CROSBY LOCKWOOD & SON’S
Catalogue of
Scientific, Technical and Industrial Books.

“Mr. Clark manifests what is an innate perception of what is likely to be useful in a pocket book, and he is really unrivalled in the art of condensation. It is very difficult to hit upon any mechanical engineering subject concerning which this work supplies no information, and the excellent index at the end adds to its utility. In one word, it is an exceedingly handy and efficient tool, possessed of which the engineer will be saved many a wearisome calculation, or yet more wearisome hunt through various text-books and treatises, and, as such, we can heartily recommend it to our readers.”—The Engineer.

“It would be found difficult to compress more matter within a similar compass, or produce a book of 650 pages which should be more compact or convenient for pocket reference.... Will be appreciated by mechanical engineers of all classes.”—Practical Engineer.

“Of this edition we may repeat the appreciative remarks we made upon the first and third. Since the appearance of the latter very considerable modifications have been made, although the total number of pages remains almost the same. It is a very useful collection of rules, tables, and workshop and drawing office data.”—The Engineer, May 10, 1895.

“The author treats every subject from the point of view of one who has collected workshop notes for application in workshop practice, rather than from the theoretical or literary aspect. The volume contains a great deal of that kind of information which is gained only by practical experience, and is seldom written in books.”—The Engineer, June 5, 1885.

“The volume is an exceedingly useful one, brimful with engineer’s notes, memoranda, and rules, and well worthy of being on every mechanical engineer’s bookshelf.”—Mechanical World.

“The information is precisely that likely to be required in practice.... The work forms a desirable addition to the library not only of the works’ manager, but of any one connected with general engineering.”—Mining Journal.

“Brimful of useful information, stated in concise form, Mr. Hutton’s books have met a pressing want among engineers. The book must prove extremely useful to every practical man possessing a copy.”—Practical Engineer.

“We have kept it at hand for several weeks, referring to it as occasion arose, and we have not on a single occasion consulted its pages without finding the information of which we were in quest.”—Athenæum.

“A thoroughly good practical handbook, which no engineer can go through without learning something that will be of service to him.”—Marine Engineer.

“An excellent book of reference for engineers, and a valuable text-book for students of engineering.”—Scotsman.

“This valuable manual embodies the results and experience of the leading authorities on mechanical engineering.”—Building News.

“The author has collected together a surprising quantity of rules and practical data, and has shown much judgment in the selections he has made.... There is no doubt that this book is one of the most useful of its kind published, and will be a very popular compendium.”—Engineer.

“A mass of information set down in simple language, and in such a form that it can be easily referred to at any time. The matter is uniformly good and well chosen, and is greatly elucidated by the illustrations. The book will find its way on to most engineers’ shelves, where it will rank as one of the most useful books of reference.”—Practical Engineer.

“Full of useful information, and should be found on the office shelf of all practical engineers.”—English Mechanic.

“One of the best, if not the best, books on boilers that has ever been published. The information is of the right kind, in a simple and accessible form. So far as generation is concerned, this is, undoubtedly, the standard book on steam practice.”—Electrical Review.

“Every detail, both in boiler design and management, is clearly laid before the reader. The volume shows that boiler construction has been reduced to the condition of one of the most exact sciences; and such a book is of the utmost value to the fin de siècle Engineer and Works Manager.”—Marine Engineer.

“There has long been room for a modern handbook on steam boilers; there is not that room now, because Mr. Hutton has filled it. It is a thoroughly practical book for those who are occupied in the construction, design, selection, or use of boilers.”—Engineer.

“The book is of so important and comprehensive a character that it must find its way into the libraries of every one interested in boiler using or boiler manufacture if they wish to be thoroughly informed. We strongly recommend the book for the intrinsic value of its contents.”—Machinery Market.

“In its modernised form Hutton’s ‘Templeton’ should have a wide sale, for it contains much valuable information which the mechanic will often find of use, and not a few tables and notes which he might look for in vain in other works. This modernised edition will be appreciated by all who have learned to value the original editions of ‘Templeton.’”—English Mechanic.

“It has met with great success in the engineering workshop, as we can testify; and there are a great many men who, in a great measure, owe their rise in life to this little book.”—Building News.

“This familiar text-book—well known to all mechanics and engineers—is of essential service to the every-day requirements of engineers, millwrights, and the various trades connected with engineering and building. The new modernised edition is worth its weight in gold.”—Building News. (Second Notice.)

“This well-known and largely-used book contains information, brought up to date, of the sort so useful to the foreman and draughtsman. So much fresh information has been introduced as to constitute it practically a new book. It will be largely used in the office and workshop.”—Mechanical World.

“The publishers wisely entrusted the task of revision of this popular, valuable, and useful book to Mr. Hutton, than whom a more competent man they could not have found.”—Iron.

“Occupies a foremost place among books of this kind. A more suitable present to an apprentice to any of the mechanical trades could not possibly be made.”—Building News.

“A deservedly popular work. It should be in the ‘drawer’ of every mechanic.”—English Mechanic.

“The book is one which every mechanical engineer may, with advantage to himself, add to his library.”—Industries.

“Mr. Foley is well fitted to compile such a work.... The diagrams are a great feature of the work.... Regarding the whole work, it may be very fairly stated that Mr. Foley has produced a volume which will undoubtedly fulfil the desire of the author and become indispensable to all mechanical engineers.”—Marine Engineer.

“We have carefully examined this work, and pronounce it a most excellent reference book for the use of marine engineers.”—Journal of American Society of Naval Engineers.

“These tables are designed to meet the requirements of every-day use; are of sufficient scope for most practical purposes, and may be commended to engineers and users of steam.”—Iron.

“Professor Goodeve has given us a treatise on the steam engine which will bear comparison with anything written by Huxley or Maxwell, and we can award it no higher praise.”—Engineer.

“Mr. Goodeve’s text-book is a work of which every young engineer should possess himself.”—Mining Journal.

“Like all Mr. Goodeve’s writings, the present is no exception in point of general excellence. It is a valuable little volume.”—Mechanical World.

“The best treatise that has ever been published on steam boilers.”—Engineer.

“The author shows himself perfect master of his subject, and we heartily recommend all employing steam power to possess themselves of the work.”—Ryland’s Iron Trade Circular.

“A very useful little volume. It contains many tables, classified data and memoranda, generally useful to engineers.”—Engineer.

“This small book is what it professes to be, viz.:—‘a handy office companion,’ giving as it does, in a succinct form, a variety of information likely to be required by mechanical engineers in their everyday office work.”—Nature.

“A perfect encyclopædia of the steam engine and its details, and one which must take a permanent place in English drawing-offices and workshops.”—A Foreman Pattern-maker.

“This is an excellent book, and should be in the hands of all who are interested in the construction and design of medium-sized stationary engines.... A careful study of its contents and the arrangement of the sections leads to the conclusion that there is probably no other book like it in this country. The volume aims at showing the results of practical experience, and it certainly may claim a complete achievement of this idea.”—Nature.

“There can be no question as to its value. We cordially commend it to all concerned in the design and construction of the steam engine.”—Mechanical World.

“A valuable contribution to the literature of scientific building.”—The Builder.

“No workman or apprentice should be without this book.”—Iron Trade Circular.

