by Steam--Drying by Hot Air--Drying by Air--Damages to Fabrics in
Bleaching--Yarn Mildew--Fermentation--Iron Rust Spots--Spots from
Contact with Wood--Spots incurred on the Bleaching Green--Damages
arising from the Machines--Examples of Methods used in Bleaching--
Linen--Cotton--The Valuation of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali (Soda)
and General Information Regarding these Bodies--Object of Alkalimetry
--Titration of Carbonate of Soda--Comparative Table of Different
Degrees of Alkalimetrical Strength--Five Problems relative to Carbonate
of Soda--Caustic Soda, its Properties and Uses--Mixtures of Carbonated
and Caustic Alkali--Note on a Process of Manufacturing Caustic Soda
and Mixtures of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali (Soda)--Chlorometry--
Titration--Wagner's Chlorometric Method--Preparation of Standard
Solutions--Apparatus for Chlorine Valuation--Alkali in Excess in
Decolourising Chlorides--Chlorine and Decolourising Chlorides--
Synopsis--Chlorine--Chloride of Lime--Hypochlorite of Soda--Brochoki's
Chlorozone--Various Decolourising Hypochlorites--Comparison of Chloride
of Lime and Hypochlorite of Soda--Water--Qualities of Water--Hardness
--Dervaux's Purifier--Testing the Purified Water--Different Plant for
Purification--Filters--Bleaching of Yarn--Weight of Yarn--Lye Boiling
--Chemicking--Washing--Bleaching of Cotton Yarn--The Installation of
a Bleach Works--Water Supply--Steam Boilers--Steam Distribution
Pipes--Engines--Keirs--Washing--Machines--Stocks--Wash Wheels--
Chemicking and Souring Cisterns--Various--Buildings--Addenda--Energy
of Decolourising Chlorides and Bleaching by Electricity and Ozone--
Energy of Decolourising Chlorides--Chlorides--Production of Chlorine
and Hypochlorites by Electrolysis--Lunge's Process for increasing the
intensity of the Bleaching Power of Chloride of Lime--Trilfer's Process
for Removing the Excess of Lime or Soda from Decolourising Chlorides--
Bleaching by Ozone.
Cotton Spinning and Combing.
=COTTON SPINNING= (First Year). By THOMAS THORNLEY, Spinning
Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. Eighty-four
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 3s.; Abroad, 3s. 6d.;
strictly net.
Contents.
Syllabus and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London
Institute--Cultivation, Classification, Ginning, Baling and Mixing of
the Raw Cotton--Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper
Feeders--Opening and Scutching--Carding--Indexes.
=COTTON SPINNING= (Intermediate, or Second Year). By THOMAS
THORNLEY. 180 pp. Seventy Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901.
Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
Contents.
Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London
Institute--The Combing Process--The Drawing Frame--Bobbin and Fly
Frames--Mule Spinning--Ring Spinning--General Indexes.
=COTTON SPINNING= (Honours, or Third Year). By THOMAS
THORNLEY. 216 pp. Seventy-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo.
1901. Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; strictly net.
Contents.
Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London
Institute--Cotton--The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning
Machinery--Doubling and Winding--Reeling--Warping--Production and
Costs--Main Driving--Arrangement of Machinery and Mill Planning--Waste
and Waste Spinning--Indexes.
=COTTON COMBING MACHINES.= By THOS. THORNLEY, Spinning Master,
Technical School, Bolton. Demy 8vo. 117 Illustrations. 300
pp. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d. net.
Contents.
The Sliver Lap Machine and the Ribbon Cap Machine--General Description
of the Heilmann Comber--The Cam Shaft--On the Detaching and Attaching
Mechanism of the Comber--Resetting of Combers--The Erection of a
Heilmann Comber--Stop Motions: Various Calculations--Various Notes and
Discussions--Cotton Combing Machines of Continental Make--Index.
Collieries and Mines.
=RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES.= A Description of the
Principal Methods Pursued, especially in Fiery Mines, and of
the Various Appliances Employed, such as Respiratory and
Rescue Apparatus, Dams, etc. By ROBERT LAMPRECHT, Mining
Engineer and Manager. Translated from the German.
Illustrated by Six large Plates containing Seventy-six
Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly
net.
Contents.
