TECHNICAL LITERATURE

Reference Catalogue of Books printed in English from 1880 to 1888 inclusive;

to which is added a select list of books printed before 1880 and

still kept on Publishers' and Jobbers' lists.

ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.

COMPRISING APPLIED AND THEORETICAL MECHANICS, MACHINERY; STEAM AND
MARINE ENGINEERING, RAILROAD BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING,
MANAGEMENT, AND PRACTICE; CIVIL ENGINEERING, SURVEYING,
LEVELING, HYDRAULIC AND SANITARY ENGINEERING,
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE, ETC., MECHANICAL
DRAWING. Together with a supplementary

List of Periodicals and Annuals

in these Branches.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.:

H. E. HAFERKORN,

1890.

LONDON: B. F. STEVENS, 4 Trafalgar Sq. BERLIN: A. SEYDEL, Mohren Strasse, 9, W. CHICAGO
ILL.: A. C. MCCLURG & CO. NEW YORK: E. & F. N. SPON, 12 Cortlandt St. The D. VAN NOSTRAND
Co., 23 Murray St., and 27 Warren St. MILWAUKEE, WIS.: C. A. ROHDE CO.

A Word to Engineers and others.

Mr. Haferkorn having shown me the proof sheets of Part III of his "Handy Lists of Technical Literature" relating to the subjects of Engineering and Mechanics in all their manifold arteries, I find them apparently complete in what they are designed to be, lists of all English books treating upon the above topics, published since 1880 and a full alphabetical index of all the subjects treated therein, with numerical references to authors, etc. A timely publication, it must become invaluable to the engineer, mechanic or student, as a Key to the English literature upon the above special subjects, enabling him almost at a glance to locate any and all treatises upon any of the topics embraced within the above branches.

The compiler has by his exhaustive labors and researches, covering some 2145 works, performed for the profession the tedious, sometimes perplexing search for information and references and presented the results in a more comprehensive and systematic manner than was ever before attempted.

The simplicity and completeness of this catalogue will truly make them "Handy Lists" of reference to all interested in these special subjects, none of whom will be without them, when once their value is thoroughly understood.

MILWAUKEE, JULY 22nd, 1890.

City Engineer's Office.

G. H. BENZENBERG,

M. AM. SOC. C. E.

INTRODUCTION.

In a comparatively short time, the third part of the "Handy Lists of Technical Literature" is now ready for distribution, covering the important subjects of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. As to its completeness and thoroughness, there is nothing to add to what I have said before, particularly in view of the strong endorsement of the work furnished by a professional engineer of high repute. An eminent Scotch scientist has lately said that all scientific text-books more than fifteen years old may safely be thrown in the waste-basket or sent to some papermill to furnish material for the printing of new works, and if this is true of theoretical science, it is still more so as regards its applications, in a time when the daring genius of the engineer bids fair to reorganize the condition of the universe.

The searcher for information, whether in the field of engineering or mechanics, has therefore very little need of going beyond the period included in this publication, short though it apparently is.

MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY,

August 1890.

K. A: LINDERFELT.