| Architects’ Handbook. |
| | | A Handbook of Formulæ, Tables, and Memoranda,for Architectural Surveyors and others engaged inBuilding, by J. T. Hurst, C.E., tenth edition,thoroughly revised and re-written, royal 32mo, roan | 5 0 |
Andre’s Handbook of Mapping. |
| | Containing Instructions for the Preparation ofEngineering, Architectural, and Mechanical Drawings,with numerous coloured examples, crown 4to, cloth | 15 0 |
Blast-Furnace. |
| | Researches on the Action of the Blast-Furnace, by Charles Schintz,translated from the German by W. H. Maw, and Moritz Müller,plates, crown 8vo, cloth | 8 6 |
Bridges. |
| | Estimates and Diagrams of Railway Bridges for Turnpike, Public andOccupation Roads, in the Embankments of Double or Single Lines, andCuttings of Double Lines, with Form for Calculating Quantities in SkewStructures, etc.; also Culverts of various dimensions, and at StationBuildings, by J. W. Grover, M.I.C.E., second edition, enlarged, with37 coloured plates, folio, cloth | 31 6 |
Bridges. |
| | Iron and Timber Railway Superstructures and General Works;giving Dimensions and Quantities for the Standard 4ft.81⁄2in. gauge and the Mètre 3ft.33⁄8in. gauge, with some Earthwork Tablesand Outlines of a Specification and Requirements, by J. W. Grover, M.Inst. C.E., folio, cloth | £2 2 0 |
Bridges. |
| | The Strains upon Bridge Girders and Roof Trusses, including the Warren,Lattice, Trellis, Bowstring, and other Forms of Girders, the CurvedRoof, and Simple and Compound Trusses, by Thos. Cargill, C.E.B.A.,T.C.D., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Member of the Society of Engineers, with 64illustrations, drawn and worked out to scale, 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Bridges. |
| | Construction of the Great Victoria Bridge, in Canada,by James Hodges, Engineer to Messrs. Peto, Brassey,and Betts, Contractors, vol. 1, imp. 4to, illustratedwith 17 coloured plates, and numerous wood engravings;vol. 2, royal folio, containing 28 double and 19 singleplates, together 2 vols., half-bound in morocco | £4 14 6 |
Bridges. |
| | Long-Span Railway Bridges, comprising Investigationsof the Comparative Theoretical and PracticalAdvantages of the various adopted or proposed TypeSystems of Construction, with numerous Formulæand Tables giving the weight of Iron or Steel requiredin Bridges from 300 feet to the limiting Spans; towhich are added similar Investigations and Tablesrelating to Short-Span Railway Bridges, second andrevised edition, by B. Baker, Assoc. Inst. C.E., plates,crown 8vo, cloth | 5 6 |
Builders’ Price-Book. |
| | Spons’ Builders’ Pocket-Book of Prices and Memoranda,edited by W. Young, architect, royal 32mo, roan | 4 6 |
| | or cloth, vermillion edges | 3 6 |
| | Published Annually. | |
Cabinet Making. |
| | The Cabinet Maker; being a Collection of the mostapproved designs in the Mediæval, Louis-Seize, andOld English styles, for the use of Cabinet Makers,Carvers, etc., by R. Charles, 96 plates, folio, half-bound | 21 0 |
Carpentry. |
| | Elementary principles of Carpentry, by ThomasTredgold, revised from the original edition, andpartly re-written, by John Thomas Hurst, containedin 517 pages of letterpress, and illustrated with 48plates and 150 wood engravings, second edition, crown8vo, handsomely bound in cloth | 18 0 |
Compensations. |
| | Compensations, a Text-book for Surveyors, in tabulatedform, by Banister Fletcher, crown 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Coffee. |
| | The Coffee Planter of Ceylon, by William Sabonadière,with an Appendix, containing various extractsand letters from other authority, bearing on the samesubject, second edition, enlarged and revised, illustratedby plates and wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth | 7 6 |
Coffee and Chicory. |
| | Coffee and Chicory; the Culture, Chemical Composition,Preparation for Market, and Consumption,with simple tests for detecting adulteration, and practicalhints for the Producer and Consumer, by P. L.Simmonds, F.S.S., author of ‘The Commercial Productsof the Vegetable Kingdom,’ ‘Dictionary ofProducts,’ etc., etc., illustrated by numerous woodengravings, post 8vo, cloth | 2 0 |
Cotton Cultivation. |
