THE MANUFACTURE OF ALUM AND THE SULPHATES AND OTHER SALTS OF ALUMINA AND IRON. Their Uses and Applications as Mordants in Dyeing and Calico Printing, and their other Applications in the Arts, Manufactures, Sanitary Engineering, Agriculture and Horticulture. Translated from the French of Lucien GESCHWIND. 195 Illustrations. 400 pp. Royal 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Theoretical Study of Aluminium, Iron, and Compounds of these Metals — Aluminium and its Compounds — Iron and Iron Compounds.

Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphates and Sulphates of Iron — Manufacture of Aluminium Sulphate and the Alums — Manufacture of Sulphates of Iron.

Uses of the Sulphates of Aluminium and Iron — Uses of Aluminium Sulphate and Alums — Application to Wool and Silk — Preparing and using Aluminium Acetates — Employment of Aluminium Sulphate in Carbonising Wool — The Manufacture of Lake Pigments — Manufacture of Prussian Blue — Hide and Leather Industry — Paper Making — Hardening Plaster — Lime Washes — Preparation of Non-inflammable Wood, etc. — Purification of Waste Waters. — Uses and Applications of Ferrous Sulphate and Ferric Sulphates — Dyeing — Manufacture of Pigments — Writing Inks — Purification of Lighting Gas — Agriculture — Cotton Dyeing — Disinfectant — Purifying Waste Liquors — Manufacture of Nordhausen Sulphuric Acid — Fertilising.

Chemical Characteristics of Iron and Aluminium — Analysis of Various Aluminous or Ferruginous Products — Aluminium — Analysing Aluminium Products —Alunite Alumina — Sodium Aluminate — Aluminium Sulphate — Iron — Analytical Characteristics of Iron Salts — Analysis of Pyritic Lignite — Ferrous and Ferric Sulphates — Rouil Mordant — Index.

AMMONIA AND ITS COMPOUNDS: Their Manufacture and Uses. By Camille VINCENT, Professor at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures, Paris. Translated from the French by M. J. SALTER. Royal 8vo. 114 pp. Thirty-two Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

General Considerations: Various Sources of Ammoniacal Products; Human Urine as a Source of Ammonia — Extraction of Ammoniacal Products from Sewage — Extraction of Ammonia from Gas Liquor — Manufacture of Ammoniacal Compounds from Bones, Nitrogenous Waste, Beetroot Wash and Peat — Manufacture of Caustic Ammonia, and Ammonium Chloride, Phosphate and Carbonate — Recovery of Ammonia from the Ammonia-Soda Mother Liquors — Index.

INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL. A Practical Manual on the Production and (p. c10) Use of Alcohol for Industrial Purposes and for Use as a Heating Agent, as an Illuminant and as a Source of Motive Power. By J. G. M'INTOSH, Lecturer on Manufacture and Applications of Industrial Alcohol at The Polytechnic, Regent Street, London. Demy 8vo. 1907. 250 pp. With 75 Illustrations and 25 Tables. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Alcohol and its Properties. — Ethylic Alcohol — Absolute Alcohol — Adulterations — Properties of Alcohol — Fractional Distillation — Destructive Distillation — Products of Combustion — Alcoholometry — Proof Spirit — Analysis of Alcohol — Table showing Correspondence between the Specific Gravity and Per Cents. of Alcohol over and under Proof — Other Alcohol Tables. Continuous Aseptic and Antiseptic Fermentation and Sterilisation in Industrial Alcohol Manufacture. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Beets. — Beet Slicing Machines — Extraction of Beet Juice by Maceration, by Diffusion — Fermentation in Beet Distilleries — Plans of Modern Beet Distillery, The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Grain. — Plan of Modern Grain Distillery. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Potatoes. The Manufacture of Industrial Alcohol from Surplus Stocks of Wine, Spoilt Wine, Wine Marcs, and from Fruit in General. The Manufacture of Alcohol from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Cane Molasses — Plans. Plant, etc., for the Distillation and Rectification of Industrial Alcohol. — The Caffey and other "Patent" Stills — Intermittent versus Continuous Rectification — Continuous Distillation — Rectification of Spent Wash. The Manufacture and Uses of Various Alcohol Derivatives, Ether, Haloid Ethers, Compound Ethers, Chloroform — Methyl and Amyl Alcohols and their Ethereal Salts, Acetone — Barbet's Ether, Methyl Alcohol and Acetone Rectifying Stills. The Uses of Alcohol in Manufactures, etc. — List of Industries in which Alcohol is used, with Key to Function of Alcohol in each Industry. The Uses of Alcohol for Lighting, Heating, and Motive Power.

ANALYSIS OF RESINS AND BALSAMS. Translated from the German of Dr. Karl DIETERICH. Demy 8vo. 340 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

MANUAL OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. By Herbert INGLE, F.I.C., Lecturer on Agricultural Chemistry, the Yorkshire College; Lecturer in the Victoria University. 388 pp. 11 Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Introduction — The Atmosphere — The Soil — The Reactions occurring in Soils — The Analysis of Soils — Manures, Natural — Manures (continued) — The Analysis of Manures — The Constituents of Plants — The Plant — Crops — The Animal — Foods and Feeding — Milk and Milk Products — The Analysis of Milk and Milk Products — Miscellaneous Products used in Agriculture — Appendix — Index.

THE UTILISATION OF WASTE PRODUCTS. A Treatise on the Rational Utilisation, Recovery and Treatment of Waste Products of all kinds. By Dr. Theodor KOLLER. Translated from the Second Revised German Edition. Twenty-two Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 280 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Waste of Towns — Ammonia and Sal-Ammoniac — Rational Processes for Obtaining these Substances by Treating Residues and Waste — Residues in the Manufacture of Aniline Dyes — Amber Waste — Brewers' Waste — Blood and Slaughter-House Refuse — Manufactured Fuels — Waste Paper and Bookbinders' Waste — Iron Slags — Excrement — Colouring Matters from Waste — Dyers' Waste Waters — Fat from Waste — Fish Waste — Calamine Sludge — Tannery Waste — Gold and Silver Waste — India-rubber and Caoutchouc Waste — Residues in the Manufacture of Rosin Oil — Wood Waste — Horn Waste — Infusorial Earth — Iridium from Goldsmiths' Sweepings — Jute Waste — Cork Waste — Leather Waste — Glue Makers' Waste — Illuminating Gas from Waste and the By-Products of the Manufacture of Coal Gas — Meerschum — Molasses—Metal Waste — By-Products in the Manufacture of Mineral Waters — Fruit — The By-Products of Paper and Paper Pulp Works — By-Products in the Treatment of Coal Tar Oils — Fur Waste — The Waste Matter in the Manufacture of Parchment Paper — Mother of Pearl Waste — Petroleum Residues — Platinum Residues — Broken Porcelain, Earthenware and Glass — Salt Waste — Slate Waste — Sulphur — Burnt Pyrites — Silk Waste — Soap Makers' Waste — Alkali Waste and the Recovery of Soda—Waste Produced in Grinding Mirrors — Waste Products in the Manufacture of Starch — Stearic Acid — Vegetable Ivory Waste — Turf — Waste Waters of Cloth Factories — Wine Residues — Tinplate Waste — Wool Waste — Wool Sweat — The Waste Liquids from Sugar Works — Index.



WRITING INKS AND SEALING WAXES. (p. c11)

INK MANUFACTURE: Including Writing, Copying, Lithographic, Marking, Stamping, and Laundry Inks. By Sigmund LEHNER. Three Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 162 pp. Translated from the German of the Fifth Edition. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Varieties of Ink — Writing Inks — Raw Materials of Tannin Inks — The Chemical Constitution of the Tannin Inks — Recipes for Tannin Inks — Logwood Tannin Inks — Ferric Inks — Alizarine Inks—Extract Inks — Logwood Inks — Copying Inks — Hektographs — Hektograph Inks — Safety Inks — Ink Extracts and Powders — Preserving Inks — Changes in Ink and the Restoration of Faded Writing — Coloured Inks — Red Inks — Blue Inks — Violet Inks — Yellow Inks — Green Inks — Metallic Inks — Indian Ink — Lithographic Inks and Pencils — Ink Pencils — Marking Inks — Ink Specialities — Sympathetic Inks — Stamping Inks — Laundry or Washing Blue — Index.

SEALING-WAXES, WAFERS AND OTHER ADHESIVES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD, OFFICE, WORKSHOP AND FACTORY. By H. C. STANDAGE. Crown 8vo. 96 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Materials Used for Making Sealing=Waxes — The Manufacture of Sealing-Waxes — Wafers — Notes on the Nature of the Materials Used in Making Adhesive Compounds — Cements for Use in the Household — Office Gums, Pastes and Mucilages — Adhesive Compounds for Factory and Workshop Use.



LEAD ORES AND COMPOUNDS.

LEAD AND ITS COMPOUNDS. By Thos. LAMBERT, Technical and Consulting Chemist. Demy 8vo. 226 pp. Forty Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

History — Ores of Lead — Geographical Distribution of the Lead Industry — Chemical and Physical Properties of Lead — Alloys of Lead — Compounds of Lead — Dressing of Lead Ores — Smelting of Lead Ores — Smelting in the Scotch or American Ore-hearth — Smelting in the Shaft or Blast Furnace — Condensation of Lead Fume — Desilverisation, or the Separation of Silver from Argentiferous Lead — Cupellation — The Manufacture of Lead Pipes and Sheets — Protoxide of Lead — Litharge and Massicot — Red Lead or Minium — Lead Poisoning — Lead Substitutes — Zinc and its Compounds — Pumice Stone — Drying Oils and Siccatives — Oil of Turpentine Resin — Classification of Mineral Pigments — Analysis of Raw and Finished Products — Tables — Index.

NOTES ON LEAD ORES: Their Distribution and Properties. By Jas. FAIRIE, F.G.S. Crown 8vo. 64 pages. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 3s. abroad.)



INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.

THE RISKS AND DANGERS TO HEALTH OF VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND THEIR PREVENTION. By Leonard A. PARRY, M.D., B.Sc. (Lond.). 196 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Occupations which are Accompanied by the Generation and Scattering of Abnormal Quantities of Dust — Trades in which there is Danger of Metallic Poisoning — Certain Chemical Trades — Some Miscellaneous Occupations —Trades in which Various Poisonous Vapours are Inhaled —General Hygienic Considerations — Index.



INDUSTRIAL USES OF AIR, STEAM AND WATER. (p. c12)

DRYING BY MEANS OF AIR AND STEAM. Explanations, Formulae, and Tables for Use in Practice. Translated from the German of E. HAUSRRAND. Two folding Diagrams and Thirteen Tables. Crown 8vo. 72 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

British and Metric Systems Compared — Centigrade and Fahr. Thermometers — Estimation of the Maximum Weight of Saturated Aqueous Vapour which can be contained in 1 kilo. of Air at Different Pressure and Temperatures — Calculation of the Necessary Weight and Volume of Air, and of the Least Expenditure of Heat, per Drying Apparatus with Heated Air, at the Atmospheric Pressure: A, With the Assumption that the Air is Completely Saturated with Vapour both before Entry and after Exit from the Apparatus — B, When the Atmospheric Air is Completely Saturated before entry, but at its exit is only 3/4, 1/2 or 1/4 Saturated — C, When the Atmospheric Air is not Saturated with Moisture before Entering the Drying Apparatus — Drying Apparatus, in which, in the Drying Chamber, a Pressure is Artificially Created, Higher or Lower than that of the Atmosphere — Drying by Means of Superheated Steam, without Air —Heating Surface, Velocity of the Air Current, Dimensions of the Drying Room, Surface of the Drying Material, Losses of Heat — Index.

