Electrical Standards.
Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standards appointed by the British Association, revised by Sir W. Thomsom, Dr. J. P. Joule, Professors Clark, Maxwell, and Fleeming Jenkin, with a Report to the Royal Society on Units of Electrical Resistance, by Prof. F. Jenkin, edited by Professor Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S., plates, 8vo, cloth 9 0
Electric Telegraph.
Electrical Tables and Formulæ for the Use of Telegraph Inspectors and Operators, compiled by Latimer Clark and Robert Sabine, with wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth 12 6
Engineering.
Spons’ Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval, with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, 3100 pp., and nearly 8000 engravings, super-royal 8vo, in
8 divisions, cloth 13s. 6d. each £5 8 0
8 „ half-morocco £6 8 0
8 „ French morocco £7 4 0
Complete in 3 vols., cloth £5 5 0
Bound in a superior manner, half-morocco, top edge gilt, 3 vols. £6 12 0
Engineers’ Companion.
The Office and Cabin Companion for Engineers and Officers of Steam Vessels, consisting of observations, rules, and tables to facilitate such Calculations as Naval Officers and Engineers are called upon to make, by J. Simond Holland, second edition, 12mo, cloth 3 0
Engineering Drawing.
An Elementary Treatise on Orthographic Projection, being a new Method of Teaching the Science of Mechanical and Engineering Drawing, intended for the Instruction of Engineers, Architects, Builders, Smiths, Masons, and Bricklayers, and for the use of Schools, with numerous illustrations on wood and steel, by William Binns, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, late Master of the Mechanical Drawing Class at the Department of Science and Art, and at the School of Mines, formerly Professor of Applied Mechanics, at the College for Civil Engineers, etc., eighth edition, 8vo, cloth 9 0
Mr. Binns’ system of Mechanical Drawing is in successful operation in all the Art Schools of the United Kingdom.
Engineering Drawing.
The Second Course of Orthographic Projection; being a continuation of the new Method of Teaching the Science of Mechanical and Engineering Drawing; with some Practical Remarks on the Teeth of Wheels, the Projection of Shadows, Principles of Shading,
and the Practice of Making to Scale Drawings from Actual Machinery. Intended for the Instruction of Engineers, Architects, Builders, Smiths, Masons, and Bricklayers, and for the use of Science Schools and Classes, with numerous illustrations, by Wm. Binns, Consulting Engineer, Associate I.C.E., late Master of the Mechanical Drawing Class, at the Department of Science and Art, and at the Royal School of Mines; formerly Professor of Applied Mechanics at the College for Civil Engineers, etc., 8vo, cloth 10 6
Engineers’ Pocket-Book.
The Pocket-Book of Pocket-Books, being Molesworth and Hurst’s Pocket-Books, printed on India paper, bound together in one volume, royal 32mo, Russia, gilt edges 12 6
Engineers’ Pocket-Book.
A Pocket-Book of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda, for Civil and Mechanical Engineers, by Guilford L. Molesworth, Mem. Ins. C.E., Consulting Engineer to the Government of India for State Railways, eighteenth edition, revised, with considerable additions by the author; together with a valuable contribution on Telegraphs, by R. S. Brough, 32mo, roan 6 0
Ditto, interleaved with ruled paper for Office use 9 0
Ditto, printed on India paper, for the waistcoat pocket 6 0
Engineers’ Price-Book.
Appleby’s Illustrated Handbook of Machinery and Iron Work, with the Cost, the Working Expenses, and the Results obtained in the use of Steam and Hand Cranes, Pumps, Fixed and Portable Steam Engines, and various other Machines; with Weight Measurement, etc., etc.; also Prices of Tools, Iron Works, Stores and Materials required by Civil and Mechanical Engineers, Merchants, and others; together with numerous Tables and Memoranda, by Appleby Bros., Engineers, many hundred wood engravings, 8vo, cloth 12 6
Engineers’ Tables.
