French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction

by Richard Bitmead

LIST OF WORKS

ON

TRADES and MANUFACTURES,
THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS, Etc.

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ACETYLENE, LIGHTING BY. Generators, Burners, and Electric Furnaces. By William E. Gibbs, M.E. With 66 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth 7/6

AIR GAS LIGHTING SYSTEMS. See Petrol Gas.

ALCOHOL (INDUSTRIAL): ITS MANUFACTURE AND USES. A Practical Treatise based on Dr. Max Maercker's "Introduction to Distillation," as revised by Drs. Delbruck and Lange. By J. K. Brachvogel. 500 pages, 105 engravings Net 16/6

The Industrial Value of Tax-Free Alcohol and what it means to Agricultural Interests — Summary of the Processes in Spirit Manufacture — Starch, How Formed, its Characteristics, and the Changes it Undergoes — Enzymes or Ferments — Products of Fermentation — Starchy and Sacchariferous Raw Materials — Preparation of the Malt — Steaming the Raw Material — The Mashing Process — Fermenting the Mash — Preparation of Artificial Yeast in the Distillery — Fermentation in Practice — Distillation and Rectification — Arrangement of the Distillery — The Spent Wash — Denaturing of Alcohol — Alcohol for the Production of Power, Heating and Illumination — Statistics.

ALKALI TRADE MANUAL. Including the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, Sulphate of Soda, and Bleaching Powder. By John Lomas, Alkali Manufacturer. With 232 Illustrations. Super-royal 8vo, cloth. £1 10s.

BLOWPIPE IN CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, Etc. Containing all known Methods of Anhydrous Analysis, many Working Examples, and Instructions for Making Apparatus. By Lieut.-Colonel W. A. Ross, R.A., F.G.S. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth 5/0

BOOT AND SHOE MAKING, including Measurement, Last-fitting, Cutting-out, Closing and Making, with a Description of the most Approved Machinery employed. By J. B. Leno. Crown 8vo, cloth 2/0

BRASS FOUNDER'S MANUAL. Modelling, Pattern Making, Moulding, Turning, &c. By W. Graham. Crown 8vo, cloth 2/0

BREAD & BISCUIT BAKER'S & SUGAR-BOILER'S ASSISTANT. Including a large variety of Modern Recipes. By Robert Wells. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth 1/0

"A large number of wrinkles for the ordinary cook, as well as the baker." —Saturday Review.

BREAKFAST DISHES. For every Morning of Three Months. By Miss Allen (Mrs. A. Macaire). Author of "Savouries and Sweets," &c. Twenty-third Edition. F'cap 8vo. Sewed 1/0
Or, quarter bound, fancy boards 1/6

BREWERS, HANDY BOOK FOR. Being a Practical Guide to the Art of Brewing and Malting. Embracing the Conclusions of Modern Research which bear upon the Practice of Brewing. By H. E. Wright, M.A. Third Edition. Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. Large Crown 8vo, 578 pp., cloth Net 12/6

Barley, Malting and Malt — Water for Brewing — Hops and Sugars — The Brewing Room — Chemistry as Applied to Brewing — The Laboratory — Mashing, Sparging, and Boiling — Ferments in General — Fermentation With Commercial Yeast — Culture from a Single Cell with Yeasts — Treatment of Beer — The Brewery and Plants.

"We have great pleasure in recommending this handy Book." —The Brewers' Guardian.

CALCULATOR, NUMBER, WEIGHT AND FRACTIONAL. Containing upwards of 250,000 Separate Calculations, showing at a Glance the Value at 422 Different Rates, ranging from 1/128th of a Penny to 20s. each, or per cwt., and £20 per ton, of any number of articles consecutively, from 1 to 470. Any number of cwts., qrs., and lbs., from 1 cwt. to 470 cwts. Any number of tons, cwts., qrs., and lbs., from 1 to 1,000 tons. By William Chadwick, Public Accountant. Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved. 8vo, strongly bound 18/0

"It is as easy of reference for any answer or any number of answers as a dictionary. For making up accounts or estimates the book must prove invaluable to all who have any considerable quantity of calculations involving price and measure in any combination to do." —Engineer.

"The most perfect work of the kind yet prepared." —Glasgow Herald.

CEMENTS, PASTES, GLUES, AND GUMS. A Guide to the Manufacture and Application of Agglutinants for Workshop, Laboratory, or Office Use. With 900 Recipes and Formulæ. By H. C. Standage, Crown 8vo, cloth 2/0

"As a revelation of what are considered trade secrets, this book will arouse an amount of curiosity among the large number of industries it touches." —Daily Chronicle.