(See also "Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling Apparatus," p. 26.)

PURE AIR, OZONE AND WATER. A Practical Treatise of their Utilisation and Value in Oil, Grease, Soap, Paint, Glue and other Industries, By W. B. COWELL. Twelve Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 85 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Atmospheric Air; Lifting of Liquids; Suction Process; Preparing Blown Oils; Preparing Siccative Drying Oils — Compressed Air; Whitewash — Liquid Air; Retrocession — Purification of Water; Water Hardness — Fleshings and Bones — Ozonised Air in the Bleaching and Deodorising of Fats, Glues, etc.; Bleaching Textile Fibres — Appendix: Air and Gases; Pressure of Air at Various Temperatures; Fuel; Table of Combustibles; Saving of Fuel by Heating Feed Water; Table of Solubilities of Scale Making Minerals; British Thermal Units Tables; Volume of the Flow of Steam into the Atmosphere; Temperature of Steam — Index.

THE INDUSTRIAL USES OF WATER. COMPOSITION—EFFECTS—TROUBLES—REMEDIES—RESIDUARY WATERS—PURIFICATION—ANALYSIS. By H. de la COUX. Royal 8vo. Translated from the French and Revised by Arthur MORRIS. 364 pp. 135 Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Chemical Action of Water in Nature and in Industrial Use — Composition of Waters — Solubility of Certain Salts in Water Considered from the Industrial Point of View — Effects on the Boiling of Water — Effects of Water in the Industries — Difficulties with Water — Feed Water for Boilers — Water in Dye works, Print Works, and Bleach Works — Water in the Textile Industries and in Conditioning — Water in Soap Works — Water in Laundries and Washhouses — Water in Tanning — Water in Preparing Tannin and Dyewood Extracts — Water in Papermaking — Water in Photography — Water in Sugar Refining — Water in Making Ices and Beverages — Water in Cider Making — Water in Brewing — Water in Distilling — Preliminary Treatment and Apparatus — Substances Used for Preliminary Chemical Purification — Commercial Specialities and their Employment — Precipitation of Matters in Suspension in Water — Apparatus for the Preliminary Chemical Purification of Water — Industrial Filters — Industrial Sterilisation of Water — Residuary Waters and their Purification — Soil Filtration — Purification by Chemical Processes — Analyses — Index.

(See Books on Smoke Prevention, Engineering and Metallurgy, p. 26, etc.)



X RAYS. (p. c13)

PRACTICAL X RAY WORK. By Frank T. ADDYMAN, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., Member of the Roentgen Society of London; Radiographer to St. George's Hospital; Demonstrator of Physics and Chemistry, and Teacher of Radiography in St. George's Hospital Medical School. Demy 8vo. Twelve Plates from Photographs of X Ray Work. Fifty-two Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

Historical — Work leading up to the Discovery of the X Rays — The Discovery—Apparatus and its Management — Electrical Terms — Sources of Electricity — Induction Coils — Electrostatic Machines — Tubes — Air Pumps — Tube Holders and Stereoscopic Apparatus — Fluorescent Screens — Practical X Ray Work — Installations — Radioscopy — Radiography — X Rays in Dentistry — X Rays in Chemistry — X Rays in War — Index.

List of Plates.

Frontispiece — Congenital Dislocation of Hip-Joint. — I., Needle in Finger. — II., Needle in Foot. — III., Revolver Bullet in Calf and Leg. — IV., A Method of Localisation. — V., Stellate Fracture of Patella showing shadow of "Strapping". — VI., Sarcoma. — VII., Six-weeks-old Injury to Elbow showing new Growth of Bone. — VIII., Old Fracture of Tibia and Fibula badly set. — IX., Heart Shadow. — X., Fractured Femur showing Grain of Splint. — XI., Barrell's Method of Localisation.



INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA PERCHA.

INDIA-RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA. Translated from the French of T. SEELIGMANN, G. LAMY TORVILHON and H. FALCONNET by John GEDDES McINTOSH. Royal 8vo.

[Out of print. Second Edition in preparation.]

Contents.

India-Rubber — Botanical Origin — Climatology — Soil — Rational Culture and Acclimation of the Different Species of India-Rubber Plants — Methods of Obtaining the Latex — Methods of Preparing Raw or Crude India-Rubber — Classification of the Commercial Species of Raw Rubber — Physical and Chemical Properties of the Latex and of India-Rubber — Mechanical Transformation of Natural Caoutchouc into Washed or Normal Caoutchouc (Purification) and Normal Rubber into Masticated Rubber — Softening, Cutting, Washing, Drying — Preliminary Observations — Vulcanisation of Normal Rubber — Chemical and Physical Properties of Vulcanised Rubber — General Considerations — Hardened Rubber or Ebonite — Considerations on Mineralisation and other Mixtures — Coloration and Dyeing — Analysis of Natural or Normal Rubber and Vulcanised Rubber — Rubber Substitutes — Imitation Rubber.

Gutta Percha — Botanical Origin — Climatology — Soil — Rational Culture — Methods of Collection — Classification of the Different Species of Commercial Gutta Percha — Physical and Chemical Properties — Mechanical Transformation — Methods of Analysing — Gutta Percha Substitutes — Index.



LEATHER TRADES.

PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE LEATHER INDUSTRY. By A. M. VILLON. Translated by Frank T. ADDYMAN, B.Sc. (Lond.), F.I.C., F.C.S.; and Corrected by an Eminent Member of the Trade. 500 pp., royal 8vo. 123 Illustrations. Price 21s. net. (Post free, 21s. 6d. home; 22s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Preface—Translator's Preface—List of Illustrations.

Part I., Materials used in Tanning — Skins: Skin and its Structure; Skins used in Tanning; Various Skins and their Uses — Tannin and Tanning Substances: Tannin; Barks (Oak); Barks other than Oak; Tanning Woods; Tannin-bearing Leaves; Excrescences; Tan-bearing Fruits; Tan-bearing Roots and Bulbs; Tanning Juices; Tanning Substances used in Various Countries; Tannin Extracts; Estimation of Tannin and Tannin Principles.

Part II., Tanning — The Installation of a Tannery: Tan Furnaces; Chimneys, Boilers, etc.; Steam Engines — Grinding and Trituration of Tanning Substances: Cutting up Bark; Grinding Bark; The Grinding of Tan Woods; Powdering Fruit, Galls and Grains; Notes on the Grinding of Bark — Manufacture of Sole Leather: Soaking; Sweating and Unhairing; Plumping and Colouring; Handling; Tanning; Tanning Elephants' Hides; Drying; Striking or Pinning — Manufacture of Dressing Leather: Soaking; Depilation; New Processes for the Depilation of Skins; Tanning; Cow Hides; Horse Hides; Goat Skins; Manufacture of (p. c14) Split Hides — On Various Methods of Tanning: Mechanical Methods; Physical Methods; Chemical Methods; Tanning with Extracts — Quantity and Quality; Quantity; Net Cost; Quality of Leather — Various Manipulations of Tanned Leather: Second Tanning; Grease Stains; Bleaching Leather; Waterproofing Leather; Weighting Tanned Leather; Preservation of Leather — Tanning Various Skins.

Part III., Currying — Waxed Calf: Preparation; Shaving; Stretching or Slicking; Oiling the Grain; Oiling the Flesh Side; Whitening and Graining; Waxing; Finishing; Dry Finishing; Finishing in Colour; Cost — White Calf: Finishing in White — Cow Hide for Upper Leathers: Black Cow Hide; White Cow Hide; Coloured Cow Hide — Smooth Cow Hide — Black Leather — Miscellaneous Hides: Horse; Goat; Waxed Goat Skin; Matt Goat Skin — Russia Leather: Russia Leather; Artificial Russia Leather.

Part IV., Enamelled, Hungary and Chamoy Leather, Morocco, Parchment, Furs and Artificial Leather — Enamelled Leather: Varnish Manufacture; Application of the Enamel; Enamelling in Colour — Hungary Leather: Preliminary; Wet Work or Preparation; Aluming; Dressing or Loft Work; Tallowing; Hungary Leather from Various Hides — Tawing: Preparatory Operations; Dressing; Dyeing Tawed Skins; Rugs — Chamoy Leather — Morocco: Preliminary Operations; Morocco Tanning: Mordants used in Morocco Manufacture; Natural Colours used in Morocco Dyeing; Artificial Colours; Different Methods of Dyeing; Dyeing with Natural Colours; Dyeing with Aniline Colours; Dyeing with Metallic Salts; Leather Printing; Finishing Morocco; Shagreen; Bronzed Leather — Gilding and Silvering: Gilding; Silvering; Nickel and Cobalt — Parchment — Furs and Furriery: Preliminary Remarks; Indigenous Furs; Foreign Furs from Hot Countries; Foreign Furs from Cold Countries; Furs from Birds' Skins; Preparation of Furs; Dressing; Colouring; Preparation of Birds' Skins; Preservation of Furs — Artificial Leather: Leather made from Scraps; Compressed Leather; American Cloth; Papier Mache; Linoleum; Artificial Leather.

Part V., Leather Testing and the Theory of Tanning — Testing and Analysis of Leather: Physical Testing of Tanned Leather; Chemical Analysis — The Theory of Tanning and the other Operations of the Leather and Skin Industry: Theory of Soaking; Theory of Unhairing; Theory of Swelling; Theory of Handling; Theory of Tanning; Theory of the Action of Tannin on the Skin; Theory of Hungary Leather Making; Theory of Tawing; Theory of Chamoy Leather Making; Theory of Mineral Tanning.

Part VI., Uses of Leather — Machine Belts: Manufacture of Belting; Leather Chain Belts; Various Belts; Use of Belts — Boot and Shoe-making: Boots and Shoes; Laces — Saddlery: Composition of a Saddle; Construction of a Saddle — Harness: The Pack Saddle; Harness — Military Equipment — Glove Making — Carriage Building — Mechanical Uses.

Appendix, The World's Commerce in Leather — Europe; America; Asia; Africa; Australasia — Index.

THE LEATHER WORKER'S MANUAL. Being a Compendium of Practical Recipes and Working Formulae for Curriers, Bootmakers, Leather Dressers, Blacking Manufacturers, Saddlers, Fancy Leather Workers. By H. C. STANDAGE. Demy 8vo. 165 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Blackings, Polishes, Glosses, Dressings, Renovators, etc., for Boot and Shoe Leather — Harness Blackings, Dressings, Greases, Compositions, Soaps, and Boot-top Powders and Liquids, etc., etc. — Leather Grinders' Sundries — Currier's Seasonings, Blacking Compounds, Dressings, Finishes, Glosses, etc. — Dyes and Stains for Leather —Miscellaneous Information — Chrome Tannage — Index.