Spons’ Tables and Memoranda for Engineers, selected and arranged by J. T. Hurst, C.E., Author of ‘Architectural Surveyors’ Handbook,’ ‘Hurst’s Tredgold’s Carpentry,’ etc., 64mo, roan, gilt edges, second edition 1 0
Or in cloth case 1 6
French Measures.
French Measures and English Equivalents, by John Brook. For the use of Engineers, Manufacturers of Iron, Draughtsmen, etc., 18mo, roan 1 0
“In a series of compact tables the English values of the French measures are arranged from one to a thousand millimètres, and from one to a hundred mètres; the fractions of an inch progressing in sixteenths are also reduced to French values. The little book will be found useful to almost every engineer.” —Engineering.
French-Polishing.
The French-Polisher’s Manual, by a French-Polisher, containing Timber Staining, Washing, Matching, Improving, Painting, Imitations, Directions for Staining, Sizing, Embodying, Smoothing, Spirit Varnishing, French-Polishing, Directions for Re-polishing, royal 32mo, sewed 0 6
Gas.
Analysis, Technical Valuation, Purification and Use of Coal Gas, by the Rev. W. R. Bowditch, M.A., with wood engravings, 8vo, cloth 12 6
Gas Works.
Instructions for the Management of Gas Works, by W. C. Holmes, Engineer, 8vo, cloth 4 0
Gunner’s Pocket-Book.
Bridges’ Gunner’s Pocket-Book, compiled by Captain T. W. Bridges, H.P. Royal Artillery, crown 32mo, roan, 1s.; or morocco 1 6
Handrailing.
Handrailing cut square to the Plank, without a Falling Mould, as discovered and taught at the Mechanics’ Institution, Liverpool, by John Jones, Staircase Builder, containing seven plates, with full instructions for working them, fol. boards 6 0
Hydraulics.
Practical Hydraulics: a Series of Rules and Tables for the use of Engineers, etc., etc., by Thomas Box, fourth edition, numerous plates, post 8vo, cloth 5 0
Iron.
Iron as a material of Construction, forming a Handbook for the use of Students in Engineering, by William Pole, C.E., F.R.S., cuts, post 8vo, cloth 6 0
Iron and Steel.
The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, edited by Jno. Jones, F.G.S., and David Forbes, F.R.S., published half-yearly, 8vo, each Part 7 6
Indian Engineering.
India and Indian Engineering: Three Lectures delivered at the Royal Engineer Institute, Chatham, in July, 1872, by Julius George Medley, Lieut.-Col. R.E., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Fellow of the Calcutta University, Principal Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee, crown 8vo, cloth 3 0
Link-Motion.
Link-Motion and Expansion-Gear practically considered, by N. P. Burgh, Engineer, illustrated with 90 plates and 229 wood engravings, small 4to, handsomely half-bound in morocco £2 2 0
Mechanical Engineering.
The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers,
comprising Forging, Planing, Lining, Slotting, Shaping,
Turning, Screw-cutting, etc., by Cameron Knight,
illustrated by 96 4to plates, containing 1147 illustrations,
and 397 pages of letterpress, 4to, cloth £2 10 0
Or, half-bound French morocco £2 12 6
Mechanics.
The Essential Elements of Practical Mechanics, based on the principle of work, designed for Engineering Students, by Oliver Byrne, formerly Professor of Mathematics, College for Civil Engineers, second edition, illustrated by numerous wood engravings, post 8vo, cloth 7 6
Mechanics.
The Principles of Mechanics and their Application to Prime Movers, Naval Architecture, Iron Bridges, Water Supply, etc., by W. J. Millar, C.E., Secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers and Shipbuilders, Scotland, crown 8vo, cloth 4 6
Metric Weights and Measures.
Scales for the Ready Comparison of British and Metric Weights and Measures, by A. L. Newdigate, M.A., in neat cloth case 5 0
Military Terms.
A Handy Dictionary of Military Terms, by Major W. W. Knollys, F.R.G.S., 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, Garrison Instructor, Home District, etc., 18mo, cloth 2 0
Mill Gearing.