| | Cotton Cultivation in its various details, the Barrageof Great Rivers, and Instructions for Irrigating,Embanking, Draining, and Tilling Land in Tropicaland other Countries possessing high thermometrictemperatures, especially adapted to the improvementof the cultural soils of India, by Joseph Gibbs,Member Institute Civil Engineers, with 5 plates,crown 8vo, cloth | 7 6 |
Curves, Railway. |
| | Treatise on the setting out of Railway Curves, withfull Tables of the Angles, Distances, and Offsetsrequired, especially arranged for the use of Measurementsin feet and imperial links, but also adapted forthe use of any other unit of Measurement, by DavidLivingstone, crown 8vo, cloth | 10 6 |
Curve Tables. |
| | Tables for setting out Railway Curves, arranged byChas. Pullar Hogg, C.E., a series of cards arrangedfor Manipulation, with a sheet of Explanations andExamples, in neat cloth case | 4 6 |
Dilapidations. |
| | Dilapidations, a Text-book for Architects and Surveyors,in tabulated form, by Banister Fletcher, FellowRoyal Inst. Brit. Arch. (Author of Model Houses),showing who are liable for Dilapidations,and the extent of the liability of Lessors, Lessees,Tenants at will, Tenants by elegit, Statute, Merchant,or Staple Tenants in fee simple, Tenants in tail, Tenantsfor life, Tenants for years without impeachmentof waste, Mortgagor, Mortgagee in possession, YearlyTenants, Tenants in common, and joint Tenants,Rights of comparceners, also what are dilapidationsand waste, and further fully instructs the surveyorhow to take and value them, to which is added theduties of surveyors, with a table of legal cases, embracingthe most recent, and illustrated throughout byexamples drawn from the author’s experience, andlatest legal decisions, crown 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Earthwork Tables. |
| | Tables for Computing the Contents of Earthwork inthe Cuttings and Embankments of Railways, by W.Macgregor, royal 8vo, cloth | 6 0 |
Economy in the Use of Steam. |
| | A Statement of the Principles on which a Saving ofSteam can be best effected, by Frank Salter, B.Sc.,crown 8vo | 3 6 |
Electrical Standards. |
| | Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standardsappointed by the British Association, revised by SirW. Thomsom, Dr. J. P. Joule, Professors Clark,Maxwell, and Fleeming Jenkin, with a Report to theRoyal Society on Units of Electrical Resistance, byProf. F. Jenkin, edited by Professor FleemingJenkin, F.R.S., plates, 8vo, cloth | 9 0 |
Electric Telegraph. |
| | Electrical Tables and Formulæ for the Use of TelegraphInspectors and Operators, compiled by LatimerClark and Robert Sabine, with wood engravings,crown 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Engineering. |
| | Spons’ Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical,Military, and Naval, with technical terms in French,German, Italian, and Spanish, 3100 pp., and nearly8000 engravings, super-royal 8vo, in | |
| | 8 divisions, cloth 13s. 6d. each | £5 8 0 |
| | 8 „ half-morocco | £6 8 0 |
| | 8 „ French morocco | £7 4 0 |
| | Complete in 3 vols., cloth | £5 5 0 |
| | Bound in a superior manner, half-morocco, top edgegilt, 3 vols. | £6 12 0 |
Engineers’ Companion. |
| | The Office and Cabin Companion for Engineers andOfficers of Steam Vessels, consisting of observations,rules, and tables to facilitate such Calculations asNaval Officers and Engineers are called upon to make,by J. Simond Holland, second edition, 12mo, cloth | 3 0 |
Engineering Drawing. |
| | An Elementary Treatise on Orthographic Projection,being a new Method of Teaching the Science ofMechanical and Engineering Drawing, intended forthe Instruction of Engineers, Architects, Builders,Smiths, Masons, and Bricklayers, and for the use ofSchools, with numerous illustrations on wood and steel,by William Binns, Associate Institute Civil Engineers,late Master of the Mechanical Drawing Classat the Department of Science and Art, and at theSchool of Mines, formerly Professor of AppliedMechanics, at the College for Civil Engineers, etc.,eighth edition, 8vo, cloth | 9 0 |
| | Mr. Binns’ system of Mechanical Drawing is in successfuloperation in all the Art Schools of the United Kingdom. | |