“Practical, explicit, and profusely illustrated.”—Glasgow Herald.

“We recommend the book, which gives the cost of various systems and illustrations showing details of parts of machinery and general arrangements of complete installations.”—Builder.

“May be recommended as a useful description of the machinery, the processes, and of the facts, figures, and tabulated physics of refrigerating. It is one of the best compilations on the subject.”—Engineer.

“The subject of tea machinery is now one of the first interest to a large class of people, to whom we strongly commend the volume.”—Chamber of Commerce Journal.

“When tea planting was first introduced into the British possessions little, if any, machinery was employed, but now its use is almost universal. This volume contains a very full account of the machinery necessary for the proper outfit of a factory, and also a description of the processes best carried out by this machinery.”—Journal Society of Arts.

“This is an excellent and very useful book, covering subject-matter in constant requisition in every factory and workshop.... The book is invaluable, not only to the young engineer, but also to the estimate department of every works.”—Builder.

“We accord the work unqualified praise. The information is given in a plain, straightforward manner, and bears throughout evidence of the intimate practical acquaintance of the author with every phase of commercial engineering.”—Mechanical World.

“This is in its way an excellent volume. Without going into the minutiæ of the subject, it yet lays before its readers a very good exposition of the various systems of rope transmission in use, and gives as well not a little valuable information about their working, repair, and management. We can safely recommend it as a useful general treatise on the subject.”—The Engineer.

“Mr. Tayler has treated the subject as concisely as thoroughness would permit. The book will rank with the best on this useful topic, and we recommend it to those whose business is the transporting of minerals and goods.”—Mining Journal.

“Mr. Wallis-Tayler’s book is a welcome addition to the literature of the subject, as it is the production of an Engineer, and has not been written with a view to assist in the promotion of companies.... The book is clearly expressed throughout, and is just the sort of work that an engineer, thinking of turning his attention to motor-carriage work, would do well to read as a preliminary to starting operations.”—Engineering.

“The latest production from the pen of this writer is characterised by that evidence of close acquaintance with workshop methods which will render the book exceedingly acceptable to the practical hand. We have no hesitation in commending the work as a serviceable and practical handbook on a subject which has not hitherto received much attention from those qualified to deal with it in a satisfactory manner.”—Mechanical World.

“A well-written technical guide, evidently written by a man who understands and has practised what he has written about.... We cordially recommend it to engineering students, young journeymen, and others desirous of being initiated into the mysteries of pattern-making.”—Builder.

“An excellent vade mecum for the apprentice who desires to become master of his trade.”—English Mechanic.

“Just the sort of handy dictionary required by the various trades engaged in mechanical engineering. The practical engineering pupil will find the book of great value in his studies, and every foreman engineer and mechanic should have a copy.”—Building News.

“We must give the book our unqualified praise for its thoroughness of treatment, and we can heartily recommend it to all interested as the most practical book on the subject yet written.”—Mechanical World.

“To such of our readers as are interested in the subject of fires and fire apparatus we can most heartily commend this book.”—Engineering.

“The book should be in the hands of every mason or student of stonework.”—Colliery Guardian.

“A capital handbook for all who manipulate stone for building or ornamental purposes.”—Machinery Market.

“The matter is set forth as concisely as possible. In fact, condensation rather than diffuseness has been the author’s aim throughout; yet he does not seem to have omitted anything likely to be of use.”—Journal of Gas Lighting.

“Thoroughly practical and simply and clearly written.”—Glasgow Herald.

“A new departure in engineering literature.... We can recommend this work to all interested in milling machines; it is what it professes to be—a practical treatise.”—Engineer.

“A capital and reliable book which will no doubt be of considerable service both to those who are already acquainted with the process as well as to those who contemplate its adoption.”—Industries.

“Written by a man who knows not only how work ought to be done, but who also knows how to do it, and how to convey his knowledge to others. To all turners this book would be valuable.”—Engineering.

“We can safely recommend the work to young engineers. To the amateur it will simply be invaluable. To the student it will convey a great deal of useful information.”—Engineer.

“Full of useful information, hints and practical criticism. Taps, dies, and screwing tools generally are illustrated and their actions described.”—Mechanical World.

“It is a complete compendium of all the details of the screw-cutting lathe; in fact a multum-in-parvo on all the subjects it treats upon.”—Carpenter and Builder.

“It would, perhaps, be as difficult to make a small pocket-book selection of notes and formulæ to suit ALL engineers as it would be to make a universal medicine; but Mr. Smith’s waistcoat-pocket collection may be looked upon as a successful attempt.”—Engineer.

“The best example we have ever seen of 270 pages of useful matter packed into the dimensions of a card-case.”—Building News.

“A veritable pocket treasury of knowledge.”—Iron.

“It is a very great advantage for readers and correspondents in France and England to have so large a number of the words relating to engineering and manufacturers collected in a lilliputian volume. The little book will be useful both to students and travellers.”—Architect.

“The glossary of terms is very complete, and many of the Tables are new and well arranged. We cordially commend the book.”—Mechanical World.

“Represents an enormous quantity of work, and forms a desirable book of reference.”—The Engineer.

“The volume is distinctly in advance of most similar publications in this country.”—Engineering.

“This valuable and well designed book of reference meets the demands of all descriptions of engineers.”—Saturday Review.

“Teems with up-to-date information in every branch of engineering and construction.”—Building News.

“The needs of the engineering profession could hardly be supplied in a more admirable, complete and convenient form. To say that it more than sustains all comparisons is praise of the highest sort, and that may justly be said of it.”—Mining Journal.

“There is certainly room for the newcomer, which supplies explanations and directions, as well as formulæ and tables. It deserves to become one of the most successful of the technical annuals.”—Architect.

“Brings together with great skill all the technical information which an engineer has to use day by day. It is in every way admirably equipped, and is sure to prove successful.”—Scotsman.

“The up-to-dateness of Mr. Kempe’s compilation is a quality that will not be lost on the busy people for whom the work is intended.”—Glasgow Herald.

“This is a work of value to those who use steam machinery.... Should be read by every one who has a steam engine, on a farm or elsewhere.”—Mark Lane Express.

“We cordially commend this work to buyers and owners of steam-engines, and to those who have to do with their construction or use.”—Timber Trades Journal.

“Such a general knowledge of the steam-engine as Mr. Wansbrough furnishes to the reader should be acquired by all intelligent owners and others who use the steam-engine.”—Building News.

“An excellent text-book of this useful form of engine. The ‘Hints to Purchasers’ contain a good deal of common-sense and practical wisdom.”—English Mechanic.

“For comprehensiveness the book has not its equal.”—Iron.

“One of the best of the pocket books.”—English Mechanic.

“The book is well fitted for those who are either confronted with practical problems in their work, or are preparing for examination and wish to refresh their knowledge by going through their formulæ again.”—Marine Engineer.

“It is well arranged, and meets the wants of those for whom it is intended.”—Railway News.

“If steam-users would but learn this little book by heart, boiler explosions would become sensations by their rarity.”—English Mechanic.

“We confidently recommend all interested in heating by hot water to secure a copy of this valuable little treatise.”—The Plumber and Decorator.