BOOKS ON POTTERY, BRICKS, TILES, GLASS, ETC.

THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING. Compiled by Experts, and Edited by Chas. F. BINNS. Revised Third Edition and Enlarged. 200 pp. Price 17s. 6d. net. (Post free, 17s. 10d. home; 18s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

Introduction. The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art — Bodies. China and Porcelain Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares Granite and C.C. Bodies, Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured Bodies, Jasper Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body Stains, Coloured Dips — Glazes. China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes, Earthenware Glazes, Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured Glazes, Majolica Colours — Gold and Gold Colours. Gold, Purple of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, Enamel Colour Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum Enamel Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze Colours, Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes — Means and Methods. Reclamation of Waste Gold, The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours, Liquid or Bright Gold — Classification and Analysis. Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of (p. c15) Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count — Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays — Ground Felspar Calculations — The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight — The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay — Forms and Tables. Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling Table, Comparative Guide for Earthenware and China Manufacturers in the use of Slop Flint and Slop Stone, Foreign Terms applied to Earthenware and China Goods, Table for the Conversion of Metrical Weights and Measures on the Continent and South America — Index.

CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY: Being some Aspects of Technical Science as Applied to Pottery Manufacture. Edited by Charles F. BINNS. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 12s. 10d. home; 13s. abroad.)

Contents.

Preface — The Chemistry of Pottery — Analysis and Synthesis — Clays and their Components—The Biscuit Oven — Pyrometry — Glazes and their Composition — Colours and Colour-making — Index.

A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES. A Complete Manual for Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. By Emile BOURRY. Translated from the French by Wilton P. RIX, Examiner in Pottery and Porcelain to the City and Guilds of London Technical Institute, Pottery Instructor to the Hanley School Board. Royal 8vo. 760 pp. 323 Illustrations. Price 21s. net. (Post free, 22s. home; 24s. abroad.)

Contents.

Part I., General Pottery Methods. Definition and History. Definitions and Classification of Ceramic Products — Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art — Raw Materials of Bodies. Clays: Pure Clay and Natural Clays — Various Raw Materials: Analogous to Clay — Agglomerative and Agglutinative — Opening — Fusible — Refractory — Trials of Raw Materials — Plastic Bodies. Properties and Composition — Preparation of Raw Materials: Disaggregation — Purification — Preparation of Bodies: By Plastic Method — By Dry Method — By Liquid Method — Formation, Processes of Formation: Throwing — Expression — Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting — Slapping — Slipping — Drying. Drying of Bodies — Processes of Drying; By Evaporation — By Aeration — By Heating — By Ventilation — By Absorption — Glazes. Composition and Properties — Raw Materials — Manufacture and Application — Firing. Properties of the Bodies and Glazes during Firing — Description of the Kilns — Working of the Kilns — Decoration. Colouring Materials — Processes of Decoration.

Part II., Special Pottery Methods. Terra Cottas. Classification: Plain Ordinary, Hollow, Ornamental, Vitrified, and Light Bricks — Ordinary and Black Tiles — Paving Tiles — Pipes — Architectural Terra Cottas — Vases, Statues and Decorative Objects — Common Pottery — Pottery for Water and Filters — Tobacco Pipes — Lustre Ware — Properties and Tests for Terra Cottas—Fireclay Goods. Classification: Argillaceous, Aluminous, Carboniferous, Silicious and Basic Fireclay Goods — Fireclay Mortar (Pug) — Tests for Fireclay Goods — Faiences. Varnished Faiences — Enamelled Faiences — Silicious Faiences — Pipeclay Faiences — Pebble Work — Feldspathic Faiences — Composition, Processes of Manufacture and General Arrangements of Faience Potteries — Stoneware. Stoneware Properly So-called: Paving Tiles — Pipes — Sanitary Ware — Stoneware for Food Purposes and Chemical Productions — Architectural Stoneware — Vases, Statues and other Decorative Objects — Fine Stoneware — Porcelain. Hard Porcelain for Table Ware and Decoration, for the Fire, for Electrical Conduits, for Mechanical Purposes; Architectural Porcelain, and Dull or Biscuit Porcelain — Soft Phosphated or English Porcelain — Soft Vitreous Porcelain, French and New Sevres — Argillaceous Soft or Seger's Porcelain — Dull Soft or Parian Porcelain — Dull Feldspathic Soft Porcelain — Index.

POTTERY DECORATING, By R. HAINBACH. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 22 Illustrations. Deals with Glazes, Colours, etc. [In the Press.]

ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY. Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Enamelled Terra-cottas, Ordinary and Incrusted Quarries, Stoneware Mosaics, Faiences and Architectural Stoneware. By Leon LEFEVRE. With Five Plates. 950 Illustrations in the Text, and numerous estimates. 500 pp., royal 8vo. Translated from the French by K. H. BIRD, M.A., and W. Moore BINNS. Price 15s. net. (Post free, 15s. 6d. home; 16s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Part I. Plain Undecorated Pottery. — Clays, Bricks, Tiles, Pipes, Chimney Flues, Terra-cotta.

Part II. Made-up or Decorated Pottery.

THE ART OF RIVETING GLASS, CHINA AND EARTHENWARE. By J. HOWARTH. (p. c16) Second Edition. Paper Cover. Price 1s. net; by post, home or abroad, 1s. 1d.

NOTES ON POTTERY CLAYS. Their Distribution, Properties, Uses and Analyses of Ball Clays, China Clays and China Stone. By Jas. FAIRIE, F.G.S. 132 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d. home; 3s. 10d. abroad.)

A Reissue of THE HISTORY OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES; AND THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. With References to Genuine Specimens, and Notices of Eminent Potters. By Simeon SHAW. (Originally Published in 1829.) 265 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

Introductory Chapter showing the position of the Pottery Trade at the present time (1899) — Preliminary Remarks — The Potteries, comprising Tunstall, Brownhills, Greenfield and New Field, Golden Hill, Latebrook, Green Lane, Burslem, Longport and Dale Hall, Hot Lane and Cobridge, Hanley and Shelton, Etruria, Stoke, Penkhull, Fenton, Lane Delph, Foley, Lane End — On the Origin of the Art, and its Practice among the early Nations — Manufacture of Pottery, prior to 1700 — The Introduction of Red Porcelain by Messrs. Elers, of Bradwell, 1690 — Progress of the Manufacture from 1700 to Mr. Wedgwood's commencement in 1760 — Introduction of Fluid Glaze — Extension of the Manufacture of Cream Colour — Mr. Wedgwood's Queen's Ware — Jasper, and Appointment of Potter to Her Majesty — Black Printing — Introduction of Porcelain. Mr. W. Littler's Porcelain — Mr. Cookworthy's Discovery of Kaolin and Petuntse, and Patent — Sold to Mr. Champion — resold to the New Hall Com. — Extension of Term — Blue Printed Pottery. Mr. Turner, Mr. Spode (1), Mr. Baddeley, Mr. Spode (2), Messrs. Turner, Mr. Wood, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Minton — Great Change in Patterns of Blue Printed — Introduction of Lustre Pottery. Improvements in Pottery and Porcelain subsequent to 1800.

A Reissue of THE CHEMISTRY OF THE SEVERAL NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL HETEROGENEOUS COMPOUNDS USED IN MANUFACTURING PORCELAIN, GLASS AND POTTERY. By Simeon SHAW. (Originally published in 1837.) 750 pp. Royal 8vo. Price 14s. net. (Post free, 15s. home; 17s. abroad.)



GLASSWARE, GLASS STAINING AND PAINTING.

RECIPES FOR FLINT GLASS MAKING. By a British Glass Master and Mixer. Sixty Recipes. Being Leaves from the Mixing Book of several experts in the Flint Glass Trade, containing up-to-date recipes and valuable information as to Crystal, Demi-crystal and Coloured Glass in its many varieties. It contains the recipes for cheap metal suited to pressing, blowing, etc., as well as the most costly crystal and ruby. Crown 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 9d. home; 10s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

Ruby — Ruby from Copper — Flint for using with the Ruby for Coating — A German Metal — Cornelian, or Alabaster — Sapphire Blue — Crysophis — Opal — Turquoise Blue — Gold Colour — Dark Green — Green (common) — Green for Malachite — Blue for Malachite — Black for Malachite — Black — Common Canary Batch — Canary — White Opaque Glass — Sealing-wax Red — Flint — Flint Glass (Crystal and Demi) — Achromatic Glass — Paste Glass — White Enamel — Firestone—Dead White (for moons) — White Agate — Canary — Canary Enamel — Index.

A TREATISE ON THE ART OF GLASS PAINTING. Prefaced with a Review (p. c17) of Ancient Glass. By Ernest R. SUFFLING. With One Coloured Plate and Thirty-seven Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 140 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

A Short History of Stained Glass — Designing Scale Drawings —Cartoons and the Cut Line — Various Kinds of Glass Cutting for Windows — The Colours and Brushes used in Glass Painting — Painting on Glass, Dispersed Patterns — Diapered Patterns — Aciding — Firing — Fret Lead Glazing — Index.

PAINTING ON GLASS AND PORCELAIN AND ENAMEL PAINTING. A Complete Introduction to the Preparation of all the Colours and Fluxes used for Painting on Porcelain, Enamel, Faience and Stoneware, the Coloured Pastes and Coloured Glasses, together with a Minute Description of the Firing of Colours and Enamels. By Felix HERMANN, Technical Chemist. With Eighteen Illustrations. 300 pp. Translated from the German second and enlarged Edition. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)



PAPER MAKING, PAPER DYEING, AND TESTING.

#THE DYEING OF PAPER PULP.# A Practical Treatise for the use of Papermakers, Paperstainers, Students and others. By Julius ERFURT, Manager of a Paper Mill. Translated into English and Edited with Additions by Julius HUeBNER, F.C.S., Lecturer on Papermaking at the Manchester Municipal Technical School. With Illustrations and #157 patterns of paper dyed in the pulp#. Royal 8vo, 180 pp. Price 15s. net. (Post free, 15s. 6d. home; 16s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Behaviour of the Paper Fibres during the Process of Dyeing, Theory of the Mordant — Colour Fixing Mediums (Mordants) — Influence of the Quality of the Water Used — Inorganic Colours — Organic Colours — Practical Application of the Coal Tar Colours according to their Properties and their Behaviour towards the Different Paper Fibres — Dyed Patterns on Various Pulp Mixtures — Dyeing to Shade — Index.

THE PAPER MILL CHEMIST. By Henry P. STEVENS, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.C. Royal 12mo. 60 Illustrations. [In the press.]

Contents.

