ITS MANAGEMENT
BY
CHARLES D. THURBER
With 22 Illustrations and 95 pages of Text.
CONTENTS:
Introductory and Historical—Steam Jacketing—Indicator Cards—The Governor—Valve Gear and Eccentric—Valve Setting—Table for Laps of Steam Valve—Lubrication—Discussion of the Air Pump and its Management—Care of Main Driving Gears—Best Lubricator for Main Driving Gears—Heating of Mills by Exhaust Steam—Engine Foundations—Diagrams and Templets for Foundations—Materials for Foundations—Proportions of Corliss Engines—Horse-power and General Dimensions—Principal Dimensions of Corliss Engines.
[No. 24.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
Operator's Handbook of
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
A Simple Treatise upon the Theory and Working
of Commercial Wireless Telegraphy for the
Assistance of Intending Wireless
Operators
BY
C. K. P. EDEN, B.Sc., etc.
Consulting Engineer for Wireless Telegraphy Installations
also Electrotherapeutic and Radiography Specialist.
In the Press.
CONTENTS.
Detectors—Transmitters—Tuning Apparatus—Wireless
Station Equipment—Aerials and Earths—Small
Power Experimental Apparatus.
[No. 25.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
WIRING HOUSES
FOR
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
BY
NORMAN H. SCHNEIDER
With 44 Illustrations and 86 pages of Text
[No. 26.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
LOW VOLTAGE
Electric Lighting
WITH THE
STORAGE BATTERY
SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO COUNTRY HOUSES,
FARMS, SMALL SETTLEMENTS, YACHTS, ETC.
BY
NORMAN H. SCHNEIDER
23 Illustrations and 85 pages of Text
[No. 27.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
PRACTICAL
SILO CONSTRUCTION
A TREATISE
Illustrating and Explaining the most Simple and Easiest Practical Methods
of Constructing Concrete Silos of all types; with Unpatented Forms
and Molds. The Data, Information and Working Drawings
given in this book will enable the Concrete Builder to
successfully construct any of the most practical
types of Concrete Silos in use to-day
BY
A. A. HOUGHTON
Author of "Concrete from Sand Molds," "Ornamental Concrete Without Molds," etc., etc.
18 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
New York
THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING CO.
London
E. & F. N. SPON, Ltd., 57 HAYMARKET
1911
[No. 28.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
MOLDING CONCRETE CHIMNEYS
SLATE & ROOF TILES
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
Explanatory of the Construction of Block and Monolithic Types
of Concrete Chimneys, with easily constructed Molds for
same. The Construction of Monolithic Concrete
Roofs, also the Molding of Concrete Slate,
Roof Tiles and Slabs, are fully
treated
BY
A. A. HOUGHTON
Author of "Concrete from Sand Molds," "Ornamental Concrete Without Molds," etc., etc.
15 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
New York
THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING CO.
London
E. & F. N. SPON, Ltd., 57 HAYMARKET
1911
[No. 29.—The S. & C. Series. Price 1/6 net.]
MOLDING & CURING
ORNAMENTAL CONCRETE
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
Covering the Various Methods of Preparing the Molds and
Filling with the Concrete Mixture; Remedying Defects
in the Cast; Surface Treatment for various effects;
the proper Proportions and Preparation of the
Concrete, and the best Methods of thoroughly
Curing the Work
BY
A. A. HOUGHTON
Author of "Concrete from Sand Molds," "Ornamental Concrete Without Molds," etc., etc.
5 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
New York
THE NORMAN W. HENLEY PUBLISHING CO.
London
E. & F. N. SPON, Ltd., 57 HAYMARKET
1911