“It would be difficult to imagine anything more ingeniously planned, more cleverly worked out, and more charmingly written. Readers cannot fail to find the volume most enjoyable.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Students of railway history and all who are interested in the evolution of the modern locomotive will find much to attract and entertain in this volume.”—The Times.

“Mr. Reynolds has supplied a want, and has supplied it well. We can confidently recommend the book not only to the practical driver, but to everyone who takes an interest in the performance of locomotive engines.”—The Engineer.

“Mr. Reynolds has opened a new chapter in the literature of the day. His treatise is admirable.”—Athenæum.

“From the technical knowledge of the author, it will appeal to the railway man of to-day more forcibly than anything written by Dr. Smiles.... The volume contains information of a technical kind, and facts that every driver should be familiar with.”—English Mechanic.

“We should be glad to see this book in the possession of everyone in the kingdom who has ever laid, or is to lay, hands on a locomotive engine.”—Iron.

“A popular explanation of the different brakes. It will be of great assistance in forming public opinion, and will be studied with benefit by those who take an interest in the brake.”—English Mechanic.

“The author is thoroughly acquainted with his subjects, and his advice on the various points treated is clear and practical.... He has produced a manual which is an exceedingly useful one for the class for whom it is specially intended.”—Engineering.

“Our author leaves no stone unturned. He is determined that his readers shall not only know something about the stationary engine, but all about it.”—Engineer.

“Perfectly fascinating. Wilkie Collins’s most thrilling conceptions are thrown into the shade by true incidents, endless in their variety, related in every page.”—North British Mail.

“This admirable work is well suited to accomplish its object, being the honest workmanship of a competent engineer.”—Glasgow Herald.

“Mr. Mackay’s volume is clearly and concisely written, admirably arranged, and freely illustrated. The book is exactly what has been long wanted. We recommend it to all interested in the subject. It is sure to have a wide sale.”—Railway News.

“Those who desire to have within reach general information concerning almost all the light railway systems in the world will do well to buy Mr. Mackay’s book.”—Engineer.

“This work appears very opportunely, when the extension of the system on a large scale to England is at last being mooted. In its pages we find all the information that the heart of man can desire on the subject ... every detail in its story, founded on the experience of other countries and applied to the possibilities of England, is put before us.”—Spectator.

“The present (1896) edition has been brought right up to date, and is thus rendered a work to which civil engineers generally should have ready access, and to which engineers who have construction work can hardly afford to be without, but which to the younger members of the profession is invaluable, as from its pages they can learn the state to which the science of tunnelling has attained.”—Railway News.

“The estimation in which Mr. Simms’s book has been held for many years cannot be more truly expressed than in the words of the late Prof. Rankine: ‘The best source of information on the subject of tunnels is Mr. F. W. Simms’s work on Practical Tunnelling.’”—Architect.

“The chapter upon filtration of water is very complete, and the details of construction well illustrated.... The work should be specially valuable to civil engineers engaged in work in Japan, but the interest is by no means confined to that locality.”—Engineer.

“We congratulate the author upon the practical commonsense shown in the preparation of this work.... The plates and diagrams have evidently been prepared with great care, and cannot fail to be of great assistance to the student.”—Builder.

“The whole art of water-works construction is dealt with in a clear and comprehensive fashion in this handsome volume.... Mr. Burton’s practical treatise shows in all its sections the fruit of independent study and individual experience. It is largely based upon his own practice in the branch of engineering of which it treats.”—Saturday Review.

“The most systematic and valuable work upon water supply hitherto produced in English, or in any other language. It is characterised almost throughout by an exhaustiveness much more distinctive of French and German than of English technical treatises.”—Engineer.

“We conscientiously recommend it as a very useful book for those concerned in obtaining water for small districts, giving a great deal of practical information in a small compass.”—Builder.

“The volume contains valuable information upon all matters connected with water supply.... Full of details on points which are continually before water-works engineers.”—Nature.

“We have nothing but praise for this thoroughly valuable work. The author has succeeded in rendering his subject interesting as well as instructive.”—Practical Engineer.

“Can be unhesitatingly recommended as a useful and up-to-date manual on hydraulic transmission and utilisation of power.”—Mechanical World.

“It is, of all English books on the subject, the one nearest to completeness.”—Architect.

“The author has constructed a manual which may be accepted as a trustworthy guide to this branch of the engineer’s profession.”—Engineering.

“As a small practical treatise on the water supply of towns, and on some applications of water-power, the work is in many respects excellent.”—Engineering.

“The book shows in a concise way what has to be done in reclaiming land from the sea, and the best way of doing it. The work contains a great deal of practical and useful information which cannot fail to be of service to engineers entrusted with the enclosure of salt marshes, and to land owners intending to reclaim land from the sea.”—The Engineer.

“The author has carried out his task efficiently and well, and his book contains a large amount of information of great service to engineers and others interested in works of reclamation.”—Nature.

“The volume contains a good deal of valuable data, and furnishes the engineer with practical advice. The author deals with his subject from the inception to the finish. Many useful suggestions will be found in the remarks on site and position, location of dam, foundations and construction.”—Building News.

“We recommend all interested in harbour works—and, indeed, those concerned in the improvements of rivers generally—to read Mr. Mann’s interesting work.”—Engineer.

“The new volume is one which will rank, among tramway engineers and those interested in tramway working, with the Author’s world-famed book on railway machinery.”—The Engineer.

“The best forms of instruments are described as to their construction, uses and modes of employment, and there are innumerable hints on work and equipment such as the author, in his experience as surveyor, draughtsman and teacher, has found necessary, and which the student in his inexperience will find most serviceable.”—Engineer.

“The latest treatise in the English language on surveying, and we have no hesitation in saying that the student will find it a better guide than any of its predecessors. Deserves to be recognised as the first book which should be put in the hands of a pupil of Civil Engineering.”—Architect.

“The work is very clearly written, and should remove all difficulties in the way of any surveyor desirous of making use of this useful and rapid instrument.”—Nature.

“A valuable vade-mecum for the surveyor. We recommend this book as containing an admirable supplement to the teaching of the accomplished surveyor.”—Athenæum.

“The author brings to his work a fortunate union of theory and practical experience which, aided by a clear and lucid style of writing, renders the book a very useful one.”—Builder.

“The book is very handy; the separate tables of sines and tangents to every minute will make it useful for many other purposes, the genuine traverse tables existing all the same.”—Athenæum.

“Every person engaged in engineering field operations will estimate the importance of such a work and the amount of valuable time which will be saved by reference to a set of reliable tables prepared with the accuracy and fulness of those given in this volume.”—Railway News.

“This book must prove of great value to the student. We have no hesitation in recommending it, feeling assured that it will more than repay a careful study.”—Mechanical World.

“A most useful book for the student. We strongly recommend it as a carefully-written and valuable text-book. It enjoys a well-deserved repute among surveyors.”—Builder.

“This volume cannot fail to prove of the utmost practical utility. It may be safely recommended to all students who aspire to become clean and expert surveyors.”—Mining Journal.

“The text-book on levelling in most of our engineering schools and colleges.”—Engineer.

“The publishers have rendered a substantial service to the profession, especially to the younger members, by bringing out the present edition of Mr. Simms’s useful work.”—Engineering.