Introduction. — Dealing with the Apparatus required in Chemical Work and General Chemical Manipulation, introducing the subject of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. Fuels. — Analysis of Coal, Coke and other Fuels — Sampling and Testing for Moisture, Ash, Calorific Value, etc. — Comparative Heating Value of different Fuels and Relative Efficiency. Water. — Analysis for Steam Raising and for Paper Making Purposes generally — Water Softening and Purification — A List of the more important Water Softening Plant, giving Power required, Weight, Space Occupied, Out-put and Approximate Cost. Raw Materials and Detection of Adulterants. — Analysis and Valuation of the more important Chemicals used in Paper Making, including Lime, Caustic Soda, Sodium Carbonate, Mineral Acids, Bleach Antichlor, Alum, Rosin and Rosin Size, Glue Gelatin and Casein, Starch, China Clay, Blanc Fixe, Satin White and other Loading Materials, Mineral Colours and Aniline Dyes. Manufacturing Operations. — Rags and the Chemical Control of Rag Boiling — Esparto Boiling — Wood Boiling — Testing Spent Liquors and Recovered Ash — Experimental Tests with Raw Fibrous Materials — Boiling in Autoclaves — Bleaching and making up Hand Sheets — Examination of Sulphite Liquors — Estimation of Moisture in Pulp and Half-stuff — Recommendations of the British Wood Pulp Association. Finished Products. — Paper Testing, including Physical, Chemical and Microscopical Tests, Area, Weight, Thickness, Apparent Specific Gravity, Bulk or Air Space. Determination of Machine Direction, Thickness, Strength, Stretch, Resistance to Crumpling and Friction, Transparency, Absorbency and other qualities of Blotting Papers — Determination of the Permeability of Filtering Papers — Detection and Estimation of Animal and Vegetable Size in Paper — Sizing Qualities of Paper — Fibrous Constituents — Microscopical Examination of Fibres — The Effect of Beating on Fibres — Staining Fibres — Mineral Matter — Ash — Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Mineral Matter — Examination of Coated Papers and Colouring Matters in Paper.

Tables. — English and Metrical Weights and Measures with (p. c18) Equivalents — Conversion of Grams to Grains and vice versa — Equivalent Costs per lb., cwt., and ton — Decimal Equivalents of lbs., qrs., and cwts. — Thermometric and Barometric Scales — Atomic Weights and Molecular Weights — Factors for Calculating the Percentage of Substance Sought from the Weight of Substance Found — Table of Solubilities of Substances Treated of in Paper Making — Specific Gravity Tables of such substances as are used in Paper Making, including Sulphuric Acid Hydrochloric Acid, Bleach, Milk of Lime, Caustic Soda, Carbonate of Soda, etc., giving Percentage Strength with Specific Gravity and Degrees Tw. — Hardness Table for Soap Tests — Dew Point — Wet and Dry Bulb Tables — Properties of Saturated Steam, giving Temperature, Pressure and Volume — List of Different Machines used in the Paper Making Industry, giving Size, Weight, Space Occupied, Power to Drive, Out-put and Approximate Cost — Calculation of Moisture in Pulp —Rag-Boiling Tables, giving Percentages of Lime Soda and Time required — Loss in Weight in Rags and other Raw Materials during Boiling and Bleaching — Conditions of Buying and Selling as laid down by the Paper Makers' Association — Table of Names and Sizes of Papers —Table for ascertaining the Weight per Ream from the Weight per Sheet — Calculations of Areas and Volumes — Logarithms — Blank pages for Notes.

THE TREATMENT OF PAPER FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. By L. E. ANDES. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 48 Illustrations. 250 pp. [In the Press.]

Contents.

I., Parchment Paper, Vegetable Parchment. — The Parchment Paper Machine — Opaque Supple Parchment Paper — Thick Parchment — Krugler's Parchment Paper and Parchment Slates — Double and Triple Osmotic Parchment — Utilising Waste Parchment Paper — Parchmented Linen and Cotton — Parchment Millboard — Imitation Horn and Ivory from Parchment Paper — Imitation Parchment Paper — Artificial Parchment — Testing the Sulphuric Acid. II., Papers for Transfer Pictures. III., Papers for Preservative and Packing Purposes. — Butter Paper — Wax Paper — Paraffin Paper — Wrapping Paper for Silverware — Waterproof Paper — Anti-corrosive Paper. IV., Grained Transfer Papers. V., Fire-proof and Antifalsification Papers, VI., Paper Articles. — Vulcanised Paper Mache — Paper Bottles — Plastic Articles of Paper — Waterproof Coverings for Walls and Ceilings — Paper Wheels, Roofing and Boats — Paper Barrels — Paper Boxes — Paper Horseshoes. VII., Gummed Paper. VIII., Hectograph Papers. IX., Insecticide Papers. — Fly Papers — Moth Papers. X., Chalk and Leather Papers. — Glace Chalk Paper — Leather Paper — Imitation Leather. XI., Luminous Papers — Blue-Print Papers — Blotting Papers. XII., Metal Papers — Medicated Papers. XIII., Marbled Papers. XIV., Tracing and Copying Papers — Iridescent or Mother of Pearl Papers. XV., Photographic Papers — Shellac Paper — Fumigating Papers — Test Papers. XVI., Papers for Cleaning and Polishing Purposes — Glass Paper — Pumice Paper — Emery Paper. XVII., Lithographic Transfer Papers. XIX., Sundry Special Papers — Satin Paper — Enamel Paper — Cork Paper — Split Paper — Electric Paper — Paper Matches — Magic Pictures — Laundry Blue Papers — Blue Paper for Bleachers. XX., Waterproof Papers — Washable Drawing Papers — Washable Card — Washable Coloured Paper—Waterproof Millboard — Sugar Paper. XXI., The Characteristics of Paper — Paper Testing.



ENAMELLING ON METAL.

ENAMELS AND ENAMELLING. For Enamel Makers, Workers in Gold and Silver, and Manufacturers of Objects of Art. By Paul RANDAU. Translated from the German. With Sixteen Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 180 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)

THE ART OF ENAMELLING ON METAL. By W. Norman BROWN. Twenty-eight Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 60 pp. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home and abroad.)



SILK MANUFACTURE.

SILK THROWING AND WASTE SILK SPINNING. By Hollins RAYNER. Demy 8vo. 170 pp. 117 Illus. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Silkworm — Cocoon Reeling and Qualities of Silk — Silk Throwing — Silk Wastes — The Preparation of Silk Waste for Degumming — Silk Waste Degumming, Schapping and Discharging — The Opening and Dressing of Wastes — Silk Waste "Drawing" or "Preparing" Machinery — Long Spinning — Short Spinning — Spinning and Finishing Processes — Utilisation of Waste Products — Noil Spinning — Exhaust Noil Spinning.



BOOKS ON TEXTILE AND DYEING SUBJECTS. (p. c19)

THE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTILE FIBRES: Their Origin, Structure, Preparation, Washing, Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing and Dressing. By Dr. Georg von GEORGIEVICS. Translated from the German by Charles SALTER. 320 pp. Forty-seven Illustrations. Royal 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Textile Fibres — Washing, Bleaching, Carbonising — Mordants and Mordanting — Dyeing — Printing — Dressing and Finishing.

POWER-LOOM WEAVING AND YARN NUMBERING. According to Various Systems, with Conversion Tables. Translated from the German of Anthon GRUNER. With Twenty-Six Diagrams in Colours. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Power-Loom Weaving in General. Various Systems of Looms — Mounting and Starting the Power-Loom. English Looms — Tappet or Treadle Looms — Dobbies — General Remarks on the Numbering, Reeling and Packing of Yarn — Appendix — Useful Hints. Calculating Warps — Weft Calculations — Calculations of Cost Price in Hanks.

TEXTILE RAW MATERIALS AND THEIR CONVERSION INTO YARNS. (The Study of the Raw Materials and the Technology of the Spinning Process.) By Julius ZIPSER. Translated from German by Charles SALTER. 302 Illustrations. 500 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

PART 1. — The Raw Materials Used in the Textile Industry. MINERAL RAW MATERIALS. VEGETABLE RAW MATERIALS. ANIMAL RAW MATERIALS.

PART II. — The Technology of Spinning or the Conversion of Textile Raw Materials into Yarn.

SPINNING VEGETABLE RAW MATERIALS. Cotton Spinning — Installation of a Cotton Mill — Spinning Waste Cotton and Waste Cotton Yarns — Flax Spinning — Fine Spinning — Tow Spinning — Hemp Spinning — Spinning Hemp Tow String — Jute Spinning — Spinning Jute Line Yarn — Utilising Jute Waste.

PART III. — Spinning Animal Raw Materials.

Spinning Carded Woollen Yarn — Finishing Yarn — Worsted Spinning — Finishing Worsted Yarn — Artificial Wool or Shoddy Spinning — Shoddy and Mungo Manufacture — Spinning Shoddy and other Wool Substitutes — Spinning Waste Silk — Chappe Silk — Fine Spinning — Index.

GRAMMAR OF TEXTILE DESIGN. By H. NISBET, Weaving and Designing Master, Bolton Municipal Technical School. Demy 8vo. 280 pp. 490 Illustrations and Diagrams. Price 6s. net. (Post free, 6s. 10d. home; 7s. abroad.)

Contents.

Chapter I., INTRODUCTION. — General Principle of Fabric Structure and the use of Design Paper.

Chapter II., THE PLAIN WEAVE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS. — The Plain, Calico, or Tabby Weave. — Firmness of Texture — Variety of Texture — Variety of Form: Ribbed Fabrics — Corded Fabrics — Matt Weaves.

Chapter III., TWILL AND KINDRED WEAVES. — Classification of Twill Weaves. — #1. Continuous Twills# — (a) Warp-face Twills — (b) Weft-face Twills — (c) Warp and Weft-face Twills — The Angle of Twill — Influences affecting the Prominence of Twills and Kindred Weaves (a) Character of Weave, (b) Character of Yarn, (c) Number of Threads per Inch, (d) Direction of Twill in Relation to the Direction of Twist in Yarn — #2. Zigzag or Wavy Twills# — 3. #Rearranged Twills#: Satin Weaves — Table of Intervals of Selection for the Construction of Satin Weaves — Corkscrew Twills — Rearrangement of Twill Weaves on Satin and other Bases — #4. Combined Twills# — #5. Broken Twills# — #6. Figured or Ornamented Twills#.

Chapter IV., DIAMOND AND KINDRED WEAVES, — Diamond Weaves. — Honeycomb and Kindred Weaves — Brighton Weaves — Sponge Weaves — Huck-a-Back and Kindred Weaves — Grecian Weaves — Linear Zigzag Weaves.

Chapter V., BEDFORD CORDS. — Plain Calico-ribbed Bedford Cords (p. c20) — Plain Twill-ribbed Bedford Cords — Figured Bedford Cords — Tabulated Data of Particulars relating to the Manufacture of Seventeen Varieties of Bedford Cord Fabrics described in this Chapter.

Chapter VI., BACKED FABRICS. — Weft-backed Fabrics — Warp-backed Fabrics — Reversible or Double-faced Fabrics.

Chapter VII., FUSTIANS. — Varieties of Fustians. — Imperials or Swansdowns — Cantoons or Diagonals — Moleskins — Beaverteens — Velveteens and Velveteen Cutting — Ribbed or Corded Velveteen — Figured Velveteen — Corduroy — Figured Corduroy — Corduroy Cutting Machines.

Chapter VIII., TERRY PILE FABRICS. — Methods of producing Terry Pile on Textile Fabrics — Terry-forming Devices — Varieties of Terry Fabrics — Action of the Reed in Relation to Shedding — Figured Terry Weaving — Practical Details of Terry Weaving.