Engineering Drawing. |
| | The Second Course of Orthographic Projection;being a continuation of the new Method of Teachingthe Science of Mechanical and Engineering Drawing;with some Practical Remarks on the Teeth of Wheels,the Projection of Shadows, Principles of Shading,
and the Practice of Making to Scale Drawings fromActual Machinery. Intended for the Instruction ofEngineers, Architects, Builders, Smiths, Masons,and Bricklayers, and for the use of Science Schools andClasses, with numerous illustrations, by Wm. Binns,Consulting Engineer, Associate I.C.E., late Master ofthe Mechanical Drawing Class, at the Department ofScience and Art, and at the Royal School of Mines;formerly Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Collegefor Civil Engineers, etc., 8vo, cloth | 10 6 |
Engineers’ Pocket-Book. |
| | The Pocket-Book of Pocket-Books, being Molesworthand Hurst’s Pocket-Books, printed on Indiapaper, bound together in one volume, royal 32mo,Russia, gilt edges | 12 6 |
Engineers’ Pocket-Book. |
| | A Pocket-Book of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda,for Civil and Mechanical Engineers, by Guilford L.Molesworth, Mem. Ins. C.E., Consulting Engineerto the Government of India for State Railways,eighteenth edition, revised, with considerable additionsby the author; together with a valuable contributionon Telegraphs, by R. S. Brough, 32mo, roan | 6 0 |
| | Ditto, interleaved with ruled paper for Office use | 9 0 |
| | Ditto, printed on India paper, for the waistcoat pocket | 6 0 |
Engineers’ Price-Book. |
| | Appleby’s Illustrated Handbook of Machinery andIron Work, with the Cost, the Working Expenses,and the Results obtained in the use of Steam andHand Cranes, Pumps, Fixed and Portable SteamEngines, and various other Machines; with WeightMeasurement, etc., etc.; also Prices of Tools, IronWorks, Stores and Materials required by Civil andMechanical Engineers, Merchants, and others;together with numerous Tables and Memoranda,by Appleby Bros., Engineers, many hundred woodengravings, 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Engineers’ Tables. |
| | Spons’ Tables and Memoranda for Engineers, selectedand arranged by J. T. Hurst, C.E., Author of ‘ArchitecturalSurveyors’ Handbook,’ ‘Hurst’s Tredgold’sCarpentry,’ etc., 64mo, roan, gilt edges, second edition | 1 0 |
| | Or in cloth case | 1 6 |
French Measures. |
| | French Measures and English Equivalents, by JohnBrook. For the use of Engineers, Manufacturers ofIron, Draughtsmen, etc., 18mo, roan | 1 0 |
| “In a series of compact tablesthe English values of the French measuresare arranged from one to a thousand millimètres, and from one to a hundredmètres; the fractions of an inch progressing in sixteenths are also reducedto French values. The little book will be found useful to almost every engineer.”—Engineering. |
French-Polishing. |
| | The French-Polisher’s Manual, by a French-Polisher,containing Timber Staining, Washing, Matching,Improving, Painting, Imitations, Directions forStaining, Sizing, Embodying, Smoothing, SpiritVarnishing, French-Polishing, Directions for Re-polishing,royal 32mo, sewed | 0 6 |
Gas. |
| | Analysis, Technical Valuation, Purification and Useof Coal Gas, by the Rev. W. R. Bowditch, M.A.,with wood engravings, 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Gas Works. |
| | Instructions for the Management of Gas Works, byW. C. Holmes, Engineer, 8vo, cloth | 4 0 |
Gunner’s Pocket-Book. |
| | Bridges’ Gunner’s Pocket-Book, compiled by CaptainT. W. Bridges, H.P. Royal Artillery, crown 32mo,roan, 1s.; or morocco | 1 6 |
Handrailing. |
| | Handrailing cut square to the Plank, without aFalling Mould, as discovered and taught at theMechanics’ Institution, Liverpool, by John Jones,Staircase Builder, containing seven plates, with fullinstructions for working them, fol. boards | 6 0 |
Hydraulics. |
| | Practical Hydraulics: a Series of Rules and Tablesfor the use of Engineers, etc., etc., by Thomas Box,fourth edition, numerous plates, post 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Iron. |
| | Iron as a material of Construction, forming a Handbookfor the use of Students in Engineering, byWilliam Pole, C.E., F.R.S., cuts, post 8vo, cloth | 6 0 |