“No words of praise from us can strengthen the position so well and so steadily maintained by this work. Sir Charles Warren has revised the entire work, and made such additions as were necessary to bring every portion of the contents up to the present date.”—Broad Arrow.

“Each table is printed on a card, which, placed on the theodolite, leaves the hands free to manipulate the instrument—no small advantage as regards the rapidity of work.”—Engineer.

“Very handy: a man may know that all his day’s work must fall on two of these cards, which he puts into his own card-case, and leaves the rest behind.”—Athenæum.

“The way in which accuracy is attained, by a simple division of each cross section into three elements, two in which are constant and one variable, is ingenious.”—Athenæum.

“Many of the methods given are of extreme practical value to the mason, and the observations on the form of arch, the rules for ordering the stone, and the construction of the templates, will be found of considerable use. We commend the book to the engineering profession.”—Building News.

“Will be regarded by civil engineers as of the utmost value, and calculated to save much time and obviate many mistakes.”—Colliery Guardian.

“A very valuable contribution to the standard literature of civil engineering. In addition to elevations, plans, and sections, large scale details are given, which very much enhance the instructive worth of those illustrations.”—Civil Engineer and Architect’s Journal.

“Mr. Humber’s stately volumes, lately issued—in which the most important bridges erected during the last five years, under the direction of the late Mr. Brunel, Sir W. Cubitt, Mr. Hawkshaw, Mr. Page, Mr. Fowler, Mr. Hemans, and others among our most eminent engineers, are drawn and specified in great detail.”—Engineer.

“The standard text-book for all engineers regarding skew arches is Mr. Buck’s treatise, and it would be impossible to consult a better.”—Engineer.

“Mr. Buck’s treatise is recognised as a standard text-book, and his treatment has divested the subject of many of the intricacies supposed to belong to it. As a guide to the engineer and architect, on a confessedly difficult subject, Mr. Buck’s work is unsurpassed.”—Building News.

“Mr. Graham’s book will find a place wherever graphic and analytic statics are used or studied.”—Engineer.

“The work is excellent from a practical point of view, and has evidently been prepared with much care. The directions for working are simple, and are illustrated by an abundance of well-selected examples. It is an excellent text-book for the practical draughtsman.”—Athenæum.

“No book with the same objects in view has ever been published in which the clearness of the rules laid down and the illustrative diagrams have been so satisfactory.”—Scotsman.

“The formulæ are neatly expressed, and the diagrams good.”—Athenæum.

“We heartily commend this really handy book to our engineer and architect readers.”—English Mechanic.

“This handy little book enters so minutely into every detail connected with the construction of roof trusses that no student need be ignorant of these.”—Practical Engineer.

“Valuable alike to the student, tyro, and the experienced practitioner, it will always rank in future as it has hitherto done, as the standard treatise on that particular subject.”—Engineer.

“As a scientific work of the first class, it deserves a foremost place on the bookshelves of every civil engineer and practical mechanic.”—English Mechanic.

“A book for the engineer, the directors, the managers; and, in short, all who wish for information on railway matters will find a perfect encyclopædia in ‘Safe Railway Working.’”—Railway Review.

“We commend the remarks on railway signalling to all railway managers, especially where a uniform code and practice is advocated.”—Herepath’s Railway Journal.

“The aim the author has set before him, viz., to show the effects of heat upon metallic and other structures, is a laudable one, for this is a branch of physics upon which the engineer or architect can find but little reliable and comprehensive data in books.”—Builder.

“In these days of advanced knowledge a work like this is of the greatest value. It contains a vast amount of information. We unhesitatingly say that it is the most valuable compilation for its specific purpose that has ever been printed. No naval architect, engineer, surveyor, or seaman, wood or iron shipbuilder, can afford to be without this work.”—Nautical Magazine.

“Should be used by all who are engaged in the construction or design of vessels.... Will be found to contain the most useful tables and formulæ required by shipbuilders, carefully collected from the best authorities, and put together in a popular and simple form. The book is one of exceptional merit.”—Engineer.

“The professional shipbuilder has now, in a convenient and accessible form, reliable data for solving many of the numerous problems that present themselves in the course of his work.”—Iron.

“There is no doubt that a pocket-book of this description must be a necessity in the shipbuilding trade.... The volume contains a mass of useful information clearly expressed and presented in a handy form.”—Marine Engineer.

“The book is clearly and plainly written and avoids unnecessary explanations and formulas, and we consider it a valuable book for students of marine engineering.”—Nautical Magazine.

“There is a great deal of useful information in this little pocket-book. It is the rule-of-thumb order, and is, on that account, well adapted to the uses of the sea-going engineer.”—Engineer.

“This volume will be highly appreciated by seamen, engineers, pilots, shipbuilders and shipowners. It will be found wonderfully accurate and complete.”—Scotsman.

“A very useful dictionary, which has long been wanted by French and English engineers, masters, officers and others.”—Shipping World.

“We recommend it to our readers as going far to supply a long-felt want.”—Naval Science.

“A most useful companion to all marine engineers.”—United Service Gazette.

“Contains much valuable information for the class for whom it is intended, especially in the chapters on the management of boilers and engines.”—Nautical Magazine.

“This extremely practical work gives a complete education in all the branches of the manufacture, cutting out, roping, seaming, and goring. It is copiously illustrated, and will form a first-rate text-book and guide.”—Portsmouth Times.

“It contains a vast amount of valuable information. Nothing seems to be wanting to make it a complete and standard work of reference on the subject.”—Nautical Magazine.

“This book thoroughly deserves its title of a ‘Practical Treatise.’ The whole process of gold milling, from the breaking of the quartz to the assay of the bullion, is described in clear and orderly narrative and with much, but not too much, fulness of detail.”—Saturday Review.

“The work is a storehouse of information and valuable data, and we strongly recommend it to all professional men engaged in the gold-mining industry.”—Mining Journal.

“This book is just what was needed to acquaint mining men with the actual working of a process which is not only the most popular, but is, as a general rule, the most successful for the extraction of gold from tailings.”—Mining Journal.

“The work will prove invaluable to all interested in gold mining, whether metallurgists or as investors.”—Chemical News.

“There is certainly scope for a work on diamond drilling, and Mr. Denny deserves grateful recognition for supplying a decided want. We strongly recommend every board of directors to carefully peruse the pages treating of the applicability of diamond drilling to auriferous deposits, and, under certain conditions, its advantages over shaft sinking for systematic prospecting, both from the surface and underground. The author has given us a valuable volume of eminently practical data that should be in the possession of those interested in mining.”—Mining Journal.

“Mr. Denny’s handbook is the first English work to give a detailed account of the use of modern diamond core-drills in searching for mineral deposits. The work contains much information of a practical character, including particulars of the cost of apparatus and of working.”—Nature.

“As an instructor of prospectors’ classes Mr. Merritt has the advantage of knowing exactly the information likely to be most valuable to the miner in the field. The contents cover all the details of sampling and testing gold and silver ores. The work will be a useful addition to a prospector’s kit.”—Mining Journal.

“It gives the gist of the author’s experience as a teacher of prospectors, and is a book which no prospector could use habitually without finding it pan out well.”—Scotsman.

