with Mr. TELFORD'S Rules for the same.
By FREDERICK W. SIMMS, F.G.S., M.Inst.C.E. Seventh Edition, with
the addition of Law's Practical Examples for Setting-out Railway
Curves, and TRAUTWINE'S Field Practice of Laying-out Circular
Curves. With 7 Plates and numerous Woodcuts. 8vo, 8_s._ 6_d._
cloth. *** TRAUTWINE on Curves may be had separate, 5_s._
"The text-book on levelling in most of our engineering schools
and colleges."--_Engineer._
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_=Trigonometrical Surveying.=_
_AN OUTLINE OF THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY,
for the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and
Plans, Military Reconnaissance, Levelling, &c._, with Useful
Problems, Formulæ, and Tables. By Lieut.-General FROME, R.E.
Fourth Edition, Revised and partly Re-written by Major-General
Sir CHARLES WARREN, G.C.M.G., R.E. With 19 Plates and 115
Woodcuts. Royal 8vo, 16_s._ cloth.
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the contents up to the present date."--_Broad Arrow._
_=Field Fortification.=_
_A TREATISE ON FIELD FORTIFICATION, THE ATTACK OF FORTRESSES,
MILITARY MINING, AND RECONNOITRING._ By Colonel I. S. MACAULAY,
late Professor of Fortification in the R.M.A., Woolwich. Sixth
Edition. Crown 8vo, with separate Atlas of 12 Plates, 12_s._
cloth.
_=Tunnelling.=_
_PRACTICAL TUNNELLING._ Explaining in detail the Setting-out of
the works, Shaft-sinking and Heading-driving, Ranging the Lines
and Levelling underground, Sub-Excavating, Timbering, and the
Construction of the Brickwork of Tunnels, with the amount of
Labour required for, and the Cost of, the various portions of the
work. By FREDERICK W. SIMMS, F.G.S., M.Inst.C.E. Third Edition,
Revised and Extended by D. KINNEAR CLARK, M.Inst.C.E. Imperial
8vo, with 21 Folding Plates and numerous Wood Engravings, 30_s._
cloth.
"The estimation in which Mr. Simms's book on tunnelling has been
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on Practical Tunnelling.'"--_Architect._
"It has been regarded from the first as a text-book of the
subject.... Mr. Clark has added immensely to the value of the
book."--_Engineer._
_=Tramways and their Working.=_
_TRAMWAYS: THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND WORKING._ Embracing a
Comprehensive History of the System; with an exhaustive Analysis
of the various Modes of Traction, including Horse-Power, Steam,
Cable Traction, Electric Traction, &c.; a Description of the
Varieties of Rolling Stock; and ample Details of Cost and Working
Expenses. New Edition, Thoroughly Revised, and Including the
Progress recently made in Tramway Construction, &c. &c. By D.
KINNEAR CLARK, M.Inst.C.E. With numerous Illustrations and
Folding Plates. In One Volume, 8vo, 700 pages, price about 25_s._
[_Nearly ready._
"All interested in tramways must refer to it, as all
railway engineers have turned to the author's work 'Railway
Machinery.'"--_Engineer._
"An exhaustive and practical work on tramways, in which the
history of this kind of locomotion, and a description and
cost of the various modes of laying tramways, are to be
found."--_Building News._
"The best form of rails, the best mode of construction, and the
best mechanical appliances are so fairly indicated in the work
under review, that any engineer about to construct a tramway will
be enabled at once to obtain the practical information which will
be of most service to him."--_Athenæum._
_=Curves, Tables for Setting-out.=_
_TABLES OF TANGENTIAL ANGLES AND MULTIPLES for Setting-out
Curves from 5 to 200 Radius._ By ALEXANDER BEAZELEY, M.Inst.C.E.
Fourth Edition. Printed on 48 Cards, and sold in a cloth box,
waistcoat-pocket size, 3_s._ 6_d._
"Each table is printed on a small card, which, being placed
on the theodolite, leaves the hands free to manipulate the
instrument--no small advantage as regards the rapidity of
work."--_Engineer._
"Very handy; a man may know that all his day's work must fall on
two of these cards, which he puts into his own card-case, and
leaves the rest behind."--_Athenæum._
_=Earthwork.=_
_EARTHWORK TABLES._ Showing the Contents in Cubic Yards of
Embankments, Cuttings, &c., of Heights or Depths up to an average
of 80 feet. By JOSEPH BROADBENT, C.E., and FRANCIS CAMPIN, C.E.
Crown 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"The way in which accuracy is attained, by a simple division of
each cross section into three elements, two in which are constant
and one variable, is ingenious."--_Athenæum._
_=Heat, Expansion by.=_
_EXPANSION OF STRUCTURES BY HEAT._ By JOHN KEILY, C.E., late of
the Indian Public Works and Victorian Railway Departments. Crown
8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
Section I. FORMULAS AND DATA.
Section II. METAL BARS.
Section III. SIMPLE FRAMES.
Section IV. COMPLEX FRAMES AND PLATES.
Section V. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY.
Section VI. MECHANICAL FORCE OF HEAT.
Section VII. WORK OF EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION.
Section VIII. SUSPENSION BRIDGES.
Section IX. MASONRY STRUCTURES.
"The aim the author has set before him, viz., to show the effects
of heat upon metallic and other structures, is a laudable one,
for this is a branch of physics upon which the engineer or
architect can find but little reliable and comprehensive data in
books."--_Builder._
"Whoever is concerned to know the effect of changes of
temperature on such structures as suspension bridges and the
like, could not do better than consult Mr. Keily's valuable and
handy exposition of the geometrical principles involved in these
changes."--_Scotsman._
_=Earthwork, Measurement of.=_
_A MANUAL ON EARTHWORK._ By ALEX. J. S. GRAHAM, C.E. With
numerous Diagrams. Second Edition. 18mo, 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"A great amount of practical information, very admirably
arranged, and available for rough estimates, as well as for
the more exact calculations required in the engineer's and
contractor's offices."--_Artizan._
_=Strains in Ironwork.=_
_THE STRAINS ON STRUCTURES OF IRONWORK_: with Practical Remarks
on Iron Construction. By F. W. SHEILDS, M.Inst.C.E. Second
Edition, with 5 Plates. Royal 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"The student cannot find a better little book on this
subject."--_Engineer._
_=Cast Iron and other Metals, Strength of.=_
_A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE STRENGTH OF CAST IRON AND OTHER
METALS._ By THOMAS TREDGOLD, C.E. Fifth Edition, including
Hodgkinson's Experimental Researches. 8vo, 12_s._ cloth.
_=Oblique Arches.=_
_A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF OBLIQUE ARCHES._ By
JOHN HART. Third Edition, with Plates. Imperial 8vo, 8_s._ cloth.
_=Girders, Strength of.=_
_GRAPHIC TABLE FOR FACILITATING THE COMPUTATION OF THE WEIGHTS
OF WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL GIRDERS, etc._, for Parliamentary and
other Estimates. By J. H. WATSON BUCK, M.Inst.C.E. On a Sheet,
2_s._ 6_d._
_=Water Supply and Water-Works.=_
_A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE WATER SUPPLY OF TOWNS AND THE
CONSTRUCTION OF WATER-WORKS._ By W. K. BURTON, A.M.Inst.C E.,
Professor of Sanitary Engineering in the Imperial University,
Tokyo, Japan, and Consulting Engineer to the Tokyo Water-Works.
With an Appendix on =Water-Works in Countries subject to
Earthquakes=, by JOHN MILNE, F.R.S., Professor of Mining in the
Imperial University of Japan. With numerous Plates and Illusts.
[_In the press._
MARINE ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING, NAVIGATION, etc.
_=Pocket-Book for Naval Architects and Shipbuilders.=_
_THE NAVAL ARCHITECT'S AND SHIPBUILDER'S POCKET-BOOK of Formulæ,
Rules, and Tables, and MARINE ENGINEER'S AND SURVEYOR'S Handy
Book of Reference._ By CLEMENT MACKROW, Member of the Institution
of Naval Architects, Naval Draughtsman. Fifth Edition, Revised
and Enlarged to 700 pages, with upwards of 300 Illustrations.