A Practical Treatise on Mill Gearing, Wheels, Shafts, Riggers, etc., for the use of Engineers, by Thomas Box, post 8vo, cloth, with eight plates 5 0
Millwright’s Guide.
The Practical Millwright’s and Engineer’s Ready Reckoner, or Tables for finding the diameter and power of cog-wheels, diameter, weight and power of shafts, diameter and strength of bolts, etc., by Thomas Dixon, fourth edition, 12mo, cloth 3 0
Mine Engineering.
A Practical Treatise on Coal Mining, by George G. André, Mining Civil Engineer, F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E., numerous plates, 2 vols., royal 4to, cloth £3 12 0
Mining.
Records of Mining and Metallurgy; or, Facts and Memoranda for the use of the Mine Agent and Smelter, by J. Arthur Phillips and John Darlington, in crown 8vo, cloth, illustrated with wood engravings 4 0
Oilman’s Calculator.
The Oilman’s Calculator, containing Tables showing the Conversion in Imperial Gallons of any Weight of Oil of a specific Gravity of from ·700 to ·960, from 1 lb. to 400 cwt.; Prices per Gallon equivalent to Prices per Ton at 16 different Weights, from £3 to £100; Contents of Circular Tanks in Imperial Gallons from 3 feet to 36 feet diameter; Conversion of Foreign Moneys and Weights into British Value, etc., by James Ireland, 8vo 7 6
Pyrology.
Pyrology, or Fire Chemistry; a Science interesting to the general Philosopher, and an art of infinite importance to the Chemist, Mineralogist, Metallurgist, Geologist, Agriculturalist, Engineer (Mining, Civil,
and Military), etc., etc., by William Alexander Ross, lately a Major in the Royal Artillery, with plates and woodcuts, crown 4to, cloth £1 16 0
“A work which we have no hesitation in pronouncing original and invaluable. The author is not a chemist trained in the orthodox school outside which there is no salvation: for cooked results and unproved theories he shows very little respect. We can strongly recommend this book to Analysts, Assayers, Mineralogists, and to all persons interested in Mining and Metallurgy.” —Chemical News, August 6th, 1875.
Railway Engineering.
Manual of Railway Engineering, for the Field and the Office, by Charles P. Cotton, C.E., second edition, revised and enlarged, post 8vo, cloth 7 6
Rennie, Sir John.
The Autobiography of Sir John Rennie, Past-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, F.R.S., etc., etc., edited by his son, C. G. C. Rennie, with portrait, 8vo, cloth 12 6
Reservoirs.
On the Construction of Catch-water Reservoirs in Mountain Districts for the supply of Towns, or for other purposes, by C. H. Beloe, Author of ‘The Handbook of the Liverpool Waterworks,’ plates, 8vo, cloth 5 0
Retaining Walls.
Surcharged and different Forms of Retaining Walls, by J. S. Tate, cuts, 8vo, sewed 2 0
Ropemaking.
A Treatise on Ropemaking as practised in public and private Rope-yards, with a description of the manufacture, rules, tables of weights, etc., adapted to the Trade, Shipping, Mining, Railways, Builders, etc., by R. Chapman, formerly foreman to Messrs. Huddart and Co., Limehouse, and late Master Ropemaker to H.M. Dockyard, Deptford, second edition, 12mo, cloth 3 0
Sanitary Engineering.
Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, Vol. I., 1873-4, edited by Lewis Angell, Mem. Inst. C.E., F.R.I.B.A., etc., etc., 8vo, cloth 10 6 Ditto, Vol. II. 7 6
Sanitary Engineering.
A Series of Lectures given before the School of Engineering, Chatham. Division I. Air. Division II. Water. Division III. The Dwelling. Division IV. The Town and Village. Division V. The Disposal of Sewage. Copiously illustrated. By J. Bailey Denton, C.E., F.G.S., Honorary Member of the Agricultural Societies of Norway, Sweden, and Hanover, and Author of the ‘Farm Homesteads of England,’ ‘Storage of Water,’ etc., etc., royal 8vo, cloth 21 0
Sanitary Works Abroad.