“Will supply a much-felt want, especially among Colonists, in whose way are so often thrown many mineralogical specimens the value of which it is difficult to determine.”—Engineer.

“How to find commercial minerals, and how to identify them when they are found, are the leading points to which attention is directed. The author has managed to pack as much practical detail into his pages as would supply material for a book three times its size.”—Mining Journal.

“A practical treatise, and a technical work which we are convinced will supply a long-felt want amongst practical men, and at the same time be of value to students and others indirectly connected with the industries.”—Mining Journal.

“From first to last the book is thoroughly sound and reliable.”—Colliery Guardian.

“For chemists, practical miners, assayers, and investors alike we do not know of any work on the subject so handy and yet so comprehensive.”—Glasgow Herald.

“The numerous metallurgical processes, which are fully and extensively treated of, embrace all the stages experienced in the passage of the lead from the various natural states to its issue from the refinery as an article of commerce.”—Practical Engineer.

“The present volume fully maintains the reputation of the author. Those who wish to obtain a thorough insight into the present state of this industry cannot do better than read this volume, and all mining engineers cannot fail to find many useful hints and suggestions in it.”—Industries.

“Neither the practical miner nor the general reader, interested in mines, can have a better book for his companion and his guide.”—Mining Journal.

“We are doing our readers a service in calling their attention to this valuable work.”—Mining World.

“As a history of the present state of mining throughout the world this book has a real value and it supplies an actual want.”—Athenæum.

“Mr. Davies, in this handsome volume, has done the advanced student and the manager of mines good service. Almost every kind of machinery in actual use is carefully described, and the woodcuts and plates are good.”—Athenæum.

“From cover to cover the work exhibits all the same characteristics which excite the confidence and attract the attention of the student as he peruses the first page. The work may safely be recommended. By its publication the literature connected with the industry will be enriched and the reputation of its author enhanced.”—Mining Journal.

“We do not remember to have met with any English work on mining matters that contains the same amount of information packed in equally convenient form.”—Academy.

“We should be inclined to rank it as among the very best of the handy technical and trades manuals which have recently appeared.”—British Quarterly Review.

“The book is a treasure-house of statistical information on mining subjects, and we know of no other work embodying so great a mass of matter of this kind. Were this the only merit of Mr. Hunt’s volume it would be sufficient to render it indispensable in the library of every one interested in the development of the mining and metallurgical industries of this country.”—Athenæum.

“This excellent book is an admirable example of its kind, and ought to find a large sale amongst English-speaking prospectors and mining engineers.”—Engineering.

“Professor Milne’s handbook is sure to be received with favour by all connected with mining, and will be extremely popular among students.”—Athenæum.

“The author has a thorough practical knowledge of his subject, and has supplemented a careful study of the available literature by unpublished information derived from his own observations. The result is a very useful volume, which cannot fail to be of value to all interested in the iron industry of the country.”—Industries.

“This volume contains an immense amount of important and interesting new matter. The book should undoubtedly prove of great use to all who wish for information on the subject, inasmuch as the different patterns of steam pumps are not alone lucidly described and clearly illustrated, but in addition numerous tables are supplied, in which their sizes, capacity, price, &c., are set forth, hence facilitating immensely the rational selection of a pump to suit any purpose that the reader may desire, or, on the other hand, supplying him with useful information about any of the pumps that come within the scope of the volume.”—The Engineer.

“Mr. Pamely has not only given us a comprehensive reference book of a very high order, suitable to the requirements of mining engineers and colliery managers, but has also provided mining students with a class-book that is as interesting as it is instructive.”—Colliery Manager.

“Mr. Pamely’s work is eminently suited to the purpose for which it is intended, being clear, interesting, exhaustive, rich in detail, and up to date, giving descriptions of the latest machines in every department. A mining engineer could scarcely go wrong who followed this work.”—Colliery Guardian.

“This is the most complete ‘all-round’ work on coal-mining published in the English language.... No library of coal-mining books is complete without it.”—Colliery Engineer (Scranton, Pa., U.S.A.).

“This is, indeed, an admirable Handbook for Colliery Managers, in fact it is an indispensable adjunct to a Colliery Manager’s education, as well as being a most useful and interesting work on the subject for all who in any way have to do with coal mining. The underground photographs are an attractive feature of the work, being very lifelike and necessarily true representations of the scenes they depict.”—Colliery Guardian.

“Mr. Bulman and Mr. Redmayne, who are both experienced Colliery Managers of great literary ability, are to be congratulated on having supplied an authoritative work dealing with a side of the subject of coal mining which has hitherto received but scant treatment. The authors elucidate their text by 119 woodcuts and 28 plates, most of the latter being admirable reproductions of photographs taken underground with the aid of the magnesium flash-light. These illustrations are excellent.”—Nature.

“As an outline is given of every known coal-field in this and other countries, as well as of the principal methods of working, the book will doubtless interest a very large number of readers.”—Mining Journal.

“The author has done his work in a creditable manner, and has produced a book that will be of service to students and those who are practically engaged in mining operations.”—Engineer.

“Professor Clowes has given us a volume on a subject of much industrial importance.... Those interested in these matters may be recommended to study this book, which is easy of comprehension and contains many good things.”—The Engineer.

“A book that no mining engineer—certainly no coal miner—can afford to ignore or to leave unread.”—Mining Journal.

“Of this book we may unreservedly say that it is the best of its class which we have ever met.... A book of reference which no one engaged in the iron or coal trades should omit from his library.”—Iron and Coal Trades Review.

“An interesting and invaluable work.”—Colliery Guardian.

“A clearly and well-written manual for persons engaged or interested in the granite industry.”—Scotsman.

“There are few, if any, persons more fitted to write a treatise on submarine telegraphy than Mr. Charles Bright. The author has done his work admirably, and has written in a way which will appeal as much to the layman as to the engineer. This admirable volume must, for many years to come, hold the position of the English classic on submarine telegraphy.”—Engineer.

“This book is full of information. It makes a book of reference which should be in every engineer’s library.”—Nature.

“Mr. Bright’s interestingly written and admirably illustrated book will meet with a welcome reception from cable men.”—Electrician.

“The author deals with his subject from all points of view—political and strategical as well as scientific. The work will be of interest, not only to men of science, but to the general public. We can strongly recommend it.”—Athenæum.

“The work contains a great store of technical information concerning the making and working of submarine telegraphs. In bringing together the most valuable results relating to the evolution of the telegraph, the author has rendered a service that will be very widely appreciated.”—Morning Post.

“It is the best book of its kind.”—Electrical Engineer.

“The Electrical Engineer’s Pocket-Book is a good one.”—Electrician.

“Strongly recommended to those engaged in the electrical industries.”—Electrical Review.

“This volume deals with what may be termed the mechanics of electric lighting, and is addressed to men who are already engaged in the work, or are training for it. The work traverses a great deal of ground, and may be read as a sequel to the same author’s useful work on ‘Electric Light.’”—Electrician.

“Eminently practical and useful.... Ought to be in the hands of every one in charge of an electric light plant.”—Electrical Engineer.

“The whole ground of electric lighting is more or less covered and explained in a very clear and concise manner.”—Electrical Review.