=Causes of Pit Fires=--=Preventive Regulations=: (1) The Outbreak and
Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be most reliably prevented by
Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of the
Shaft; (2) Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in
the Shaft; (3) Precautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2
Fail or Prove Inefficient. Precautions against Spontaneous Ignition of
Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp and Coal Dust.
Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits.
Experiments on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal
Dust by Electricity--=Indications of an Existing or Incipient
Fire=--=Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases=: Respiratory
Apparatus; Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes; Reservoir Apparatus; Oxygen
Apparatus--=Extinguishing Pit Fires=: (_a_) Chemical Means; (_b_)
Extinction with Water. Dragging down the Burning Masses and Packing
with Clay; (_c_) Insulating the Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building.
Analyses of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams; Working
in Irrespirable Gases ("Gas-diving"); Air-Lock Work. Complete Isolation
of the Pit. Flooding a Burning Section isolated by means of Dams.
Wooden Dams: Masonry Dams. Examples of Cylindrical and Dome-shaped
Dams. Dam Doors: Flooding the Whole Pit--=Rescue Stations=: (_a_)
Stations above Ground; (_b_) Underground Rescue Stations--=Spontaneous
Ignition of Coal in Bulk=--Index.
=VENTILATION IN MINES.= By ROBERT WABNER, Mining Engineer.
Translated from the German. Royal 8vo. Thirty Plates and
Twenty-two Illustrations. 240 pp. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly
net.
Contents.
=The Causes of the Contamination of Pit Air=--=The Means of Preventing
the Dangers resulting from the Contamination of Pit Air=--=Calculating
the Volume of Ventilating Current necessary to free Pit Air from
Contamination=--=Determination of the Resistance Opposed to the Passage
of Air through the Pit=--=Laws of Resistance and Formulæ therefor=--
=Fluctuations in the Temperament or Specific Resistance of a Pit=
--=Means for Providing a Ventilating Current in the Pit=--=Mechanical
Ventilation=--=Ventilators and Fans=--=Determining the Theoretical,
Initial, and True (Effective) Depression of the Centrifugal Fan=--=New
Types of Centrifugal Fan of Small Diameter and High Working Speed=--
=Utilising the Ventilating Current to the utmost Advantage and
distributing the same through the Workings=--=Artificially retarding
the Ventilating Current=--=Ventilating Preliminary Workings=--=Blind
Headings=--=Separate Ventilation=--=Supervision of Ventilation=--INDEX.
=HAULAGE AND WINDING APPLIANCES USED IN MINING.= By CARL VOLK.
Translated from the German. Royal 8vo. With Six Plates and
146 Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Haulage Appliances--Ropes--Haulage Tubs and Tracks--Cages and Winding
Appliances--Winding Engines for Vertical Shafts--Winding without
Ropes--Haulage in Levels and Inclines--The Working of Underground
Engines--Machinery for Downhill Haulage.
Engineering, Smoke Prevention and Metallurgy.
=THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE.= Combined with the Economical
Combustion of Fuel. By W. C. POPPLEWELL, M.Sc., A.M.Inst.,
C.E., Consulting Engineer. Forty-six Illustrations. 190 pp.
1901. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.;
Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Fuel and Combustion--Hand Firing in Boiler Furnaces--Stoking by
Mechanical Means--Powdered Fuel--Gaseous Fuel--Efficiency and Smoke
Tests of Boilers--Some Standard Smoke Trials--The Legal Aspect of the
Smoke Question--The Best Means to be adopted for the Prevention of
Smoke--Index.
=GAS AND COAL DUST FIRING.= A Critical Review of the Various
Appliances Patented in Germany for this purpose since 1885.
By ALBERT PÜTSCH. 130 pp. Demy 8vo. 1901. Translated from
the German. With 103 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Generators--Generators Employing Steam--Stirring and Feed Regulating
Appliances--Direct Generators--Burners--Regenerators and Recuperators
--Glass Smelting Furnaces--Metallurgical Furnaces--Pottery Furnace--
Coal Dust Firing--Index.
=THE HARDENING AND TEMPERING OF STEEL IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.=
By FRIDOLIN REISER. Translated from the German of the Third
Edition. Crown 8vo. 120 pp. 1903. Price 5s.; India and
British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly
net.
Contents.
