    Souring Cisterns--Drying--Drying 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. 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 MINES. By CARL VOLK. Translated
from the German. Royal 8vo. With Six Plates and 148 Illustrations. 150 pp.
1903. Price 8s. 6d.; Colonies, 9s.; Other Countries, 9s. 6d.; strictly
net.

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.




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.




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/, and the Mean Temperature
    Difference, [Greek: th]/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.




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.

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.

SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE. By JOHN W. HART. Demy 8vo. With 208
Illustrations. 250 pp. 1904. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

    Sanitary Surveys--Drain Testing--Drain Testing with Smoke--Testing
    Drains with Water--Drain Plugs for Testing--Sanitary Defects--
    Closets--Baths and Lavatories--House Drains--Manholes--Iron Soil
    Pipes--Lead Soil Pipes--Ventilating Pipes--Water-closets--Flushing
    Cisterns--Baths--Bath Fittings--Lavatories--Lavatory Fittings--Sinks--
    Waste Pipes--Water Supply--Ball Valves--Town House Sanitary
    Arrangements--Drainage--Jointing Pipes--Accessible Drains--Iron
    Drains--Iron Junctions--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.

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.

HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, AND THEIR
ALLIED TRADES AND SUBJECTS. By AUGUSTINE C. PASSMORE. Demy 8vo. 380 pp.
1904. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.




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, Printing and Engraving.


PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY. By ALFRED SEYMOUR. Demy 8vo. With Frontispiece and
33 Illus. 120 pp. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries,
6s.; net.

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.

PRINTERS' AND STATIONERS' READY RECKONER AND COMPENDIUM. Compiled by
VICTOR GRAHAM. Crown 8vo. 112 pp. 1904. Price 3s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; strictly net, post free.

Contents.

    Price of Paper per Sheet, Quire, Ream and Lb.--Cost of 100 to 1000
    Sheets at various Sizes and Prices per Ream--Cost of Cards--Quantity
    Table--Sizes and Weights of Paper, Cards, etc.--Notes on Account
    Books--Discount Tables--Sizes of spaces--Leads to a lb.--Dictionary--
    Measure for Bookwork--Correcting Proofs, etc.

ENGRAVING FOR ILLUSTRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES. By J.
KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and 6 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1903. 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. Crown
8vo. 180 pp. 127 Illustrations. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other
Countries, 6s.; net.

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. 420 pp. Seventy-six Tables. 1903.
Price 10s. 6d.; Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.

    (_See "Evaporating, Condensing, etc., Apparatus," p. 27._)

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.




Bibliography.


CLASSIFIED GUIDE TO TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BOOKS. Compiled by EDGAR
GREENWOOD. Demy 8vo. 224 pp. 1904. Being a Subject-list of the Principal
British and American Books in print; giving Title, Author, Size, Date,
Publisher and Price. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other
Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net, post free.

Contents.

    1. Agriculture and Farming--Agricultural Chemistry--Bee-keeping--
    Cattle, Pigs, Sheep--Dairy and Dairy Work--Feeding Animals--Forestry--
    Fruit Growing--Irrigation--Manures--Poultry Farming. 2. Air, Aerial
    Navigation. 3. Architecture and Building. 4. Art--Lettering--
    Modelling--Ornament--Painting--Perspective. 5. Arts and Crafts,
    Amateur Work. 6. Auction Sales. 7. Banking. 8. Book and Newspaper
    Production, Papermaking, Printing--Bookbinding--Bookselling--
    Copyright--Journalism--Lithography--Papermaking--Printing,
    Typography--Process Work--Stationery. 9. Brewing and Distilling. 10.
    Cabinet-making. 11. Calculators, Ready Reckoners, Discount Tables. 12.
    Carpentry and Joinery. 13. Chemicals, Chemistry. 14. Coachbuilding.
    15. Commerce, Business. 16. Dams, Docks, Harbours. 17. Dogs. 18.
    Domestic Economy--Cookery--Dressmaking--Laundry--Millinery. 19.
    Electricity--Alternating Currents--Dynamos--Electric Heating--Electric
    Lighting--Electric Traction--Telegraphy--Telephones--Wireless
    Telegraphy. 20. Elocution, Voice Production. 21. Engineering and Metal
    Work--Architectural Engineering--Blacksmithing--Boilers--Bridges--
    Civil Engineering--Fuel, Smoke--Galvanising, Tinning--Gas, Oil and Air
    Engines--Hardware--Hydraulic Engineering--Indicators--Injectors--Iron
    and Steel--Ironfounding--Lathes, Tools--Locomotives--Machine
    Construction and Design--Marine Engineering--Mechanical Engineering--
    Metal Work--Pattern Making--Pipes--Power Transmission--Pumps--
    Refrigeration--Saw Filing--Screw Cutting--Steam Engine--Strains and
    Stresses--Turbines. 22. Factories and Workshops. 23. Financial--
    Investments--Stockbroking. 24. Foods and Beverages--Adulteration and
    Analysis--Bread--Cakes--Fish--Flour, Grain--Food and Drug Acts--Tea.
    25. Foreign Exchange Tables, Metric System. 26. Foreign Languages. 27.
    Gardening, Flowers. 28. Gas--Acetylene--Gas Fitting--Gas Lighting and
    Supply. 29. Glass. 30. Glues, Inks, Pastes. 31. Horses. 32. Hospitals,
    Nursing. 33. House Decoration. 34. Hygiene, Public Health--
    Bacteriology--Hygiene--Public Health--Sanitary Inspection--Sewage and
    Sewerage. 35. India-Rubber. 36. Insurance. 37. Jewellery, Silver and
    Goldsmith's Work. 38. Land, Property. 39. Leather Trades. 40. Legal--
    Arbitration--Bankruptcy Law--Commercial Law--Contract Law--
    Solicitors--Stamp Duties--Trustee Law--Wills. 41. Metallurgy. 42.
    Military. 43. Mining, Quarrying. 44. Motor Cars and Cycles. 45. Music.
    46. Nautical, Navigation. 46a. Navy. 47. Oils, Fats. 48. Optical,
    Microscopy, Instruments. 49. Paints, Colours, Varnishes. 50. Patents,
    Trade Marks. 51. Photography. 52. Physics. 53. Physical Training. 54.
    Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation. 55. Pottery, China, Bricks. 56. Public
    Meetings, Elections, Taxes. 57. Railways and Tramways--Construction of
    Railways--Carriage and Wagon Building--Law of Railways--Light
    Railways--Management. 58. Rivers, Canals. 59. Roads, Highways. 60.
    Shopkeeping, Ticket Writing. 61. Shorthand, Typewriting. 62. Soaps,
    Candles. 63. Building, Co-operative and Friendly Societies. 64.
    Surveying. 65. Teaching, Education. 66. Telegraph Codes. 67. Textile
    Trades. 68. Timber. 69. Veterinary. 70. Watches, Clocks. 71. Water.
    Subject Index.


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