“A vade-mecum of the salient facts connected with the science of electric lighting.”—Electrician.

“You cannot for your purpose have a better book than ‘Electric Light’ by Urquhart.”—Engineer.

“Mr. Urquhart’s book is the first one which deals with these matters in such a way that the engineering student can understand them. The book is very readable, and the author leads his readers up to difficult subjects by reasonably simple tests.”—Engineering Review.

“A book for which a demand has long existed.”—Mechanical World.

“An example which deserves to be taken as a model by other authors. The subject is treated in a manner which any intelligent man who is fit to be entrusted with charge of an engine should be able to understand. It is a useful book to all who make, tend, or employ electric machinery.”—Architect.

“The work has many attractive features in it, and is, beyond doubt, a well put together and useful publication. The amount of ground covered may be gathered from the fact that in the index about 5,600 references will be found.”—Electrical Review.

“The subject of ship electric lighting is one of vast importance, and Mr. Urquhart is to be highly complimented for placing such a valuable work at the service of marine electricians.”—The Steamship.

“The book contains excellent advice and many practical hints for the help of those who wish to light their own houses.”—Building News.

“Any one who desires a short and thoroughly clear exposition of the elementary principles of electric lighting cannot do better than read this little work.”—Bradford Observer.

“The instructions given in this unpretentious little book are sufficiently clear and explicit to enable any amateur mechanic possessed of average skill and the usual tools to be found in an amateur’s workshop to build a practical dynamo machine.”—Electrician.

“The most complete exposition of building construction we have seen. It contains all that is necessary to prepare students for the various examinations in building construction.”—Building News.

“The author depends nearly as much on his diagrams as on his type. The pages suggest the hand of a man of experience in building operations—and the volume must be a blessing to many teachers as well as to students.”—The Architect.

“The work is sure to prove a formidable rival to great and small competitors alike, and bids fair to take a permanent place as a favourite student’s text-book. The large number of illustrations deserve particular mention for the great merit they possess for purposes of reference in exactly corresponding to convenient scales.”—Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

“Mr. Purchase’s ‘Practical Masonry’ will undoubtedly be found useful to all interested in this important subject, whether theoretically or practically. Most of the examples given are from actual work carried out, the diagrams being carefully drawn. The book is a practical treatise on the subject, the author himself having commenced as an operative mason, and afterwards acted as foreman mason on many large and important buildings prior to the attainment of his present position. It should be found of general utility to architectural students and others, as well as to those to whom it is specially addressed.”—Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

“The author treats a difficult subject in a lucid manner. The manual fills a long-felt gap. It is careful and exhaustive; equally useful as a student’s guide and an architect’s book of reference.”—Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

“There is room for this new book, which will probably be for some time the standard work on the subject for a builder’s purpose.”—Glasgow Herald.

“The book is a very useful and helpful manual of architectural mechanics, and really contains sufficient to enable a careful and painstaking student to grasp the principles bearing upon the majority of building problems.... Mr. Tarn has added, by this volume, to the debt of gratitude which is owing to him by architectural students for the many valuable works which he has produced for their use.”—The Builder.

“This book is a very useful one, and should find a place in every English office connected with the building and engineering professions.”—Industries.

“An excellent book of reference.”—Architect.

“In its new and revised form this Price Book is what a work of this kind should be—comprehensive, reliable, well arranged, legible, and well bound.”—British Architect.

“The whole of the designs bear evidence of their being the work of an artistic architect, and they will prove very valuable and suggestive.”—Building News.

“As a text-book of useful information for architects, engineers, surveyors, &c., it would be hard to find a handier or more complete little volume.”—Standard.

“It is the most intelligible of the treatises on this ill-treated subject that I have met with.”—E. Ingress Bell, Esq., in the R.I.B.A. Journal.

“This edition will be found the most complete treatise on the principles of measuring and valuing artificer’s work that has yet been published.”—Building News.

“No builder, architect, surveyor, or valuer should be without his ‘Beaton.’”—Building News.

“Any one who wants a book on ironwork, as employed in buildings for stanchions, columns, and beams, will find the present volume to be suitable. The author has had long and varied experience in designing this class of work. The illustrations have the character of working drawings. This practical book may be counted a most valuable work.”—British Architect.

“The work is too well known to need any recommendation from us. It is one of the books with which every young architect must be equipped.”—Architect.

“In two years it will repay its cost a hundred times over.”—Field.

“‘What process shall we adopt to purify our sewage?’ This question has rarely been treated from so many points of view in one book. This volume teems with practical hints, which show the intimate knowledge the author has of his subject.”—The Engineer.

“We know of no book of the same size which gives so complete and accurate an account of the principles of sewage purification.”—The Builder.

“Dr. Rideal’s book is both interesting and accurate, and contains a most useful résumé of the latest knowledge upon the subject of which it treats. It ought to be of great service to all who are connected with the supply of water for domestic or manufacturing purposes.”—The Engineer.

“Dealing as clearly as it does with the various ramifications of such an important subject as water and its purification it may be warmly recommended. Local authorities and all engaged in sanitary affairs, and others interested in water supply, will read its pages with profit.”—Lancet.

“We conscientiously recommend it as a very useful book for those concerned in obtaining water for small districts, giving a great deal of practical information in a small compass.”—Builder.

“This book will be largely read; it will be of considerable service to the public. It is well arranged, easily read, and for the most part devoid of technical terms.”—Lancet.

“A mine of condensed information of a pertinent and useful kind on the various subjects of which it treats. The matter seems to have been carefully compiled and arranged for facility of reference, and it is well illustrated by diagrams and woodcuts. The different subjects are succinctly but fully and scientifically dealt with.”—The Lancet.

“Ought to be in every architect’s and every builder’s library.”—Builder.

“A work whose monumental excellence must commend it wherever skilful carpentry is concerned. The author’s principles are rather confirmed than impaired by time. The additional plates are of great intrinsic value.”—Building News.

“Mr. Bale is evidently an expert on the subject, and he has collected so much information that his book is all-sufficient for builders and others engaged in the conversion of timber.”—Architect.

“The most comprehensive compendium of wood-working machinery we have seen. The author is a thorough master of his subject.”—Building News.

“The administration of a large sawing establishment is discussed, and the subject examined from a financial standpoint. Hence the size, shape, order, and disposition of saw mills and the like are gone into in detail, and the course of the timber is traced from its reception to its delivery in its converted state. We could not desire a more complete or practical treatise.”—Builder.

“Will be found of practical utility in the execution of this difficult branch of joinery.”—Builder.

“Almost every difficult phase of this somewhat intricate branch of joinery is elucidated by the aid of plates and explanatory letterpress.”—Furniture Gazette.

“An excellent example of what a book of this kind should be. Cheap in price, clear in definition, and practical in the examples selected.”—Builder.

“Likely to be of considerable value to joiners and others who take a pride in good work. The arrangement of the book is excellent. We heartily commend it to teachers and students.”—Timber Trades Journal.

“We are glad to see a fourth edition of these admirable tables, which for correctness and simplicity of arrangement leave nothing to be desired.”—Timber Trades Journal.

“Contains much valuable information for timber merchants, builders, foresters, and all others connected with the growth, sale, and manufacture of timber.”—Journal of Forestry.

