Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Part 19

_Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Reciprocals of all Integer Numbers up to 10,000._ Post 8vo, cloth, 6_s._

_A Practical Treatise on the Steam Engine_, containing Plans and Arrangements of Details for Fixed Steam Engines, with Essays on the Principles involved in Design and Construction. By ARTHUR RIGG, Engineer, Member of the Society of Engineers and of the Royal Inst.i.tution of Great Britain. Demy 4to, _copiously ill.u.s.trated with woodcuts and 96 plates_, in one Volume, half-bound morocco, 2_l._ 2_s._; or cheaper edition, cloth, 25_s._

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_A Practical Treatise on the Science of Land and Engineering Surveying, Levelling, Estimating Quant.i.ties, etc._, with a general description of the several Instruments required for Surveying, Levelling, Plotting, etc. By H. S. MERRETT. Fourth edition, revised by G. W. USILL, a.s.soc.

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Description and Use of Instruments in Surveying and Plotting-- The Improved Dumpy Level--Troughton's Level--The Prismatic Compa.s.s--Proportional Compa.s.s--Box s.e.xtant--Vernier--Pantagraph-- Merrett's Improved Quadrant--Improved Computation Scale--The Diagonal Scale--Straight Edge and Sector. Part 6. Logarithms of Numbers--Logarithmic Sines and Co-Sines, Tangents and Co-Tangents --Natural Sines and Co-Sines--Tables for Earthwork, for Setting out Curves, and for various Calculations, etc., etc., etc.

_Mechanical Graphics._ A Second Course of Mechanical Drawing. With Preface by Prof. PERRY, B.Sc., F.R.S. Arranged for use in Technical and Science and Art Inst.i.tutes, Schools and Colleges, by GEORGE HALLIDAY, Whitworth Scholar. 8vo, cloth, 6_s._

_The a.s.sayers Manual_: an Abridged Treatise on the Docimastic Examination of Ores and Furnace and other Artificial Products. By BRUNO KERL. Translated by W. T. BRANNT. _With 65 ill.u.s.trations_, 8vo, cloth, 12_s._ 6_d._

_Dynamo-Electric Machinery_: a Text-Book for Students of Electro-Technology. By SILVa.n.u.s P. THOMPSON, B.A., D.Sc., M.S.T.E.

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_The Practice of Hand Turning in Wood, Ivory, Sh.e.l.l, 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. (A book for beginners.) By FRANCIS CAMPIN. Third edition, _with wood engravings_, crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._

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_Treatise on Watchwork, Past and Present._ By the Rev. H. L. NELTHROPP, M.A., F.S.A. _With 32 ill.u.s.trations_, crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ 6_d._

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Definitions of Words and Terms used in Watchwork--Tools--Time-- Historical Summary--On Calculations of the Numbers for Wheels and Pinions; their Proportional Sizes, Trains, etc.--Of Dial Wheels, or Motion Work--Length of Time of Going without Winding up--The Verge--The Horizontal--The Duplex--The Lever--The Chronometer-- Repeating Watches--Keyless Watches--The Pendulum, or Spiral Spring-- Compensation--Jewelling of Pivot Holes--Clerkenwell--Fallacies of the Trade--Incapacity of Workmen--How to Choose and Use a Watch, etc.

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Inst C.E., Author of 'A Handbook of the Differential Calculus,' etc.

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Symbols and the Signs of Operation--The Equation and the Unknown Quant.i.ty--Positive and Negative Quant.i.ties--Multiplication-- Involution--Exponents--Negative Exponents--Roots, and the Use of Exponents as Logarithms--Logarithms--Tables of Logarithms and Proportionate Parts--Transformation of System of Logarithms-- Common Uses of Common Logarithms--Compound Multiplication and the Binomial Theorem--Division, Fractions, and Ratio--Continued Proportion--The Series and the Summation of the Series--Limit of Series--Square and Cube Roots--Equations--List of Formulae, etc.

_Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval_; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish, 3100 pp., and _nearly 8000 engravings_, in super-royal 8vo, in 8 divisions, 5_l._ 8_s._ Complete in 3 vols., cloth, 5_l._ 5_s._ Bound in a superior manner, half-morocco, top edge gilt, 3 vols., 6_l._ 12_s._

_Notes in Mechanical Engineering._ Compiled princ.i.p.ally for the use of the Students attending the Cla.s.ses on this subject at the City of London College. By HENRY ADAMS, Mem. Inst. M.E., Mem. Inst. C.E., Mem.

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_Canoe and Boat Building_: a complete Manual for Amateurs, containing plain and comprehensive directions for the construction of Canoes, Rowing and Sailing Boats, and Hunting Craft. By W. P. STEPHENS. _With numerous ill.u.s.trations and 24 plates of Working Drawings._ Crown 8vo, cloth, 9_s._

_Proceedings of the National Conference of Electricians, Philadelphia_, October 8th to 13th, 1884. 18mo, cloth, 3_s._

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_Domestic Electricity for Amateurs._ Translated from the French of E.

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CONTENTS:

1. Production of the Electric Current--2. Electric Bells--3.

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Electric Lighters--7. Domestic Electric Lighting--8. Domestic Application of the Electric Light--9. Electric Motors--10. Electrical Locomotion--11. Electrotyping, Plating, and Gilding--12. Electric Recreations--13. Various applications--Workshop of the Electrician.

_Wrinkles in Electric Lighting._ By VINCENT STEPHEN. _With ill.u.s.trations._ 18mo, cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._

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1. The Electric Current and its production by Chemical means--2.

Production of Electric Currents by Mechanical means--3.

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_Foundations and Foundation Walls for all cla.s.ses of Buildings_, Pile Driving, Building Stones and Bricks, Pier and Wall construction, Mortars, Limes, Cements, Concretes, Stuccos, &c. _64 ill.u.s.trations._ By G. T. POWELL and F. BAUMAN. 8vo, cloth, 10_s._ 6_d._

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_Telephones, their Construction and Management._ By F. C. ALLSOP. Crown 8vo, cloth, 5_s._

_Hydraulic Machinery, Past and Present._ A Lecture delivered to the London and Suburban Railway Officials' a.s.sociation. By H. ADAMS, Mem.

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_The Voltaic Acc.u.mulator_: an Elementary Treatise. By eMILE REYNIER.

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