=Steel=--=Chemical and Physical Properties of Steel, and their Casual
Connection=--=Classification of Steel according to Use=--=Testing the
Quality of Steel=--=Steel-Hardening=--=Investigation of the Causes of
Failure in Hardening=--=Regeneration of Steel Spoilt in the
Furnace=--=Welding Steel=--=Index.=
=SIDEROLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF IRON= (The Constitution of Iron
Alloys and Slags). Translated from German of HANNS FREIHERR
V. JÜPTNER. 350 pp. Demy 8vo. Eleven Plates and Ten
Illustrations. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.
Contents.
=The Theory of Solution.=--Solutions--Molten Alloys--Varieties of
Solutions--Osmotic Pressure--Relation between Osmotic Pressure and
other Properties of Solutions--Osmotic Pressure and Molecular Weight of
the Dissolved Substance--Solutions of Gases--Solid Solutions--Solubility
--Diffusion--Electrical Conductivity--Constitution of Electrolytes and
Metals--Thermal Expansion. =Micrography.=--Microstructure--The
Micrographic Constituents of Iron--Relation between Micrographical
Composition, Carbon-Content, and Thermal Treatment of Iron Alloys--The
Microstructure of Slags. =Chemical Composition of the Alloys of Iron.=
--Constituents of Iron Alloys--Carbon--Constituents of the Iron Alloys,
Carbon--Opinions and Researches on Combined Carbon--Opinions and
Researches on Combined Carbon--Applying the Curves of Solution deduced
from the Curves of Recalescence to the Determination of the Chemical
Composition of the Carbon present in Iron Alloys--The Constituents of
Iron--Iron--The Constituents of Iron Alloys--Manganese--Remaining
Constituents of Iron Alloys--A Silicon--Gases. =The Chemical Composition
of Slag.=--Silicate Slags--Calculating the Composition of Silicate
Slags--Phosphate Slags--Oxide Slags--Appendix--Index.
=EVAPORATING, CONDENSING AND COOLING APPARATUS.= Explanations,
Formulæ and Tables for Use in Practice. By E. HAUSBRAND,
Engineer. Translated by A. C. WRIGHT, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc.
(Lond.). With Twenty-one Illustrations and Seventy-six
Tables. 400 pp. Demy 8vo. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.
Contents.
_Re_Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, k[underscored]/, and the Mean
Temperature Difference, [Greek: theta underscored]/m--Parallel and
Opposite Currents--Apparatus for Heating with Direct Fire--The
Injection of Saturated Steam--Superheated Steam--Evaporation by Means
of Hot Liquids--The Transference of Heat in General, and Transference
by means of Saturated Steam in Particular--The Transference of Heat
from Saturated Steam in Pipes (Coils) and Double Bottoms--Evaporation
in a Vacuum--The Multiple-effect Evaporator--Multiple-effect
Evaporators from which Extra Steam is Taken--The Weight of Water which
must be Evaporated from 100 Kilos. of Liquor in order its Original
Percentage of Dry Materials from 1-25 per cent. up to 20-70 per
cent.--The Relative Proportion of the Heating Surfaces in the Elements
of the Multiple Evaporator and their Actual Dimensions--The Pressure
Exerted by Currents of Steam and Gas upon Floating Drops of Water--The
Motion of Floating Drops of Water upon which Press Currents of
Steam--The Splashing of Evaporating Liquids--The Diameter of Pipes for
Steam, Alcohol, Vapour and Air--The Diameter of Water Pipes--The Loss
of Heat from Apparatus and Pipes to the Surrounding Air, and Means for
Preventing the Loss--Condensers--Heating Liquids by Means of Steam--The
Cooling of Liquids--The Volumes to be Exhausted from Condensers by the
Air-pumps--A Few Remarks on Air-pumps and the Vacua they Produce--The
Volumetric Efficiency of Air-pumps--The Volumes of Air which must be
Exhausted from a Vessel in order to Reduce its Original Pressure to a
Certain Lower Pressure--Index.
Dental Metallurgy.
=DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS.= By A.
B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations.
1903. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Introduction--Physical Properties of the Metals--Action of Certain
Agents on Metals--Alloys--Action of Oral Bacteria on Alloys--Theory and
Varieties of Blowpipes--Fluxes--Furnaces and Appliances--Heat and
Temperature--Gold--Mercury--Silver--Iron--Copper--Zinc--Magnesium--
Cadmium--Tin--Lead--Aluminium--Antimony--Bismuth--Palladium--Platinum
--Iridium--Nickel--Practical Work--Weights and Measures.