Report of the Commission appointed to propose Measures for Remedying the Pollution of the Seine; with a Description of the Works in course of execution for the Sewerage of Berlin, and the Application of Sewage to Irrigation at Marienfelder and Falkenburg. Translated from the French by Robert Manning, M. Inst. C.E., Chief Engineer to Her Majesty’s Board of Public Works in Ireland, 8vo, sewed 2 0
Sewage.
A Handbook of Sewage Utilization, by Ulick Ralph Burke, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, crown 8vo, cloth 3 6
This work treats: I. Of the evils of the present System of Sewage Treatment, the Pollution of Water, and the Waste of Manure. II. Remedies, Privy, and Ash-pit; Eureka System; Milan, Goul, and Moule’s Systems. III. Treatment of Sewage by Chemical means; Experiments with Lime; Lime and Chloride of Iron; Sulphate of Ammonia; Holden’s Process; Sulphate of Alumina; Persalts of Iron; Blyth, Lenk, Phospate, A.B.C., Scott, and Hille Processes; Filtration. IV. Irrigation. With an Appendix, including the Law relating to Sewage Utilization.
Sewage.
The Sewage Question on the Treatment and Utilization of Sewage, the Preparation of Land for Irrigation, and for Intermittent Downward Filtration, by J. Bailey Denton, Mem. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., 8vo, sewed 2 0
Silver Mines.
Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines, including a Trip over the lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers, by J. Calvert, F.G.S., Mem. Inst. C.E., illustrated with a map and coloured plates, 8vo, cloth 16 0
Slide Valve.
The Slide Valve practically considered, by N. P. Burgh, Engineer, seventh edition, containing 88 illustrations and 121 pages of letterpress, crown 8vo, cloth 5 0
Slide Valve. Designing Valve Gearing.
A Treatise on a Practical Method of Designing Slide Valve Gearing, by Simple Geometrical Construction, based upon the principles enunciated in Euclid’s Elements, and comprising the various forms of Plain Slide Valve and Expansion Gearing; together with Stephenson’s, Gooch’s, and Allan’s Link-Motions, as applied either to reversing or to variable expansion combinations, by Edward J. Cowling Welch, Memb. Inst. Mechanical Engineers, crown 8vo, cloth 6 0
The system described in this work enables any draughtsmen or foreman to “get out” in a few minutes, and with the greatest precision, all the details of a Slide Valve Gear, without recourse to models or other similar appliances.
Steam Boilers.
Practical Treatise on Steam Boilers and Boiler-making, by N. P. Burgh, Mem. Inst. Mec. Eng., illustrated by 1163 wood engravings and 50 large folding plates of working drawings, royal 4to, half-morocco £3 13 6
Steam Engine.
Modern Marine Engineering applied to Paddle and Screw Propulsion; consisting of 36 plates, 259 wood engravings, and 403 pages of descriptive matter, the whole being an exposition of the present practice of the following firms: Messrs. J. Penn and Sons; Maudslay, Sons, and Field; James Watt and Co.; J. and G. Rennie; R. Napier and Sons; J. and W. Dudgeon; Ravenhill and Hodgson; Humphreys and Tenant; Mr. J. F. Spencer; and Messrs. Forester and Co. By N. P. Burgh, Engineer, 4to, cloth £2 5 0
Steam Engine.
Modern Compound Engines, being a Supplement to Modern Marine Engineering, by N. P. Burgh, Mem. Inst. Mech. Eng., numerous large plates of working drawings, 4to, cloth 18 0
The following Firms have contributed Working Drawings of their best and most modern examples of Engines fitted in the Royal and Mercantile Navies: Messrs. Maudslay, Rennie, Watt, Dudgeon, Humphreys, Ravenhill, Jackson, Perkins, Napier, Elder, Laird, Day, Allibon.