CHEMISTRY FOR ARMY AND MATRICULATION CANDIDATES. By Geoffrey Martin, B.Sc., Ph.D. Crown 8vo, cloth. With numerous Illustrations Net 2/0

Preparation and Use of Apparatus — Preparation and Properties of Certain Gases and Liquids — Simple Quantitative Experiments — Analytical Operations — Solubility — Water Crystallisation — Neutralisation of Acids by Bases, and Preparation of Simple Salts — Volumetric Analysis — Chemical Equivalents — Observation of Reaction — Melting and Boiling Points — Symbols and Atomic Weights of the Elements — Weights and Measures — Hints on Regulating Work in Practical Chemistry Classes.

CLOCKS, WATCHES, & BELLS for PUBLIC PURPOSES. By Edmund Beckett, Lord Grimthorpe, LL.D., K.C., F.R.A.S. Eighth Edition, with new List of Great Bells and an Appendix on Weathercocks. Crown 8vo, cloth 4/6; cloth boards, 5/6

"The only modern treatise on clock-making." —Horological Journal.

COACH-BUILDING. A Practical Treatise, Historical and Descriptive. By J. W. Burgess. Crown 8vo, cloth 2/6

COKE—MODERN COKING PRACTICE. Including the Analysis of Materials and Products. A handbook for those engaged or interested in Coke Manufacture with recovery of By-Products. By T. H. Byrom, F.I.C., F.C.S., Mem. Soc. of Chem. Industry, Chief Chemist to the Wigan Coal and Iron Company. For fifteen years Lecturer at the Wigan Technical College. Author of "The Physics and Chemistry of Mining"; and J. E. Christopher, Mem. Soc. of Chem. Industry, Sub-manager of the Semet Solvay Coking Plant of the Wigan Coal and Iron Company. Lecturer on Coke Manufacture at the Wigan Technical College. 168 pages, with numerous illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth. [Just Published Net] 8/6

"The authors have succeeded in treating the subject in a clear and compact way, giving an easily comprehensible review of the different processes." —Mining Journal.

"The book will be eagerly read, and the authors may be assured that their labour will be appreciated. We anticipate that the book will be a success; at any rate it possesses the necessary merit." —Science and Art of Mining.

COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT, FOREIGN. Being Aids to Commercial Correspondence in Five Languages—English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. By Conrad E. Baker. Third Edition, Carefully Revised Throughout. Crown 8vo, cloth 4/6

"Whoever wishes to correspond in all the languages mentioned by Mr. Baker cannot do better than study this work, the materials of which are excellent and conveniently arranged. They consist not of entire specimen letters, but—what are far more useful—short passages, sentences, or phrases expressing the same general idea in various forms." —Athenæum.

CONFECTIONER, MODERN FLOUR. Containing a large Collection of Recipes for Cheap Cakes, Biscuits, &c. With remarks on the Ingredients Used in their Manufacture. By R. Wells 1/0

CONFECTIONERY, ORNAMENTAL. A Guide for Bakers, Confectioners and Pastrycooks; including a variety of Modern Recipes, and Remarks on Decorative and Coloured Work. With 129 Original Designs. By Robert Wells. Crown 8vo, cloth 5/0

"A valuable work, practical, and should be in the hands of every baker and confectioner. The illustrative designs are worth treble the amount charged for the work." —Bakers' Times.

COTTON MANUFACTURE. A Manual of Practical Instruction of the Processes of Opening, Carding, Combing, Drawing, Doubling and Spinning, Methods of Dyeing, &c. For the Use of Operatives, Overlookers, and Manufacturers. By J. Lister. 8vo, cloth 7/6

DANGEROUS GOODS. Their Sources and Properties, Modes of Storage and Transport. With Notes and Comments on Accidents arising therefrom. For the Use of Government and Railway Officials, Steamship Owners, &c. By H. J. Phillips. Crown 8vo, cloth 9/0

DENTISTRY (MECHANICAL). A Practical Treatise on the Construction of the Various Kinds of Artificial Dentures. By C. Hunter. Crown 8vo, cloth 3/0

DISCOUNT GUIDE. Comprising several Series of Tables for the Use of Merchants, Manufacturers, Ironmongers, and Others, by which may be ascertained the Exact Profit arising from any mode of using Discounts, either in the Purchase or Sale of Goods, and the method of either Altering a Rate of Discount, or Advancing a Price, so as to produce, by one operation, a sum that will realise any required Profit after allowing one or more Discounts: to which are added Tables of Profit or Advance from 1¼ to 90 per cent., Tables of Discount from 1¼ to 98¾ per cent., and Tables of Commission, &c., from ⅛ to 10 per cent. By Henry Harben, Accountant. New Edition, Corrected. Demy 8vo, half-bound £1 5s.

"A book such as this can only be appreciated by business men, to whom the saving of time means saving of money. The work must prove of great value to merchants, manufacturers, and general traders." —British Trade Journal.

DRYING MACHINERY AND PRACTICE. A Handbook on the Theory and Practice of Drying and Desiccating, with Classified Description of Installations, Machinery, and Apparatus, including also a Glossary of Technical Terms and Bibliography. By Thomas G. Marlow, Grinding, Drying, and Separating Machinery Specialist. Medium 8vo. About 250 pages, with 150 Illustrations [In the Press, price about 12/6 net.]