Plumbing, Decorating, Metal Work, etc., etc.
=EXTERNAL PLUMBING WORK.= A Treatise on Lead Work for Roofs.
By JOHN W. HART, R.P.C. 180 Illustrations. 272 pp. Demy 8vo.
Second Edition Revised. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Cast Sheet Lead--Milled Sheet Lead--Roof Cesspools--Socket Pipes--
Drips--Gutters--Gutters (continued)--Breaks--Circular Breaks--Flats--
Flats (continued)--Rolls on Flats--Roll Ends--Roll Intersections--Seam
Rolls--Seam Rolls (continued)--Tack Fixings--Step Flashings--Step
Flashings (continued)--Secret Gutters--Soakers--Hip and Valley
Soakers--Dormer Windows--Dormer Windows (continued)--Dormer Tops--
Internal Dormers--Skylights--Hips and Ridging--Hips and Ridging
(continued)--Fixings for Hips and Ridging--Ornamental Ridging--
Ornamental Curb Rolls--Curb Rolls--Cornices--Towers and Finials--Towers
and Finials (continued)--Towers and Finials (continued)--Domes--Domes
(continued)--Ornamental Lead Work--Rain Water Heads--Rain Water Heads
(continued)--Rain Water Heads (continued).
=HINTS TO PLUMBERS ON JOINT WIPING, PIPE BENDING AND LEAD
BURNING.= Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. By JOHN W.
HART, R.P.C. 184 Illustrations. 313 pp. Demy 8vo. 1901.
Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s.
6d.; strictly net.
Contents.
Pipe Bending--Pipe Bending (continued)--Pipe Bending (continued)--
Square Pipe Bendings--Half-circular Elbows--Curved Bends on Square
Pipe--Bossed Bends--Curved Plinth Bends--Rain-water Shoes on
Square Pipe--Curved and Angle Bends--Square Pipe Fixings--Joint-wiping
--Substitutes for Wiped Joints--Preparing Wiped Joints--Joint Fixings
--Plumbing Irons--Joint Fixings--Use of "Touch" in Soldering--Underhand
Joints--Blown and Copper Bit Joints--Branch Joints--Branch Joints
(continued)--Block Joints--Block Joints (continued)--Block Fixings--
Astragal Joints--Pipe Fixings--Large Branch Joints--Large Underhand
Joints--Solders--Autogenous Soldering or Lead Burning--Index.
=THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING, BURNISHING,
LACQUERING AND BRONZING BRASS WARE.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. 35
pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.; strictly
net.
=WORKSHOP WRINKLES= for Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers
and Others. By W. N. BROWN. Crown 8vo. 128 pp. 1901. Price
2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.= By W. NORMAN BROWN.
Eighty-eight Illustrations. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price
3s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.;
strictly net.
=A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Thirty-nine
Illustrations. 96 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s. 6d.;
Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
=A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING FOR CYCLES,
BEDSTEADS, TINWARE, ETC.= By WILLIAM NORMAN BROWN. 52 pp. and
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.;
net.
=THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY.= By JOHN W. HART, R.P.C.
With 129 Illustrations. 1900. 177 pp., demy 8vo. Price 7s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.
Contents.
Water Circulation--The Tank System--Pipes and Joints--The Cylinder
System--Boilers for the Cylinder System--The Cylinder System--The
Combined Tank and Cylinder System--Combined Independent and Kitchen
Boiler--Combined Cylinder and Tank System with Duplicate Boilers--
Indirect Heating and Boiler Explosions--Pipe Boilers--Safety Valves
--Safety Valves--The American System--Heating Water by Steam--Steam
Kettles and Jets--Heating Power of Steam--Covering for Hot Water
Pipes--Index.
Brewing and Botanical.
=HOPS IN THEIR BOTANICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECT,
AND AS AN ARTICLE OF COMMERCE.= By EMMANUEL GROSS, Professor
at the Higher Agricultural College, Tetschen-Liebwerd.
Translated from the German. Seventy-eight Illustrations.
1900. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.
Contents.
