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Sanitary Engineering: A Practical Manual of Town Drainage and Sewage and Refuse Disposal.
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BY
FRANCIS WOOD, A.M.Inst.C.E., F.G.S.,
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GENERAL CONTENTS.
Introduction.—Hydraulics.—Velocity of Water in Pipes.—Earth Pressures and Retaining Walls.—Powers.—House Drainage.—Land Drainage.—Sewers.—Separate System.—Sewage Pumping.—Sewer Ventilation.—Drainage Areas.—Sewers, Manholes, &c.—Trade Refuse.—Sewage Disposal Works.—Bacteriolysis.—Sludge Disposal.—Construction and Cleansing of Sewers.—Refuse Disposal.—Chimneys and Foundations.
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PHYSICO-CHEMICAL TABLES
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Road Making and Maintenance:
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By THOS. AITKEN, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.,
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Contents.—Historical Sketch.—Resistance of Traction.—Laying out New Roads.—Earthworks, Drainage, and Retaining Walls.—Road Materials, or Metal.—Quarrying.—Stone Breaking and Haulage.—Road-Rolling and Scarifying.—The Construction of New, and the Maintenance of existing Roads.—Carriage Ways and Foot Ways.
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Painters' Colours, Oils, & Varnishes:
A PRACTICAL MANUAL.
By GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S.,
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General Contents.—Introductory—The Composition, Manufacture, Assay, and Analysis of Pigments, White, Red, Yellow and Orange, Green, Blue, Brown, and Black—Lakes—Colour and Paint Machinery—Paint Vehicles (Oils, Turpentine, &c., &c.)—Driers—Varnishes.
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*** For Mr. Hurst's Garment Dyeing and Cleaning, see p. 84.
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THE PAINTER'S LABORATORY GUIDE.
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Introduction—Workshop and Stores—Plant and Appliances—Brushes and Tools—Materials: Pigments, Driers, Painters' Oils—Wall Hangings—Paper Hanging—Colour Mixing—Distempering—Plain Painting—Staining—Varnish and Varnishing—Imitative Painting—Graining—Marbling—Gilding—Sign-Writing and Lettering—Decoration: General Principles—Decoration in Distemper—Painted Decoration—Relievo Decoration—Colour—Measuring and Estimating—Coach-Painting—Ship-Painting.
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THE CHEMISTRY OF INDIA RUBBER.
A Treatise on the Nature of India Rubber, its Chemical and Physical Examination, and the Determination and Valuation of India Rubber Substitutes.
Including the Outlines of a Theory on Vulcanisation.
BY
CARL OTTO WEBER, Ph.D.
Abstract of Contents.—Introduction.—The Chemistry of India Rubber.—The Examination and Valuation of India Rubber.—Examination of India Rubber Substitutes.—Inorganic Filling Materials.—Vulcanisers and Sulphur Carriers.—India Rubber Solvents.—Colouring Matters and Pigment Colours.—Constructive Components of India Rubber Articles.—Analysis of Manufactured India Rubber.—Sanitary Conditions in India Rubber Works.—Index.
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OILS, FATS, BUTTERS & WAXES:
THEIR PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES, AND MANUFACTURE THEREFROM OF CANDLES, SOAPS, AND OTHER PRODUCTS.
BY
C.R. ALDER WRIGHT, D.Sc., F.R.S.,
Late Lecturer on Chemistry, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School; Examiner in "Soap" to the City and Guilds of London Institute.
Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged, and in Part Rewritten
By C. AINSWORTH MITCHELL, B.A., F.I.C.
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