Iron and Steel. |
| | The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, editedby Jno. Jones, F.G.S., and David Forbes, F.R.S.,published half-yearly, 8vo, each Part | 7 6 |
Indian Engineering. |
| | India and Indian Engineering: Three Lecturesdelivered at the Royal Engineer Institute, Chatham,in July, 1872, by Julius George Medley, Lieut.-Col.R.E., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Fellow of the CalcuttaUniversity, Principal Thomason Civil EngineeringCollege, Roorkee, crown 8vo, cloth | 3 0 |
Link-Motion. |
| | Link-Motion and Expansion-Gear practically considered,by N. P. Burgh, Engineer, illustrated with90 plates and 229 wood engravings, small 4to, handsomelyhalf-bound in morocco | £2 2 0 |
Mechanical Engineering. |
| | The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers,
comprising Forging, Planing, Lining, Slotting, Shaping,
Turning, Screw-cutting, etc., by Cameron Knight,
illustrated by 96 4to plates, containing 1147 illustrations,
and 397 pages of letterpress, 4to, cloth | £2 10 0 |
| | Or, half-bound French morocco | £2 12 6 |
Mechanics. |
| | The Essential Elements of Practical Mechanics, basedon the principle of work, designed for EngineeringStudents, by Oliver Byrne, formerly Professor ofMathematics, College for Civil Engineers, secondedition, illustrated by numerous wood engravings, post8vo, cloth | 7 6 |
Mechanics. |
| | The Principles of Mechanics and their Applicationto Prime Movers, Naval Architecture, Iron Bridges,Water Supply, etc., by W. J. Millar, C.E., Secretaryto the Institution of Civil Engineers and Shipbuilders,Scotland, crown 8vo, cloth | 4 6 |
Metric Weights and Measures. |
| | Scales for the Ready Comparison of British andMetric Weights and Measures, by A. L. Newdigate,M.A., in neat cloth case | 5 0 |
Military Terms. |
| | A Handy Dictionary of Military Terms, by Major W.W. Knollys, F.R.G.S., 93rd Sutherland Highlanders,Garrison Instructor, Home District, etc., 18mo, cloth | 2 0 |
Mill Gearing. |
| | A Practical Treatise on Mill Gearing, Wheels, Shafts,Riggers, etc., for the use of Engineers, by ThomasBox, post 8vo, cloth, with eight plates | 5 0 |
Millwright’s Guide. |
| | The Practical Millwright’s and Engineer’s ReadyReckoner, or Tables for finding the diameter andpower of cog-wheels, diameter, weight and power ofshafts, diameter and strength of bolts, etc., byThomas Dixon, fourth edition, 12mo, cloth | 3 0 |
Mine Engineering. |
| | A Practical Treatise on Coal Mining, by George G.André, Mining Civil Engineer, F.G.S., Assoc. Inst.C.E., numerous plates, 2 vols., royal 4to, cloth | £3 12 0 |
Mining. |
| | Records of Mining and Metallurgy; or, Facts andMemoranda for the use of the Mine Agent andSmelter, by J. Arthur Phillips and John Darlington,in crown 8vo, cloth, illustrated with wood engravings | 4 0 |
Oilman’s Calculator. |
| | The Oilman’s Calculator, containing Tables showingthe Conversion in Imperial Gallons of any Weightof Oil of a specific Gravity of from ·700 to ·960, from1 lb. to 400 cwt.; Prices per Gallon equivalent toPrices per Ton at 16 different Weights, from £3 to£100; Contents of Circular Tanks in Imperial Gallonsfrom 3 feet to 36 feet diameter; Conversion ofForeign Moneys and Weights into British Value,etc., by James Ireland, 8vo | 7 6 |
Pyrology. |
| | Pyrology, or Fire Chemistry; a Science interestingto the general Philosopher, and an art of infiniteimportance to the Chemist, Mineralogist, Metallurgist,Geologist, Agriculturalist, Engineer (Mining, Civil,and Military), etc., etc., by William Alexander Ross,lately a Major in the Royal Artillery, with plates andwoodcuts, crown 4to, cloth | £1 16 0 |
| “A work which we have no hesitation in pronouncing original and invaluable.The author is not a chemist trained in the orthodox school outside which thereis no salvation: for cooked results and unproved theories he shows very littlerespect. We can strongly recommend this book to Analysts, Assayers,Mineralogists, and to all persons interested in Mining and Metallurgy.”—Chemical News, August 6th, 1875. |
Railway Engineering. |
| | Manual of Railway Engineering, for the Field and theOffice, by Charles P. Cotton, C.E., second edition,revised and enlarged, post 8vo, cloth | 7 6 |
