A good text-book for schools where printing is taught, and contains much that is instructive for those who are interested in printing and photo-engraving for advertising or other purposes.
Author is instructor in presswork, Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Swoope’s lessons in practical electricity; an elementary text book. Ed. 16, rewritten, revised and enlarged by H. N. Stillman and Erich Hausmann. Van Nostrand. 625p. $2.50.
A complete revision of a good elementary textbook which has been largely used for nearly twenty years. In the present edition the matter has been brought up to date and some additional chapters added. It is a valuable text-book for schools or for home study.
Dr Hausmann, the surviving reviser, is professor of physics at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
Tires and vulcanizing; a comprehensive and practical manual of rubber tires, tire repairing and vulcanizing, including all necessary information and instructions on rubber, compounds, cotton and repair materials; the construction of pneumatic tires together with their use, injuries and abuse. H. H. Tufford. Henley. 410p. $2.00.
An instruction book for beginners or for those employed in tire repairing, describing in detail the materials, tools and operations employed in the various processes. The book is plainly written and illustrated.
Author was formerly chief vulcanizing instructor in a U. S. army school.
Operation and care of vehicle-type batteries. (Prepared with the cooperation of the construction division of the Army, War Department.) Wash., Government Printing office. 94p. Paper 30c. (U.S. Bureau of Standards circular, No. 92.)
An authoritative book on storage batteries for electric tractors and trucks. Describes in detail lead-acid and iron-nickel types of batteries, their construction, testing, charging, storage, etc. Contains U. S. Government specifications and a glossary of terms.