Fcap., 12_s._ 6_d._ strongly bound in leather.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS, DECIMAL FRACTIONS.--TRIGONOMETRY.--PRACTICAL
GEOMETRY.--MENSURATION.--CENTRES AND MOMENTS OF FIGURES.--MOMENTS
OF INERTIA AND RADII OF GYRATION.--ALGEBRAICAL EXPRESSIONS FOR
SIMPSON'S RULES.--MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES.--CENTRE OF GRAVITY.--LAWS
OF MOTION.--DISPLACEMENT, CENTRE OF BUOYANCY.--CENTRE OF
GRAVITY OF SHIP'S HULL.--STABILITY CURVES AND METACENTRES.--SEA
AND SHALLOW-WATER WAVES.--ROLLING OF SHIPS.--PROPULSION AND
RESISTANCE OF VESSELS.--SPEED TRIALS.--SAILING, CENTRE OF
EFFORT.--DISTANCES DOWN RIVERS, COAST LINES.--STEERING AND RUDDERS
OF VESSELS.--LAUNCHING CALCULATIONS AND VELOCITIES.--WEIGHT
OF MATERIAL AND GEAR.--GUN PARTICULARS AND WEIGHT.--STANDARD
GAUGES.--RIVETED JOINTS AND RIVETING.--STRENGTH AND TESTS OF
MATERIALS.--BINDING AND SHEARING STRESSES, ETC.--STRENGTH OF
SHAFTING, PILLARS, WHEELS, ETC.--HYDRAULIC DATA, ETC.--CONIC
SECTIONS, CATENARIAN CURVES.--MECHANICAL POWERS, WORK.--BOARD
OF TRADE REGULATIONS FOR BOILERS AND ENGINES.--BOARD OF TRADE
REGULATIONS FOR SHIPS.--LLOYD'S RULES FOR BOILERS.--LLOYD'S
WEIGHT OF CHAINS.--LLOYD'S SCANTLINGS FOR SHIPS.--DATA OF ENGINES
AND VESSELS.--SHIPS' FITTINGS AND TESTS.--SEASONING PRESERVING
TIMBER.--MEASUREMENT OF TIMBER.--ALLOYS, PAINTS, VARNISHES.--DATA
FOR STOWAGE.--ADMIRALTY TRANSPORT REGULATIONS.--RULES
FOR HORSEPOWER, SCREW PROPELLERS, ETC.--PERCENTAGES FOR
BUTT STRAPS, ETC.--PARTICULARS OF YACHTS.--MASTING AND
RIGGING VESSELS.--DISTANCES OF FOREIGN PORTS.--TONNAGE
TABLES.--VOCABULARY OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH TERMS.--ENGLISH
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.--FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.--DECIMAL
EQUIVALENTS.--FOREIGN MONEY.--DISCOUNT AND WAGE TABLES.--USEFUL
NUMBERS AND READY RECKONERS--TABLES OF CIRCULAR MEASURES.--TABLES
OF AREAS OF AND CIRCUMFERENCES OF CIRCLES.--TABLES OF AREAS OF
SEGMENTS OF CIRCLES.--TABLES OF SQUARES AND CUBES AND ROOTS OF
NUMBERS.--TABLES OF LOGARITHMS OF NUMBERS.--TABLES OF HYPERBOLIC
LOGARITHMS.--TABLES OF NATURAL SINES, TANGENTS, ETC.--TABLES OF
LOGARITHMIC SINES, TANGENTS, ETC.
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naval architect, engineer, surveyor, or seaman, wood or iron
shipbuilder, can afford to be without this work."--_Nautical
Magazine._
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designs of vessels.... Will be found to contain the most useful
tables and formulæ required by shipbuilders, carefully collected
from the best authorities, and put together in a popular and
simple form."--_Engineer._
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work."--_Iron._
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mass of useful information clearly expressed and presented in a
handy form."--_Marine Engineer._
_=Marine Engineering.=_
_MARINE ENGINES AND STEAM VESSELS (A Treatise on)._ By
ROBERT MURRAY, C.E. Eighth Edition, thoroughly Revised, with
considerable Additions by the Author and by GEORGE CARLISLE,
C.E., Senior Surveyor to the Board of Trade at Liverpool. 12mo,
5_s._ cloth boards.
"Well adapted to give the young steamship engineer or marine
engine and boiler maker a general introduction into his practical
work."--_Mechanical World._
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qualified to direct young sea-going hands on the straight road
to the extra chief's certificate.... Most useful to surveyors,
inspectors, draughtsmen, and young engineers."--_Glasgow Herald._
_=Pocket-Book for Marine Engineers.=_
_A POCKET-BOOK OF USEFUL TABLES AND FORMULÆ FOR MARINE
ENGINEERS._ By FRANK PROCTOR, A.I.N.A, Third Edition. Royal 32mo,
leather, gilt edges, with strap, 4_s._
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long-felt want."--_Naval Science._
"A most useful companion to all marine engineers."--_United
Service Gazette._
_=Introduction to Marine Engineering.=_
_ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING: A Manual for Young Marine Engineers and
Apprentices._ In the Form of Questions and Answers on Metals,
Alloys, Strength of Materials, Construction and Management of
Marine Engines and Boilers, Geometry, &c. &c. With an Appendix
of Useful Tables. By JOHN SHERREN BREWER, Government Marine
Surveyor, Hong-Kong. Second Edition, Revised. Small crown 8vo,
2_s._ cloth.
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intended, especially in the chapters on the management of boilers
and engines."--_Nautical Magazine._
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text-books."--_Scotsman._
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attain a thorough knowledge, Mr. Brewer offers decidedly useful
help."--_Athenæum._
_=Navigation.=_
_PRACTICAL NAVIGATION._ Consisting of THE SAILOR'S SEA-BOOK, by
JAMES GREENWOOD and W. H. ROSSER; together with the requisite
Mathematical and Nautical Tables for the Working of the Problems,
by HENRY LAW, C.E., and Professor J. R. YOUNG. Illustrated. 12mo,
7_s._ strongly half-bound.
_=Drawing for Marine Engineers.=_
_LOCKIE'S MARINE ENGINEER'S DRAWING-BOOK._ Adapted to the
Requirements of the Board of Trade Examinations. By JOHN LOCKIE,
C.E. With 22 Plates, Drawn to Scale. Royal 3vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"The student who learns from these drawings will have nothing to
unlearn."--_Engineer._
"The examples chosen are essentially practical, and are such as
should prove of service to engineers generally, while admirably
fulfilling their specific purpose."--_Mechanical World._
_=Sailmaking.=_
_THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SAILMAKING._ By SAMUEL B. SADLER.
Practical Sailmaker, late in the employment of Messrs. Ratsey
and Lapthorne, of Cowes and Gosport. With Plates and other
Illustrations. Small 4to, 12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
CHAP. I. THE MATERIALS USED AND THEIR RELATION TO SAILS.--II. ON
THE CENTRE OF EFFORT.--III. ON MEASURING.--IV. ON DRAWING.--V.
ON THE NUMBER OF CLOTHS REQUIRED.--VI. ON ALLOWANCES.--VII.
CALCULATION OF GORES.--VIII. ON CUTTING OUT.--IX. ON ROPING.--X. ON
DIAGONAL-CUT SAILS.--XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
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hands of every sailmaker, whether employer or employed, as it
cannot fail to assist them in the pursuit of their important
avocations."--_Isle of Wight Herald._
"This extremely practical work gives a complete education in
all the branches of the manufacture, cutting out, roping,
seaming, and goring. It is copiously illustrated, and will form a
first-rate text-book and guide."--_Portsmouth Times._
"The author of this work has rendered a distinct service to all
interested in the art of sailmaking. The subject of which he
treats is a congenial one. Mr. Sadler is a practical sailmaker,
and has devoted years of careful observation and study to the
subject; and the results of the experience thus gained he has set
forth in the volume before us."--_Steamship._
_=Chain Cables.=_
_CHAIN CABLES AND CHAINS._ Comprising Sizes and Curves of Links,
Studs, &c., Iron for Cables and Chains, Chain Cable and Chain
Making, Forming and Welding Links, Strength of Cables and Chains,
Certificates for Cables, Marking Cables, Prices of Chain Cables
and Chains, Historical Notes, Acts of Parliament, Statutory
Tests, Charges for Testing, List of Manufacturers of Cables,
&c. &c. By THOMAS W. TRAILL, F.E.R.N., M. Inst. C.E., Engineer
Surveyor in Chief, Board of Trade, Inspector of Chain Cable
and Anchor Proving Establishments, and General Superintendent,
Lloyd's Committee on Proving Establishments. With numerous
Tables, Illustrations and Lithographic Drawings. Folio, £2 2_s._
cloth, bevelled boards.
"It contains a vast amount of valuable Information. Nothing
seems to be wanting to make it a complete and standard work of
reference on the subject."--_Nautical Magazine._
MINING AND METALLURGY.
_=Mining Machinery.=_
_MACHINERY FOR METALLIFEROUS MINES_: A Practical Treatise for
Mining Engineers, Metallurgists, and Managers of Mines. By E.
HENRY DAVIES, M.E., F.G.S. Crown 8vo, 580 pp., with upwards of
300 Illustrations, 12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"Mr. Davies, in this handsome volume, has done the advanced
student and the manager of mines good service. Almost every
kind of machinery in actual use is carefully described, and the
woodcuts and plates are good."--_Athenæum._
"From cover to cover the work exhibits all the same
characteristics which excite the confidence and attract the
attention of the student as he peruses the first page. The work
may safely be recommended. By its publication the literature
connected with the industry will be enriched, and the reputation
of its author enhanced."--_Mining Journal._
"Mr. Davies has endeavoured to bring before his readers the best
of everything in modern mining appliances. His work carries
internal evidence of the author's impartiality, and this
constitutes one of the great merits of the book. Throughout
his work the criticisms are based on his own or other reliable
experience."--_Iron and Steel Trades' Journal._
"The work deals with nearly every class of machinery or
apparatus likely to be met with or required in connection with
metalliferous mining, and is one which we have every confidence
in recommending."--_Practical Engineer._
_=Metalliferous Minerals and Mining.=_
_A TREATISE ON METALLIFEROUS MINERALS AND MINING._ By D. C.
DAVIES, F.G.S., Mining Engineer, &c., Author of "A Treatise on
Slate and Slate Quarrying." Fifth Edition, thoroughly Revised and
much Enlarged, by his Son, E. HENRY DAVIES, M.E., F.G.S. With
about 150 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Neither the practical miner nor the general reader interested
in mines can have a better book for his companion and his
guide."--_Mining Journal._
"We are doing our readers a service in calling their attention to
this valuable work."--_Mining World._
"A book that will not only be useful to the geologist, the
practical miner, and the metallurgist, but also very interesting
to the general public."--_Iron._
"As a history of the present state of mining throughout the
world this book has a real value, end it supplies an actual
want."--_Athenæum._
_=Earthy Minerals and Mining.=_
_A TREATISE ON EARTHY & OTHER MINERALS AND MINING._ By D. C.
DAVIES, F.G.S., Author of "Metalliferous Minerals," &c. Third
Edition, revised and Enlarged, by his Son, E. HENRY DAVIES, M.E.,
F.G.S. With about 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 12_s._ 6_d._
cloth.