Chapter IX., GAUZE AND LENO FABRICS. — Gauze, Net Leno, and Leno Brocade Varieties of Cross-Weaving. — Plain Gauze, and a Heald Gauze or Leno Harness — Net Leno Fabrics — Gauze and Net Leno Figuring by means of several Back Standard Healds to each Doup Heald — Leno Specialities produced by a System of Crossing Warp Ends in front of the Reed — A Device for the Production of Special Leno Effects — Full Cross Leno Fabrics — Relative Merits of a Top and a Bottom Doup Harness — Relative Merits of Different Types of Dobbies for Gauze and Leno Fabrics — Shaking Devices for Leno Weaving — Practical Details of Leno Weaving — Tempered Steel-wire Doup Harnesses for Cross-weaving — Mock or Imitation Leno Fabrics.

Chapter X., TISSUE, LAPPET, AND SWIVEL FIGURING; ALSO ONDULE EFFECTS, AND LOOPED FABRICS. — Tissue Figuring — Madras Muslin Curtains — Lappet Figuring — Spot Lappet Figuring — Swivel Figuring — Woven Ondule Effects — Loom for Weaving Ondule Effects — Weft Ondule Effects — Looped Fabrics. — INDEX.

NEEDLEWORK AND DESIGN. By Miss M. E. WILKINSON. Quarto. 24 Plates and Text. 52 pp. [In the Press.]

HOME LACE-MAKING. A Handbook for Teachers and Pupils. By M. E. W. MILROY. Crown 8vo. 64 pp. With 3 Plates and 9 Diagrams. Price 1s. net. (Post free, 1s. 3d. home; 1s. 4d. abroad.)

THE CHEMISTRY OF HAT MANUFACTURING. Lectures delivered before the Hat Manufacturers' Association. By Watson SMITH, F.C.S., F.I.C. Revised and Edited by Albert SHONK, Crown 8vo. 132 pp. 16 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 7s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

Textile Fibres, principally Wool, Fur, and Hair — Water: its Chemistry and Properties; Impurities and their Action; Tests of Purity — Acids and Alkalis — Boric Acid, Borax, Soap — Shellac, Wood Spirit, and the Stiffening and Proofing Process — Mordants: their Nature and Use — Dye-stuffs and Colours — Dyeing of Wool and Fur; and Optical Properties of Colours-Index.

THE TECHNICAL TESTING OF YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS. With Reference to Official Specifications. Translated from the German of Dr. J. HERZFELD. Second Edition. Sixty-nine Illustrations. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)

Contents.

Yarn Testing. Determining the Yarn Number — Testing the Length of Yarns — Examination of the External Appearance of Yarn — Determining the Twist of Yarn and Twist — Determination of Tensile Strength and Elasticity — Estimating the Percentage of Fat in Yarn — Determination of Moisture (Conditioning) — Appendix.

DECORATIVE AND FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS. By R. T. LORD. Manufacturers and Designers of Carpets, Damask, Dress and all Textile Fabrics. 200 pp. Demy 8vo. 132 Designs and Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DAMASK WEAVING. By H. KINZER and K. WALTER. Royal 8vo. Eighteen Folding Plates Six Illustrations. Translated from the German. 110 pp. Price 8s. 6d. net. (Post free, 9s. home; 9s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents. (p. c21)

The Various Sorts of Damask Fabrics — Drill (Ticking, Handloom-made) — Whole Damask for Tablecloths — Damask with Ground- and Connecting-warp Threads — Furniture Damask — Lampas or Hangings — Church Damasks — The Manufacture of Whole Damask — Damask Arrangement with and without Cross-Shedding — The Altered Cone-arrangement — The Principle of the Corner Lifting Cord — The Roller Principle — The Combination of the Jacquard with the so-called Damask Machine — The Special Damask Machine — The Combination of Two Tyings.

FAULTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN GOODS AND THEIR PREVENTION. By Nicolas REISER. Translated from the Second German Edition. Crown 8vo. Sixty-three Illustrations. 170 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Improperly Chosen Raw Material or Improper Mixtures — Wrong Treatment of the Material in Washing, Carbonisation, Drying, Dyeing and Spinning — Improper Spacing of the Goods in the Loom — Wrong Placing of Colours — Wrong Weight or Width of the Goods — Breaking of Warp and Weft Threads — Presence of Doubles, Singles, Thick, Loose, and too Hard Twisted Threads as well as Tangles, Thick Knots and the Like — Errors in Cross-weaving—Inequalities, i.e., Bands and Stripes — Dirty Borders — Defective Selvedges — Holes and Buttons — Rubbed Places — Creases — Spots — Loose and Bad Colours — Badly Dyed Selvedges — Hard Goods — Brittle Goods — Uneven Goods — Removal of Bands, Stripes, Creases and Spots.

SPINNING AND WEAVING CALCULATIONS, especially relating to Woollens. From the German of N. REISER. Thirty-four Illustrations. Tables. 160 pp. Demy 8vo. 1904. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)

Contents.

Calculating the Raw Material — Proportion of Different Grades of Wool to Furnish a Mixture at a Given Price — Quantity to Produce a Given Length — Yarn Calculations — Yarn Number — Working Calculations — Calculating the Reed Count — Cost of Weaving, etc.

WATERPROOFING OF FABRICS. By Dr. S. MIERZINSKI. Crown 8vo, 104 pp. 29 Illus. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)

Contents.

Introduction — Preliminary Treatment of the Fabric — Waterproofing with Acetate of Alumina — Impregnation of the Fabric — Drying — Waterproofing with Paraffin — Waterproofing with Ammonium Cuprate — Waterproofing with Metallic Oxides — Coloured Waterproof Fabrics — Waterproofing with Gelatine, Tannin, Caseinate of Lime and other Bodies — Manufacture of Tarpaulin — British Waterproofing Patents — Index.

HOW TO MAKE A WOOLLEN MILL PAY. By John MACKIE. Crown 8vo. 76 pp. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d. home; 3s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

Blends, Piles, or Mixtures of Clean Scoured Wools — Dyed Wool Book — The Order Book — Pattern Duplicate Books — Management and Oversight — Constant Inspection of Hill Departments — Importance of Delivering Goods to Time, Shade, Strength, etc. — Plums.

(For "Textile Soaps and Oils" see p. 7.)



DYEING, COLOUR PRINTING, MATCHING AND DYE-STUFFS.

THE COLOUR PRINTING OF CARPET YARNS. Manual for Colour Chemists and Textile Printers. By David PATERSON, F.C.S. Seventeen Illustrations. 136 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d, home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Structure and Constitution of Wool Fibre — Yarn Scouring — Scouring Materials — Water for Scouring — Bleaching Carpet Yarns — Colour Making for Yarn Printing — Colour Printing Pastes — Colour Recipes for Yarn Printing — Science of Colour Mixing — Matching of Colours — "Hank" Printing — Printing Tapestry Carpet Yarns — Yarn Printing — Steaming Printed Yarns — Washing of Steamed Yarns — Aniline Colours Suitable for Yarn Printing — Glossary of Dyes and Dye-wares used in Wood Yarn Printing — Appendix.

THE SCIENCE OF COLOUR MIXING. A Manual intended for the use of (p. c22) Dyers, Calico Printers and Colour Chemists. By David PATERSON, F.C.S. Forty-one Illustrations, Five Coloured Plates, and Four Plates showing Eleven Dyed Specimens of Fabrics. 132 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Colour a Sensation; Colours of Illuminated Bodies; Colours of Opaque and Transparent Bodies; Surface Colour — Analysis of Light; Spectrum; Homogeneous Colours; Ready Method of Obtaining a Spectrum — Examination of Solar Spectrum; The Spectroscope and Its Construction; Colourists' Use of the Spectroscope — Colour by Absorption: Solutions and Dyed Fabrics; Dichroic Coloured Fabrics in Gaslight — Colour Primaries of the Scientist versus the Dyer and Artist; Colour Mixing by Rotation and Lye Dyeing; Hue, Purity, Brightness; Tints; Shades, Scales, Tones, Sad and Sombre Colours — Colour Mixing; Pure and Impure Greens, Orange and Violets; Large Variety of Shades from few Colours; Consideration of the Practical Primaries: Red, Yellow and Blue — Secondary Colours; Nomenclature of Violet and Purple Group; Tints and Shades of Violet; Changes in Artificial Light — Tertiary Shades; Broken Hues; Absorption Spectra of Tertiary Shades — Appendix: Four Plates with Dyed Specimens Illustrating Text — Index.

DYERS' MATERIALS: An Introduction to the Examination, Evaluation and Application of the most important Substances used in Dyeing, Printing, Bleaching and Finishing. By Paul HEERMAN, Ph.D. Translated from the German by A. C. WRIGHT, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). Twenty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 150 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

COLOUR MATCHING ON TEXTILES. A Manual intended for the use of Students of Colour Chemistry, Dyeing and Textile Printing. By David PATERSON, F.C.S. Coloured Frontispiece. Twenty-nine Illustrations and Fourteen Specimens Of Dyed Fabrics. Demy 8vo. 132 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Colour Vision and Structure of the Eye — Perception of Colour — Primary and Complementary Colour Sensations — Daylight for Colour Matching — Selection of a Good Pure Light — Diffused Daylight, Direct Sunlight, Blue Skylight, Variability of Daylight, etc., etc. — Matching of Hues — Purity and Luminosity of Colours — Matching Bright Hues — Aid of Tinted Films — Matching Difficulties Arising from Contrast — Examination of Colours by Reflected and Transmitted Lights — Effect of Lustre and Transparency of Fibres in Colour Matching — Matching of Colours on Velvet Pile — Optical Properties of Dye-stuffs, Dichroism, Fluorescence — Use of Tinted Mediums — Orange Film — Defects of the Eye — Yellowing of the Lens — Colour Blindness, etc. — Matching of Dyed Silk Trimmings and Linings and Bindings — Its Difficulties — Behaviour of Shades in Artificial Light — Colour Matching of Old Fabrics, etc. — Examination of Dyed Colours under the Artificial Lights — Electric Arc, Magnesium and Dufton, Gardner Lights, Welsbach, Acetylene, etc. — Testing Qualities of an Illuminant — Influence of the Absorption Spectrum in Changes of Hue under the Artificial Lights — Study of the Causes of Abnormal Modifications of Hue, etc.

COLOUR: A HANDBOOK OF THE THEORY OF COLOUR. By George H. HURST, F.C.S. With Ten Coloured Plates and Seventy-two Illustrations. 160 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Colour and Its Production — Cause of Colour in Coloured Bodies — Colour Phenomena and Theories — The Physiology of Light — Contrast — Colour in Decoration and Design — Measurement of Colour.

Reissue of THE ART OF DYEING WOOL, SILK AND COTTON.

Translated from the French of M. HELLOT, M. MACQUER and M. le PILEUR D'APLIGNY. First Published in English in 1789. Six Plates. Demy 8vo. 446 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 6d. home; 6s. abroad.)

Contents.

Part I., The Art of Dyeing Wool and Woollen Cloth, Stuffs, Yarn, Worsted, etc. Part II., The Art of Dyeing Silk. Part III., The Art of Dyeing Cotton and Linen Thread, together with the Method of Stamping Silks, Cottons, etc.