Steam Engine.
Practical Treatise on the Condensation of Steam: contained in 262 pages of letterpress, and illustrated with 212 engravings, by N. P. Burgh, Engineer, super-royal 8vo, cloth £1 5 0
Steam Engine.
A Pocket-Book of Practical Rules for the Proportions of Modern Engines and Boilers for Land and Marine purposes, by N. P. Burgh, fifth edition, revised, with Appendix, royal 32mo, roan 4 6
Details of High-Pressure Engine, Beam Engine, Condensing, Marine Screw Engines, Oscillating Engines, Valves, etc., Land and Marine Boilers, Proportions of Engines produced by the rules, Proportions of Boilers, etc.
Steep Gradients on Railways.
A Treatise on the Improved Method for overcoming Steep Gradients on Railways, whereby an ordinary locomotive capable of hauling a given load up a gradient 1 in 80, can take the same up 1 in 8, by Henry Handyside, 8vo, sewed 1 0
Strength of Beams.
On the Strength of Beams, Columns, and Arches, considered with a view to deriving methods of ascertaining the practical strength of any given section of Beam, Column, or Arch, in Cast-iron, Wrought-iron, or Steel, by B. Baker, numerous cuts, crown 8vo, cloth 9 0
Strength of Beams.
New Formulas for the loads and Deflections of Solid Beams and Girders, by William Donaldson, M.A., Assoc. Inst. C.E., 8vo, cloth 4 6
Sugar.
The Practical Sugar Planter; a complete account of the cultivation and manufacture of the sugar-cane, according to the latest and most improved processes, describing and comparing the different systems pursued in the East and West Indies, and the Straits of Malacca, and the relative expenses and advantages attendant upon each, being the result of sixteen years’ experience of a sugar planter in those countries, by Leonard Wray, Esq., with numerous illustrations, 8vo, cloth 10 6
Short Logarithms.
Short Logarithmic and other Tables, intended to facilitate Practical Calculation, and for solving Arithmetical Problems in class, by Professor W. C. Unwin, 8vo, cloth 2 0
Sulphuric Acid.
The Chemistry of Sulphuric Acid Manufacture, by Henry Arthur Smith, cuts, crown 8vo, cloth 4 6
Surveying.
The Principles and Practice of Engineering, Trigonometrical, Subterraneous, and Marine Surveying, by Charles Bourne, C.E., third edition, numerous plates and woodcuts, 8vo, cloth 5 0
Surveying.
A Practical Treatise on the Science of Land and Engineering Surveying, Levelling, Estimating Quantities, etc., with a general description of the several Instruments required for Surveying, Levelling, Plotting, etc., by H. S. Merrett, 41 fine plates, with illustrations and tables, royal 8vo, cloth, second edition 12 6
Table of Logarithms.
Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers, from 1 to 108,000, by Charles Babbage, Esq., M.A., stereotyped edition, royal 8vo, cloth 7 6
Tables of Squares and Cubes.
Barlow’s Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals of all Integer Numbers up to 10,000, post 8vo, cloth 6 0
Teeth of Wheels.
Camus (M.) Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels, demonstrating the best forms which can be given to them for the purposes of Machinery, such as Mill-work and Clock-work, and the art of finding their numbers, translated from the French, third edition, carefully revised and enlarged, with details of the present practice of Millwrights, Engine Makers, and other Machinists, by Isaac Hawkins, illustrated by 18 plates, 8vo, cloth 5 0
Telegraphy.
Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers, including original Communications on Telegraphy and Electrical Science, edited by Major Frank Bolton and G. E. Preece, Parts I. to XII., demy 8vo, sewed, with wood engravings, each 5 0
To be continued quarterly.
Torpedo Warfare.
A Treatise on Coast Defence; based on the experience gained by Officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army of the Confederate States, and compiled from Official Reports of Officers of the Navy of the United States, made during the North American War from 1861 to 1865, by Von Scheliha, Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Engineer of the Department of the Gulf of Mexico, of the Army of the late Confederate States of America; with numerous fine plates, imperial 8vo, cloth, top edge gilt 15 0
Trevithick.