ELECTRICITY IN FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS: ITS COST AND CONVENIENCE. A Handbook for Power Producers and Power Users. By A. P. Haslam, M.I.E.E. 328 pages, with numerous illustrations. Large crown, 8vo, cloth Net 7/6

ELECTRO-METALLURGY. A Practical Treatise. By Alexander Watt. Tenth Edition, enlarged and revised. Including the most Recent Processes. Crown 8vo, cloth 3/6

ELECTRO-PLATING. A Practical Handbook on the Deposition of Copper, Silver, Nickel, Gold, Aluminium, Brass, Platinum, &c., &c. By J. W. Urquhart, C.E. Fifth Edition, Revised. Crown 8vo, cloth 5/0

ELECTRO-PLATING & ELECTRO-REFINING OF METALS Being a new edition of Alexander Watt's "Electro-Deposition." Revised and Rewritten by A. Philip, B.Sc., Principal Assistant to the Admiralty Chemist. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 12/6

PART I. ELECTRO-PLATING — Preliminary Considerations — Primary and Secondary Batteries — Thermopiles — Dynamos — Cost of Electrical Installations of Small Output for Electro-Plating — Historical Review of Electro Deposition — Electro Deposition of Copper — Deposition of Gold by Simple Immersion — Electro Deposition of Gold — Various Gilding Operations — Mercury Gilding — Electro Deposition of Silver — Imitation Antique Silver — Electro Deposition of Nickel, Tin, Iron and Zinc, Various Metals and Alloys — Recovery of Gold and Silver from Wash Solutions — Mechanical Operations connected with Electro Deposition — Materials Used in Electro Deposition.
PART II. ELECTRO METALLURGY — Electro Metallurgy of Copper — Cost of Electrolytic Copper Refining — Current Density as a Factor in Profits — Some Important Details in Electrolytic Copper Refineries — Electrolytic Gold and Silver Bullion Refining — Electrolytic Treatment of Tin — Electrolytic Refining of Lead — Electrolytic Production of Aluminium and Electrolytic Refining of Nickel — Electro Galvanising.

"Eminently a book for the practical worker in electro-deposition." —Engineer.

ELECTRO-TYPING. The Reproduction and Multiplication of Printing Surfaces and Works of Art by the Electro-Deposition of Metals. By J. W. Urquhart, C.E. Crown 8vo, cloth 5/0

ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY. A Practical Treatise for the Use of Analytical Chemists, Engineers, Iron Masters, Iron Founders, Students and others. Comprising Methods of Analysis and Valuation of the Principal Materials used in Engineering Work, with numerous Analyses, Examples and Suggestions. By H. Phillips. Third Edition, Revised. Crown 8vo, 420 pp., with Illustrations, cloth Net 10/6

EXPLOSIVES, MODERN, A HANDBOOK ON. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and Use of Dynamite, Gun-Cotton, Nitro-Glycerine and other Explosive Compounds, including Collodion-Cotton. With Chapters on Explosives in Practical Application. By M. Eissler, M.E. Second Edition, Enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth 12/6

"A veritable mine of information on the subject of explosives employed for military, mining, and blasting purposes." —Army and Navy Gazette.

EXPLOSIVES: NITRO-EXPLOSIVES. The Properties, Manufacture, and Analysis of Nitrated Substances, including the Fulminates, Smokeless Powders, and Celluloid. By P. G. Sanford, F.I.C., F.C.S., Public Analyst to the Borough of Penzance. Second Edition, enlarged. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 10/6

Nitro-Glycerine — Nitro-Cellulose, etc. — Dynamite — Nitro-Benzol, Roburite, Bellite, Picric Acid, etc. — The Fulminates — Smokeless Powders in General — Analysis of Explosives — Firing Point, Heat Tests, Determination of Relative Strength, etc.

"One of the very few text-books in which can be found just what is wanted. Mr. Sanford goes steadily through the whole list of explosives commonly used, he names any given explosive, and tells of what it is composed and how it is manufactured. The book is excellent." —Engineer.

FACTORY ACCOUNTS: THEIR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE. A Handbook for Accountants and Manufacturers, with Appendices on the Nomenclature of Machine Details, the Income Tax Acts, the Rating of Factories, Fire and Boiler Insurance, the Factory and Workshop Acts, etc., including a Glossary of Terms and a large number of Specimen Rulings. By Emile Garcke and J. M. Fells. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Demy 8vo, cloth 7/6

"A very interesting description of the requirements of Factory Accounts.... The principle of assimilating the Factory Accounts to the general commercial books is one which we thoroughly agree with." —Accountants' Journal.

FLOUR MANUFACTURE. A Treatise on Milling Science and Practice. By Friedrich Kick, Imperial Regierungsrath, Professor of Mechanical Technology in the Imperial German Polytechnic Institute, Prague. Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition. By H. H. P. Powles, A.M.Inst.C.E. 400 pp., with 28 Folding Plates, and 167 Woodcuts. Royal 8vo, cloth £1 5s.