THE CHEMISTRY OF DYE-STUFFS. By Dr. Georg Von GEORGIEVICS. (p. c23) Translated from the Second German Edition. 412 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Introduction — Coal Tar — Intermediate Products in the Manufacture of Dye-stuffs—The Artificial Dye-stuffs (Coal-tar Dyes) — Nitroso Dye-stuffs — Nitro Dye-stuffs — Azo Dye-stuffs — Substantive Cotton Dye-stuffs — Azoxystilbene Dye-stuffs — Hydrazones — Ketoneimides — Triphenylmethane Dye-stuffs — Rosolic Acid Dye-stuffs — Xanthene Dye-stuffs — Xanthone Dye-stuffs — Flavones — Oxyketone Dye-stuffs — Quinoline and Acridine Dye-stuffs — Quinonimide or Diphenylamine Dye-stuffs — The Azine Group: Eurhodines, Safranines and Indulines — Eurhodines — Safranines — Quinoxalines — Indigo — Dye-stuffs of Unknown Constitution — Sulphur or Sulphine Dye stuffs — Development of the Artificial Dye-stuff Industry — The Natural Dye-stuffs — Mineral Colours — Index.

THE DYEING OF COTTON FABRICS: A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student. By Franklin BEECH, Practical Colourist and Chemist. 272 pp. Forty-four Illustrations of Bleaching and Dyeing Machinery. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Structure and Chemistry of the Cotton Fibre — Scouring and Bleaching of Cotton —Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations — Principles and Practice of Cotton Dyeing — Direct Dyeing; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Metallic Salts; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Developers; Direct Dyeing followed by Fixation with Couplers; Dyeing on Tannic Mordant; Dyeing on Metallic Mordant; Production of Colour Direct upon Cotton Fibres; Dyeing Cotton by Impregnation with Dye-stuff Solution — Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton and Wool) Fabrics — Dyeing Half Silk (Cotton-Silk, Satin) Fabrics — Operations following Dyeing — Washing, Soaping, Drying — Testing of the Colour of Dyed Fabrics — Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye Testing — Index.

The book contains numerous recipes for the production on Cotton Fabrics of all kinds of a great range of colours.

THE DYEING OF WOOLLEN FABRICS. By Franklin BEECH, Practical Colourist and Chemist. Thirty-three Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 228 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

The Wool Fibre — Structure, Composition and Properties — Processes Preparatory to Dyeing — Scouring and Bleaching of Wool — Dyeing Machinery and Dyeing Manipulations — Loose Wool Dyeing, Yarn Dyeing and Piece Dyeing Machinery — The Principles and Practice of Wool Dyeing — Properties of Wool Dyeing — Methods of Wool Dyeing — Groups of Dyes — Dyeing with the Direct Dyes — Dyeing with Basic Dyes — Dyeing with Acid Dyes — Dyeing with Mordant Dyes — Level Dyeing — Blacks on Wool — Reds on Wool — Mordanting of Wool — Orange Shades on Wool — Yellow Shades on Wool — Green Shades on Wool — Blue Shades on Wool — Violet Shades on Wool — Brown Shades on Wool — Mode Colours on Wool — Dyeing Union (Mixed Cotton Wool) Fabrics — Dyeing of Gloria — Operations following Dyeing — Washing, Soaping, Drying — Experimental Dyeing and Comparative Dye Testing — Testing of the Colour of Dyed Fabrics — Index.



BLEACHING AND WASHING.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BLEACHING OF LINEN AND COTTON YARN AND FABRICS. By L. TAILFER, Chemical and Mechanical Engineer. Translated from the French by John GEDDES McINTOSH. Demy 8vo. 303 pp. Twenty Illus. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)



COTTON SPINNING AND COMBING.

COTTON SPINNING (First Year). By Thomas THORNLEY, Spinning Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. Eighty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Second Impression. Price 3s. net. (Post free, 3s. 4d. home; 3s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Syllabus and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute — Cultivation, Classification, Ginning, Baling and Mixing of the Raw Cotton — Bale-Breakers, Mixing Lattices and Hopper Feeders — Opening and Scutching — Carding — Indexes.

COTTON SPINNING (Intermediate, or Second Year). By Thomas (p. c24) THORNLEY. 180 pp. Seventy Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute — The Combing Process — The Drawing Frame — Bobbin and Fly Frames — Mule Spinning — Ring Spinning — General Indexes.

COTTON SPINNING (Honours, or Third Year). By Thomas THORNLEY. 216 pp. Seventy-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Second Edition. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute — Cotton—The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning Machinery — Doubling and Winding — Reeling — Warping — Production and Costs — Main Driving — Arrangement of Machinery and Mill Planning — Waste and Waste Spinning — Indexes.

COTTON COMBING MACHINES. By Thos. THORNLEY, Spinning Master, Technical School, Bolton. Demy 8vo. 117 Illustrations. 300 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Sliver Lap Machine and the Ribbon Cap Machine — General Description of the Heilmann Comber — The Cam Shaft — On the Detaching and Attaching Mechanism of the Comber — Resetting of Combers — The Erection of a Heilmann Comber — Stop Motions: Various Calculations — Various Notes and Discussions — Cotton Combing Machines of Continental Make — Index.



FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING.

MODERN FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINNING AND TWISTING. A Practical Handbook for the use of Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinners, Thread, Twine and Rope Makers. By Herbert R. CARTER, Mill Manager, Textile Expert and Engineer, Examiner in Flax Spinning to the City and Guilds of London Institute. Demy 8vo. 1907. With 92 Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Raw Fibre. — Origin of Flax — Hemp and Jute Fibre — Description of the Plants — Mode of Cultivation — Suitable Climate and Soil — Sowing — Harvesting — Rippling Flax and Hemp — Water Retting — Dew Retting — Extraction of the Fibre — Marketing the Fibre — Bracquing — Flax, Hemp and Jute Marks — Comparative Prices — Ports of Export — Trade Centres — Fibre Selling Conditions — Duty on Fibre — Fibre Exports. Hackling. — Sorting and Storing the Raw Fibre — Softening Hemp and Jute — Jute Batching — Cutting — Piecing Out — Roughing — Hackling by Hand and Machine — Tippling — Sorting — Ventilation of Hackling Rooms. Sliver Formation. — Spreading Line — Heavy Spreading System — Good's Combined Hackle and Spreader — Jute Breaking and Carding — Flax and Hemp Tow Carding — Bell Calculation — Clock System — Theory of Spreading. Line and Tow Preparing. — Drawing and Doubling — Draft Calculation — Set Calculation — Tow Combing — Compound Systems — Automatic Stop Motions and Independent Heads — Details of Preparing Machinery — Ventilation — Humidification. Gill Spinning. — Gill Spinning for Shoe Threads, Rope Yarns, Binder and Trawl Twines — The Automatic Gill Spinner — Rope and Reaper Yarn Numbering. The Flax, Hemp and Jute Roving Frame. — Bobbin Winding — Differential Motion — Twist Calculation — Practical Changing — Rove Stock. Dry and Half-Dry Spinning. — Flyer and Ring Frames — Draft and Twist Calculation — Bobbin Dragging — Reaches — Set of Breast Beam and Tin-rod. Wet Spinning of Flax, Hemp and Tow — Hot and Cold Water Spinning — Improvements in the Water Trough — Turn off and Speed of Spindles — Reaches — Belting — Band Tying — Tape Driving — Oiling — Black Threads — Cuts per Spindle — Ventilation of the Wet Spinning Room. Yarn Department. — Reeling — Cop Winding — Cheese and Spool Winding — Balling Shoe Thread, Reaper Yarn, etc. — Yarn Drying and Conditioning — Yarn Bundling — Yarn Baling — Weight of Yarn — Yarn Tables — Duty on Yarn Imports. Manufacture of Threads, Twines and Cords. — Hank Winding — Wet and Dry Twisting — Cabling — Fancy Yarns — Twine Laying — Sizing and Polishing Threads and Twines — Softening Threads — Skeining Threads — Balling Twines — Leeson's Universal Winder — Randing Twines — Spooling Sewing Threads — Comparative Prices of Flax and Hemp Cords, Lines and Threads. Rope Making. — Construction of Hawsers and Cables — Stranding — Laying and Closing — Compound Rope Machines — Rules for Rope Makers — Weight of Ropes — Balling and Coiling Ropes. Mechanical Department. — Boilers, Engines and Turbines — Power Transmission by Belts and Ropes — Electric Light and Power Transmission — Fans — Oils and Oiling — Repairs — Fluting. Mill Construction. — Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning Mills and Rope works — Heating — Roofs — Chimneys, etc.



COLLIERIES AND MINES. (p. c25)

RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES. By Robert LAMPRECHT, Mining Engineer and Manager. Translated from the German. Illustrated by Six large Plates, containing Seventy-six Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. abroad.)

Contents.

Causes of Pit Fires — Preventive Regulations: (1) The Outbreak and Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be most reliably prevented by Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of the Shaft; (2) Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in the Shaft; (3) Precautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2 Fail or Prove Inefficient. Precautions against Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp and Coal Dust. Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits. Experiments on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal Dust by Electricity — Indications of an Existing or Incipient Fire — Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases: Respiratory Apparatus; Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes; Reservoir Apparatus; Oxygen Apparatus — Extinguishing Pit Fires: (a) Chemical Means; (b) Extinction with Water. Dragging down the Burning Masses and Packing with Clay; (c) Insulating the Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building. Analyses of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams: Working in Irrespirable Gases ("Gas-diving"): Air-Lock Work. Complete Isolation of the Pit. Flooding a Burning Section isolated by means of Dams. Wooden Dams: Masonry Dams. Examples of Cylindrical and Dome-shaped Dams. Dam Doors: Flooding the Whole Pit — Rescue Stations: (a) Stations above Ground; (b) Underground Rescue Stations — Spontaneous Ignition of Coal in Bulk — Index.

VENTILATION IN MINES. By Robert WABNER, Mining Engineer. Translated from the German. Royal 8vo. Thirty Plates and Twenty-two Illustrations. 240 pp. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Causes of the Contamination of Pit Air — The Means of Preventing the Dangers resulting from the Contamination of Pit Air — Calculating the Volume of Ventilating Current necessary to free Pit Air from Contamination — Determination of the Resistance Opposed to the Passage of Air through the Pit — Laws of Resistance and Formulae therefor — Fluctuations in the Temperament or Specific Resistance of a Pit — Means for Providing a Ventilating Current in the Pit — Mechanical Ventilation — Ventilators and Fans — Determining the Theoretical, Initial, and True (Effective) Depression of the Centrifugal Fan — New Types of Centrifugal Fan of Small Diameter and High Working Speed — Utilising the Ventilating Current to the utmost Advantage and distributing the same through the Workings — Artificially retarding the Ventilating Current — Ventilating Preliminary Workings — Blind Headings — Separate Ventilation — Supervision of Ventilation — INDEX.

HAULAGE AND WINDING APPLIANCES USED IN MINES. By Carl VOLK. Translated from the German. Royal 8vo. With Six Plates and 148 Illustrations. 150 pp. Price 8s. 6d. net. (Post free, 9s. home; 9s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

Haulage Appliances — Ropes — Haulage Tubs and Tracks — Cages and Winding Appliances — Winding Engines for Vertical Shafts — Winding without Ropes — Haulage in Levels and Inclines — The Working of Underground Engines — Machinery for Downhill Haulage.



