Slate and Slate Quarrying.

A TREATISE ON SLATE AND SLATE QUARRYING,
Scientific, Practical, and Commercial. By D. C. DAVIES, F. G.S.,
Mining Engineer, &c. With numerous Illustrations and Folding
Plates. Crown 8vo, 6s. cloth.

"A useful and practical hand-book on an important industry."-Engineering. "There is no other book which contains so much information concerning the procedure observed in taking quarries, the processes employed in working them, and such full statistics of the present and past position of the great slate trade of Wales."-The Architect.

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. Cr. 8vo, oblong, 5s. cloth.

"The way in which accuracy is attained, by a simple division of each cross section into three elements, two of which are constant and one variable, is ingenious."-Athenæum.

"Cannot fail to come into general use."-Mining Journal.

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. DAVIS HASKOLL, C. E. 8vo, 12s. 6d. cloth, with 14 folding Plates, and numerous Woodcuts. "A most useful and well arranged book for the aid of a student."-Builder. "Of the utmost practical utility, and may be safely recommended to all students who aspire to become clean and expert surveyors."-Mining Journal.

Coal and Coal Mining.

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COAL AND COAL MINING: a Rudimentary Treatise on.
WARINGTON W. SMYTH, M.A., F.R.S., &c., Chief Inspector
of the Mines of the Crown and of the Duchy of Cornwall. New
edition, revised and corrected.
12mo, with numerous Illustra-

tions, 45. cloth boards.

"Every portion of the volume appears to have been prepared with much care, and as an outline is given of every known coal-field in this and other countries, as well as of the two principal methods of working, the book will doubtless interest a very large number of readers."-Mining Journal.

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 the most useful Problems in Geodesy and Practical Astronomy, and Formulæ and Tables for Facilitating their Calculation. By LIEUT-General FromE, R.E., late Inspector-General of Fortifications, &c. Fourth Edition, Enlarged, thoroughly Revised, and partly Re-written. By CAPTAIN CHARLES WARREN, R.E., F.G.S. With 19 Plates and 115 Woodcuts, val 8vo, 16s. cloth.

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; Statistics of the Fire Appliances in English Towns; Foreign Fire Systems; Hints on Fire Brigades, &c., &c. By CHARLES F. T. YOUNG, C. E. With numerous Illustrations, handsomely printed, 544 pp., demy 8vo, 17. 4s. cloth. "We can most heartily commend this book."-Engineering.

"We strongly recommend the book to the notice of all who are in any way terested in fires, fire-engines, or fire-brigades."-Mechanics' Magazine.

Manual of Mining Tools.

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MINING TOOLS. For the use of Mine Managers, Agents, Mining Students, &c. By WILLIAM MORGANS, Lecturer on Practical Mining at the Bristol School of Mines. Volume of Text.

12mo, 35. With an Atlas of Plates, containing 235 Illustrations. 4to, 6s. Together, 9s. cloth boards.

"Students in the Science of Mining, and Overmen, Captains, Managers, and Viewers may gain practical knowledge and useful hints by the study of Mr. Morgans' Manual."-Colliery Guardian.

A very valuable work, which will tend materially to improve our mining literature."-Mining Journal.

Common Sense for Gas-Users.

COMMON SENSE FOR GAS-USERS: a Catechism of Gas-
Lighting for Householders, Gasfitters, Millowners, Architects,
Engineers, &c., &c. By ROBERT WILSON, C. E., Author of "A
Treatise on Steam Boilers." Second Edition. Crown 8vo, sewed,
with Folding Plates and Wood Engravings, 2s. 6d.

Engineering Fieldwork.

THE PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING FIELDWORK, applied to Land and Hydraulic, Hydrographic, and Submarine Surveying and Levelling. Second Edition, revised, with considerable additions, and a Supplementary Volume on WATERWORKS, SEWERS, SEWAGE, and IRRIGATION. By W. DAVIS HASKOLL, C. E. Numerous folding Plates. Demy 8vo, 2 vols. in one, cloth boards, 17. 5s. (published at 27. 45.)

Waterworks for Cities and Towns.

WATERWORKS for the SUPPLY of CITIES and TOWNS, with a Description of the Principal Geological Formations of England as influencing Supplies of Water. By SAMUEL HUGHES, F.G.S., Civil Engineer. New and enlarged edition, 12mo, with numerous Illustrations, 4s. 6d. cloth boards.