Rennie, Sir John. |
| | The Autobiography of Sir John Rennie, Past-Presidentof the Institution of Civil Engineers, F.R.S.,etc., etc., edited by his son, C. G. C. Rennie, withportrait, 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Reservoirs. |
| | On the Construction of Catch-water Reservoirs inMountain Districts for the supply of Towns, or forother purposes, by C. H. Beloe, Author of ‘TheHandbook of the Liverpool Waterworks,’ plates, 8vo,cloth | 5 0 |
Retaining Walls. |
| | Surcharged and different Forms of Retaining Walls,by J. S. Tate, cuts, 8vo, sewed | 2 0 |
Ropemaking. |
| | A Treatise on Ropemaking as practised in public andprivate Rope-yards, with a description of the manufacture,rules, tables of weights, etc., adapted to theTrade, Shipping, Mining, Railways, Builders, etc., byR. Chapman, formerly foreman to Messrs. Huddartand Co., Limehouse, and late Master Ropemaker toH.M. Dockyard, Deptford, second edition, 12mo, cloth | 3 0 |
Sanitary Engineering. |
| | Proceedings of the Association of Municipal andSanitary Engineers and Surveyors, Vol. I., 1873-4,edited by Lewis Angell, Mem. Inst. C.E., F.R.I.B.A.,etc., etc., 8vo, cloth | 10 6 |
| | Ditto, Vol. II. | 7 6 |
Sanitary Engineering. |
| | A Series of Lectures given before the School ofEngineering, Chatham. Division I. Air. DivisionII. Water. Division III. The Dwelling. DivisionIV. The Town and Village. Division V. The Disposalof Sewage. Copiously illustrated. By J. BaileyDenton, C.E., F.G.S., Honorary Member of the AgriculturalSocieties of Norway, Sweden, and Hanover,and Author of the ‘Farm Homesteads of England,’‘Storage of Water,’ etc., etc., royal 8vo, cloth | 21 0 |
Sanitary Works Abroad. |
| | Report of the Commission appointed to proposeMeasures for Remedying the Pollution of the Seine;with a Description of the Works in course of executionfor the Sewerage of Berlin, and the Applicationof Sewage to Irrigation at Marienfelder and Falkenburg.Translated from the French by RobertManning, M. Inst. C.E., Chief Engineer to HerMajesty’s Board of Public Works in Ireland, 8vo,sewed | 2 0 |
Sewage. |
| | A Handbook of Sewage Utilization, by Ulick RalphBurke, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, crown 8vo, cloth | 3 6 |
| This work treats: I. Of the evils of the present System of Sewage Treatment,the Pollution of Water, and the Waste of Manure. II. Remedies, Privy, andAsh-pit; Eureka System; Milan, Goul, and Moule’s Systems. III. Treatmentof Sewage by Chemical means; Experiments with Lime; Lime and Chloride ofIron; Sulphate of Ammonia; Holden’s Process; Sulphate of Alumina; Persaltsof Iron; Blyth, Lenk, Phospate, A.B.C., Scott, and Hille Processes; Filtration.IV. Irrigation. With an Appendix, including the Law relating to SewageUtilization. |
Sewage. |
| | The Sewage Question on the Treatment and Utilizationof Sewage, the Preparation of Land for Irrigation,and for Intermittent Downward Filtration, byJ. Bailey Denton, Mem. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., 8vo, sewed | 2 0 |
Silver Mines. |
| | Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, inKulu: its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines,including a Trip over the lower Himalayah Range andGlaciers, by J. Calvert, F.G.S., Mem. Inst. C.E.,illustrated with a map and coloured plates, 8vo, cloth | 16 0 |
Slide Valve. |
| | The Slide Valve practically considered, by N. P.Burgh, Engineer, seventh edition, containing 88 illustrationsand 121 pages of letterpress, crown 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Slide Valve. Designing Valve Gearing. |
| | A Treatise on a Practical Method of Designing SlideValve Gearing, by Simple Geometrical Construction,based upon the principles enunciated in Euclid’s Elements,and comprising the various forms of PlainSlide Valve and Expansion Gearing; together withStephenson’s, Gooch’s, and Allan’s Link-Motions, asapplied either to reversing or to variable expansioncombinations, by Edward J. Cowling Welch, Memb.Inst. Mechanical Engineers, crown 8vo, cloth | 6 0 |
| The system described in this work enables any draughtsmen or foreman to“get out” in a few minutes, and with the greatest precision, all the details of aSlide Valve Gear, without recourse to models or other similar appliances. |
