A TREATISE ON MINE-SURVEYING:
For the use of Managers of Mines and Collieries, Students at the Royal School of Mines, &c.
By BENNETT H. BROUGH, F.G.S., Assoc.R.S.M.,
Formerly Instructor of Mine-Surveying, Royal School of Mines.
General Contents.—General Explanations.—Measurement of Distances.—Miner's Dial.—Variation of the Magnetic-Needle.—Surveying.—German Dial.—Theodolite.—Traversing Underground.—Surface-Surveys.—Plotting the Survey.—Calculation of Areas.—Levelling.—Measuring Distances by Telescope.—Setting-out.—Problems.—Photographic Surveying.—Appendices.
"Its clearness of style, lucidity of description, and fulness of detail have long ago won for it a place unique in the literature of this branch of mining engineering, and the present edition fully maintains the high standard of its predecessors. To the student, and to the mining engineer alike, its value is inestimable. The illustrations are excellent."—The Mining Journal.
In Large 8vo. Second Edition. Price 10s. 6d.
Mine Accounts and Mining Book-keeping.
For Students, Managers, Secretaries, and others.
With Examples taken from Actual Practice of Leading Companies.
BY
JAMES GUNSON LAWN, Assoc.R.S.M., Assoc. Mem. Inst. C.E., F.G.S.,
Professor of Mining at the South African School of Mines.
Edited by C. LE NEVE FOSTER, D.Sc., F.R.S.
General Contents.—Introduction.—Part I. Engagement and Payment of Workmen.—Part II. Purchases and Sales.—Part III. Working Summaries and Analyses.—Part IV. Ledger, Balance Sheet, and Company Books.—Part V. Reports and Statistics.
"It seems impossible to suggest how Mr. Lawn's book could be made more complete or more valuable, careful, and exhaustive."—Accountants' Magazine.
In Large 8vo, with Illustrations and Folding-Plates. 10s. 6d.
BLASTING:
AND THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES.
A Handbook for Engineers and others Engaged in Mining, Tunnelling, Quarrying, &c.
By OSCAR GUTTMANN, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.
Member of the Societies of Civil Engineers and Architects of Vienna and Budapest, Corresponding Member of the Imp. Roy. Geological Institution of Austria, &c.
"This admirable work."—Colliery Guardian.
"Should prove a vade-mecum to Mining Engineers and all engaged in practical work."—Iron and Coal Trades Review.
In Crown 8vo. Handsome cloth. With Numerous Illustrations. 6s. net.
ELECTRICAL PRACTICE IN COLLIERIES.
By D. BURNS, M.E., M.Inst.M.E.,
Certificated Colliery Manager, and Lecturer on Mining and Geology to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.
Units of Measurement, Conductors, &c.—The Theory of the Dynamo.—The Dynamo, Details of Construction and Working.—Motors.—Lighting Installations in Collieries.—Pumping by Electricity.—Electrical Haulage.—Coal Cutting.—Miscellaneous Applications of Electricity in Mines.—Index.
"A clear and concise introduction to electrical practice in collieries."—Mining Journal.
Second Edition. Large Crown 8vo. Handsome Cloth. With over 520 Illustrations in the Text. 12s. 6d.
PRACTICAL COAL-MINING:
A MANUAL FOR MANAGERS, UNDER-MANAGERS, COLLIERY ENGINEERS, AND OTHERS.
With Worked-out Problems on Haulage, Pumping, Ventilation, &c.
By GEORGE L. KERR, M.E., M.Inst.M.E.
"An essentially practical work, and can be confidently recommended. No department of Coal-Mining has been overlooked."—Engineers' Gazette.
"This book just meets the wants of Students preparing for the Colliery Managers' Examinations. I have decided to use it for our classes here.... We have, I believe the largest atining class in Great Britain."—The Principal of a Training College.