"One of the most convenient, and at the same time reliable works on a subject, the vital importance of which cannot be over-estimated."-Bradford Observer.

Steam.

THE SAFE USE OF STEAM: containing Rules for Unprofessional Steam Users. By an ENGINEER. Fourth Edition. 12mo. Sewed, 6d.

"If steam-users would but learn this little book by heart, and then hand it to their stokers to do the same, and see that the latter do it, boiler explosions would become sensations by their rarity."-English Mechanic.

Field-Book for Engineers.

THE ENGINEER'S, MINING SURVEYOR'S, and CON. TRACTOR'S FIELD-BOOK. By W. DAVIS HASKOLL, C. E. Third Edition, enlarged, 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 Sections in the ordinary manner; Setting out Curves with the Theodolite by Tangential Angles and Multiples with Right and Left-hand Readings of the Instrument; Setting out Curves without Theodolite 6 on the System of Tangential Angles by Sets of Tangents and Offsets; and Earthwork Tables to 80 feet deep, calculated for every inches in depth. With numerous wood-cuts, 12mo, 12s. cloth. "The book is very handy, and the author might have added that the separate tables of sines and tangents to every minute will make it useful for many other purposes, the genuine traverse tables existing all the same."-Athenæum.

"A very useful work for the practical engineer and surveyor."-Railway News. -Mining "The work forms a handsome pocket volume, and cannot fail, from its portability and utility, to be extensively patronised by the engineering profession." Journal.

Earthwork, Measurement and Calculation of.

A MANUAL on EARTHWORK. By ALEX. J. S. GRAHAM, C.E., Resident Engineer, Forest of Dean Central Railway. With numerous Diagrams. 18mo, 2s. 6d. cloth.

"As a really handy book for reference, we know of no work equal to it; and the railway engineers and others employed in the measurement and calculation of earthwork will find a great amount of practical information very admirably arranged, and available for general or rough estimates, as well as for the more exact calculations required in the engineers' contractor's offices."-Artizan.

Bridge Construction in Masonry, Timber, & Iron.

EXAMPLES OF BRIDGE AND VIADUCT CONSTRUC TION OF MASONRY, TIMBER, AND IRON; consisting of 46 Plates from the Contract Drawings or Admeasurement of select Works. By W. DAVIS HASKOLL, C. E. Second Edition, with the addition of 554 Estimates, and the Practice of Setting out Works, illustrated with 6 pages of Diagrams. Imp. 4to, 27. 12s. 6d. half

morocco.

. A work of "One of the very few works extant descending to the level of ordinary routine, and treating on the common every-day practice of the railway engineer. the present nature by a man of Mr. Haskoll's experience, must prove invaluable to hundreds. The tables of estimates appended to this edition will considerably enhance its value."-Engineering.

Pocket-Book for Marine Engineers.

By FRANK

A POCKET BOOK FOR MARINE ENGINEERS. Con
taining useful Rules and Formulæ in a compact form.
PROCTOR, A.I.N.A.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged.

Royal 32m0, leather, gilt edges, with strap, 4s.

"We recommend it to our readers as going far to supply a long-felt want.”—

Naval Science.

"A most useful companion to all marine engineers."-United Service Gazette. Scarcely anything required by a naval engineer appears to have been for

H."-Iron.

PUBLISHED BY CROSBY LOCKWOOD & CO.

Drawing for Engineers, &c.

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ENGINEERING

THE WORKMAN'S MANUAL OF DRAWING. By JOHN MAXTON, Instructor in Engineering Drawing, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, formerly of R. S. N. A., South Kensington. Third Edition, carefully revised. With upwards of 300 Plates and Diagrams. 12mo, cloth, strongly bound, 4s. "Even accomplished draughtsmen will find in it much that will be of use to them. A copy of it should be kept for reference in every drawing office."-Engineering. "Indispensable for teachers of engineering drawing."-Mechanics' Magazine.

Oblique Arches.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION of
OBLIQUE ARCHES. By JOHN HART. Third Edition, with
Plates. Imperial 8vo, 8s. cloth.

Oblique Bridges.

A PRACTICAL and THEORETICAL ESSAY on OBLIQUE
BRIDGES, with 13 large folding Plates. By GEO. WATSON
BUCK, M. Inst. C.E. Second Edition, corrected by W. H.
BARLOW, M. Inst. C. E. Imperial 8vo, 12s. cloth.

"The standard text book for all engineers regarding skew arches is Mr. Buck's treatise and it would be impossible to consult a better."-Engineer.