Steam Boilers. |
| | Practical Treatise on Steam Boilers and Boiler-making,by N. P. Burgh, Mem. Inst. Mec. Eng., illustratedby 1163 wood engravings and 50 large foldingplates of working drawings, royal 4to, half-morocco | £3 13 6 |
Steam Engine. |
| | Modern Marine Engineering applied to Paddle andScrew Propulsion; consisting of 36 plates, 259 woodengravings, and 403 pages of descriptive matter, thewhole being an exposition of the present practice ofthe following firms: Messrs. J. Penn and Sons;Maudslay, Sons, and Field; James Watt and Co.;J. and G. Rennie; R. Napier and Sons; J. and W.Dudgeon; Ravenhill and Hodgson; Humphreys andTenant; Mr. J. F. Spencer; and Messrs. Foresterand Co. By N. P. Burgh, Engineer, 4to, cloth | £2 5 0 |
Steam Engine. |
| | Modern Compound Engines, being a Supplement toModern Marine Engineering, by N. P. Burgh, Mem.Inst. Mech. Eng., numerous large plates of workingdrawings, 4to, cloth | 18 0 |
| The following Firms have contributed Working Drawings of their best andmost modern examples of Engines fitted in the Royal and Mercantile Navies:Messrs. Maudslay, Rennie, Watt, Dudgeon, Humphreys, Ravenhill, Jackson,Perkins, Napier, Elder, Laird, Day, Allibon. |
Steam Engine. |
| | Practical Treatise on the Condensation of Steam:contained in 262 pages of letterpress, and illustratedwith 212 engravings, by N. P. Burgh, Engineer,super-royal 8vo, cloth | £1 5 0 |
Steam Engine. |
| | A Pocket-Book of Practical Rules for the Proportionsof Modern Engines and Boilers for Land and Marinepurposes, by N. P. Burgh, fifth edition, revised, withAppendix, royal 32mo, roan | 4 6 |
| Details of High-Pressure Engine, Beam Engine, Condensing, Marine ScrewEngines, Oscillating Engines, Valves, etc., Land and Marine Boilers, Proportionsof Engines produced by the rules, Proportions of Boilers, etc. |
Steep Gradients on Railways. |
| | A Treatise on the Improved Method for overcomingSteep Gradients on Railways, whereby an ordinarylocomotive capable of hauling a given load up a gradient1 in 80, can take the same up 1 in 8, by HenryHandyside, 8vo, sewed | 1 0 |
Strength of Beams. |
| | On the Strength of Beams, Columns, and Arches,considered with a view to deriving methods of ascertainingthe practical strength of any given section ofBeam, Column, or Arch, in Cast-iron, Wrought-iron,or Steel, by B. Baker, numerous cuts, crown 8vo, cloth | 9 0 |
Strength of Beams. |
| | New Formulas for the loads and Deflections of SolidBeams and Girders, by William Donaldson, M.A.,Assoc. Inst. C.E., 8vo, cloth | 4 6 |
Sugar. |
| | The Practical Sugar Planter; a complete account ofthe cultivation and manufacture of the sugar-cane,according to the latest and most improved processes,describing and comparing the different systems pursuedin the East and West Indies, and the Straits ofMalacca, and the relative expenses and advantagesattendant upon each, being the result of sixteen years’experience of a sugar planter in those countries, byLeonard Wray, Esq., with numerous illustrations,8vo, cloth | 10 6 |
Short Logarithms. |
| | Short Logarithmic and other Tables, intended tofacilitate Practical Calculation, and for solving ArithmeticalProblems in class, by Professor W. C. Unwin,8vo, cloth | 2 0 |
Sulphuric Acid. |
| | The Chemistry of Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, byHenry Arthur Smith, cuts, crown 8vo, cloth | 4 6 |
Surveying. |
| | The Principles and Practice of Engineering, Trigonometrical,Subterraneous, and Marine Surveying, byCharles Bourne, C.E., third edition, numerous platesand woodcuts, 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Surveying. |
| | A Practical Treatise on the Science of Land and EngineeringSurveying, Levelling, Estimating Quantities,etc., with a general description of the severalInstruments required for Surveying, Levelling, Plotting,etc., by H. S. Merrett, 41 fine plates, with illustrationsand tables, royal 8vo, cloth, second edition | 12 6 |
Table of Logarithms. |
| | Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers, from1 to 108,000, by Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A.,stereotyped edition, royal 8vo, cloth | 7 6 |
