Gainsborough, Thomas. Drawings. *$2.50. Scribner.
Uniform with the other volumes of the “Drawings of the great masters” series, this volume contains 44 drawings by Gainsborough printed in various tints, with a number mounted on dark colored backgrounds. These are prefaced with a brief introduction by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower.
| + | Dial. 42: 231. Ap. 1, ’07. 40w. | |
| + | Int. Studio. 30: sup. 53. D. ’06. 130w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 837. D. 1, ’06. 240w. | |
| Outlook. 84: 705. N. 24, ’06. 70w. |
Gairns, J. F. Locomotive compounding and superheating: a practical text-book for the use of railway and locomotive engineers, students and draughtsmen. *$3. Lippincott.
7–32868.
A help to the understanding of both compounding and superheating, and an aid in preparing the way to a choice or design of those types of locomotives best suited for the region and traffic to be handled.
“It is to be regretted that the author seems not to have fully appreciated the rapidly-growing economic and operating importance of superheating for locomotives, and hence did not go thoroughly into the theory and practice on the subject. Mr. Gairns gives us probably the best book on compound locomotives which has appeared since Barnes-Woods in 1892. As a whole, the book is worthy of a place upon the railway engineer’s and locomotive designer’s shelves.” H. Wade Hibbard.
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