Miscellaneous.
Dictionary of British Scientific Instruments. Prepared by the British Optical Instrument Manufacturers’ Association. Demy 8vo. Fully Illustrated. 21/- net.
The British in China, and Far Eastern Trade. C. A. Middleton Smith, B.Sc., A.M.I.M.E. Demy 8vo. 18/- net.
Forecasting Weather. Sir W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., Sc.D., etc., Director of the Meteorological Office, London. New Edition in Preparation.
Clouds. A Descriptive Illustrated Guidebook to the Observation and Classification of Clouds. George Aubourne Clarke, F.R.P.S., F.R.Met.Soc. With a Preface by Sir Napier Shaw, LL.D., Sc.D., F.R.S., Director of the Meteorological Office. Demy 8vo. 148 pp. Illustrated. 21/- net.
Town Planning in Madras. A Review of the Conditions and Requirements of City Improvement generally and Development in the Madras Presidency in particular. H. V. Lanchester, F.R.I.B.A., M.T.P.I., etc. 4to. 124 pages Text. 66 Full-page and 13 Folding Plates. 12/6 net. ([See p. 31.])
Soft Soldering, Hard Soldering, and Brazing. A Practical Treatise on Tools, Materials, and Operations, for the use of Metal Workers, Plumbers, Tinners, Mechanics and Manufacturers. James F. Hobart, M.E. 203 pages. 62 Illustrations. 9/6 net.
Perspective. An Elementary Text-Book. B. J. Lubschez, M.Am.I.A. 88 pages. 32 Illustrations. 6/- net.
Public Health Chemical Analysis. Robert C. Frederick, Analytical Assistant to the Professor of Hygiene, Royal Naval College, Greenwich, and Aquila Forster, Ph.D., M.Sc., A.I.C., Research Chemist, Research Department, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. Demy 8vo. 305 pp. Illustrated. 21/- net.
Contents.—Introductory. Air. Water. Sewage, etc. Milk and Cream. Butter and Margarine. Lard. Carbohydrates. Proprietary Foods. Rice. Alcoholic Liquors. Baking Powders. Tea, Coffee, etc. Metallic Poisons in Food-Stuffs. Disinfectants. Soap. Rag Flock. Appendix. Index.
Colour and Its Applications. M. Luckiesh, Physicist, Nela Research Laboratory, National Lamp Works of General Electric Co. 129 Illustrations, including 4 Plates in Colour. 18/- net.
Light and Shade and Their Applications. M. Luckiesh. Medium 8vo. 280 pages. 135 Illustrations and Tables. 15/- net.
Natural Rock Asphalts and Bitumens. Their Geology, History, Properties and Industrial Application. Arthur Danby, Chemist and Public Consultant on Rock Asphalt and Bitumen. Crown 8vo. 244 + ix pages. 8/6 net.
Contents.—Nomenclature and Definitions. Geology of Bitumen and Rock Asphalt. Appearance and Physical Structure. History and Ancient Use. Modern Exploitation of Rock Asphalt. Sources of Rock Asphalt and Bitumen. American Deposits of Bitumen. Extraction and Preparation of Rock Asphalt. Tests and Analyses. Physical Properties of Rock Asphalt. The Carrying Out of Rock Asphalt Work, and of Rock Asphalt Mastic Work. Macadam Roads. Other Uses of Bitumen.
Water, its Purification and Use in the Industries. W. W. Christie, M.Am.S.M.E., M.Am.S.C.E. 230 pages. 79 Illustrations. 12/6 net.
Time and Clocks. A Description of Ancient and Modern Methods of Measuring Time. H. H. Cunynghame, M.A., C.B. Crown 8vo. 3/6 net.
Structural Geology. C. K. Leith. 169 + viii pages. 68 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 8/6 net.
Seasonal Trades. Arnold Freeman, B.A., and Sidney Webb. With a Bibliography of each trade. 7/6 net.
Industrial Engineering: Its Present Position and Post-War Outlook. F. W. Lanchester, M.Inst.C.E. Crown 8vo. Paper, 1/- net.
The Limitations of Science. Louis T. More, Ph.D., Professor in the University of Cincinnati. Crown 8vo. 6/6 net.
Contents.—Science as a Symbol and a Law. The Metaphysical Tendencies of Modern Physics. Descartes and his Influence on Recent Science. The Scientific Method. The Classical and the New Mechanics. Scepticism and Idolatry in Science. Science as the Arbiter of Ethics. Index.
The Seven Follies of Science. John Phin. A New and Enlarged Edition. Demy 8vo. 15/- net.
A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities, and the attempts which have been made to solve them. To which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions and marvels.
The Claims of Labour and of Capital. W. R. Cooper. Crown 8vo. 2/6 net.