"We do not remember to have met with any English work on mining
matters that contains the same amount of information packed in
equally convenient form."--_Academy._
"We should be inclined to rank it as among the very best of
the handy technical and trades manuals which have recently
appeared."--_British Quarterly Review._
_=Metalliferous Mining in the United Kingdom.=_
_BRITISH MINING: A Treatise on the History,Discovery, Practical
Development, and Future Prospects of Metalliferous Mines in
the United Kingdom._ By ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S., Editor of "Ure's
Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines," &c. Upwards of 950
pp., with 230 Illustrations. Second Edition, Revised. Super-royal
8vo, £2 2_s._ cloth.
"One of the most valuable works of reference of modern times.
Mr. Hunt, as Keeper of Mining Records of the United Kingdom, has
had opportunities for such a task not enjoyed by anyone else,
and has evidently made the most of them.... The language and
style adopted are good, and the treatment of the various subjects
laborious, conscientious, and scientific."--_Engineering._
"The book is, in fact, a treasure-house of statistical
information on mining subjects, and we know of no other work
embodying so great a mass of matter of this kind. Were this the
only merit of Mr. Hunt's volume, it would be sufficient to render
it indispensable in the library of everyone interested in the
development of the mining and metallurgical industries of this
Country.--_Athenæum._
"A mass of Information not elsewhere available, and of the
greatest value to those who may be interested in our great
mineral industries."--_Engineer._
_=Underground Pumping Machinery.=_
_MINE DRAINAGE._ Being a Complete and Practical Treatise on
Direct-Acting Underground Steam Pumping Machinery, with a
Description of a large number of the best known Engines, their
General Utility and the Special Sphere of their Action, the Mode
of their Application, and their merits compared with other forms
of Pumping Machinery. By STEPHEN MICHELL. 8vo, 15_s_. cloth.
"Will be highly esteemed by colliery owners and lessees, mining
engineers, and students generally who require to be acquainted
with the best means of securing the drainage of mines. It is a
most valuable work, and stands almost alone in the literature of
steam pumping machinery."--_Colliery Guardian._
"Much valuable Information is given, so that the book is
thoroughly worthy of an extensive circulation amongst practical
men and purchasers of machinery."'--_Mining Journal._
_=Prospecting for Gold and other Metals.=_
_THE PROSPECTOR'S HANDBOOK_: A Guide for the Prospector and
Traveller in Search of Metal-Bearing or other Valuable Minerals.
By J. W. ANDERSON, M.A. (Camb.), F.R.G.S., Author of "Fiji and
New Caledonia." Fifth Edition, thoroughly Revised and Enlarged.
Small crown 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Will supply a much felt want, especially among Colonists, in
whose way are so often thrown many mineralogical specimens the
value of which it is difficult to determine."--_Engineer._
"How to find commercial minerals, and how to identify them when
they are found, are the leading points to which attention is
directed. The author has managed to pack as much practical detail
into his pages as would supply material for a book three times
its size."--_Mining Journal._
_=Mining Notes and Formulæ.=_
_NOTES AND FORMULÆ FOR MINING STUDENTS._ By JOHN HERMAN MERIVALE,
M.A., Certificated Colliery Manager, Professor of Mining in the
Durham College of Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Third Edition,
Revised and Enlarged. Small crown 8vo, 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Invaluable to anyone who is working up for an examination on
mining subjects."--_Iron and Coal Trades Review._
"The author has done his work in an exceedingly creditable
manner, and has produced a book that will be of service to
students, and those who are practically engaged in mining
operations."--_Engineer._
_=Handybook for Miners.=_
_THE MINER'S HANDBOOK_: A Handybook of Reference on the Subjects
of Mineral Deposits, Mining Operations, Ore Dressing, &c. For the
Use of Students and others interested in Mining matters. Compiled
by JOHN MILNE, F.R.S., Professor of Mining in the Imperial
University of Japan. Square 18mo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"Professor Milne's handbook is sure to be received with favour by
all connected with mining, and will be extremely popular among
students."--_Athenæum._
_=Miners' and Metallurgists' Pocket-Book.=_
_A POCKET-BOOK FOR MINERS AND METALLURGISTS._ Comprising Rules,
Formulæ, Tables, and Notes, for Use in Field and Office Work. By
F. DANVERS POWER, F.G.S., M.E. Fcap. 8vo, 9_s._ leather, gilt
edges.
"This excellent book is an admirable example of its kind, and
ought to find a large sale amongst English-speaking prospectors
and mining engineers."--_Engineering._
"Miners and metallurgists will find in this work a useful
vade-mecum containing a mass of rules, formulæ, tables, and
various other information, the necessity for reference to which
occurs in. their daily duties."--_Iron._
_=Mineral Surveying and Valuing.=_
_THE MINERAL SURVEYOR AND VALUER'S COMPLETE GUIDE, comprising a
Treatise on Improved Mining Surveying and the Valuation of Mining
Properties, with New Traverse Tables._ By WM. LINTERN. Third
Edition, Enlarged. 12mo, 4_s._ cloth.
"Mr. Lintern's book forms a valuable and thoroughly trustworthy
guide."--_Iron and Coal Trades Review._
_=Asbestos and its Uses.=_
_ASBESTOS: Its Properties, Occurrence, and Uses._ With some
Account of the Mines of Italy and Canada. By ROBERT H. JONES.
With Eight Collotype Plates and other Illustrations. Crown 8vo,
12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"An interesting and invaluable work."--_Colliery Guardian._
_=Explosives.=_
_A HANDBOOK ON MODERN EXPLOSIVES._ Being a Practical Treatise
on the Manufacture and Application of Dynamite, Gun-Cotton,
Nitro-Glycerine, and other Explosive Compounds. Including the
Manufacture of Collodion-Cotton. By M. EISSLER, Mining Engineer
and Metallurgical Chemist, Author of "The Metallurgy of Gold,"
"The Metallurgy of Silver," &c. With about 100 Illusts. Crown
8vo, 10_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Useful not only to the miner, but also to officers of both
services to whom blasting and the use of explosives generally may
at any time become a necessary auxiliary."--_Nature._
"A veritable mine of information on the subject of explosives
employed for military, mining, and blasting purposes."--_Army and
Navy Gazette._
_=Colliery Management.=_
_THE COLLIERY MANAGER'S HANDBOOK_: A Comprehensive Treatise on
the Laying-out and Working of Collieries, Designed as a Book of
Reference for Colliery Managers, and for the Use of Coal-Mining
Students preparing for First-class Certificates. By CALEB PAMELY,
Mining Engineer and Surveyor; Member of the North of England
Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; and Member of the
South Wales Institute of Mining Engineers. With nearly 500 Plans,
Diagrams, and other Illustrations. Second Edition, Revised, with
Additions. Medium 8vo, about 700 pages. Price £1 5_s._ strongly
bound.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
GEOLOGY.--SEARCH FOR COAL.--MINERAL LEASES AND OTHER
HOLDINGS.--SHAFT SINKING.--FITTING UP THE SHAFT AND SURFACE
ARRANGEMENTS.--STEAM BOILERS AND THEIR FITTINGS.--TIMBERING
AND WALLING.--NARROW WORK AND METHODS OF WORKING.--UNDERGROUND
CONVEYANCE.--DRAINAGE.--THE GASES MET WITH IN MINES;
VENTILATION.--ON THE FRICTION OF AIR IN MINES.--THE PRIESTMAN OIL
ENGINE; PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS.--SURVEYING AND PLANNING.--SAFETY
LAMPS AND FIRE-DAMP DETECTORS.--SUNDRY AND INCIDENTAL OPERATIONS
AND APPLIANCES.--COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.--MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS.
_Appendix_: SUMMARY OF REPORT OF H.M. COMMISSIONERS ON ACCIDENTS IN
MINES.
*** OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
"Mr. Pamely has not only given us a comprehensive reference
book of a very high order, suitable to the requirements of
mining-engineers and colliery managers, but at the same time has
provided mining students with a class-book that is as interesting
as it is instructive."--_Colliery Manager._
"Mr. Pamely's work is eminently suited to the purpose for which
it is intended--being clear, interesting, exhaustive, rich in
detail, and up to date, giving descriptions of the very latest
machines in every department.... A mining engineer could scarcely
go wrong who followed this work."--_Colliery Guardian._
"This is the most complete 'all round' work on coal-mining
published in the English language.... No library of coal-mining
books is complete without it."--_Colliery Engineer_ (Scranton,
Pa., U.S.A.).
"Mr. Pamely's work is in all respects worthy of our admiration.
No person in any responsible position connected with mines should
be without a copy."--_Westminster Review._
_=Coal and Iron.=_
_THE COAL AND IRON INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM._ Comprising
a Description of the Coal Fields, and of the Principal Seams of
Coal, with Returns of their Produce and its Distribution, and
Analyses of Special Varieties. Also an Account of the occurrence
of Iron Ores in Veins or Seams; Analyses of each Variety; and
a History of the Rise and Progress of Pig Iron Manufacture. By
RICHARD MEADE, Assistant Keeper of Mining Records. With Maps.
8vo, £1 8_s._ cloth.
"The book is one which must find a place on the shelves of all
interested in coal and iron production, and in the iron, steel
and other metallurgical industries."--_Engineer._
"Of this book we may unreservedly say that it is the best of
its class which we have ever met.... A book of reference which
no one engaged in the iron or coal trades should omit from his
library."--_Iron and Coal Trades Review._
_=Coal Mining.=_
_COAL AND COAL MINING: A Rudimentary Treatise on._ By the late
Sir WARINGTON W. SMYTH, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Chief Inspector of the
Mines of the Crown. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With
numerous Illustrations. 12mo, 4_s._ cloth boards.
