In course of publication, in small 8vo. each volume containing abont 300 pages, price 3s. 6d. bound in cloth,

A

SERIES

OF

ELEMENTARY WORKS ON MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE,

FORMING A SERIES OF

TEXT-BOOKS OF SCIENCE,

ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF ARTISANS AND OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC AND OTHER SCHOOLS.

The first Eight Text-Books, in order of publication:

I. THE ELEMENTS OF MECHANISM,

Designed for Students of Applied Mechanics. By T. M. GOODEVE, M.A
Lecturer on Applied Mechanics at the Royal School of Mines, and formerly
Professor of Natural Philosophy in King's College, London. New Edition,
revised; with 257 Figures on Wood. Price 38. 6d.

II. METALS, THEIR PROPERTIES AND TREATMENT.

By CHARLES LOUDON BLOXAM, Professor of Chemistry in King's College,
London; Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Artillery Studies, and
in the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. With 105 Figures on Wood.
Price 38. 6d.

III. INTRODUCTION

CHEMISTRY.

ΤΟ THE STUDY

OF

INORGANIC

By WILLIAM ALLEN MILLER, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. late Professor of Chemistry in King's College, London; Author of Elements of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical.' New Edition, revised; with 71 Figures on Wood. Price 38. 6d.

IV. ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY.

By the Rev. WILLIAM NATHANIEL GRIFFIN, B.D. sometime Fellow of
St. John's College, Cambridge. Price 38. 6d.

NOTES ON THE

NOMETRY';

ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA AND TRIGO

With SOLUTIONS of the more Difficult QUESTIONS. By the same [Nearly ready.

Author.

V. PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY.

By the Rev. H. W. WATSON, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and late Assistant-Master of Harrow School. Price 38. 6d.

VI. THEORY OF HEAT.

By J. CLERK MAXWELL, M.A. LL.D. Edin. F.R.SS. L. & E. Professor of Experimental Physics in the University of Cambridge. New Edition, revised; with 41 Woodcuts and Diagrams. Price 38. 6d.

VII. TECHNICAL ARITHMETIC AND MENSURATION.

By CHARLES W. MERRIFIELD, F.R.S. Barrister-at-Law, Principal of the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Honorary Secretary of the Institution of Naval Architects, and Late an Examiner in the Department of Public Education. Price 38. 6d.

VIII. THE STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES: The Strength of Materials as depending on their quality and as ascertained by Testing Apparatus; the Strength of Structures as depending on their form and arrangement, and on the Materi: 1s of which they are composed.

By JOHN ANDERSON, C.E. LL.D. F.R.S.. Superintendent of Machinery to the War Department, Woolwich. Price 3, 6d.

Text-Books in immediate preparation:

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

By H. E. ARMSTRONG, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry in the London
Institution.

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.

By FLEEMING JENKIN, F.R.SS. L. & E. Professor of Engineering in the
University of Edinburgh.

A MANUAL OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.

By T. E. THORPE, Ph.D. F.R.S.E. Professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian
University, Glasgow.

A MANUAL OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.

By T. E. THORPE, Ph.D. F.R.S.E. Professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian
University, Glasgow.

PRACTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY, AND PRIN-
CIPLES OF MECHANICAL DRAWING.

By CHARLES W. MERRIFIELD, F.R.S. Barrister-at-Law, Principal of the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Honorary Secretary of the Institution of Naval Architects, and lately an Examiner in the Department of Public Education.

PRINCIPLES OF MECHANICS.

By T. M. GOODEVE, M.A. Lecturer on Applied Mechanics at the Royal School of Mines, and formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy in King's College, London.

ELEMENTS OF MACHINE DESIGN.

With Rules and Tables for Designing and Drawing the Details of Machinery,
Adapted to the use of Mechanical Draughtsmen and Teachers of Machine
Drawing.

By W. CAWTHORNE UNWIN, B.Sc. Assoc. Inst. C.E. Professor of Hydraulic and Mechanical Engineering at Cooper's Hill College.

DESCRIPTIVE MECHANISM,

Including Descriptions of the Lathes, Planing, Slotting, and Shaping Machines, and the mode of Handling Work in the Engineer's Shop and other Workshops.

By C. P. B. SHELLEY, Civil Engineer, and Professor of Manufacturing Art and Machinery at King's College, London.

ECONOMICAL APPLICATIONS OF HEAT,

Including Combustion, Evaporation, Furnaces, Flues, and Boilers.

By C. P. B. SHELLEY, Civil Engineer, and Professor of Manufacturing Art and Machinery at King's College, London.

With a Chapter on the Probable Future Development of the Science of Heat, by C. WILLIAM SIEMENS, F.R.S.

By T. M. GOODEVE, M.A. Lecturer on Applied Mechanics at the Royal School of Mines, and formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy in King's College, London.

SOUND AND LIGHT.

By G. G. STOKES, M.A. D.C.L. Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge;
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cambridge; and
Secretary to the Royal Society.

To be followed by other works on other branches of Science.

London: LONGMANS and CO. Paternoster Row.

THE

ELEMENTS

OF

PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY.

BY

H. W. WATSON, M.A.

Sometime Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge:
Late Assistant Master of Harrow School.