"This invaluable work is the standard authority on the science of milling." —The Miller.

FRENCH POLISHING AND ENAMELLING. Including numerous Recipes for making Polishes, Varnishes, Glaze, Lacquers, Revivers, &c. By R. Bitmead. Crown 8vo, cloth 1/6

GAS ENGINEER'S POCKET-BOOK. Comprising Tables, Notes and Memoranda relating to the Manufacture, Distribution and Use of Coal Gas and the Construction of Gas Works. By H. O'Connor, A.M.Inst.C.E. Third Edition. Revised. Crown 8vo, leather. Net 10/6

GENERAL CONSTRUCTING MEMORANDA — General Mathematical Tables — Unloading Materials and Storage — Retort House — Condensers — Boilers, Engines, Pumps, and Exhausters — Scrubbers and Washers — Purifiers — Gasholder Tanks — Gasholders — Workshop Notes — MANUFACTURING — Storing Materials — Retort House (Working) — Condensing Gas — Exhausters, etc. — Washing and Scrubbing — Purification — Gasholders (Care of) — Distributing Gas — Testing — Enriching Processes — Product Works — Supplementary.

"The book contains a vast amount of information." —Gas World.

GAS ENGINEERING. See Producer Gas Practice and Industrial Gas Engineering.

GAS FITTING. A Practical Handbook. By John Black. Revised Edition. With 130 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth 2/6

GAS LIGHTING. See Acetylene.

GAS LIGHTING FOR COUNTRY HOUSES. See Petrol Air Gas.

GAS MANUFACTURE, CHEMISTRY OF. A Practical Manual for the use of Gas Engineers, Gas Managers and Students. By Harold M. Royle, Chief Chemical Assistant at the Beckton Gas Works. Demy 8vo, cloth, 340 pages, with numerous Illustrations and Coloured Plate. Net 12/6

Preparation of Standard Solutions — Analysis of Coals — Description of Various Types of Furnaces — Products of Carbonisation at Various Temperatures — Analysis of Crude Gas — Analysis of Lime — Analysis of Ammoniacal Liquor — Analytical Valuation of Oxide of Iron — Estimation of Naphthalin — Analysis of Fire-Bricks and Fire-Clay — Art of Photometry — Carburetted Water Gas — Appendix containing Statutory and Official Regulations for Testing Gas. Valuable Excerpts from Various important papers on Gas Chemistry, Useful Tables, Memoranda, etc.

GAS WORKS. Their Construction and Arrangement, and the Manufacture and Distribution of Coal Gas. By S. Hughes, C.E. Ninth Edition. Revised by H. O'Connor, A.M.Inst.C.E. Crown 8vo 6/0

GOLD WORKING. JEWELLER'S ASSISTANT for Masters and Workmen, Compiled from the Experience of Thirty Years' Workshop Practice. By G. E. Gee. Crown 8vo 7/6

GOLDSMITH'S HANDBOOK. Alloying, Melting, Reducing, Colouring, Collecting, and Refining. Manipulation, Recovery of Waste, Chemical and Physical Properties; Solders, Enamels, and other useful Rules and Recipes, &c. By G. E. Gee, Sixth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth 3/0

GOLDSMITH'S AND SILVERSMITH'S COMPLETE HANDBOOK. By G. E. Gee. Crown 8vo, half bound 7/0

HALL-MARKING OF JEWELLERY. Comprising an account of all the different Assay Towns of the United Kingdom, with the Stamps at present employed; also the Laws relating to the Standards and Hall-marks at the various Assay Offices. By G. E. Gee. Crown 8vo 3/0

HANDYBOOKS FOR HANDICRAFTS. By Paul N. Hasluck. See page [16].

HOROLOGY, MODERN, IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. Translated from the French of Claudius Saunier, ex-Director of the School of Horology at Macon, by Julien Tripplin, F.R.A.S., Besançon Watch Manufacturer, and Edward Rigg, M.A., Assayer in the Royal Mint. With Seventy-eight Woodcuts and Twenty-two Coloured Copper Plates. Second Edition. Super-royal 8vo, £2 2s. cloth; half-calf £2 10s.

"There is no horological work in the English language at all to be compared to this production of M. Saunier's for clearness and completeness. It is alike good as a guide for the student and as a reference for the experienced horologist and skilled workman." —Horological Journal.