“Invaluable labour-saving tables.”—Ironmonger.

“A useful collection of tables to facilitate rapid calculation of surfaces. The exact area of any surface of which the limits have been ascertained can be instantly determined. The book will be found of the greatest utility to all engaged in building operations.”—Scotsman.

“Mr. Curtis has in the course of a series of short pithy chapters afforded much information of a useful and practical character on the planting and subsequent treatment of trees.”—Illustrated Carpenter and Builder.

“Those who desire to attain skill in the art of painting woods and marbles will find advantage in consulting this book.... Some of the Working Men’s Clubs should give their young men the opportunity to study it.”—Builder.

“A comprehensive guide to the art. The explanations of the processes, the manipulation and management of the colours, and the beautifully executed plates will not be the least valuable to the student who aims at making his work a faithful transcript of nature.”—Building News.

“Students and novices are fortunate who are able to become the possessors of so noble a work.”—The Architect.

“A mass of information of use to the amateur and of value to the practical man.”—English Mechanic.

“Full of receipts of value to decorators, painters, gilders, &c. The book contains the gist of larger treatises on colour and technical processes. It would be difficult to meet with a work so full of varied information on the painter’s art.”—Building News.

“This most useful and much wanted handbook should be in the hands of every architect and builder.”—Building World.

“A carefully and usefully written treatise; the work is essentially practical.”—Scotsman.

“For those who insert enamelled sentences round gilded chalices, who blazon shop legends over shop-doors, who letter church walls with pithy sentences from the Decalogue, this book will be useful.”—Athenæum.

“There is comprised in it every possible shape into which the letters of the alphabet and numerals can be formed, and the talent which has been expended in the conception of the various plain and ornamental letters is wonderful.”—Standard.

“A volume in which the letters of the alphabet come forth glorified in gilding and all the colours of the prism interwoven and intertwined and intermingled.”—Sun.

“The examples of ancient MSS. recommended to the student, which, with much good sense, the author chooses from collections accessible to all, are selected with judgment and knowledge as well as taste.”—Athenæum.

“The book will be of great assistance to ladies and young children who are endowed with the art of plying the needle in this most ornamental and useful pretty work.”—East Anglian Times.

“The handicraft of the wood-carver, so well as a book can impart it, may be learnt from ‘A Lady’s’ publication.”—Athenæum.

“Much may be learned, even by those who fancy they do not require to be taught, from the careful perusal of this unpretending but comprehensive treatise.”—Art Journal.

“A valuable and lucid summary of recent astronomical theory, rendered more valuable and attractive by a series of stellar photographs and other illustrations.”—The Times.

“In presenting a clear and concise account of the present state of our knowledge Mr. Gore has made a valuable addition to the literature of the subject.”—Nature.

“Mr. Gore’s ‘Visible Universe’ is one of the finest works on astronomical science that have recently appeared in our language. In spirit and in method it is scientific from cover to cover, but the style is so clear and attractive that it will be as acceptable and as readable to those who make no scientific pretensions as to those who devote themselves specially to matters astronomical.”—Leeds Mercury.

“The volume contains thirty maps showing stars of the sixth magnitude—the usual naked-eye limit—and each is accompanied by a brief commentary adapted to facilitate recognition and bring to notice objects of special interest. For the purpose of a preliminary survey of the ‘midnight pomp’ of the heavens nothing could be better than a set of delineations averaging scarcely twenty square inches in area and including nothing that cannot at once be identified.”—Saturday Review.

“A very useful little work for beginners in astronomy, and not to be despised by more advanced students.”—The Times.

“A very handy book ... the utility of which is much increased by its valuable tables of astronomical data.”—Athenæum.

“A translation of a well-known work, at once popular and comprehensive.”—Times.

“The translation is as felicitous as it is accurate.”—Nature.

“A sound and simple treatise, very carefully edited, and a capital book for beginners.”—Knowledge.

“Accurately brought down to the requirements of the present time by Mr. Lynn.”—Educational Times.

“A most valuable storehouse of conchological and geological information.”—Science Gossip.

“A valuable contribution to the evidences of Revelation, and disposes very conclusively of the arguments of those who would set God’s Works against God’s Word. No real difficulty is shirked, and no sophistry is left unexposed.”—The Rock.

“The perspicuity of the original has been retained, and chapters which had become obsolete have been replaced by others of more modern character. The explanations throughout are studiously popular, and care has been taken to show the application of the various branches of physics to the industrial arts, and to the practical business of life.”—Mining Journal.

“For those ‘who desire to attain an accurate knowledge of physical science without the profound methods of mathematical investigation,’ this work is well adapted.”—Chemical News.

“The style is always clear and precise, and conveys instruction without leaving any cloudiness or lurking doubts behind.”—Engineering.

“Written by one of the ablest English scientific writers, beautifully and elaborately illustrated.”—Mechanics’ Magazine.

“The book could not have been entrusted to any one better calculated to preserve the terse and lucid style of Lardner, while correcting his errors and bringing up his work to the present state of scientific knowledge.”—Popular Science Review.

“Probably no other book contains the same amount of information in so compendious and well arranged a form—certainly none at the price at which this is offered to the public.”—Athenæum.

“We can do no other than pronounce this work a most valuable manual of astronomy, and we strongly recommend it to all who wish to acquire a general—but at the same time correct—acquaintance with this sublime science.”—Quarterly Journal of Science.

“A cheap and interesting publication, alike informing and attractive. The papers combine subjects of importance and great scientific knowledge, considerable inductive powers, and a popular style of treatment.”—Spectator.

“A very convenient class book for junior students in private schools.”—British Quarterly Review.

“Clearly written, well arranged, and excellently illustrated.”—Gardener’s Chronicle.

“One of the most readable books extant on the Electric Telegraph.”—English Mechanic.

“The book contains a vast amount of information. The author goes consecutively through the engineering details and practical methods involved in each of the different processes or parts of a gas-works. He has certainly succeeded in making a compilation of hard matters of fact absolutely interesting to read.”—Gas World.

“A useful work of reference for the gas engineer and all interested in lighting or heating by gas, while the analyses of the various descriptions of gas will be of value to the technical chemist. All matter in any way connected with the manufacture and use of gas is dealt with. The book has evidently been carefully compiled, and certainly constitutes a useful addition to gas literature.”—Builder.

“The volume contains a great quantity of specialised information, compiled, we believe, from trustworthy sources, which should make it of considerable value to those for whom it is specifically produced.”—Engineer.

“In this work the author has rendered no small service to a numerous body of practical men.... The analytical methods may be pronounced most satisfactory, being as accurate as the despatch required of engineering chemists permits.”—Chemical News.

“Full of good things. As a handbook of technical analysis, it is very welcome.”—Builder.

“The analytical methods given are, as a whole, such as are likely to give rapid and trustworthy results in experienced hands.... There is much excellent descriptive matter in the work, the chapter on ‘Oils and Lubrication’ being specially noticeable in this respect.”—Engineer.

“Any one having the requisite apparatus and materials could make nitro-glycerine or gun-cotton, to say nothing of other explosives, by the aid of the instructions in this volume. This is one of the very few text-books in which can be found just what is wanted. Mr. Sanford goes through the whole list of explosives commonly used, names any given explosive, and tells us of what it is composed and how it is manufactured. The book is excellent throughout.”—Engineer.

