Railway Engineering.
Railway Maintenance Engineering. With Notes on Construction. William H. Sellew, A.S.M.E., Author of “Steel Rails, their History, Properties, Strength and Manufacture,” Member of the American Railway Engineering Association. Extra Crown 8vo. 194 Illustrations. 19/- net.
Contents.—Engineering. Land. Grading. Bridges, Trestles and Culverts. Ties. Rails. Other Track Material. Ballast. Maintaining Track and Right of Way. Station and Roadway Buildings. Water Stations. Fuel Stations. Shops and Engine Houses. Icing Stations. Signals and Interlockers.
Locomotive Valves and Valve Gears. J. H. Yoder and G. B. Wharen. Fully Illustrated. Large 8vo. 14/- net.
Contents.—Common D Slide Valve. Valve Events. Description of Slide Valve and Its Seat. Special Designs of Slide Valves. Balancing the Slide Valve. The Piston Valve. Piston Valve for Balanced Compound Locomotives. The Stephenson Valve Gear. Effects of Raising or Lowering the Link. The Walschaert Valve Gear. Construction and Development. Description of Parts. Operating Parts of the Gear. Relative Crank Pin and Piston Positions for Different Valve Events at Full Forward Gear. Relative Crank Pin and Positions for Different Valve Events at the Running Cut-off Position. Distortions of the Walschaert Valve Gear. Layout of Walschaert Gear. Baker Locomotive Valve Gear. The Young Locomotive Valve, Valve Gear and Reverse Gear. The Gooch Stationary Link. The Allen Valve Gear. Effects of Altering the Valve and Its Events. Locomotive Valve Setting. Stephenson Gear. Walschaert Gear. Rules for Valve Setting. Baker Locomotive Valve Gear. Summary. The Indicator Diagram and its Application. Application of the Diagram. Horse Power of Locomotives. Tractive Force of Two-cylinder Compound Locomotives. Tractive Force of Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotives. Classification of Locomotives.
Oil Fuel Equipment for Locomotives. Alfred H. Gibbings, A.M.Inst.C.E. Demy 8vo. Tables. 8/6 net.
Steel Rails: Their History, Properties, Strength and Manufacture. With Notes on the Principles of Rolling Stock and Track Design. William H. Sellew. 361 Illustrations. 33 Folding Plates. 576 pages. 52/- net.
Contents.—Development of the Present Section. Pressure of the Wheel on the Rail. Supports of the Rail. Stresses in the Rail. Strength of the Rail. Influence of Detail of Manufacture. Rail Specifications. Appendix.
Solution of Railroad Problems by the Slide Rule. E. R. Cary, M.Am.S.C.E. 43 Diagrams. 4/6 net.
The Practical Railway Spiral. With short Working Formulas and Full Tables of Deflection Angles. Complete Notes of Illustrative Examples. L. C. Jordan, B.S. 6/- net.
The Transition Spiral. A. L. Higgins, A.R.C.S. Crown 8vo. Illustrated. About 7/6 net.
Single-Phase Electric Railways. E. Austin. Demy 4to. 346 Illustrations. 21/- net. ([See p. 33.])
Reinforced Concrete Railway Structures. J. D. W. Ball, A.M.Inst.C.E. Demy 8vo. 9/- net. (Glasgow Text-Books of Civil Engineering.)
Contents.—Preliminary Considerations. Bending Stresses. Shear Stress. Floors and Buildings. Foundations and Rafts. Retaining Walls. Bridges. Arched Bridges. Sleepers, Fence Posts, etc. Summary of Notation.
The Design of Simple Steel Bridges. P. O. G. Usborne, late R.E. 12/6 net.
Contents.—Definitions. Bending Moments. Moments of Flexure. Moments of Resistance. Shear Deflection. Solid Beams and Examples. Struts and Ties. Rivets and Joints. Rolling Loads. Bending Moments, Shear Stresses. Loads. Plate Girders. Bridge Floors. Railways, Roads. Principles of Bridge Design. Plate Girders. Parallel Braced Girders. Braced Girders (2). Shop Practice and General Details.
Reinforced Concrete Bridges. Frederick Rings, M.S.A., M.C.I. ([See p. 26.])
Railway Signal Engineering (Mechanical). Leonard P. Lewis, of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow. Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 2nd Edition. (Glasgow Text-Books of Civil Engineering.) 14/- net.
Contents.—Introduction. Board of Trade Rules. Classes and Uses of Signals. Constructional Details of Signals. Point Connections. Interlocking Apparatus. Signal Box Arrangements. Miscellaneous Apparatus. Signalling Schemes. Interlocking Tables, Diagrams, etc. Methods of Working Trains. Appendix.
Railway Terms. Spanish-English, English-Spanish, Dictionary of. André Garcia. 12/6 net.
The Railway Locomotive: What it is, and Why it is What it is. Vaughan Pendred, M.I.M.E., M.I. and S.Inst. Extra Crown 8vo. 7/6 net.
Earthwork in Railway Engineering. J. W. P. Gardner, M.I.C.E. Demy 8vo.
The Field Engineer. William Findlay Shunk. 21st Edn. Revised and Enlarged. Foolscap 8vo. Leather. 14/- net.