ILLUMINATING AND MISSAL PAINTING ON PAPER AND VELLUM. A Practical Treatise on Manuscript Work, Testimonials, and Herald Painting, with Chapters on Lettering and Writing, and on Mediæval Burnished Gold. With two Coloured Plates. By Philip Whithard (First-class Diploma for Illumination and Herald Painting, Printing Trades Exhibition, 1906). 156 pages. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 4/0

INTEREST CALCULATOR. Containing Tables at 1, 1½, 2, 2½, 3, 3½, 3¾, 4, 4½, 4¾ and 5 per cent. By A. M. Campbell, Author of "The Concise Calendar." Crown 8vo, cloth Net 2/6

IRON AND METAL TRADES' COMPANION. For Expeditiously ascertaining the Value of any Goods bought or sold by Weight, from 1s. per cwt. to 112s. per cwt., and from one farthing per pound to one shilling per pound. By Thomas Downie. Strongly bound in leather, 396 pp. 9/0

"A most useful set of tables. Nothing like them before existed." —Building News.

IRON-PLATE WEIGHT TABLES. For Iron Shipbuilders, Engineers and Iron Merchants. Containing the Calculated Weights of upwards of 150,000 different sizes of Iron Plates, from 1 ft. by 6 ins. by ¼ in. to 10 ft. by 5 ft. by 1 in. Worked out on the basis of 40 lbs. to the square foot of iron of 1 in. in thickness. By H. Burlinson and W. H. Simpson. 4to, half bound £1 5s.

LABOUR CONTRACTS. A Popular Handbook on the Law of Contracts or Works and Services. By David Gibbons. Fourth Edition, with Appendix of Statutes by T. F. Uttley; Solicitor. F'cap. 8vo, cloth 3/6

LAUNDRY MANAGEMENT. A Handbook for use in Private and Public Laundries. Cr. 8vo, cloth 2/0

LAW FOR MANUFACTURERS, EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS, ETC. See "Every Man's Own Lawyer." A Handy-book of the Principles of Law and Equity. By a Barrister. Forty-seventh (1910) Edition, including the Legislation of 1909. 830 pp. Large crown 8vo, cloth [Just Published.] Net 6/8

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS: Landlord and Tenant — Vendors and Purchasers — Contracts and Agreements — Conveyances and Mortgages — Joint-stock Companies — Partnership — Shipping Law — Dealings with Money — Suretiship — Cheques, Bills and Notes — Bills of Sale — Bankruptcy — Masters, Servants and Workmen — Insurance: Life, Accident, etc. — Copyright, Patents. Trade Marks — Husband and Wife, Divorce — Infancy, Custody of Children — Trustees and Executors — Taxes and Death Duties — Clergymen, Doctors, and Lawyers — Parliamentary Elections — Local Government — Libel and Slander — Nuisances — Criminal Law — Game Laws, Gaming, Innkeepers — Forms of Wills, Agreements, Notices, etc.

"A useful and concise epitome of the law." —Law Magazine.

"A complete digest of the most useful facts which constitute English law." —Globe.

"A dictionary of legal facts well put together. The book is a very useful one." —Spectator.

LEATHER MANUFACTURE. A Practical Handbook of Tanning, Currying, and Chrome Leather Dressing. By A. Watt. Fifth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo, cloth Net 12/6

Chemical Theory of the Tanning Process — The Skin — Hides and Skins — Tannin or Tannic Acid — Gallic Acid — Gallic Fermentation — Tanning Materials — Estimation of Tannin — Preliminary Operations — Depilation or Unhairing Skins and Hides — Deliming or Bating — Tanning Butts for Sole Leather — Tanning Processes — Tanning by Pressure — Quick Tanning — Harness Leather Tanning — American Tanning — Hemlock Tanning — Tanning by Electricity — Chemical Tanning — Miscellaneous Processes — Cost of American Tanning — Manufacture of Light Leathers — Dyeing Leather — Manufacture of White Leather — Chrome Leather Manufacture — Box Calf Manufacture — Chamois or Oil Leather Manufacture — Currying — Machinery Employed in Leather Manufacture — Embossing Leather — Fellmongering — Parchment, Vellum, and Shagreen — Gut Dressing — Glue Boiling — Utilisation of Tanner's Waste.

"A sound, comprehensive treatise on tanning and its accessories." —Chemical Review.

LEATHER MANUFACTURE. PRACTICAL TANNING: A Handbook of Modern Processes, Receipts and Suggestions for the Treatment of Hides, Skins, and Pelts of every description, including various Patents relating to Tanning, with specifications. By Louis A. Flemming, American Tanner. Second Edition, in great part re-written, thoroughly revised, and much enlarged. Illustrated by six full-page Plates. Medium 8vo, cloth, 630 pages [Just published.] Net 28/0

MAGNETOS FOR AUTOMOBILISTS, HOW MADE AND HOW USED. A Handbook of Practical Instruction in the Manufacture and Adaptation of the Magneto to the needs of the Motorist. By S. R. Bottone, late of the Collegio del Carmine, Turin, Author of "The Dynamo," "Ignition Devices," &c. Second Edition, enlarged. With 52 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 2/0

MARBLE AND MARBLE WORKING. A Handbook for Architects, Sculptors, Marble Quarry Owners and Workers, and all engaged in the Building and Decorative Industries. Containing numerous Illustrations and thirteen Coloured Plates. By W. G. Renwick, Author of "The Marble Industry," "The Working of Marble for Decorative Purposes," etc. 240 pages. Medium 8vo, cloth 15/0