HISTORY OF THE HOP--THE HOP PLANT--Introductory--The Roots--The
Stem--and Leaves--Inflorescence and Flower: Inflorescence and Flower of
the Male Hop; Inflorescence and Flower of the Female Hop--The Fruit and
its Glandular Structure: The Fruit and Seed--Propagation and Selection
of the Hop--Varieties of the Hop: (_a_) Red Hops; (_b_) Green Hops;
(_c_) Pale Green Hops--Classification according to the Period of
Ripening: Early August Hops; Medium Early Hops; Late Hops--Injuries to
Growth--Leaves Turning Yellow, Summer or Sunbrand, Cones Dropping Off,
Honey Dew, Damage from Wind, Hail and Rain; Vegetable Enemies of the
Hop: Animal Enemies of the Hop--Beneficial Insects on Hops--
CULTIVATION--The Requirements of the Hop in Respect of Climate,
Soil and Situation: Climate; Soil; Situation--Selection of Variety and
Cuttings--Planting a Hop Garden: Drainage; Preparing the Ground;
Marking-out for Planting; Planting; Cultivation and Cropping of the Hop
Garden in the First Year--Work to be Performed Annually in the Hop
Garden: Working the Ground; Cutting; The Non-cutting System; The Proper
Performance of the Operation of Cutting: Method of Cutting: Close
Cutting, Ordinary Cutting, The Long Cut, The Topping Cut; Proper Season
for Cutting: Autumn Cutting, Spring Cutting; Manuring; Training the Hop
Plant: Poled Gardens, Frame Training; Principal Types of Frames;
Pruning, Cropping, Topping, and Leaf Stripping the Hop Plant; Picking,
Drying and Bagging--Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and
Hop Gardens--Life of a Hop Garden; Subsequent Cropping--Cost of
Production, Yield and Selling Prices.
=Preservation and Storage=--Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop
Cone--Judging the Value of Hops.
=Statistics of Production=--=The Hop Trade=--Index.
Timber and Wood Waste.
=TIMBER=: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in all its Aspects
(Commercial and Botanical), showing the Different
Applications and Uses of Timber in Various Trades, etc.
Translated from the French of PAUL CHARPENTIER. Royal 8vo.
437 pp. 178 Illustrations. 1902. Price 12s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; net.
Contents.
=Physical and Chemical Properties of Timber=--Composition of the
Vegetable Bodies--Chief Elements--M. Fremy's Researches--Elementary
Organs of Plants and especially of Forests--Different Parts of Wood
Anatomically and Chemically Considered--General Properties of
Wood--=Description of the Different Kinds of Wood=--Principal Essences
with Caducous Leaves--Coniferous Resinous Trees--=Division of the Useful
Varieties of Timber in the Different Countries of the Globe=--European
Timber--African Timber--Asiatic Timber--American Timber--Timber of
Oceania--=Forests=--General Notes as to Forests; their Influence--
Opinions as to Sylviculture--Improvement of Forests--Unwooding and
Rewooding--Preservation of Forests--Exploitation of Forests--Damage
caused to Forests--Different Alterations--=The Preservation of Timber=
--Generalities--Causes and Progress of Deterioration--History of
Different Proposed Processes--Dessication--Superficial Carbonisation
of Timber--Processes by Immersion--Generalities as to Antiseptics
Employed--Injection Processes in Closed Vessels--The Boucherie System,
Based upon the Displacement of the Sap--Processes for Making Timber
Uninflammable--=Applications of Timber=--Generalities--Working
Timber--Paving--Timber for Mines--Railway Traverses--Accessory
Products--Gums--Works of M. Fremy--Resins--Barks--Tan--Application of
Cork--The Application of Wood to Art and Dyeing--Different Applications
of Wood--Hard Wood--Distillation of Wood--Pyroligneous Acid--Oil of
Wood--Distillation of Resins--Index.
=THE UTILISATION OF WOOD WASTE.= Translated from the German of
ERNST HUBBARD. Crown 8vo. 192 pp. 1902. Fifty Illustrations.
Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries,
6s.; net.
Contents.