"As an outline is given of every known coal-field in this
and other countries, as well as of the principal methods of
working, the book will doubtless interest a very large number of
readers."--_Mining Journal._
_=Subterraneous Surveying.=_
_SUBTERRANEOUS SURVEYING, Elementary and Practical Treatise on_,
with and without the Magnetic Needle. By THOMAS FENWICK, Surveyor
of Mines, and THOMAS BAKER, C.E. Illust. 12mo, 3_s._ cloth boards.
_=Granite Quarrying.=_
_GRANITES AND OUR GRANITE INDUSTRIES._ By GEORGE F. HARRIS,
F.G.S., Membre de la Société Belge de Géologie, Lecturer
on Economic Geology at the Birkbeck Institution, &c. With
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"A clearly and well-written manual on the granite
industry."--_Scotsman._
"An interesting work, which will be deservedly
esteemed."--_Colliery Guardian._
"An exceedingly interesting and valuable monograph on a subject
which has hitherto received unaccountably little attention in the
shape of systematic literary treatment."--_Scottish Leader._
_=Gold, Metallurgy of.=_
_THE METALLURGY OF GOLD_: A Practical Treatise on the
Metallurgical Treatment of Gold-bearing Ores. Including the
Processes of Concentration and Chlorination, and the Assaying,
Melting, and Refining of Gold. By M. EISSLER, Mining Engineer and
Metallurgical Chemist, formerly Assistant Assayer of the U. S.
Mint, San Francisco. Third Edition, Revised and greatly Enlarged.
With 187 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"This book thoroughly deserves its title of a 'Practical
Treatise.' The whole process of gold milling, from the breaking
of the quartz to the assay of the bullion, is described in clear
and orderly narrative and with much, but not too much, fulness of
detail."--_Saturday Review._
"The work is a storehouse of information and valuable data, and
we strongly recommend it to all professional men engaged in the
gold-mining industry."--_Mining Journal._
_=Silver, Metallurgy of.=_
_THE METALLURGY OF SILVER_: A Practical Treatise on the
Amalgamation, Roasting, and Lixiviation of Silver Ores. Including
the Assaying, Melting and Refining, of Silver Bullion. By M.
EISSLER, Author of "The Metallurgy of Gold," &c. Second Edition,
Enlarged. With 150 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 10_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"A practical treatise, and a technical work which we are
convinced will supply a long-felt want amongst practical men, and
at the same time be of value to students and others indirectly
connected with the industries."--_Mining Journal._
"From first to last the book is thoroughly sound and
reliable."--_Colliery Guardian._
"For chemists, practical miners, assayers, and investors alike,
we do not know of any work on the subject so handy and yet so
comprehensive."--_Glasgow Herald._
_=Lead, Metallurgy of.=_
_THE METALLURGY OF ARGENTIFEROUS LEAD_: A Practical Treatise
on the Smelting of Silver-Lead Ores and the Refining of Lead
Bullion. Including Reports on various Smelting Establishments and
Descriptions of Modern Smelting Furnaces and Plants in Europe and
America. By M. EISSLER, M.E., Author of "The Metallurgy of Gold,"
&c. Crown 8vo, 400 pp., with 183 Illustrations, 12_s._ 6_d._
cloth.
"The numerous metallurgical processes, which are fully and
extensively treated of, embrace all the stages experienced in
the passage of the lead from the various natural states to its
issue from the refinery as an article of commerce."--_Practical
Engineer._
"The present volume fully maintains the reputation of the author.
Those who wish to obtain a thorough insight into the present
state of this industry cannot do better than read this volume,
and all mining engineers cannot fail to find many useful hints
and suggestions in it."--_Industries._
"It is most carefully written and illustrated with capital
drawings and diagrams. In fact, it is the work of an expert
for experts, by whom it will be prized as an indispensable
text-book."--_Bristol Mercury._
_=Iron, Metallurgy of.=_
_METALLURGY OF IRON._ Containing History of Iron Manufacture,
Methods of Assay, and Analyses of Iron Ores, Processes of
Manufacture of Iron and Steel, &c. By H. BAUERMAN, F.G.S.,
A.R.S.M. With numerous Illustrations. Sixth Edition, Revised and
Enlarged. 12mo, 5_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Carefully written, it has the merit of brevity and conciseness,
as to less important points, while all material matters are very
fully and thoroughly entered into."--_Standard._
_=Iron Mining.=_
_THE IRON ORES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND_: Their Mode of
Occurrence, Age, and Origin, and the Methods of Searching for
and Working them, with a Notice of some of the Iron Ores of
Spain. By J. D. KENDALL, F.G.S., Mining Engineer. With Plates and
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 16_s._ cloth.
"The author has a thorough practical knowledge of his subject,
and has supplemented a careful study of the available literature
by unpublished information derived from his own observations.
The result is a very useful volume which cannot fail to
be of value to all interested in the iron industry of the
country."--_Industries._
"Constitutes a systematic and careful account of our present
knowledge of the origin and occurrence of the iron ores of Great
Britain, and embraces a description of the means employed in
reaching and working these ores."--_Iron._
"Mr. Kendall is a great authority on this subject and writes from
personal observation."--_Colliery Guardian._
"Mr. Kendall's book is thoroughly well done. In it there are the
outlines of the history of ore mining in every centre and there
is everything that we want to know as to the character of the
ores of each district, their commercial value and the cost of
working them."--_Iron and Steel Trades Journal._
ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, etc.
_=Electrical Engineering.=_
_THE ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'S POCKET-BOOK OF MODERN RULES, FORMULÆ,
TABLES, AND DATA._ By H. R. KEMPE, M.Inst.E.E., A.M.Inst.C.E.,
Technical Officer, Postal Telegraphs, Author of "A Handbook of
Electrical Testing," &c. Second Edition, thoroughly Revised, with
Additions. With numerous Illustrations. Royal 32mo, oblong, 5_s._
leather.
"There is very little in the shape of formulæ or data which the
electrician is likely to want in a hurry which cannot be found in
its pages."--_Practical Engineer._
"A very useful book of reference for daily use in practical
electrical engineering and its various applications to the
industries of the present day."--_Iron._
"It is the best book of its kind."--_Electrical Engineer._
"Well arranged and compact. The 'Electrical Engineer's
Pocket-Book' is a good one."--_Electrician._
"Strongly recommended to those engaged in the various electrical
industries."--_Electrical Review._
_=Electric Lighting.=_
_ELECTRIC LIGHT FITTING_: A Handbook for Working Electrical
Engineers, embodying Practical Notes on Installation Management.
By JOHN W. URQUHART, Electrician, Author of "Electric Light,"
&c. With numerous Illustrations. Second Edition, Revised, with
Additional Chapters. Crown 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"This volume deals with what may be termed the mechanics of
electric lighting, and is addressed to men who are already
engaged in the work or are training for it. The work traverses
a great deal of ground, and may be read as a sequel to the same
author's useful work on 'Electric Light.'"--_Electrician._
"This is an attempt to state in the simplest language the
precautions which should be adopted in installing the electric
light, and to give information, for the guidance of those who
have to run the plant when installed. The book is well worth the
perusal of the workmen for whom it is written."--_Electrical
Review._
"We have read this book with a good deal of pleasure. We believe
that the book will be of use to practical workmen, who will not
be alarmed by finding mathematical formulæ which they are unable
to understand."--_Electrical Plant._
"Eminently practical and useful.... Ought to be in the hands of
everyone in charge of an electric light plant."--_Electrical
Engineer._
"Mr. Urquhart has succeeded in producing a really capital book,
which we have no hesitation in recommending to the notice of
working electricians and electrical engineers."--_Mechanical
World._
_=Electric Light.=_
_ELECTRIC LIGHT: Its Production and Use._ Embodying Plain
Directions for the Treatment of Dynamo-Electric Machines,
Batteries, Accumulators, and Electric Lamps. By J. W. URQUHART,
C.E., Author of "Electric Light Fitting," "Electroplating," &c.
Fifth Edition, carefully Revised, with Large Additions and 145
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"The whole ground of electric lighting is more or less covered
and explained in a very clear and concise manner."--_Electrical
Review._
"Contains a good deal of very interesting information, especially
in the parts where the author gives dimensions and working
costs."--_Electrical Engineer._
"A miniature _vade-mecum_ of the salient facts connected with the
science of electric lighting."--_Electrician._
"You cannot for your purpose have a better book than 'Electric
Light,' by Urquhart."--_Engineer._
"The book is by far the best that we have yet met with on the
subject."--_Athenæum._
_=Construction of Dynamos.=_
_DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION: A Practical Handbook for the Use of
Engineer Constructors and Electricians-in-Charge._ Embracing
Framework Building, Field Magnet and Armature Winding and
Grouping, Compounding, &c. With Examples of leading English,
American, and Continental Dynamos and Motors. By J. W. URQUHART,
Author of "Electric Light," "Electric Light Fitting," &c. With
upwards of 100 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Mr. Urquhart's book is the first one which deals with these
matters in such a way that the engineering student can
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leads his readers up to difficult subjects by reasonably simple
tests."--_Engineering Review._
"The author deals with his subject in a style so popular as
to make his volume a handbook of great practical value to
engineer contractors and electricians in charge of lighting
installations."--_Scotsman._
"'Dynamo Construction' more than sustains the high character
of the author's previous publications. It is sure to be widely
read by the large and rapidly-increasing number of practical
electricians."--_Glasgow Herald._
"A book for which a demand has long existed."--_Mechanical World._
_=A New Dictionary of Electricity.=_
_THE STANDARD ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY._ A Popular Dictionary of
Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering.