The Chemistry of Marble — Its Geological Formation — A short Classification of Marbles — Antiquity of the Marble Industry — Ancient Quarries and Methods of Working — Modern Quarries and Quarrying Methods — Machinery used in Quarrying — European and American Systems compared — Marble as Building Material — Uses of Marble other than for Building Purposes-Sources of Production: Italian, French, Belgian, and Greek Marbles, etc. — Marbles of the United Kingdom and British Colonies — Continental Marble Working — Marble Working Machinery — Marble Working in the United States — American Machinery Described and Compared — Marble Working: A British industry — Marble Substitutes and Imitations — Practical Points for the Consideration of Architects — Hints on the Selection of Marble — List of Marbles in Ordinary Use, with Descriptive Notes and Instances of their Application.

MENSURATION AND GAUGING. A POCKET-BOOK containing Tables, Rules, and Memoranda for Revenue Officers, Brewers, Spirit Merchants, &c. By J. B. Mant. Second Edition. 18mo, leather. 4/0

"Should be in the hands of every practical brewer." —Brewers' Journal.

METRIC TABLES, A SERIES OF. In which the British Standard Measures and Weights are compared with those of the Metric System at present in Use on the Continent. By C. H. Dowling, C.E. 8vo, cloth 10/6

"Mr. Dowling's tables are well put together as a ready-reckoner for the conversion of one system into the other." —Athenæum.

METROLOGY, MODERN. A Manual of the Metrical Units and Systems of the present Century. With an Appendix containing a proposed English System. By Lowis d'A. Jackson, A.M.Inst.C.E., Author of "Aid to Survey Practice," etc. Large crown 8vo, cloth 12/6

"We recommend the work to all interested in the practical reform of our weights and measures." —Nature.

MOTOR CAR, THE. A Practical Manual for the use of Students and Motor Car Owners, with notes on the Internal Combustion Engine and its fuel. By Robert W. A. Brewer, A.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., M.I.A.E. 250 pages. With numerous illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 5/0

MOTOR CAR CATECHISM. Containing about 320 Questions and Answers Explaining the Construction and Working of a Modern Motor Car. For the Use of Owners, Drivers, and Students. By John Henry Knight. Second Edition, revised and enlarged, with an additional chapter on Motor Cycles. Crown 8vo, with Illustrations Net 1/6

The Petrol Engine—Transmission and the Chassis—Tyres—Duties of a Car Driver—Motor Cycles—Laws and Regulations.

MOTOR CARS FOR COMMON ROADS. By A. J. Wallis-Tayler, A.M.Inst.C.E. 212 pp., with 76 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 4/6

MOTOR VEHICLES FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES. A Practical Handbook for those interested in the Transport of Passengers and Goods. By A. J. Wallis-Tayler, A.M.Inst.C.E. With 134 Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 9/0

Resistance to Traction on Common Roads — Power Required for Motor Vehicles — Light Passenger Vehicles — Heavy Passenger Vehicles — Light Goods Vans — Heavy Freight Vehicles — Self-Propelled Vehicles for Municipal Purposes — Miscellaneous Types of Motor Vehicles — Cost of Running and Maintenance.

OILS AND ALLIED SUBSTANCES. AN ANALYSIS. By A. C. Wright, M.A.Oxon., B.Sc.Lond., formerly Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, and Lecturer in Chemistry at the Hull Technical School. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 9/0

The Occurrence and Composition of Oils, Fats and Waxes — The Physical Properties of Oils, Fats, and Waxes, and their Determination — The Chemical Properties of Oils, Fats, and Waxes from the Analytical Standpoint — Detection and Determination of Non-Fatty Constituents — Methods for Estimating the Constituents of Oils and Fats — Description and Properties of the more Important Oils, Fats, and Waxes, with the Methods for their Investigation — Examination of Certain Commercial Products.

ORGAN BUILDING (PRACTICAL). By W. E. Dickson, M.A., Precentor of Ely Cathedral. Second Edition, Crown 8vo 2/6

PAINTS, MIXED. THEIR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY. By Maximilian Toch. With 60 Photomicrographic Plates and other Illustrations Net 12/6

The Pigments — Yellow, Blue, and Green Pigments — The Inert Fillers and Extenders — Paint Vehicles — Special Paints — Analytical — Appendix.