“Useful not only to the miner, but also to officers of both services to whom blasting and the use of explosives generally may at any time become a necessary auxiliary.”—Nature.

“Merits a wide circulation, and an intelligent, appreciative study.”—Chemical News.

“This book is written by a manufacturer for manufacturers. The working details of the most approved forms of apparatus are given, and these are accompanied by no less than 232 wood engravings, all of which may be used for the purposes of construction. Every step in the manufacture is very fully described in this manual, and each improvement explained.”—Athenæum.

“We find not merely a sound and luminous explanation of the chemical principles of the trade, but a notice of numerous matters which have a most important bearing on the successful conduct of alkali works, but which are generally overlooked by even experienced technological authors.”—Chemical Review.

“The student who goes conscientiously through the course of experimentation here laid down will gain a better insight into inorganic chemistry and mineralogy than if he had ‘got up’ any of the best text-books of the day, and passed any number of examinations in their contents.”—Chemical News.

“A complete encyclopædia of the materia tinctoria. The information given respecting each article is full and precise, and the methods of determining the value of articles such as these, so liable to sophistication, are given with clearness, and are practical as well as valuable.”—Chemist and Druggist.

“There is no other work which covers precisely the same ground. To students preparing for examinations in dyeing and printing it will prove exceedingly useful.”—Chemical News.

“May be consulted with advantage by the student who is preparing himself for examinational tests, while the scientific brewer will find in it a résumé of all the most important discoveries of modern times. The work is written throughout in a clear and concise manner, and the author takes great care to discriminate between vague theories and well-established facts.”—Brewers’ Journal.

“We have great pleasure in recommending this handy book, and have no hesitation in saying that it is one of the best—if not the best—which has yet been written on the subject of beer-brewing in this country; it should have a place on the shelves of every brewer’s library.”—Brewers’ Guardian.

“Although the requirements of the student are primarily considered, an acquaintance of half-an-hour’s duration cannot fail to impress the practical brewer with the sense of having found a trustworthy guide and practical counsellor in brewery matters.”—Chemical Trade Journal.

“Ought to have its place in the laboratory of every metallurgical establishment and wherever fuel is used on a large scale.”—Chemical News.

“This work is indeed multum-in-parvo, and we can, with good conscience, recommend it to all who come in contact with pigments, whether as makers, dealers, or users.”—Chemical Review.

“This handy and useful book is adapted to the requirements of the Inland Revenue Department, and will be a favourite book of reference.”—Civilian.

“Should be in the hands of every practical brewer.”—Brewers’ Journal.

“The subject of tea machinery is now one of the first interest to a large class of people, to whom we strongly commend the volume.”—Chamber of Commerce Journal.

“When tea planting was first introduced into the British possessions little, if any, machinery was employed, but now its use is almost universal. This volume contains a very full account of the machinery necessary for the proper outfit of a factory, and also a description of the processes best carried out by this machinery.”—Journal Society of Arts.

“This valuable work is, and will remain, the standard authority on the science of milling.... The miller who has read and digested this work will have laid the foundation, so to speak, of a successful career; he will have acquired a number of general principles which he can proceed to apply. In this handsome volume we at last have the accepted text-book of modern milling in good, sound English, which has little, if any, trace of the German idiom.”—The Miller.

“A distinct advance in the literature of cotton manufacture.”—Machinery.

“It is thoroughly reliable, fulfilling nearly all the requirements desired.”—Glasgow Herald.

“The large trade that is done in the component parts of bicycles has placed in the way of men mechanically inclined extraordinary facilities for building bicycles for their own use.... The book will prove a valuable guide for all those who aspire to the manufacture or repair of their own machines.”—The Field.

“A most comprehensive and up-to-date treatise.”—The Cycle.

“A very useful book, which is quite entitled to rank as a standard work for students of cycle construction.”—Wheeling.

“We have pleasure in speaking favourably of this volume. So far as we have had experience, which is not inconsiderable, this manual is trustworthy.”—Athenæum.

“As a revelation of what are considered trade secrets, this book will arouse an amount of curiosity among the large number of industries it touches.”—Daily Chronicle.

“The work will prove very useful, not merely to the technological student, but to the practical soap boiler who wishes to understand the theory of his art.”—Chemical News.

“A thoroughly practical treatise on an art which has almost no literature in our language. We congratulate the author on the success of his endeavour to fill a void in English technical literature.”—Nature.

“The author caters for the requirements of responsible mill hands, apprentices, &c., whilst his manual will be found of great service to students of technology, as well as to veteran paper-makers and mill owners. The illustrations form an excellent feature.”—The World’s Paper Trade Review.

“We recommend everybody interested in the trade to get a copy of this thoroughly practical book.”—Paper Making.

“It may be regarded as the standard work on the subject. The book is full of valuable information. The ‘Art of Paper-Making’ is in every respect a model of a text-book, either for a technical class, or for the private student.”—Paper and Printing Trades Journal.

“A sound, comprehensive treatise on tanning and its accessories. The book is an eminently valuable production, which redounds to the credit of both author and publishers.”—Chemical Review.

“The book is clear and complete, and will be useful to any one wanting to understand the first elements of the beautiful art of wood engraving.”—Graphic.

“There is no horological work in the English language at all to be compared to this production of M. Saunier’s for clearness and completeness. It is alike good as a guide for the student and as a reference for the experienced horologist and skilled workman.”—Horological Journal.

“The latest, the most complete, and the most reliable of those literary productions to which continental watchmakers are indebted for the mechanical superiority over their English brethren—in fact, the Book of Books, is M. Saunier’s ‘Treatise.’”—Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith.

“Each part is truly a treatise in itself. The arrangement is good and the language is clear and concise. It is an admirable guide for the young watchmaker.”—Engineering.

“It is impossible to speak too highly of its excellence. It fulfils every requirement in a handbook intended for the use of a workman. Should be found in every workshop.”—Watch and Clockmaker.

“The best which has yet appeared on this subject in the English language.”—Industries.

“Open the book where you may, there is interesting matter in it concerning the ingenious devices of the ancient or modern horologer.”—Saturday Review.

“Eminently a book for the practical worker in electro-deposition. It contains practical descriptions of methods, processes and materials, as actually pursued and used in the workshop.”—Engineer.

“From this book both amateur and artisan may learn everything necessary for the successful prosecution of electroplating.”—Iron.

“This manual of technical education is apparently destined to be a valuable auxiliary to a handicraft which is certainly capable of great improvement.”—The Times.

“An excellent practical manual.”—Engineering.

“An excellent work, giving the newest information.”—Horological Journal.

“The book is thoroughly practical; the reader is, therefore, conducted through the leading laws of electricity, then through the metals used by electrotypers, the apparatus, and the depositing processes, up to the final preparation of the work.”—Art Journal.

“A good, sound educator, and will be generally accepted as an authority.”—Horological Journal.

“The chief merit of the work is its practical character.... The workers in the trade will speedily discover its merits when they sit down to study it.”—English Mechanic.

“A large number of wrinkles for the ordinary cook, as well as the baker.”—Saturday Review.

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