Containing upwards of 3,000 Definitions. By T. O'CONNOR SLOANE,
A.M., Ph.D., Author of "The Arithmetic of Electricity," &c. Crown
8vo, 630 pp., 350 Illustrations, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"The work has many attractive features in it, and is beyond
doubt, a well put together and useful publication. The amount of
ground covered may be gathered from the fact that in the index
about 5,000 references will be found. The inclusion of such
comparatively modern words as 'impedence,' 'reluctance,' &c.,
shows that the author has desired to be up to date, and indeed
there are other indications of carefulness of compilation. The
work is one which does the author great credit and it should
prove of great value, especially to students."--_Electrical
Review._
"We have found the book very complete and reliable, and can,
therefore, commend it heartily."--_Mechanical World._
"Very complete and contains a large amount of useful
information."--_Industries._
"An encyclopædia of electrical science in the compass of a
dictionary. The information given is sound and clear. The book is
well printed, well illustrated, and well up to date, and may be
confidently recommended."--_Builder._
"We hail the appearance of this little work as one which will
meet a want that has been keenly felt for some time.... The
author is to be congratulated on the excellent manner in which he
has accomplished his task."--_Practical Engineer._
"The volume is excellently printed and illustrated, and should
form part of the library of every one who is directly or
indirectly connected with electrical matters."--_Hardware Trade
Journal._
_=Electric Lighting of Ships.=_
_ELECTRIC SHIP-LIGHTING_: A Handbook on the Practical Fitting and
Running of Ship's Electrical Plant. For the Use of Shipowners and
Builders, Marine Electricians, and Sea-going Engineers-in-Charge.
By J. W. URQUHART, C.E., Author of "Electric Light," &c. With 88
Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"The subject of ship electric lighting is one of vast importance
in these days, and Mr. Urquhart is to be highly complimented for
placing such a valuable work at the service of the practical
marine electrician."--_The Steamship._
"Distinctly a book which of its kind stands almost alone, and for
which there should be a demand."--_Electrical Review._
_=Electric Lighting.=_
_THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING._ By ALAN A.
CAMPBELL SWINTON, Associate I.E.E. Third Edition, Enlarged and
Revised. With 16 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 1_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Anyone who desires a short and thoroughly clear exposition of
the elementary principles of electric lighting cannot do better
than read this little work."--_Bradford Observer._
_=Dynamic Electricity.=_
_THE ELEMENTS OF DYNAMIC ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM._ By
PHILIP ATKINSON, A.M., Ph.D., Author of "Elements of Static
Electricity," "The Elements of Electric Lighting," &c. &c. Crown
8vo, 417 pp., with 120 Illustrations, 10_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
_=Electric Motors, &c.=_
_THE ELECTRIC TRANSFORMATION OF POWER_ and its Application by
the Electric Motor, including Electric Railway Construction. By
P. ATKINSON, A.M., Ph.D., Author of "The Elements of Electric
Lighting," &c. With 96 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._
cloth.
_=Dynamo Construction.=_
_HOW TO MAKE A DYNAMO: A Practical Treatise for Amateurs._
Containing numerous Illustrations and Detailed Instructions for
Constructing a Small Dynamo, to Produce the Electric Light. By
ALFRED CROFTS. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo,
2_s._ cloth.
"The instructions given in this unpretentious little book
are sufficiently clear and explicit to enable any amateur
mechanic possessed of average skill and the usual tools to be
found in an amateur's workshop, to build a practical dynamo
machine."--_Electrician._
_=Text Book of Electricity.=_
_THE STUDENT'S TEXT-BOOK OF ELECTRICITY._ By HENRY M. NOAD,
Ph.D., F.R.S. New Edition, carefully Revised. With Introduction
and Additional Chapters, by W. H. PREECE, M.I.C.E. Crown 8vo,
12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
_=Electricity.=_
_A MANUAL OF ELECTRICITY: Including Galvanism, Magnetism,
Dia-Magnetism, Electro-Dynamics._ By HENRY M. NOAD, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Fourth Edition (1859). 8vo, £1 4_s._ cloth.
ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING, etc.
_=Building Construction.=_
_PRACTICAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION_: A Handbook for Students
Preparing for Examinations, and a Book of Reference for
Persons Engaged in Building. By JOHN PARNELL ALLEN, Surveyor,
Lecturer on Building Construction at the Durham College of
Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Medium 8vo, 450 pages, with 1,000
Illustrations. 12_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"This volume is one of the most complete expositions of building
construction we have seen. It contains all that is necessary
to prepare students for the various examinations in building
construction."--_Building News._
"The author depends nearly as much on his diagrams as on his
type. The pages suggest the hand of a man of experience in
building operations--and the volume must be a blessing to many
teachers as well as to students."--_The Architect._
"This volume promises to be the recognised handbook in all
advanced classes where building construction is taught from a
practical point of view. We strongly commend the book to the
notice of all teachers of building construction."--_Technical
World._
"The work is sure to prove a formidable rival to great and small
competitors alike, and bids fair to take a permanent place as a
favourite students' text-book. The large number of illustrations
deserve particular mention for the great merit they possess for
purposes of reference, in exactly corresponding to convenient
scales."--_Jour. Inst. Brit. Archts._
_=Concrete.=_
_CONCRETE: ITS NATURE AND USES._ A Book for Architects, Builders,
Contractors, and Clerks of Works. By GEORGE L. SUTCLIFFE,
A.R.I.B.A. 350 pages, with numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo,
7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"The author treats a difficult subject in a lucid manner. The
manual fills a long-felt gap. It is careful and exhaustive;
equally useful as a student's guide and a architect's book of
reference."--_Journal of Royal Institution of British Architects._
"There is room for this new book, which will probably be for
some time the standard work on the subject for a builder's
purpose."--_Glasgow Herald._
"A thoroughly useful and comprehensive work."--_British
Architect._
_=Mechanics for Architects.=_
_THE MECHANICS OF ARCHITECTURE_: A Treatise on Applied Mechanics,
especially Adapted to the Use of Architects. By E. W. TARN,
M.A., Author of "The Science of Building," &c. Second Edition,
Enlarged. Illust. with 125 Diagrams. Cr. 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"The book is a very useful and helpful manual of architectural
mechanics, and really contains sufficient to enable a careful
and painstaking student to grasp the principles bearing upon
the majority of building problems.... Mr. Tarn has added, by
this volume, to the debt of gratitude which is owing to him by
architectural students for the many valuable works which he has
produced for their use."--_The Builder._
"The mechanics in the volume are really mechanics, and are
harmoniously wrought in with the distinctive professional manner
proper to the subject. The diagrams and type are commendably
clear."--_The Schoolmaster._
_=The New Builder's Price Book, 1894.=_
_LOCKWOOD'S BUILDER'S PRICE BOOK FOR 1894._ A Comprehensive
Handbook of the Latest Prices and Data for Builders, Architects,
Engineers, and Contractors. _Re-constructed, Re-written, and
Greatly Enlarged._ By FRANCIS T. W. MILLER. 700 closely-printed
pages, crown 8vo, 4_s._ cloth.
"This book is a very useful one, and should find a place in
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professions."--_Industries._
"An excellent book of reference."--_Architect._
"In its new and revised form this Price Book is what a work of
this kind should be--comprehensive, reliable, well arranged,
legible, and well bound."--_British Architect._
_=Designing Buildings.=_
_THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS_: Being Elementary Notes on the
Planning, Sanitation and Ornamentive Formation of Structures,
based on Modern Practice. Illustrated with Nine Folding Plates.
By W. WOODLEY, Assistant Master, Metropolitan Drawing Classes,
&c. Demy 8vo, 6_s._ cloth.
[_Just published._
_=Sir Wm. Chambers's Treatise on Civil Architecture.=_
_THE DECORATIVE PART OF CIVIL ARCHITECTURE._ By Sir WILLIAM
CHAMBERS, F.R.S. With Portrait, Illustrations, Notes, and an
Examination of Grecian Architecture, by JOSEPH GWILT, F.S.A.
Revised and Edited by W. H. LEEDS. 66 Plates, 4to, 21_s._ cloth.
_=Villa Architecture.=_
_A HANDY BOOK OF VILLA ARCHITECTURE: Being a Series of
Designs for Villa Residences in various Styles._ With Outline
Specifications and Estimates. By C. WICKES, Architect, Author of
"The Spires and Towers of England," &c. 61 Plates, 4to, £1 11_s._
6_d._ half-morocco.
"The whole of the designs bear evidence of their being the work
of an artistic architect, and they will prove very valuable and
suggestive."--_Building News._
_=Text-Book for Architects.=_
_THE ARCHITECT'S GUIDE: Being a Text-Book of Useful Information
for Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Contractors, Clerks of
Works, &c. &c._ By FREDERICK ROGERS, Architect. Third Edition.
Crown 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"As a text-book of useful information for architects, engineers,
surveyors, &c., it would be hard to find a handier or more
complete little volume."--_Standard._
_=Taylor and Cresy's Rome.=_
_THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF ROME._ By the late G. L.
TAYLOR, Esq., F.R.I.B.A., and EDWARD CRESY, Esq. New Edition,
thoroughly Revised by the Rev. ALEXANDER TAYLOR, M.A. (son of the
late G. L. Taylor, Esq.), Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, and
Chaplain of Gray's Inn. Large folio, with 130 Plates, £3 3_s._
half-bound.
"Taylor and Cresy's work has from its first publication
been ranked among those professional books which cannot be
bettered."--_Architect._
_=Linear Perspective.=_
_ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE_: The whole Course and Operations of
the Draughtsman in Drawing a Large House in Linear Perspective.
Illustrated by 39 Folding Plates. By F. O. FERGUSON. 8vo, 3_s._
6_d._ boards.
"It is the most intelligible of the treatises on this ill-treated
subject that I have met with."--E. INGRESS BELL, Esq., in the
_R.I.B.A. Journal_.
