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A Pocket-Book for Chemists, Chemical Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Dyers, Distillers, Brewers, Sugar Refiners, Photographers, Students, etc., etc. By THOMAS BAYLEY, Assoc. R.C. Sc. Ireland, Analytical and Consulting Chemist and Assayer. Second edition, with additions, 437 pp., royal 32mo, roan, gilt edges, 5s.

SYNOPSIS OF Contents:

Atomic Weights and Factors-Useful Data-Chemical Calculations-Rules for Indirect Analysis-Weights and Measures Thermometers and Barometers-Chemical PhysicsBoiling Points, etc.-Solubility of Substances-Methods of Obtaining Specific Gravity-Conversion of Hydrometers-Strength of Solutions by Specific Gravity-Analysis-Gas AnalysisWater Analysis-Qualitative Analysis and Reactions-Volumetric Analysis-ManipulationMineralogy Assaying-Alcohol- Beer- Sugar Miscellaneous Technological matter relating to Potash, Soda, Sulphuric Acid, Chlorine, Tar Products, Petroleum, Milk, Tallow, Photography, Prices, Wages, Appendix, etc., etc.

The Mechanician: A Treatise on the Construction and Manipulation of Tools, for the use and instruction of Young Engineers and Scientific Amateurs, comprising the Arts of Blacksmithing and Forging; the Construction and Manufacture of Hand Tools, and the various Methods of Using and Grinding them; the Construction of Machine Tools, and how to work them; Machine Fitting and Erection; description of Hand and Machine Processes; Turning and Screw Cutting; principles of Constructing and details of Making and Erecting Steam Engines, and the various details of setting out work, etc., etc. By CAMERON Knight, Engineer. Containing 1147 illustrations, and 397 pages of letter-press. Third edition, 4to, cloth, 185.

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On Designing Belt Gearing. By E. J. COWLING

WELCH, Mem. Inst. Mech. Engineers, Author of 'Designing Valve
Gearing.' Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d.

A Handbook of Formula, Tables, and Memoranda, for Architectural Surveyors and others engaged in Building. By J. T. HURST, C.E. Thirteenth edition, royal 32mo, roan, 5s.

"It is no disparagement to the many excellent publications we refer to, to say that in our opinion this little pocket-book of Hurst's is the very best of them all, without any exception. It would be useless to attempt a recapitulation of the contents, for it appears to contain almost everything that anyone connected with building could require, and, best of all, made up in a compact form for carrying in the pocket, measuring only 5 in. by 3 in., and about in. thick, in a limp cover. We congratulate the author on the success of his laborious and practically compiled little book, which has received unqualified and deserved praise from every professional person to whom we have shown it."-The Dublin Builder.

The Cabinet Maker; being a Collection of the most approved designs in the Medieval, Louis-Seize, and Old English styles, for the use of Cabinet Makers, Carvers, &c. By R. CHARLES. 96 plates, folio, half-bound, 10s. 6d.

Quantity Surveying. By J. LEANING.
By J. LEANING. With 42 illus-

trations, crown 8vo, cloth, 9s.

CONTENTS:

Bill for Alternative Estimate. Restorations and Repairs, and Form of Bill. Variations before Acceptance of Tender. Errors in a Builder's Estimate.

A Practical Treatise on

Schedule of Prices.

Form of Schedule of Prices.
Analysis of Schedule of Prices.
Adjustment of Accounts.
Form of a Bill of Variations.
Remarks on Specifications.

Prices and Valuation of Work, with
Examples and Remarks upon each Trade.
The Law as it affects Quantity Surveyors,
with Law Reports.

Taking Off after the Old Method.
Northern Practice.

The General Statement of the Methods
recommended by the Manchester Society
of Architects for taking Quantities.
Examples of Collections.

Examples of "Taking Off" in each Trade. Remarks on the Past and Present Methods of Estimating.

Heat, as applied to the Useful Arts; for the Use of Engineers, Architects, &c. By THOMAS Box. With 14 plates. Third edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing

Instruments: their construction, uses, qualities, selection, preservation, and suggestions for improvements, with hints upon Drawing and Colouring. By W. F. STANLEY, M.R.I. Fifth edition, with numerous illustrations, crown 8vo, cloth, 5s.

Spons' Architects' and Builders' Pocket-Book of Prices

and Memoranda. Edited by W. YOUNG, Architect. Royal 32mo, roan, 4s. 6d. ; or cloth, red edges, 3s. 6d. Published annually. Tenth edition. Now ready.

Long-Span Railway Bridges, comprising Investiga

tions of the Comparative Theoretical and Practical Advantages of the various adopted or proposed Type Systems of Construction, with numerous Formule and Tables giving the weight of Iron or Steel required in Bridges from 300 feet to the limiting Spans; to which are added similar Investigations and Tables relating to Short-span Railway Bridges. Second and revised edition. By B. BAKER, Assoc. Inst. C.E. Plates, crown 8vo, cloth, 5s.

Elementary Theory and Calculation of Iron Bridges

and Roofs. By AUGUST RITTER, Ph.D., Professor at the Polytechnic School at Aix-la-Chapelle. Translated from the third German edition, by H. R. SANKEY, Capt. R.E. With 500 illustrations, 8vo, cloth, 15s.

The Builder's Clerk: a Guide to the Management

of a Builder's Business. By THOMAS BALES. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, Is. 6d.

The Elementary Principles of Carpentry. By THOMAS TRedgold. Revised from the original edition, and partly re-written, by JOHN THOMAS HURST. Contained in 517 pages of letterpress, and illustrated with 48 plates and 150 wood engravings. Third edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 18s.

Section I. On the Equality and Distribution of Forces-Section II. Resistance of Timber-Section III. Construction of Floors-Section IV. Construction of Roofs - Section V. Construction of Domes and Cupolas-Section VI. Construction of PartitionsSection VII. Scaffolds, Staging, and Gantries-Section VIII. Construction of Centres for Bridges-Section IX. Coffer-dams, Shoring, and Strutting-Section X. Wooden Bridges and Viaducts-Section XI. Joints, Straps, and other Fastenings-Section XII. Timber.

Our Factories, Workshops, and Warehouses: their

Sanitary and Fire-Resisting Arrangements. By B. H. THWAITE, Assoc.
Mem. Inst. C.E. With 183 wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth, 95.

Gold: Its Occurrence and Extraction, embracing the Geographical and Geological Distribution and the Mineralogical Characters of Gold-bearing rocks; the peculiar features and modes of working Shallow Placers, Rivers, and Deep Leads; Hydraulicing; the Reduction and Separation of Auriferous Quartz; the treatment of complex Auriferous ores containing other metals; a Bibliography of the subject and a Glossary of Technical and Foreign Terms. By ALFRED G. Lock, F.R.G.S. With numerous illustrations and maps, 1250 pp., super-royal 8vo, cloth, 21. 12s. 6d.

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