Tables of Squares and Cubes. |
| | Barlow’s Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots,Cube Roots, Reciprocals of all Integer Numbers upto 10,000, post 8vo, cloth | 6 0 |
Teeth of Wheels. |
| | Camus (M.) Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels, demonstratingthe best forms which can be given to themfor the purposes of Machinery, such as Mill-work andClock-work, and the art of finding their numbers,translated from the French, third edition, carefullyrevised and enlarged, with details of the presentpractice of Millwrights, Engine Makers, and otherMachinists, by Isaac Hawkins, illustrated by 18plates, 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Telegraphy. |
| | Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers,including original Communications on Telegraphyand Electrical Science, edited by Major Frank Boltonand G. E. Preece, Parts I. to XII., demy 8vo, sewed,with wood engravings, each | 5 0 |
| | To be continued quarterly. |
Torpedo Warfare. |
| | A Treatise on Coast Defence; based on the experiencegained by Officers of the Corps of Engineers ofthe Army of the Confederate States, and compiledfrom Official Reports of Officers of the Navy of theUnited States, made during the North American Warfrom 1861 to 1865, by Von Scheliha, Lieutenant-Coloneland Chief Engineer of the Department ofthe Gulf of Mexico, of the Army of the late ConfederateStates of America; with numerous fine plates,imperial 8vo, cloth, top edge gilt | 15 0 |
Trevithick. |
| | The Life of Richard Trevithick (Inventor of theHigh-pressure Steam-engine), with an account of hisInventions, by Francis Trevithick, C.E., 2 vols.,medium 8vo, cloth, illustrated by a steel portrait,lithographs, and numerous beautiful wood engravings,including many accurate illustrations of Cornwall, itsMines, and Mining Machinery, reduced to | 12 6 |
Turbine. |
| | A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Horizontaland Vertical Waterwheels, with 11 plates, speciallydesigned for the use of operative Mechanics, byWilliam Cullen, Millwright and Engineer, secondedition, revised and enlarged, small 4to, cloth | 12 6 |
Turning. |
| | The Practice of Hand-turning in Wood, Ivory, Shell,etc., with Instructions for Turning such work inMetal as may be required in the Practice of Turningin Wood, Ivory, etc.; also an Appendix on OrnamentalTurning, by Francis Campin, second edition,with wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth (a book forbeginners) | 6 0 |
Valve-Gears. |
| | Treatise on Valve-Gears, with special considerationof the Link-Motions of Locomotive Engines, by Dr.Gustav Zeuner, third edition, revised and enlarged,translated from the German, with the special permissionof the author, by Moritz Müller, plates, 8vo, cloth | 12 6 |
Ventilation. |
| | Health and Comfort in House Building, or Ventilationwith Warm Air by Self-acting Suction Powder, withReview of the mode of Calculating the Draught inHot-air Flues, and with some actual Experiments, byJ. Drysdale, M.D., and J. W. Hayward, M.D., secondedition, with Supplement, demy 8vo, with plates, cloth | 7 6 |
| | The Supplement separate | 0 6 |
Weight of Iron. |
| | Tabulated Weights of Angle, T, Bulb, and Flat Iron,for the use of Naval Architects and Shipbuilders, byCharles H. Jordan, M.I.N.A., 18mo, sewed, secondedition | 1 6 |
Wood-working Factories. |
| | On the Arrangement, Care, and Operation of Wood-workingFactories and Machinery, forming a completeOperators’ Handbook, by J. Richards, MechanicalEngineer, woodcuts, crown 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |
Wood-working Machines. |
| | A Treatise on the Construction and Operation ofWood-working Machines, including a History of theOrigin and Progress and Manufacture of Wood-workingMachinery, by J. Richards, Mechanical Engineer,25 folding plates and nearly 100 full-pageillustrations of English, French, and American Wood-workingMachines in modern use, selected from thedesigns of prominent Engineers, 4to, cloth | £1 5 0 |
Workshop Receipts. |
| | Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers,Machinists, and Scientific Amateurs, by Ernest Spon,crown 8vo, cloth | 5 0 |