Terms of Industrial Peace. Alex. Ramsay. Crown 8vo. 3/6 net.
A vigorous and well-informed survey of the relations existing between Capital and Labour. The author emphasises the necessity of industrial peace in view of the need for greater productive power in this country, and outlines a scheme for the avoidance and settlement of disputes.
British Railways. A Financial and Commercial Study. W. R. Lawson, Chairman of the Railway Shareholders’ Association. 320 + xxxii pages. Extra Crown 8vo. 6/- net.
The Sea Fisheries. J. T. Jenkins, D.Sc., Ph.D. Royal 8vo. 24/- net. Very fully Illustrated.
Contents.—Statistical Methods. The Collection of Statistics. Methods of Fishing. The Trawling Grounds. Consideration of Individual Fish. The Rise of the Herring Fisheries. The Development of Steam Trawling. Legislation and the Sea Fisheries. The Inshore Fisheries. Public Fisheries for Shellfish. The Education of Fishermen. Science and the Sea Fisheries. State Aid and Fishery Research. Foreign and Colonial Fisheries and their Administration.
A Text-Book of Oceanography. J. Travis Jenkins, Author of “The Sea Fisheries.” Demy 8vo. 256 pp. Illustrated. 15/- net.
Contents.—Introduction. Extent of the Ocean. Classification of the Oceans and Seas. Sea Level. Hydrographical Curve of the Earth’s Surface. General Features of the Ocean Bottom. Ocean Deeps. Oceanic Deposits and Bottom Fauna. The Temperature of the Sea. The Properties of Sea-Water. Sea-Ice. Icebergs. Atmospheric Gases in Sea-Water. Sea-Water as a Food Solution for Plants. Salinity. Waves. The Tides. Ocean Currents. Appendices.
The Curves of Life. Being an Account of Spiral Formations and their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art. Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, M.A., F.S.A. 415 Illustrations and 11 Plates. Royal 8vo. 470 + xxxii pages. 12/6 net.
The World’s Meat Future. An Account of the Live Stock Position and Meat Prospects of all Leading Stock Countries of the World with Full Lists of Freezing Works. A. W. Pearse, F.R.G.S., Editor of “The Pastoral Review.” With an Introduction by Sir Owen Cox, K.B.E. Demy 8vo. 352 pages. 291 Illustrations. 2nd Ed. Price 21/- net.
Contents.—The World’s Meat Future. Summary of Meat Supplies. Trade and Empire. Australia. New Zealand. Argentina. Brazil. Uruguay. Paraguay. Chile. Patagonia. United States. Canada. Mexico. Venezuela. British Guiana. Ecuador. Colombia. Honduras. Bolivia. Peru. Rhodesia. South Africa. Madagascar. Morocco. British East Africa. South-West Africa. Egypt and Soudan. Sheep in Egypt and Southern Palestine. Nigeria. Abyssinia, Somaliland and the Cameroons. China. Siberia. The Pacific Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia, Sandwich Group). Japan. Innovation in Mutton Stowage. Dipping Cattle. Cattle Tick Eradication. Dehorning Cattle. Live and Dressed Weights. Venison. Statistical Study of Body Weights, Gains and Measurements of Steers during the Fattening Period, with Tables. List of Meat Canning and Preserving Works in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Patagonia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela.
International Language and Science. Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science. Translated by Prof. F. G. Donnan. Demy 8vo. 2/- net.
Good Engineering Literature. Harwood Frost, M.Am.Soc.M.E. Crown 8vo. 4/6 net.
Life and Letters of Joseph Black, M.D. Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S. With an Introduction dealing with the Life and Work of Sir William Ramsay, by F. G. Donnan, F.R.S. Demy 8vo. 168 pages. 7 Illustrations. 6/6 net.
“A valuable contribution to scientific history.”—The Times.
Britain’s Heritage of Science. Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., and Arthur E. Shipley, F.R.S. Crown 8vo. 350 pages. 15 Portraits. 3rd Impression. 14/- net.
“This is the first attempt to give a comprehensive view of the history of British science in all its branches by men who occupy the position of authorities, and we congratulate them on the success of their efforts.”—British Medical Journal.
From Newton to Einstein. Changing Conceptions of the Universe. Benjamin Harrow, Ph.D. Foolscap 8vo. Paper. 2/6 net.
Einstein’s contributions to our ideas of time and space and to our knowledge of the universe in general must rank among the greatest achievements of the twentieth century. This little book gives a concise and lucid account of Einstein’s discoveries, but since these are so largely dependent on the work of Newton and his successors, the first two chapters are devoted to the latter.
Panama. Its Creation, Destruction, and Resurrection. Philippe Bunau-Varilla. Royal 8vo. 12/6 net.