Grantham's Iron Ship-Building.

ON IRON SHIP-BUILDING; with Practical Examples and Details. Fifth Edition. Imp. 4to, boards, enlarged from 24 to 40 Plates (21 quite new), including the latest Examples. Together with separate Text, 12mo, cloth limp, also considerably enlarged. By JOHN GRANTHAM, M. Inst. C.E., &c. 27. 25. complete. "A very elaborate work. It forms a most valuable addition to the history of iron shipbuilding, while its having been prepared by one who has made the subject his study for many years, and whose qualifications have been repeatedly recognised, will recommend it as one of practical utility to all interested in shipbuilding."-Army and Navy Gazette.

"Mr. Grantham's work is of great interest. of the progress of iron shipbuilding.

It is also valuable as a record It will, we are confident, command an

extensive circulation among shipbuilders in general. By order of the Board of Admiralty, the work will form the text-book on which the examination in iron shipbuilding of candidates for promotion in the dockyards will be mainly based."Engineering.

Weale's Dictionary of Terms.

A DICTIONARY of TERMS used in ARCHITECTURE,
BUILDING, ENGINEERING, MINING, METALLURGY,
ARCHEOLOGY, the FINE ARTS, &c. By JOHN Weale.
Fifth Edition, revised and corrected by ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S.,
Keeper of Mining Records, Editor of "Ure's Dictionary of Arts,"
&c. 12mo, cloth boards, 6s.

"The best small technological dictionary in the language."-Architect. "The absolute accuracy of a work of this character can only be judged of after extensive consultation, and from our examination it appears very correct and very complete."-Mining Journal.

"There is no need now to speak of the excellence of this work; it received the approval of the community long ago. Edited now by Mr. Robert Hunt, and published in a cheap, handy form, it will be of the utmost service as a book of reference scarcely to be exceeded in value."-Scotsman.

ARCHITECTURE, &c.

Construction.

THE SCIENCE of BUILDING: An Elementary Treatise on the Principles of Construction. By E. WYNDHAM TARN, M.A., Architect. With 47 Wood Engravings. Demy 8vo. 8s. 6d. cloth. "A very valuable book, which we strongly recommend to all students."-Builder. "No architectural student should be without this hand-book.”—Architect.

Beaton's Pocket Estimator.

THE POCKET ESTIMATOR FOR THE BUILDING TRADES, being an easy method of estimating the various parts of a Building collectively, more especially applied to Carpenters' and Joiners' work, priced according to the present value of material and labour. By A. C. BEATON, Author of "Quantities and Measurements." Second Edition. Carefully revised. 33 Woodcuts. Leather. Waistcoat-pocket size. Is. 6d.

Beaton's Builders' and Surveyors' Technical Guide.

THE POCKET TECHNICAL GUIDE AND MEASURER FOR BUILDERS AND SURVEYORS: containing a Complete Explanation of the Terms used in Building Construction, Memoranda for Reference, Technical Directions for Measuring Work in all the Building Trades, &c. By A. C. BEATON. Second Edit. With 19 Woodcuts. Leather. Waistcoat-pocket size.

Villa Architecture.

Is. 6d.

A HANDY BOOK of VILLA ARCHITECTURE; being a Series of Designs for Villa Residences in various Styles. With Detailed Specifications and Estimates. By C. WICKES, Architect, Author of "The Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches of England," &c. 31 Plates, 4to, half morocco, gilt edges, 17. Is. *** Also an Enlarged edition of the above. 61 Plates, with Detailed Specifications, Estimates, &c. 21. 25. 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.

House Painting.

HOUSE PAINTING, GRAINING, MARBLING, AND SIGN WRITING: a Practical Manual of. With 9 Coloured Plates of Woods and Marbles, and nearly 150 Wood Engravings. By ELLIS A. DAVIDSON, Author of "Building Construction," &c. Second Edition, carefully revised. 12mo, 6s. cloth boards. "Contains a mass of information of use to the amateur and of value to the practical man."-English Mechanic.

Wilson's Boiler and Factory Chimneys.

BOILER AND FACTORY CHIMNEYS; their Draught-power
and Stability, with a chapter on Lightning Conductors. By ROBERT
WILSON, C.E., Author of "Treatise on Steam Boilers," &c., &c.
Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.

"A most valuable book of its kind, full of useful information, definite in statement and thoroughly practical in treatment."-The Local Government Chronicle..un.