General Remarks on the Utilisation of Sawdust--Employment of Sawdust
as Fuel, with and without Simultaneous Recovery of Charcoal and the
Products of Distillation--Manufacture of Oxalic Acid from Sawdust--
Process with Soda Lye; Thorn's Process; Bohlig's Process--Manufacture
of Spirit (Ethyl Alcohol) from Wood Waste--Patent Dyes (Organic
Sulphides, Sulphur Dyes, or Mercapto Dyes)--Artificial Wood and
Plastic Compositions from Sawdust--Production of Artificial Wood
Compositions for Moulded Decorations--Employment of Sawdust for
Blasting Powders and Gunpowders--Employment of Sawdust for Briquettes
--Employment of Sawdust in the Ceramic Industry and as an Addition
to Mortar--Manufacture of Paper Pulp from Wood--Casks--Various
Applications of Sawdust and Wood Refuse--Calcium Carbide--Manure--Wood
Mosaic Plaques--Bottle Stoppers--Parquetry--Fire-lighters--Carborundum
--The Production of Wood Wool--Bark--Index.
Building and Architecture.
=THE PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS IN BUILDINGS=; with Remarks on the
Causes, Nature and Effects of Saline, Efflorescences and
Dry-rot, for Architects, Builders, Overseers, Plasterers,
Painters and House Owners. By ADOLF WILHELM KEIM. Translated
from the German of the second revised Edition by M. J.
SALTER, F.I.C., F.C.S. Eight Coloured Plates and Thirteen
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 115 pp. 1902. Price 5s.; India and
Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.
Contents.
The Various Causes of Dampness and Decay of the Masonry of Buildings,
and the Structural and Hygienic Evils of the Same--Precautionary
Measures during Building against Dampness and Efflorescence--Methods
of Remedying Dampness and Efflorescences in the Walls of Old Buildings
--The Artificial Drying of New Houses, as well as Old Damp Dwellings,
and the Theory of the Hardening of Mortar--New, Certain and Permanently
Efficient Methods for Drying Old Damp Walls and Dwellings--The Cause
and Origin of Dry-rot: its Injurious Effect on Health, its Destructive
Action on Buildings, and its Successful Repression--Methods of
Preventing Dry-rot to be Adopted During Construction--Old Methods of
Preventing Dry-rot--Recent and More Efficient Remedies for Dry-rot--
Index.
=GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING,
PLUMBING, AND THE ALLIED TRADES AND SUBJECTS.= By AUGUSTINE
C. PASSMORE. Demy 8vo. About 400 pp.
[_In the press._
Foods and Sweetmeats.
=THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOODS AND SWEETMEATS.= By A.
HAUSNER. With Twenty-eight Illustrations. Translated from
the German of the third enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo. 225 pp.
1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; net.
Contents.
=The Manufacture of Conserves=--Introduction--The Causes of the
Putrefaction of Food--The Chemical Composition of Foods--The Products
of Decomposition--The Causes of Fermentation and Putrefaction--
Preservative Bodies--The Various Methods of Preserving Food--The
Preservation of Animal Food--Preserving Meat by Means of Ice--The
Preservation of Meat by Charcoal--Preservation of Meat by Drying--The
Preservation of Meat by the Exclusion of Air--The Appert Method--
Preserving Flesh by Smoking--Quick Smoking--Preserving Meat with
Salt--Quick Salting by Air Pressure--Quick Salting by Liquid
Pressure--Gamgee's Method of Preserving Meat--The Preservation of
Eggs--Preservation of White and Yolk of Egg--Milk Preservation--
Condensed Milk--The Preservation of Fat--Manufacture of Soup
Tablets--Meat Biscuits--Extract of Beef--The Preservation of
Vegetable Foods in General--Compressing Vegetables--Preservation of
Vegetables by Appert's Method--The Preservation of Fruit--Preservation
of Fruit by Storage--The Preservation of Fruit by Drying--Drying Fruit
by Artificial Heat--Roasting Fruit--The Preservation of Fruit with
Sugar--Boiled Preserved Fruit--The Preservation of Fruit in Spirit,
Acetic Acid or Glycerine--Preservation of Fruit without Boiling--Jam
Manufacture--The Manufacture of Fruit Jellies--The Making of Gelatine
Jellies--The Manufacture of "Sulzen"--The Preservation of Fermented
Beverages--=The Manufacture of Candies=--Introduction--The Manufacture
of Candied Fruit--The Manufacture of Boiled Sugar and Caramel--The
Candying of Fruit--Caramelised Fruit--The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks,
or Barley Sugar--Bonbon Making--Fruit Drops--The Manufacture of
Dragées--The Machinery and Appliances used in Candy Manufacture--Dyeing
Candies and Bonbons--Essential Oils used in Candy Making--Fruit
Essences--The Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and
Stamped Lozenges--Recipes for Jams and Jellies--Recipes for Bonbon
Making--Dragées--Appendix--Index.