_=Architectural Drawing.=_
_PRACTICAL RULES ON DRAWING, for the Operative Builder and Young
Student in Architecture._ By GEORGE PYNE. With 14 Plates, 4to,
7_s._ 6_d._ boards.
_=Vitruvius' Architecture.=_
_THE ARCHITECTURE of MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO._ Translated by
JOSEPH GWILT, F.S.A., F.R.A.S. New Edition, Revised by the
Translator. With 23 Plates. Fcap. 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
_=Designing, Measuring, and Valuing.=_
_THE STUDENT'S GUIDE to the PRACTICE of MEASURING AND VALUING
ARTIFICERS' WORK._ Containing Directions for taking Dimensions,
Abstracting the same, and bringing the Quantities into Bill,
with Tables of Constants for Valuation of Labour, and for the
Calculation of Areas and Solidities. Originally edited by EDWARD
DOBSON, Architect. With Additions by E. WYNDHAM TARN, M.A. Sixth
Edition. With 8 Plates and 63 Woodcuts. Crown 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._
cloth.
"This edition will be found the most complete treatise on the
principles of measuring and valuing artificers' work that has yet
been published."--_Building News._
_=Pocket Estimator and Technical Guide.=_
_THE POCKET TECHNICAL GUIDE, MEASURER, AND ESTIMATOR FOR BUILDERS
AND SURVEYORS._ Containing Technical Directions for Measuring
Work in all the Building Trades, Complete Specifications for
Houses, Roads, and Drains, and an easy Method of Estimating the
parts of a Building collectively. By A. C. BEATON. Sixth Edit.
Waistcoat-pocket size, 1_s._ 6_d._ leather, gilt edges.
"No builder, architect, surveyor, or valuer should be without his
'Beaton.'"--_Building News._
_=Donaldson on Specifications.=_
_THE HANDBOOK OF SPECIFICATIONS_; or, Practical Guide to the
Architect, Engineer, Surveyor, and Builder, in drawing up
Specifications and Contracts for Works and Constructions.
Illustrated by Precedents of Buildings actually executed by
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P.R.I.B.A., &c. New Edition. 8vo, with upwards of 1,000 pages of
Text, and 33 Plates. £1 11_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Valuable as a record, and more valuable still as a book of
precedents.... Suffice it to say that Donaldson's 'Handbook of
Specifications' must be bought by all architects."--_Builder._
_=Bartholomew and Rogers' Specifications.=_
_SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE._ A Guide to the
Architect, Engineer, Surveyor, and Builder. With an Essay on the
Structure and Science of Modern Buildings. Upon the Basis of the
Work by ALFRED BARTHOLOMEW, thoroughly Revised, Corrected, and
greatly added to by FREDERICK ROGERS, Architect. Third Edition,
Revised, with Additions. With numerous Illustrations. Medium 8vo,
15_s._ cloth.
"The collection of specifications prepared by Mr. Rogers on
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recommendation from us. It is one of the books with which every
young architect must be equipped."--_Architect._
_=Construction.=_
_THE SCIENCE OF BUILDING: An Elementary Treatise on the
Principles of Construction._ By E. WYNDHAM TARN, M.A., Architect.
Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With 59 Engravings. Fcap.
8vo, 4_s._ cl.
"A very valuable book, which we strongly recommend to all
students."--_Builder._
_=House Building and Repairing.=_
_THE HOUSE-OWNER'S ESTIMATOR_; or, What will it Cost to Build,
Alter, or Repair? A Price Book for Unprofessional People, as well
as the Architectural Surveyor and Builder. By JAMES D. SIMON.
Edited by FRANCIS T. W. MILLER, A.R.I.B.A. Fourth Edition. Crown
8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"In two years it will repay its cost a hundred times
over."--_Field._
_=Cottages and Villas.=_
_COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN COTTAGES AND VILLAS_: How to Plan and
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Explanations, and Description of each Plate. By JAMES W. BOGUE,
Architect, Author of "Domestic Architecture," &c. 4to, 10_s._
6_d._ cloth.
_=Building; Civil and Ecclesiastical.=_
_A BOOK ON BUILDING, Civil and Ecclesiastical_, including Church
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By Sir EDMUND BECKETT, Bart., LL.D., F.R.A.S. Second Edition.
Fcap. 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"A book which is always amusing and nearly always
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_=Sanitary Houses, etc.=_
_THE SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS OF DWELLING-HOUSES._ By A. J. WALLIS
TAYLER, A.M. Inst. C.E. Crown 8vo, with numerous Illustrations.
Price about 3_s._ cloth.
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_=Ventilation of Buildings.=_
_VENTILATION. A Text Book to the Practice of the Art of
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"Contains a great amount of useful practical information, as
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_=The Art of Plumbing.=_
_PLUMBING. A Text Book to the Practice of the Art or Craft of the
Plumber._ By WILLIAM PATON BUCHAN, R.P. Sixth Edition, Enlarged.
12mo, 4_s._ cloth.
"A text-book which may be safely put in the hands of every young
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_=Geometry for the Architect, Engineer, etc.=_
_PRACTICAL GEOMETRY, for the Architect, Engineer, and Mechanic._
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Architect. 8vo, 9_s._ cloth.
"No book with the same objects in view has ever been published in
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_=The Science of Geometry.=_
_THE GEOMETRY OF COMPASSES; or, Problems Resolved by the mere
Description of Circles, and the use of Coloured Diagrams and
Symbols._ By OLIVER BYRNE. Coloured Plates. Crown 8vo, 3_s._
6_d._ cloth.
CARPENTRY, TIMBER, etc.
_=Tredgold's Carpentry, Revised & Enlarged by Tarn.=_
_THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY._ A Treatise on the
Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of
Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Arches, Bridges, Roofs,
Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, &c. To which is added
an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber, &c., with
Descriptions of the kinds of Wood used in Building; also numerous
Tables of the Scantlings of Timber for different purposes, the
Specific Gravities of Materials, &c. By THOMAS TREDGOLD, C.E.
With an Appendix of Specimens of Various Roofs of Iron and Stone,
Illustrated. Seventh Edition, thoroughly revised and considerably
enlarged by E. WYNDHAM TARN, M.A., Author of "The Science of
Building," &c. With 61 Plates, Portrait of the Author, and
several Woodcuts. In One large Vol., 4to, price £1 5_s._ cloth.
"Ought to be in every architect's and every builder's
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"A work whose monumental excellence must commend it wherever
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_=Woodworking Machinery.=_
_WOODWORKING MACHINERY_: Its Rise, Progress, and Construction.
With Hints on the Management of Saw Mills and the Economical
Conversion of Timber. Illustrated with Examples of Recent Designs
by leading English, French, and American Engineers. By M. POWIS
BALE, A.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E. Second Edition, Revised, with large
Additions. Large crown 8vo, 440 pp., 9_s._ cloth.
[_Just published._
"Mr. Bale is evidently an expert on the subject and he has
collected so much information that his book is all-sufficient
for builders and others engaged in the conversion of
timber."--_Architect._
"The most comprehensive compendium of wood-working machinery
we have seen. The author is a thorough master of his
subject."--_Building News._
_=Saw Mills.=_
_SAW MILLS_: Their Arrangement and Management, and the Economical
Conversion of Timber. (A Companion Volume to "Woodworking
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state. We could not desire a more complete or practical
treatise."--_Builder._
_=Nicholson's Carpentry.=_
_THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE_; or, Book of Lines for Carpenters;
comprising all the Elementary Principles essential for acquiring
a knowledge of Carpentry. Founded on the late PETER NICHOLSON'S
Standard Work. New Edition, Revised by A. ASHPITEL, F.S.A. With
Practical Rules on Drawing, by G. PYNE. With 74 Plates, 4to, £1
1_s._ cloth.
_=Handrailing and Stairbuilding.=_
_A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HANDRAILING_: Showing New and Simple
Methods for Finding the Pitch of the Plank, Drawing the Moulds,
Bevelling, Jointing-up, and Squaring the Wreath. By GEORGE
COLLINGS. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, to which is added
A TREATISE ON STAIRBUILDING. 12mo, 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth limp.
"Will be found of practical utility in the execution of this
difficult branch of joinery."--_Builder._
"Almost every difficult phase of this somewhat intricate branch
of joinery is elucidated by the aid of plates and explanatory
letterpress."--_Furniture Gazette._
_=Circular Work.=_
_CIRCULAR WORK IN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY_: A Practical Treatise on
Circular Work of Single and Double Curvature. By GEORGE COLLINGS.
With Diagrams. Second Edit, 12mo, 2_s._ 6_d._ cloth limp.
"An excellent example of what a book of this kind should be.
Cheap in price, clear in definition and practical in the examples
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_=Handrailing.=_
_HANDRAILING COMPLETE IN EIGHT LESSONS._ On the Square-Cut
System. By J. S. GOLDTHORP, Teacher of Geometry and Building
Construction at the Halifax Mechanic's Institute. With Eight
Plates and over 150 Practical Exercises. 4to, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Likely to be of considerable value to joiners and others who
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students."--_Timber Trades Journal._
_=Timber Merchant's Companion.=_
_THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S AND BUILDER'S COMPANION._ Containing New
and Copious Tables of the Reduced Weight and Measurement of Deals
and Battens, of all sizes, from One to a Thousand Pieces, and
the relative Price that each size bears per Lineal Foot to any
given Price per Petersburg Standard Hundred; the Price per Cube
Foot of Square Timber to any given Price per Load of 50 Feet;
the proportionate Value of Deals and Battens by the Standard,
to Square Timber by the Load of 50 Feet; the readiest mode of
ascertaining the Price of Scantling per Lineal Foot of any size,
to any given Figure per Cube Foot, &c. &c. By WILLIAM DOWSING.
Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected. Cr. 8vo, 3_s._ cl.
"Everything is as concise and clear as it can possibly be made.
There can be no doubt that every timber merchant and builder
ought to possess it."--_Hull Advertiser._
"We are glad to see a fourth edition of these admirable tables,
which for correctness and simplicity of arrangement leave nothing
to be desired."--_Timber Trades Journal._
_=Practical Timber Merchant.=_
_THE PRACTICAL TIMBER MERCHANT._ Being a Guide for the use of
Building Contractors, Surveyors, Builders, &c., comprising useful
Tables for all purposes connected with the Timber Trade, Marks of
Wood, Essay on the Strength of Timber, Remarks on the Growth of
Timber, &c. By W. RICHARDSON. Fcap. 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"This handy manual contains much valuable information for
the use of timber merchants, builders, foresters, and all
others connected with the growth, sale, and manufacture of
timber."--_Journal of Forestry._
_=Timber Freight Book.=_
_THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S, SAW MILLER'S, AND IMPORTER'S FREIGHT BOOK
AND ASSISTANT._ Comprising Rules, Tables, and Memoranda relating
to the Timber Trade. By WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Timber Broker;
together with a Chapter on "SPEEDS OF SAW MILL MACHINERY," by M.
POWIS BALE, M.I.M.E., &c. 12mo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cl. boards.
"A very useful manual of rules, tables, and memoranda relating to
the timber trade. We recommend it as a compendium of calculation
to all timber measurers and merchants, and as supplying a real
want in the trade."--_Building News._
_=Packing-Case Makers, Tables for.=_
_PACKING-CASE TABLES_; showing the number of Superficial Feet in
Boxes or Packing-Cases, from six inches square and upwards. By W.
RICHARDSON, Timber Broker. Third Edition. Oblong 4to, 3_s._ 6_d._
cl.
"Invaluable labour-saving tables."--_Ironmonger._
"Will save much labour and calculation."--_Grocer._
_=Superficial Measurement.=_
_THE TRADESMAN'S GUIDE TO SUPERFICIAL MEASUREMENT._ Tables
calculated from 1 to 200 inches in length, by 1 to 108 inches in
breadth. For the use of Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Timber
Merchants, Builders, &c. By JAMES HAWKINGS. Fourth Edition.
Fcap., 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"A useful collection of tables to facilitate rapid calculation
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have been ascertained can be instantly determined. The book will
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operations."--_Scotsman._
"These tables will be found of great assistance to
all who require to make calculations in superficial
measurement."--_English Mechanic._
_=Forestry.=_
_THE ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY._ Designed to afford Information
concerning the Planting and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or
Profit, with Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands.
By F. B. HOUGH. Large crown 8vo, 10_s._ cloth.
_=Timber Importer's Guide.=_
_THE TIMBER IMPORTER'S, TIMBER MERCHANT'S, AND BUILDER'S STANDARD
GUIDE._ By RICHARD E. GRANDY. Comprising an Analysis of Deal
Standards, Home and Foreign, with Comparative Values and Tabular
Arrangements for fixing Net Landed Cost on Baltic and North
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Retailer and Builder. Third Edition, Revised. 12mo, 2_s._ cloth
limp.
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DECORATIVE ARTS, etc.
_=Woods and Marbles (Imitation of).=_
_SCHOOL OF PAINTING FOR THE IMITATION OF WOODS AND MARBLES_, as
Taught and Practised by A. R. VAN DER BURG and P. VAN DER BURG,
Directors of the Rotterdam Painting Institution. Royal folio,
18½ by 12½ in., Illustrated with 24 full-size Coloured Plates;
also 12 plain Plates, comprising 154 Figures. Second and Cheaper
Edition. Price £1 11_s._ 6_d._
_List of Plates._
1. Various Tools required for Wood Painting--2, 3. Walnut:
Preliminary Stages of Graining and Finished Specimen--4. Tools
used for Marble Painting and Method of Manipulation--5, 6. St.
Remi Marble: Earlier Operations and Finished Specimen--7. Methods
of Sketching different Grains, Knots, &c.--8, 9. Ash: Preliminary
Stages and Finished Specimen--10. Methods of Sketching Marble
Grains--11, 12. Breche Marble: Preliminary Stages of Working and
Finished Specimen--13. Maple: Methods of Producing the different
Grains--14, 15. Bird's-eye Maple: Preliminary Stages and Finished
Specimen--16. Methods of Sketching the different Species of White
Marble--17, 18. White Marble: Preliminary Stages of Process and
Finished Specimen--19. Mahogany: Specimens of various Grains
and Methods of Manipulation--20, 21. Mahogany: Earlier Stages
and Finished Specimen--22, 23, 24. Sienna Marble: Varieties
of Grain, Preliminary Stages and Finished Specimen--25, 26,
27. Juniper Wood: Methods of producing Grain, &c.: Preliminary
Stages and Finished Specimen--28, 29, 30. Vert de Mer Marble:
Varieties of Grain and Methods of Working Unfinished and Finished
Specimens--31, 32, 33. Oak: Varieties of Grain, Tools Employed,
and Methods of Manipulation, Preliminary Stages and Finished
Specimen--34, 35, 36. Waulsort Marble: Varieties of Grain,
Unfinished and Finished Specimens.
"Those who desire to attain skill in the art of painting woods
and marbles will find advantage in consulting this book....
Some of the Working Men's Clubs should give their young men the
opportunity to study it."--_Builder._
"A comprehensive guide to the art. The explanations of the
processes, the manipulation and management of the colours, and
the beautifully executed plates will not be the least valuable to
the student who aims at making his work a faithful transcript of
nature."--_Building News._
_=Wall Paper.=_
_WALL PAPER DECORATION._ By ARTHUR SEYMOUR JENNINGS, Author of
"Practical Paper Hanging." With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo.
[_In preparation._
_=House Decoration.=_
_ELEMENTARY DECORATION._ A Guide to the Simpler Forms of Everyday
Art. Together with _PRACTICAL HOUSE DECORATION_. By JAMES W.
FACEY. With numerous Illustrations. In One Vol., 5_s._ strongly
half-bound.
_=House Painting, Graining, etc.=_
_HOUSE PAINTING, GRAINING, MARBLING, AND SIGN WRITING_, A
Practical Manual of. By ELLIS A. DAVIDSON. Sixth Edition. With
Coloured Plates and Wood Engravings. 12mo, 6_s._ cloth boards.
"A mass of information, of use to the amateur and of value to the
practical man."--_English Mechanic._
_=Decorators, Receipts for.=_
_THE DECORATOR'S ASSISTANT_: A Modern Guide to Decorative
Artists and Amateurs, Painters, Writers, Gilders, &c. Containing
upwards of 600 Receipts, Rules and Instructions; with a variety
of Information for General Work connected with every Class of
Interior and Exterior Decorations, &c. Fifth Edition, Revised.
152 pp., crown 8vo, 1_s._ in wrapper.
"Full of receipts of value to decorators, painters, gilders. &c.
The book contains the gist of larger treatises on colour and
technical processes. It would be difficult to meet with a work
so full of varied information on the painter's art."--_Building
News._
_=Moyr Smith on Interior Decoration.=_
_ORNAMENTAL INTERIORS, ANCIENT AND MODERN._ By J. MOYR SMITH.
Super-royal 8vo, with 32 full-page Plates and numerous smaller
Illustrations, handsomely bound in cloth, gilt top, price 18_s._
"The book is well illustrated and handsomely got up, and contains
some true criticism and a good many good examples of decorative
treatment."--_The Builder._
_=British and Foreign Marbles.=_
_MARBLE DECORATION and the Terminology of British and Foreign
Marbles._ A Handbook for Students. By GEORGE H. BLAGROVE, Author
of "Shoring and its Application," &c. With 28 Illustrations.
Crown 8vo, 3_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"This most useful and much wanted handbook should be in the hands
of every architect and builder."--_Building World._
"A carefully and usefully written treatise; the work is
essentially practical."--_Scotsman._
_=Marble Working, etc.=_
_MARBLE AND MARBLE WORKERS_: A Handbook for Architects, Artists,
Masons, and Students. By ARTHUR LEE, Author of "A Visit to
Carrara," "The Working of Marble," &c. Small crown 8vo, 2_s._
cloth.
"A really valuable addition to the technical literature of
architects and masons."--_Building News._
_DELAMOTTE'S WORKS ON ILLUMINATION AND ALPHABETS._
_A PRIMER OF THE ART OF ILLUMINATION, for the Use of Beginners_:
with a Rudimentary Treatise on the Art, Practical Directions for
its Exercise, and Examples taken from Illuminated MSS., printed
in Gold and Colours. By F. DELAMOTTE. New and Cheaper Edition.
Small 4to, 6_s._ ornamental boards.
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with much good sense, the author chooses from collections
accessible to all, are selected with judgment and knowledge, as
well as taste."--_Athenæum._
_ORNAMENTAL ALPHABETS, Ancient and Mediæval, from the Eighth
Century, with Numerals_; including Gothic, Church-Text, large and
small, German, Italian, Arabesque, Initials for Illumination,
Monograms, Crosses, &c. &c., for the use of Architectural and
Engineering Draughtsmen, Missal Painters, Masons, Decorative
Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, Carvers, &c. &c. Collected
and Engraved by F. DELAMOTTE, and printed in Colours. New and
Cheaper Edition. Royal 8vo, oblong, 2_s._ 6_d._ ornamental boards.