DENTAL METALLURGY.

DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS. By A. B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Introduction — Physical Properties of the Metals — Action of Certain Agents on Metals — Alloys — Action of Oral Bacteria on Alloys — Theory and Varieties of Blowpipes — Fluxes — Furnaces and Appliances — Heat and Temperature — Gold — Mercury — Silver — Iron — Copper — Zinc — Magnesium — Cadmium — Tin — Lead — Aluminium — Antimony — Bismuth — Palladium — Platinum — Iridium — Nickel — Practical Work — Weights and Measures.



ENGINEERING, SMOKE PREVENTION AND METALLURGY. (p. c26)

THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE. Combined with the Economical Combustion of Fuel. By W. C. POPPLEWELL, M.Sc., A.M.Inst., C.E., Consulting Engineer. Forty-six Illustrations. 190 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

Contents.

Fuel and Combustion — Hand Firing in Boiler Furnaces — Stoking by Mechanical Means — Powdered Fuel — Gaseous Fuel — Efficiency and Smoke Tests of Boilers — Some Standard Smoke Trials — The Legal Aspect of the Smoke Question — The Best Means to be adopted for the Prevention of Smoke — Index.

GAS AND COAL DUST FIRING. A Critical Review of the Various Appliances Patented in Germany for this purpose since 1885. By Albert PUeTSCH. 130 pp. Demy 8vo. Translated from the German. With 103 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Generators — Generators Employing Steam — Stirring and Feed Regulating Appliances — Direct Generators — Burners — Regenerators and Recuperators — Glass Smelting Furnaces — Metallurgical Furnaces — Pottery Furnace — Coal Dust Firing — Index.

THE HARDENING AND TEMPERING OF STEEL IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Fridolin REISER.

Translated from the German of the Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 120 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)

Contents.

Steel — Chemical and Physical Properties of Steel, and their Casual Connection — Classification of Steel according to Use — Testing the Quality of Steel — Steel-Hardening — Investigation of the Causes of Failure in Hardening — Regeneration of Steel Spoilt in the Furnace — Welding Steel — Index.

SIDEROLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF IRON (The Constitution of Iron Alloys and Slags). Translated from German of Hanns Freiherr v. JUePTNER. 350 pp. Demy 8vo. Eleven Plates and Ten Illustrations. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Theory of Solution. — Solutions — Molten Alloys — Varieties of Solutions — Osmotic Pressure — Relation between Osmotic Pressure and other Properties of Solutions — Osmotic Pressure and Molecular Weight of the Dissolved Substance — Solutions of Gases — Solid Solutions — Solubility — Diffusion — Electrical Conductivity — Constitution of Electrolytes and Metals — Thermal Expansion. Micrography. — Microstructure — The Micrographic Constituents of Iron — Relation between Micrographical Composition, Carbon-Content, and Thermal Treatment of Iron Alloys — The Microstructure of Slags. Chemical Composition of the Alloys of Iron. — Constituents of Iron Alloys — Carbon — Constituents of the Iron Alloys, Carbon — Opinions and Researches on Combined Carbon — Applying the Curves of Solution deduced from the Curves of Recalescence to the Determination of the Chemical Composition of the Carbon present in Iron Alloys — The Constituents of Iron — Iron — The Constituents of Iron Alloys — Manganese — Remaining Constituents of Iron Alloys — A Silicon — Gases. The Chemical Composition of Slag. — Silicate Slags — Calculating the Composition of Silicate Slags — Phosphate Slags — Oxide Slags — Appendix — Index.

EVAPORATING, CONDENSING AND COOLING APPARATUS. Explanations, Formulae and Tables for Use in Practice. By E. HAUSBRAND, Engineer. Translated by A. C. WRIGHT, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). With Twenty-one Illustrations and Seventy-six Tables. 400 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents. (p. c27)

ReCoefficient of Transmission of Heat, k/, and the Mean Temperature Difference, [Greek: theta]/m — Parallel and Opposite Currents — Apparatus for Heating with Direct Fire — The Injection of Saturated Steam — Superheated Steam — Evaporation by Means of Hot Liquids — The Transference of Heat in General, and Transference by means of Saturated Steam in Particular — The Transference of Heat from Saturated Steam in Pipes (Coils) and Double Bottoms — Evaporation in a Vacuum — The Multiple-effect Evaporator — Multiple-effect Evaporators from which Extra Steam is Taken — The Weight of Water which must be Evaporated from 100 Kilos, of Liquor in order its Original Percentage of Dry Materials from 1-25 per cent. up to 20-70 per cent. — The Relative Proportion of the Heating Surfaces in the Elements of the Multiple Evaporator and their Actual Dimensions — The Pressure Exerted by Currents of Steam and Gas upon Floating Drops of Water — The Motion of Floating Drops of Water upon which Press Currents of Steam — The Splashing of Evaporating Liquids — The Diameter of Pipes for Steam, Alcohol, Vapour and Air — The Diameter of Water Pipes — The Loss of Heat, from Apparatus and Pipes to the Surrounding Air, and Means for Preventing the Loss — Condensers — Heating Liquids by Means of Steam — The Cooling of Liquids — The Volumes to be Exhausted from Condensers by the Air-pumps — A Few Remarks on Air-pumps and the Vacua they Produce — The Volumetric Efficiency of Air-pumps — The Volumes of Air which must be Exhausted from a Vessel in order to Reduce its Original Pressure to a Certain Lower Pressure — Index.



SANITARY PLUMBING, METAL WORK, ETC., ETC.

EXTERNAL PLUMBING WORK. A Treatise on Lead Work for Roofs. By John W. HART, R.P.C. 180 Illustrations. 272 pp. Demy 8vo. Second Edition Revised. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Cast Sheet Lead — Milled Sheet Lead — Roof Cesspools — Socket Pipes — Drips — Gutters — Gutters (continued) — Breaks — Circular Breaks — Flats — Flats (continued) — Rolls on Flats — Roll Ends — Roll Intersections — Seam Rolls — Seam Rolls (continued) — Tack Fixings — Step Flashings — Step Flashings (continued) — Secret Gutters — Soakers — Hip and Valley Soakers — Dormer Windows — Dormer Windows (continued) — Dormer Tops — Internal Dormers — Skylights — Hips and Ridging — Hips and Ridging (continued) — Fixings for Hips and Ridging — Ornamental Ridging — Ornamental Curb Rolls — Curb Rolls — Cornices — Towers and Finials — Towers and Finials (continued) — Towers and Finials (continued) — Domes — Domes (continued) — Ornamental Lead Work — Rain Water Heads — Rain Water Heads (continued) — Rain Water Heads (continued).

HINTS TO PLUMBERS ON JOINT WIPING, PIPE BENDING AND LEAD BURNING. Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. By John W. HART, R.P.C. 184 Illustrations. 313 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Pipe Bending — Pipe Bending (continued) — Pipe Bending (continued) — Square Pipe Bendings— Half-circular Elbows — Curved Bends on Square Pipe — Bossed Bends — Curved Plinth Bends — Rain-water Shoes on Square Pipe — Curved and Angle Bends — Square Pipe Fixings — Joint-wiping — Substitutes for Wiped Joints — Preparing Wiped Joints — Joint Fixings — Plumbing Irons — Joint Fixings — Use of "Touch" in Soldering — Underhand Joints — Blown and Copper Bit Joints — Branch Joints — Branch Joints (continued) — Block Joints — Block Joints (continued) — Block Fixings — Astragal Joints — Pipe Fixings — Large Branch Joints — Large Underhand Joints — Solders — Autogenous Soldering or Lead Burning — Index.

SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE. By John W. HART. Demy 8vo. With 208 Illustrations. 250 pp. 1904, Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

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

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING, BURNISHING, LACQUERING (p. c28) AND BRONZING BRASS WARE. By W. Norman BROWN. 35 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 2s. net. (Post free, 2s. 3d. home and abroad.)

A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING FOR CYCLES, BEDSTEADS, TINWARE, ETC. By William Norman BROWN. 52 pp. and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 2s. net. (Post free, 2s. 3d. home and abroad.)

THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY. By John W. HART, R.P.C. With 129 Illustrations. 177 pp., demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

Contents.

Water Circulation — The Tank System — Pipes and Joints — The Cylinder System — Boilers for the Cylinder System — The Cylinder System — The Combined Tank and Cylinder System — Combined Independent and Kitchen Boiler — Combined Cylinder and Tank System with Duplicate Boilers — Indirect Heating and Boiler Explosions — Pipe Boilers — Safety Valves — Safety Valves — The American System — Heating Water by Steam — Steam Kettles and Jets — Heating Power of Steam — Covering for Hot Water Pipes — Index.



HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.

THREE HUNDRED SHADES FOR DECORATORS AND HOW TO MIX THEM. By A. DESAINT. Quarto. The book will consist of a wide range of shades and tints suitable for decorators carefully numbered and mounted for easy reference, with full particulars as to the composition of each shade. [In the press.]

HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING. By W. Norman BROWN. Eighty-eight Illustrations. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d, home and abroad.)

A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART. By W. Norman BROWN. Thirty-nine Illustrations. 96 pp. Crown 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home and abroad.)

WORKSHOP WRINKLES for Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers and Others. By W. N. BROWN. Crown 8vo. 128 pp. Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 2s. 10d. abroad.)



BREWING AND BOTANICAL.

HOPS IN THEIR BOTANICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECT, AND AS AN ARTICLE OF COMMERCE. By Emmanuel GROSS, Professor at the Higher Agricultural College, Tetschen-Liebwerd. Translated from the German. Seventy-eight Illustrations. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

HISTORY OF THE HOP — THE HOP PLANT — Introductory — The Roots — The Stem — and Leaves — Inflorescence and Flower: Inflorescence and Flower of the Male Hop; Inflorescence and Flower of the Female Hop — The Fruit and its Glandular Structure: The Fruit and Seed — (p. c29) Propagation and Selection of the Hop — Varieties of the Hop: (a) Red Hops; (b) Green Hops; (c) Pale Green Hops — Classification according to the Period of Ripening: Early August Hops; Medium Early Hops; Late Hops — Injuries to Growth — Leaves Turning Yellow, Summer or Sunbrand, Cones Dropping Off, Honey Dew, Damage from Wind, Hail and Rain; Vegetable Enemies of the Hop: Animal Enemies of the Hop — Beneficial Insects on Hops — CULTIVATION — The Requirements of the Hop in Respect of Climate, Soil and Situation: Climate; Soil; Situation — Selection of Variety and Cuttings — Planting a Hop Garden: Drainage; Preparing the Ground; Marking-out for Planting; Planting; Cultivation and Cropping of the Hop Garden in the First Year — Work to be Performed Annually in the Hop Garden: Working the Ground; Cutting; The Non-cutting System; The Proper Performance of the Operation of Cutting: Method of Cutting: Close Cutting, Ordinary Cutting, The Long Cut, The Topping Cut; Proper Season for Cutting: Autumn Cutting, Spring Cutting; Manuring; Training the Hop Plant: Poled Gardens, Frame Training; Principal Types of Frames; Pruning, Cropping, Topping, and Leaf Stripping the Hop Plant; Picking, Drying and Bagging — Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and Hop Gardens — Life of a Hop Garden; Subsequent Cropping — Cost of Production, Yield and Selling Prices.