PAINTING FOR THE IMITATION OF WOODS AND MARBLES. As Taught and Practised by A. R. Van der Burg and P. Van der Burg, Directors of the Rotterdam Painting Institution. Royal folio, cloth, 18½ by 12½ in. Illustrated with 24 full-size Coloured Plates; also 12 Plain Plates, comprising 154 Figures. Fifth Edition Net 25/0

PAINTING, GRAINING, MARBLING, AND SIGN WRITING. With a Course of Elementary Drawing and a Collection of Useful Receipts. By E. A. Davidson. Ninth Edition. Coloured Plates. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5/0; cloth boards, 6/0

PAPER-MAKING. A Practical Manual for Paper Makers and Owners and Managers of Paper-Mills. With Tables, Calculations, etc. By G. Clapperton, Paper-Maker. With Illustrations of Fibres from Micro-Photographs. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 5/0

Chemical and Physical Characteristics of Various Fibres — Cutting and Boiling of Rags — Jute Boiling and Bleaching — Wet Picking — Washing, Breaking, and Bleaching — Electrolytic Bleaching — Antichlor — Cellulose from Wood — Mechanical Wood Pulp — Esparto and Straw — Beating — Loading — Starching — Colouring Matter — Resin, Size, and Sizing — The Fourdrinier Machine and its Management — Animal Sizing — Drying — Glazing and Burnishing — Cutting, Finishing — Microscopical Examination of Paper — Tests for Ingredients of Paper — Recovery of Soda — Testing of Chemicals — Testing Water for Impurities.

"The author caters for the requirements of responsible mill hands, apprentices, etc., whilst his manual will be found of great service to students of technology, as well as to veteran paper-makers and mill-owners. The illustrations form an excellent feature." —The World's Paper Trade.

PAPER-MAKING. A Practical Handbook of the Manufacture of Paper from Rags, Esparto, Straw, and other Fibrous Materials. Including the Manufacture of Pulp from Wood Fibre, with a Description of the Machinery and Appliances used. To which are added Details of Processes for Recovering Soda from Waste Liquors. By A. Watt. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo 7/6

PAPER MAKING, CHAPTERS ON. A Series of Volumes dealing in a practical manner with all the leading questions in connection with the Chemistry of Paper-Making and the Manufacture of Paper. By Clayton Beadle, Lecturer on Paper-Making before the Society of Arts, 1898 and 1902, and at the Battersea Polytechnic Institute, 1902, etc., etc. Each volume is published separately, at the price of 5/0 net per vol.

Volume I, comprises a Series of Lectures delivered on behalf of the Battersea Polytechnic Institute in 1902. Crown 8vo. 151 pp. Net 5/0

Volume II. comprises Answers to Questions on Paper-Making Set by the Examiners to the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1901-1903. Crown 8vo, 182 pp. Net 5/0

Volume III. comprises a short practical Treatise in which Boiling, Bleaching, Loading, Colouring, and similar Questions are discussed. Crown 8vo, 142 pp. Net 5/0

CONTENTS: — "Brass" and "Steel" Beater Bars — The Size and Speed of Beater Rolls — The Fading of Prussian Blue Papers — The Effect of Lowering the Breast Roll — The Effect of "Loading" on the Transparency of Paper — "Terra Alba" as a Loading for Paper — The Use of Alum in Tub Sizing — The Influence of Temperature on Bleaching — The Use of Refining Engines — Agitation as an Auxiliary to Bleaching — The Heating of "Stuff" for the Paper Machine — The Comparative Results of Quadruple and Open Effect Evaporation — How to Prevent Electrification of Paper on the Machine — Transparency of Papers — The "Life" of Machine Wires — Edge Runners.

Volume IV. contains discussions upon Water Supplies and the Management of the Paper Machine and its influence upon the Qualities of Papers. Crown 8vo, 164 pp. Net 5/0

CONTENTS: — The Bulking of Papers — Special Qualities of "Art" Papers — The "Ageing" and Storage of Papers — The Use of Lime in Boiling — Controlling the Mark of The "Dandy" — "Machine" and "Hand" Cut Rags — Froth on Paper Machine — Scum Spots in Paper — Consumption of Water in the Manufacture of Paper — The Management of Suction-boxes — The Shrinkage of Paper on the Machine — Paper that does not Shrink or Expand — The Production of Non-Stretchable Paper — The Connection between "Stretch" and "Expansion" of Papers — "Stretch" and "Breaking Strain" — Paper Testing Machines.

Volume V. concerning The Theory and Practice of Beating. Crown 8vo. With photomicrographs and other Illustrations. Net 5/0

CONTENTS: — Early Beating Appliances — The Hollander — The Economy of Beating — Difficulties of arriving at Definite Results — Behaviour of different Fibres — "Refining" — Power Consumption — A Comparison of Two different kinds of Beaters — Power consumed in the "Breaking," "Beating," and "Refining" of different Materials — Dealing with the "Circulation" and "Agitation" in a Hollander — Comparisons of large and medium-sized Hollanders when beating "Hard" and "Soft" Stock — Trials to determine the Relative Merits of Stone and Metal Beater-Bars — Trials with Breakers, Reed Beaters, and Kingsland Refiners — A System of Beating combined with a System for Continuous Bleaching — Beaters and Refiners — Power consumed in grinding Wood-pulp — The Reduction in Length of Fibres at different Stages of Beating — Method for determining the "Wetness" of Beaten Stuff — The Position of Beaters in Old and Modern Paper-Mills — Appendix.