"For those who insert enamelled sentences round gilded chalices,
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with pithy sentences from the Decalogue, this book will be
useful."--_Athenæum._
_EXAMPLES OF MODERN ALPHABETS, Plain and Ornamental_; including
German, Old English, Saxon, Italic, Perspective, Greek, Hebrew,
Court Hand, Engrossing, Tuscan, Riband, Gothic, Rustic, and
Arabesque; with several Original Designs, and an Analysis of the
Roman and Old English Alphabets, large and small, and Numerals,
for the use of Draughtsmen, Surveyors, Masons, Decorative
Painters, Lithographers, Engravers, Carvers, &c. Collected and
Engraved by F. DELAMOTTE, and printed in Colours. New and Cheaper
Edition. Royal 8vo, oblong, 2_s._ 6_d._ ornamental boards.
"There is comprised in it every possible shape into which the
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talent which has been expended in the conception of the various
plain and ornamental letters is wonderful."--_Standard._
_MEDIÆVAL ALPHABETS AND INITIALS FOR ILLUMINATORS._ By F. G.
DELAMOTTE. Containing 21 Plates and Illuminated Title, printed
in Gold and Colours. With an Introduction by J. WILLIS BROOKS.
Fourth and Cheaper Edition. Small 4to, 4_s._ ornamental boards.
"A volume in which the letters of the alphabet come forth
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and intertwined and intermingled."--_Sun._
_THE EMBROIDERER'S BOOK OF DESIGN._ Containing Initials, Emblems,
Cyphers, Monograms, Ornamental Borders, Ecclesiastical Devices,
Mediæval and Modern Alphabets, and National Emblems. Collected
by F. DELAMOTTE, and printed in Colours. Oblong royal 8vo, 1_s._
6_d._ ornamental wrapper.
"The book will be of great assistance to ladies and young
children who are endowed with the art of plying the needle in
this most ornamental and useful pretty work."--_East Anglian
Times._
_=Wood Carving.=_
_INSTRUCTIONS IN WOOD-CARVING, for Amateurs_: with Hints on
Design. By A LADY. With Ten Plates. New and Cheaper Edition.
Crown 8vo, 2_s._ in emblematic wrapper.
"The handicraft of the wood-carver, so well as a book can impart
it, may be learnt from 'A Lady's' publication."--_Athenæum._
NATURAL SCIENCE, etc.
_=The Heavens and their Origin.=_
_THE VISIBLE UNIVERSE_: Chapters on the Origin and Construction
of the Heavens. By J. E. GORE, F.R.A.S., Author of "Star Groups,"
&c. Illustrated by 6 Stellar Photographs and 12 Plates. Demy 8vo,
16_s._ cloth, gilt top.
"A valuable and lucid summary of recent astronomical theory,
rendered more valuable and attractive by a series of stellar
photographs and other illustrations."--_The Times._
"In presenting a clear and concise account of the present state
of our knowledge, Mr. Gore has made a valuable addition to the
literature of the subject."--_Nature._
"One of the finest works on astronomical science that has
recently appeared in our language. In spirit and in method it
is scientific from cover to cover, but the style is so clear
and attractive that it will be as acceptable and as readable to
those who make no scientific pretensions as to those who devote
themselves specially to matters astronomical."--_Leeds Mercury._
"As interesting as a novel, and instructive withal; the text
being made still more luminous by stellar photographs and other
illustrations.... A most valuable book."--_Manchester Examiner._
_=The Constellations.=_
_STAR GROUPS: A Student's Guide to the Constellations._ By J.
ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S., M.R.I.A., &c., Author of "The Visible
Universe," "The Scenery of the Heavens." With 30 Maps. Small 4to,
5_s._ cloth, silvered.
"A knowledge of the principal constellations visible in our
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"The volume contains thirty maps showing stars of the sixth
magnitude--the usual naked-eye limit--and each is accompanied by
a brief commentary, adapted to facilitate recognition and bring
to notice objects of special interest. For the purpose of a
preliminary survey of the midnight pomp of the heavens, nothing
could be better than a set of delineations averaging scarcely
twenty square inches in area, and including nothing that cannot
at once be identified."--_Saturday Review._
"A very compact and handy guide to the
constellations."--_Athenæum._
_=Astronomical Terms.=_
_AN ASTRONOMICAL GLOSSARY_; or, Dictionary of Terms used in
Astronomy. With Tables of Data and Lists of Remarkable and
Interesting Celestial Objects. By J. ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S.,
Author of "The Visible Universe," &c. Small crown 8vo, 2_s._
6_d._ cloth.
"A very useful little work for beginners in astronomy, and not to
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"A very handy book ... the utility of which is much increased by
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"Astronomers of all kinds will be glad to have it for
reference."--_Guardian._
_=The Microscope.=_
_THE MICROSCOPE_: Its Construction and Management, including
Technique, Photo-micrography, and the Past and Future of the
Microscope. By Dr. HENRI VAN HEURCK, Director of the Antwerp
Botannical Gardens. English Edition, Re-Edited and Augmented by
the Author from the Fourth French Edition, and Translated by
WYNNE E. BAXTER, F.R.M.S., F.G.S., &c. About 400 pages, with
Three Plates and upwards of 250 Woodcuts. Imp. 8vo, 18_s._ cloth
gilt.
"A translation of a well-known work, at once popular and
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"The translation is as felicitious as it is accurate."--_Nature._
_=Astronomy.=_
_ASTRONOMY._ By the late Rev. ROBERT MAIN, M.A., F.R.S. Third
Edition, Revised, by WM. THYNNE LYNN, B.A., F.R.A.S., formerly of
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 12mo, 2_s._ cloth limp.
"A sound and simple treatise, and a capital book for
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"Accurately brought down to the requirements of the present
time."--_Educational Times._
_=Recent and Fossil Shells.=_
_A MANUAL OF THE MOLLUSCA: Being a Treatise on Recent and Fossil
Shells._ By S. P. WOODWARD, A.L.S., F.G.S., late Assistant
Palæontologist in the British Museum. With an Appendix on _Recent
and Fossil Conchological Discoveries_, by RALPH TATE, A.L.S.,
F.G.S. Illustrated by A. N. WATERHOUSE and JOSEPH WILSON LOWRY.
With 23 Plates and upwards of 300 Woodcuts. Reprint of Fourth
Ed., 1880. Cr. 8vo, 7_s._ 6_d._ cl.
"A most valuable storehouse of conchological and geological
information."--_Science Gossip._
_=Geology and Genesis.=_
_THE TWIN RECORDS OF CREATION; or, Geology and Genesis: their
Perfect Harmony and Wonderful Concord._ By GEORGE W. VICTOR LE
VAUX. Fcap. 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"A valuable contribution to the evidences of Revelation, and
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and no sophistry is left unexposed."--_The Rock._
_DR. LARDNER'S COURSE OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY._
_THE HANDBOOK OF MECHANICS._ Enlarged and almost Rewritten by
BENJAMIN LOEWY, F.R.A.S. With 378 Illustrations. Post 8vo, 6_s._
cloth.
"The perspicuity of the original has been retained, and chapters
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practical business of life."--_Mining Journal._
"Mr. Loewy has carefully revised the book, and brought it up to
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"Natural philosophy has had few exponents more able or better
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time."--_Scotsman._
_THE HANDBOOK OF HYDROSTATICS AND PNEUMATICS._ New Edition,
Revised and Enlarged, by BENJAMIN LOEWY, F.R.A.S. With 236
Illustrations. Post 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"For those 'who desire to attain an accurate knowledge of
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"The volume before us has been carefully edited, augmented
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the most recent matter has been added.... It is a valuable
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"Candidates for pass examinations will find it, we think,
specially suited to their requirements."--_English Mechanic._
_THE HANDBOOK OF HEAT._ Edited and almost entirely Rewritten by
BENJAMIN LOEWY, F.R.A.S., &c. 117 Illusts. Post 8vo, 6_s._ cloth.
"The style is always clear and precise, and conveys
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behind."--_Engineering._
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"A complete and handy text-book for the use of students and
general readers."--_English Mechanic._
_THE HANDBOOK OF OPTICS._ By DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L., formerly
Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in University
College, London. New Edition. Edited by T. OLVER HARDING, B.A.
Lond., of University College, London. With 298 Illustrations.
Small 8vo, 448 pages, 5_s._ cloth.
"Written by one of the ablest English scientific writers,
beautifully and elaborately illustrated."--_Mechanic's Magazine._
_THE HANDBOOK OF ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, AND ACOUSTICS._ By Dr.
LARDNER. Ninth Thousand. Edit. by GEORGE CAREY FOSTER, B.A.,
F.C.S. With 400 Illustrations. Small 8vo, 5_s._ cloth.
"The book could not have been entrusted to anyone better
calculated to preserve the terse and lucid style of Lardner,
while correcting his errors and bringing up his work to the
present state of scientific knowledge."--_Popular Science Review._
_THE HANDBOOK OF ASTRONOMY._ Forming a Companion to the "Handbook
of Natural Philosophy." By DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L., formerly
Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in University
College, London. Fourth Edition, Revised and Edited by EDWIN
DUNKIN, F.R.A.S., Royal Observatory, Greenwich. With 38 Plates
and upwards of 100 Woodcuts. In One Vol., small 8vo, 550 pages,
9_s._ 6_d._ cloth.
"Probably no other book contains the same amount of information
in so compendious and well-arranged a form--certainly none at the
price at which this is offered to the public."--_Athenæum._
"We can do no other than pronounce this work a most valuable
manual of astronomy, and we strongly recommend it to all who wish
to acquire a general--but at the same time correct--acquaintance
with this sublime science."--_Quarterly Journal of Science._
"One of the most deservedly popular books on the subject.... We
would recommend not only the student of the elementary principles
of the science, but he who aims at mastering the higher and
mathematical branches of astronomy, not to be without this work
beside him."--_Practical Magazine._
_=Geology.=_