Preservation and Storage — Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop Cone — Judging the Value of Hops.

Statistics of Production — The Hop Trade — Index.



TIMBER AND WOOD WASTE.

TIMBER: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in all its Aspects (Commercial and Botanical), showing the Different Applications and Uses of Timber in Various Trades, etc. Translated from the French of Paul CHARPENTIER. Royal 8vo. 437 pp. 178 Illustrations. Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 14s. abroad.)

Contents.

Physical and Chemical Properties of Timber — Composition of the Vegetable Bodies — Chief Elements — M. Fremy's Researches — Elementary Organs of Plants and especially of Forests — Different Parts of Wood Anatomically and Chemically Considered — General Properties of Wood — Description of the Different Kinds of Wood — Principal Essences with Caducous Leaves — Coniferous Resinous Trees — Division of the Useful Varieties of Timber in the Different Countries of the Globe — European Timber — African Timber — Asiatic Timber — American Timber — Timber of Oceania — Forests — General Notes as to Forests; their Influence — Opinions as to Sylviculture — Improvement of Forests — Unwooding and Rewooding — Preservation of Forests — Exploitation of Forests — Damage caused to Forests — Different Alterations — The Preservation of Timber — Generalities — Causes and Progress of Deterioration — History of Different Proposed Processes — Dessication — Superficial Carbonisation of Timber — Processes by Immersion — Generalities as to Antiseptics Employed — Injection Processes in Closed Vessels — The Boucherie System, Based upon the Displacement of the Sap — Processes for Making Timber Uninflammable — Applications of Timber — Generalities — Working Timber — Paving — Timber for Mines — Railway Traverses — Accessory Products — Gums — Works of M. Fremy — Resins — Barks — Tan — Application of Cork — The Application of Wood to Art and Dyeing — Different Applications of Wood — Hard Wood — Distillation of Wood — Pyroligneous Acid — Oil of Wood — Distillation of Resins — Index.

THE UTILISATION OF WOOD WASTE. Translated from the German of Ernst HUBBARD. Crown 8vo. 192 pp. Fifty Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

General Remarks on the Utilisation of Sawdust — Employment of Sawdust as Fuel, with and without Simultaneous Recovery of Charcoal and the Products of Distillation — Manufacture of Oxalic Acid from Sawdust — Process with Soda Lye; Thorn's Process; Bohlig's Process — Manufacture of Spirit (Ethyl Alcohol) from Wood Waste — Patent Dyes (Organic Sulphides, Sulphur Dyes, or Mercapto Dyes) — Artificial Wood and Plastic Compositions from Sawdust — Production of Artificial Wood Compositions for Moulded Decorations — Employment of Sawdust for Blasting Powders and Gunpowders — Employment of Sawdust for Briquettes — Employment of Sawdust in the Ceramic Industry and as an Addition to Mortar — Manufacture of Paper Pulp from Wood — Casks — Various Applications of Sawdust and Wood Refuse — Calcium Carbide — Manure — Wood Mosaic Plaques — Bottle Stoppers — Parquetry — Fire-lighters — Carborundum — The Production of Wood Wool — Bark — Index.

BUILDING AND ARCHITECTURE. (p. c30)

THE PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS IN BUILDINGS; with Remarks on the Causes, Nature and Effects of Saline, Efflorescences and Dry-rot, for Architects, Builders, Overseers, Plasterers Painters and House Owners. By Adolf Wilhelm KEIM. Translated from the German of the second revised Edition by M. J. SALTER, F.I.C. F.C.S. Eight Coloured Plates and Thirteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 115 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Various Causes of Dampness and Decay of the Masonry of Buildings, and the Structural and Hygienic Evils of the Same — Precautionary Measures during Building against Dampness and Efflorescence — Methods of Remedying Dampness and Efflorescences in the Walls of Old Buildings — The Artificial Drying of New Houses, as well as Old Damp Dwellings and the Theory of the Hardening of Mortar — New, Certain and Permanently Efficient Methods for Drying Old Damp Walls and Dwellings — The Cause and Origin of Dry-rot: its Injurious Effect on Health, its Destructive Action on Buildings, and its Successful Repression — Methods of Preventing Dry-rot to be Adopted During Construction — Old Methods of Preventing Dry-rot — Recent and More Efficient Remedies for Dry-rot — Index.

HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, AND THEIR ALLIED TRADES AND SUBJECTS. By Augustine C. PASSMORE. Demy 8vo. 380 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d, abroad.)



FOODS AND SWEETMEATS.

THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOODS AND SWEETMEATS. By A. HAUSNER. With Twenty-eight Illustrations. Translated from the German of the third enlarged Edition. Crown 8vo. 225 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d. home; 7s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

The Manufacture of Conserves — Introduction — The Causes of the Putrefaction of Food — The Chemical Composition of Foods — The Products of Decomposition — The Causes of Fermentation and Putrefaction — Preservative Bodies — The Various Methods of Preserving Food — The Preservation of Animal Food — Preserving Meat by Means of Ice — The Preservation of Meat by Charcoal — Preservation of Meat by Drying — The Preservation of Meat by the Exclusion of Air — The Appert Method — Preserving Flesh by Smoking — Quick Smoking — Preserving Meat with Salt — Quick Salting by Air Pressure — Quick Salting by Liquid Pressure — Gamgee's Method of Preserving Meat — The Preservation of Eggs — Preservation of White and Yolk of Egg — Milk Preservation — Condensed Milk — The Preservation of Fat — Manufacture of Soup Tablets — Meat Biscuits — Extract of Beef — The Preservation of Vegetable Foods in General — Compressing Vegetables — Preservation of Vegetables by Appert's Method — The Preservation of Fruit — Preservation of Fruit by Storage — The Preservation of Fruit by Drying — Drying Fruit by Artificial Heat — Roasting Fruit — The Preservation of Fruit with Sugar — Boiled Preserved Fruit — The Preservation of Fruit in Spirit, Acetic Acid or Glycerine — Preservation of Fruit without Boiling — Jam Manufacture — The Manufacture of Fruit Jellies — The Making of Gelatine Jellies — The Manufacture of "Sulzen" — The Preservation of Fermented Beverages — The Manufacture of Candies — Introduction — The Manufacture of Candied Fruit — The Manufacture of Boiled Sugar and Caramel — The Candying of Fruit — Caramelised Fruit — The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks, or Barley Sugar — Bonbon Making — Fruit Drops — The Manufacture of Dragees — The Machinery and Appliances used in Candy Manufacture — Dyeing Candies and Bonbons — Essential Oils used in Candy Making — Fruit Essences — The Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and Stamped Lozenges — Recipes for Jams and Jellies — Recipes for Bonbon Making — Dragees — Appendix — Index.



DYEING FANCY GOODS. (p. c31)

THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING MARBLE, ARTIFICIAL STONE, BONE, HORN, IVORY AND WOOD, AND OF IMITATING ALL SORTS OF WOOD. A Practical Handbook for the Use of Joiners, Turners, Manufacturers of Fancy Goods, Stick and Umbrella Makers, Comb Makers, etc. Translated from the German of D. H. SOXHLET, Technical Chemist. Crown 8vo. 168 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)

Contents.

Mordants and Stains — Natural Dyes — Artificial Pigments — Coal Tar Dyes — Staining Marble and Artificial Stone — Dyeing, Bleaching and Imitation of Bone, Horn and Ivory — Imitation of Tortoiseshell for Combs: Yellows, Dyeing Nuts — Ivory — Wood Dyeing — Imitation of Mahogany: Dark Walnut, Oak, Birch-Bark, Elder-Marquetry, Walnut, Walnut-Marquetry, Mahogany, Spanish Mahogany, Palisander and Rose Wood, Tortoiseshell, Oak, Ebony, Pear Tree — Black Dyeing Processes with Penetrating Colours — Varnishes and Polishes: English Furniture Polish, Vienna Furniture Polish, Amber Varnish, Copal Varnish, Composition for Preserving Furniture — Index.



CELLULOID.

CELLULOID. The Raw Material, Manufacture and Uses. By Dr. Fr. BOECKMANN. 49 Illus. Crown 8vo. [In the Press.]



LITHOGRAPHY, PRINTING AND ENGRAVING.

PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY. By Alfred SEYMOUR. Demy 8vo. With Frontispiece and 33 Illus. 120 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Stones — Transfer Inks — Transfer Papers — Transfer Printing — Litho Press — Press Work — Machine Printing — Colour Printing — Substitutes for Lithographic Stones — Tin Plate Printing and Decoration — Photo-Lithography.

PRINTERS' AND STATIONERS' READY RECKONER AND COMPENDIUM. Compiled by Victor GRAHAM. Crown 8vo. 112 pp. 1904. Price 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 3s. 9d. home; 3s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

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

ENGRAVING FOR ILLUSTRATION. HISTORICAL AND PRACTICAL NOTES. By J. KIRKBRIDE. 72 pp. Two Plates and 6 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. home; 2s. 10d. abroad.)

Contents.

Its Inception — Wood Engraving — Metal Engraving — Engraving in England — Etching — Mezzotint — Photo-Process Engraving — The Engraver's Task — Appreciative Criticism — Index.



BOOKBINDING.

PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. By Paul ADAM. Translated from the German. Crown 8vo. 180 pp. 127 Illustrations. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 4d. home; 5s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Materials for Sewing and Pasting — Materials for Covering the Book — Materials for Decorating and Finishing — Tools — General Preparatory Work — Sewing — Forwarding, Cutting, Rounding and Backing (p. c32) — Forwarding, Decoration of Edges and Headbanding — Boarding — Preparing the Cover — Work with the Blocking Press — Treatment of Sewn Books, Fastening in Covers, and Finishing Off — Handtooling and Other Decoration — Account Books — School Books, Mounting Maps, Drawings, etc. — Index.



SUGAR REFINING.

THE TECHNOLOGY OF SUGAR: Practical Treatise on the Modern Methods of Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Cane and Sugar Beet. By John GEDDES McINTOSH. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Demy 8vo. Fully Illustrated. 436 pp. Seventy-six Tables. 1906. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 11s. home; 11s. 6d. abroad.)

Contents.

Chemistry of Sucrose, Lactose, Maltose, Glucose, Invert Sugar, etc. — Purchase and Analysis of Beets — Treatment of Beets — Diffusion — Filtration — Concentration — Evaporation — Sugar Cane: Cultivation — Milling — Diffusion — Sugar Refining — Analysis of Raw Sugars — Chemistry of Molasses, etc.

(See "Evaporating, Condensing, etc., Apparatus," p. 26.)



BIBLIOGRAPHY.

CLASSIFIED GUIDE TO TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BOOKS. Compiled by Edgar GREENWOOD. Demy 8vo. 224 pp. 1904. Being a Subject-list of the Principal British and American Books in print; giving Title, Author, Size, Date, Publisher and Price. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 10d. home; 8s. 3d. abroad.)

THE TECHNICAL BOOKS in this Catalogue can be obtained through all Booksellers, or post free direct from the Publishers by remitting the amount given in brackets.

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