PARA RUBBER. ITS CULTIVATION & PREPARATION. By W. H. Johnson, F.L.S., Ex-Director of Agriculture, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, Director of Agriculture, Mozambique Company, East Africa, Commissioned by Government in 1902 to visit Ceylon to Study the Methods employed there in the Cultivation and Preparation of Para Rubber and other Agricultural Staples for Market, with a view to Introduce them into West Africa. Second Edition, rewritten and greatly enlarged, with numerous illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth Net 7/6

The World's Production and Consumption of Rubber — The Para Rubber Tree at Home and Abroad — Propagation — Planting and Cultivating — Soils and Manures — Pests — Latex — Collecting the Latex — Rubber Manufacture — The Antisepticisation of Rubber — Drying and Packing Rubber for Export — Yield of Para Rubber from Cultivated Trees — Establishment and Maintenance of a Para Rubber Plantation — Commercial Value of the Oil in Hevea Seeds.

PASTRYCOOK AND CONFECTIONER'S GUIDE. For Hotels, Restaurants, and the Trade in general, adapted also for Family Use. By R. Wells, Author of "The Bread and Biscuit Baker" 1/0

PETROL AIR GAS. A Practical Handbook on the Installation and Working of Air Gas Lighting Systems for Country Houses. By Henry O'Connor, F.R.S.E., A.M. Inst. C.E., &c., author of "The Gas Engineer's Pocket Book." 80 pages with illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 1/6

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PIGMENTS, ARTISTS' MANUAL OF. Showing their Composition, Conditions of Permanency, Non-Permanency, and Adulterations, etc., with Tests of Purity. By H. C. Standage. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth 2/6

PORTLAND CEMENT, THE MODERN MANUFACTURE OF. By Percy C. H. West, Chemical Engineer and Consulting Chemist. In Three Volumes. Vol. I., dealing with "Machinery and Kilns." About 200 pages, Medium 8vo. With numerous Illustrations. [Nearly ready, price about] 10/6

PRODUCER GAS PRACTICE (AMERICAN) AND INDUSTRIAL GAS ENGINEERING. By Nisbet Latta, M.Amer.Soc.M.E., M.Amer.Gas Inst. 558 pages, with 247 illustrations. Demy 4to, cloth [Just Published.] Net 25/-

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RUBBER HAND STAMPS. And the Manipulation of Rubber. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Indiarubber Hand Stamps, Small Articles of Indiarubber, The Hektograph, Special Inks, Cements, and Allied Subjects. By T. O'Conor Sloane A.M., Ph.D. With numerous Illustrations. Square 8vo, cloth 5/0

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SILVERSMITH'S HANDBOOK. Alloying and Working of Silver, Refining and Melting, Solders, Imitation Alloys, Manipulation, Prevention of Waste, Improving and Finishing the Surface of the Work, etc. By George E. Gee. Fourth Edition Revised, Crown 8vo, cloth 3/0

SOAP-MAKING. A Practical Handbook of the Manufacture of Hard and Soft Soaps, Toilet Soaps, etc. With a Chapter on the Recovery of Glycerine from Waste Leys. By Alexander Watt. Seventh Edition, including an Appendix on Modern Candlemaking. Crown 8vo, cloth 7/6

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SOLUBILITIES OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCES. A Hand-book of the most Reliable Quantitative Solubility Determinations. Recalculated and Compiled by Atherton Seidell, Ph.D., Chemist, Hygienic Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D C. Medium 8vo, cloth, 377 pages Net 12/6

TEA MACHINERY AND TEA FACTORIES. Describing the Mechanical Appliances required in the Cultivation and Preparation of Tea for the Market. By A. J. Wallis-Tayler, A.M.Inst.C.E. Medium 8vo, 468 pp. With 218 Illustrations Net 25/0

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WATCH REPAIRING, CLEANING, AND ADJUSTING. A Practical Handbook dealing with the Materials and Tools Used, and the Methods of Repairing, Cleaning, Altering, and Adjusting all kinds of English and Foreign Watches, Repeaters, Chronographs, and Marine Chronometers. By F. J. Garrard, Springer and Adjuster of Marine Chronometers and Deck Watches for the Admiralty. Second Edition. Revised. With over 200 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth Net 4/6

WATCHES AND OTHER TIMEKEEPERS, HISTORY OF. By J. F. Kendal, M.B.H. Inst. 1/6 boards; or cloth 2/6

WATCHMAKER'S HANDBOOK. Intended as a Workshop Companion for those engaged in Watchmaking and the Allied Mechanical Arts. Translated from the French of Claudius Saunier, and enlarged by Julien Tripplin, F.R.A.S., and Edward Rigg, M.A., Assayer in the Royal Mint. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo, cloth 9/0

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WOOD ENGRAVING. A Practical and Easy Introduction to the Study of the Art. By W. N. Brown. Crown 8vo, cloth. 1/6