Dyeing Fancy Goods.
=THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING MARBLE, ARTIFICIAL STONE,
BONE, HORN, IVORY AND WOOD, AND OF IMITATING ALL SORTS OF
WOOD.= A Practical Handbook for the Use of Joiners, Turners,
Manufacturers of Fancy Goods, Stick and Umbrella Makers,
Comb Makers, etc. Translated from the German of D. H.
SOXHLET, Technical Chemist. Crown 8vo. 168 pp. 1902. Price
5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.
Contents.
Mordants and Stains--Natural Dyes--Artificial Pigments--Coal Tar
Dyes--Staining Marble and Artificial Stone--Dyeing, Bleaching and
Imitation of Bone, Horn and Ivory--Imitation of Tortoiseshell for
Combs: Yellows, Dyeing Nuts--Ivory--Wood Dyeing--Imitation of Mahogany:
Dark Walnut, Oak, Birch-Bark, Elder-Marquetry, Walnut, Walnut-Marquetry,
Mahogany, Spanish Mahogany, Palisander and Rose Wood, Tortoiseshell,
Oak, Ebony, Pear Tree--Black Dyeing Processes with Penetrating
Colours--Varnishes and Polishes: English Furniture Polish, Vienna
Furniture Polish, Amber Varnish, Copal Varnish, Composition for
Preserving Furniture--Index.
Lithography and Engraving.
=PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY.= By JOSEPH KIRKBRIDE. Demy 8vo. With
Plates and Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Stones--Transfer Inks--Transfer Papers--Transfer Printing--Litho
Press--Press Work--Machine Printing--Colour Printing--Substitutes
for Lithographic Stones--Tin Plate Printing and Decoration--
Photo-Lithography.
=ENGRAVING FOR ILLUSTRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES.=
By J. KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and Illustrations. Crown
8vo. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.
Contents.
Its Inception--Wood Engraving--Metal Engraving--Engraving in
England--Etching--Mezzotint--Photo-Process Engraving--The Engraver's
Task--Appreciative Criticism--Index.
Bookbinding.
=PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING.= By PAUL ADAM. Translated from the
German. Demy 8vo. With 129 Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Materials for Sewing and Pasting--Materials for Covering the Book--
Materials for Decorating and Finishing--Tools--General Preparatory
Work--Sewing--Forwarding, Cutting, Rounding and Backing--Forwarding,
Decoration of Edges and Headbanding--Boarding--Preparing the Cover
--Work with the Blocking Press--Treatment of Sewn Books, Fastening in
Covers, and Finishing Off--Handtooling and Other Decoration--Account
Books--School Books, Mounting Maps, Drawings, etc.--Index.
Sugar Refining.
=THE TECHNOLOGY OF SUGAR=: Practical Treatise on the Modern
Methods of Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Cane and
Sugar Beet. By JOHN GEDDES MCINTOSH. Demy 8vo. 83
Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Chemistry of Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose, Glucose, Invert Sugar, etc.
--Purchase and Analysis of Beets--Treatment of Beets--Diffusion--
Filtration--Concentration--Evaporation--=Sugar Cane=: Cultivation--
Milling--Diffusion--Sugar Refining--Analysis of Raw Sugars--Chemistry
of Molasses, etc.
New Textile Books.
(_See also pp. 19-24._)
=TEXTILE CALCULATIONS=, especially relating to Woollens. From
the German of N. REISER. Thirty-four Illustrations. Tables.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Calculating the Raw Material--Proportion of Different Grades of Wool
to Furnish Mixture at a Given Price--Quantity to Produce a Given
Length--Yarn Calculations--Yarn Number--Working Calculations--
Calculating the Reed Count--Cost of Weaving, etc.
=WATERPROOFING FABRICS AND MATERIALS.= By Dr. S. MICRZINSKI.
Twenty-nine Illustrations.
[_In the press._
Contents.
Preparing the Fabrics--Impregnating the
Fabrics--Drying--Paraffin--Cupric Oxide Ammonia--Size--Tannin--Metallic
Oxides, etc.
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