The Life of Richard Trevithick (Inventor of the High-pressure Steam-engine), with an account of his Inventions, by Francis Trevithick, C.E., 2 vols., medium 8vo, cloth, illustrated by a steel portrait, lithographs, and numerous beautiful wood engravings, including many accurate illustrations of Cornwall, its Mines, and Mining Machinery, reduced to 12 6
Turbine.
A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Horizontal and Vertical Waterwheels, with 11 plates, specially designed for the use of operative Mechanics, by William Cullen, Millwright and Engineer, second edition, revised and enlarged, small 4to, cloth 12 6
Turning.
The Practice of Hand-turning in Wood, Ivory, Shell, etc., with Instructions for Turning such work in Metal as may be required in the Practice of Turning in Wood, Ivory, etc.; also an Appendix on Ornamental Turning, by Francis Campin, second edition, with wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth (a book for beginners) 6 0
Valve-Gears.
Treatise on Valve-Gears, with special consideration of the Link-Motions of Locomotive Engines, by Dr. Gustav Zeuner, third edition, revised and enlarged, translated from the German, with the special permission of the author, by Moritz Müller, plates, 8vo, cloth 12 6
Ventilation.
Health and Comfort in House Building, or Ventilation with Warm Air by Self-acting Suction Powder, with Review of the mode of Calculating the Draught in Hot-air Flues, and with some actual Experiments, by J. Drysdale, M.D., and J. W. Hayward, M.D., second edition, with Supplement, demy 8vo, with plates, cloth 7 6
The Supplement separate 0 6
Weight of Iron.
Tabulated Weights of Angle, T, Bulb, and Flat Iron, for the use of Naval Architects and Shipbuilders, by Charles H. Jordan, M.I.N.A., 18mo, sewed, second edition 1 6
Wood-working Factories.
On the Arrangement, Care, and Operation of Wood-working Factories and Machinery, forming a complete Operators’ Handbook, by J. Richards, Mechanical Engineer, woodcuts, crown 8vo, cloth 5 0
Wood-working Machines.
A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-working Machines, including a History of the Origin and Progress and Manufacture of Wood-working Machinery, by J. Richards, Mechanical Engineer, 25 folding plates and nearly 100 full-page illustrations of English, French, and American Wood-working Machines in modern use, selected from the designs of prominent Engineers, 4to, cloth £1 5 0
Workshop Receipts.
Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers, Machinists, and Scientific Amateurs, by Ernest Spon, crown 8vo, cloth 5 0
Королевский формат 8vo, в переплете, 7 шиллингов 6 пенсов. Иллюстрированная книга цен на машины, инструменты, металлоконструкции и подрядные материалы инженеров и подрядчиков Spon.
E. & F. N. SPON: ЛОНДОН И НЬЮ-ЙОРК
Примечание транскрибатора:
Для удобства читателя добавлено оглавление.
Там, где требуется больше деталей, предоставлены увеличенные изображения.
Дефисы приведены к единообразию, за исключением случаев, когда это могло повлиять на смысл.
Metre и centimetre изменены на mètre и centimètre для единообразия; вся остальная акцентуация оставлена без изменений.
Оригинальное написание сохранено, за исключением «guage», которое было изменено на «gauge»; Parimaribo изменено на Paramaribo; filteration изменено на filtration; homogenous изменено на homogeneous. Всасывающая «порошковая» (powder) мощность, по-видимому, является опечаткой для «power» (мощность), и не была изменена.
«P. S. Reed» упоминается в нескольких местах и, вероятно, является опечаткой для «Reid»; см. библиотеку NEIMME. H. S. Merritt изменено на H. S. Merrett.
The Project Gutenberg eBook of Water Supply: the Present Practice of Sinking and Boring Wells, by Ernest Spon
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