Chapter I: Front Matter

_September, 1909_

A SHORT LIST OF

SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

PUBLISHED AND SOLD BY

E. & F. N. SPON, Limited,

57 Haymarket, London, S.W.

SOLE ENGLISH AGENTS for the Books of—

MYRON C CLARK, NEW YORK
THE BUSINESS CODE COMPANY, CHICAGO
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, NEW YORK

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Agriculture 2
Architecture 3
Artillery 5
Bridges and Roofs 5
Building 3
Cement and Concrete 7
Civil Engineering 8
Dictionaries 11
Domestic Economy 12
Drawing 13
Electrical Engineering 14
Foreign Exchange 19
Gas and Oil Engines 20
Gas Lighting 20
Historical; Biographical 21
Horology 22
Hydraulics 22
Industrial Chemistry 24
Irrigation 27
Logarithm Tables 28
Manufactures 24
Marine Engineering 28
Materials 30
Mathematics 31
Mechanical Engineering 33
Metallurgy 36
Metric Tables 38
Mineralogy and Mining 38
Municipal Engineering 45
Naval Architecture 28
Organisation 40
Physics 41
Price Books 42
Railway Engineering 43
Sanitation 45
Structural Design 5
Telegraph Codes 47
Warming; Ventilation 47
Water Supply 48
Workshop Practice 49
Useful Tables 52
Miscellaneous 53

_Full particulars post free on application.
All books are bound in cloth unless otherwise stated._

_NOTE_: _The Prices in this Catalogue apply to books sold in
the United Kingdom only._

AGRICULTURE.

=Hemp.= A Practical Treatise on the Culture of Hemp for Seed
and Fibre, with a Sketch of the History and Nature of the
Hemp Plant. By S. S. BOYCE. 13 illus. 112 pp. crown 8vo.
(_New York, 1900_) _net_ 2 0

=The Fertilisation of Tea.= By G. A. CONIE$1pp. crown 8vo,
sewed. (_1908_) _net_ 2 6

=Farm Drainage.= By H. F. FRENCH$1crown 8vo. (_New York,
1904_) _net_ 4 6

=Talks on Manures.= By J. HARRIS. New edition, 366 pp. crown
8vo. (_New York, 1893_) _net_ 6 6

=Coffee,= its Culture and Commerce in all Countries. By C. G.
W. LOCK. 11 plates, 274 pp. crown 8vo. (_1888_) 12 6

=Sugar, a Handbook for Planters and Refiners.= By the late J.
A. R. NEWLANDS and B. E. R. NEWLANDS. 236 illus. 876 pp. demy
8vo. (_London, 1909_) _net_ 1 5 0

=Hops,= their Cultivation, Commerce and Uses. By P. L.
SIMMONDS. 143 pp. crown 8vo. (_1877_) 4 6

=Tropical Agriculture.= By P. L. SIMMONDS. New edition, 539
pp. 8vo. (_1889_) 1 1 0

=The Future of Cocoa-Planting.= By H. HAMEL SMITH. With
illustrations, 95 pp. crown 8vo, sewed. (_1908_) _net_ 1 0

=Estate Fences,= their Choice, Construction and Cost. By A.
VERNON. Re-issue, 150 illus. 420 pp. 8vo. (_1909_) _net_ 8 6

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING.

=The Hydropathic Establishment and its Baths.= By R. O.
ALLSOP. 8 plates, 107 pp. demy 8vo. (_1891_) 5 0

=The Turkish Bath,= its Design and Construction. By R. O.
ALLSOP. 27 illus. 152 pp. demy 8vo. (_1890_) 6 0

=The Builder’s Clerk.= By T. BALES. Second edition, 92 pp.
fcap. 8vo. (_1904_) 1 6

=Glossary of Technical Terms= used in Architecture and the
Building Trades. By G. J. BURNS. 136 pp. crown 8vo. (_1895_) 3 6

=Chimney Design and Theory.= By W. W. CHRISTIE. Second
edition, 54 illus. 200 pp. crown 8vo. (_New York, 1902_)_net_ 12 6

=Approximate Estimates.= By T. E. COLEMAN. Third edition, 481
pp. oblong 32mo, leather. (_1907_) _net_ 5 0

=Stable Sanitation and Construction.= By T. E. COLEMAN. 183
illus. 226 pp. crown 8vo. (_1897_) 6 0

=Architectural Examples= in Brick, Stone, Wood and Iron. By
W. FULLERTON. Third edition, 245 plates, 254 pp. demy 4to.
(_1908_) _net_ 15 0

=Bricklaying System.= By F. B. GILBRETH. Fully illustrated,
321 pp. 8vo. (_New York, 1909_) _net_ 12 6

=The Building Trades Pocket Book.= Compiled by R. HALL. 12mo.
With interchangeable diary _net_ 1 6
Ditto ditto, in leather _net_ 2 6

=The Clerk of Works’ Vade Mecum.= By G. G. HOSKINS. Seventh
edition, 52 pp. fcap. 8vo. (_1901_) 1 6

=A Handbook of Formulæ, Tables, and Memoranda,= for
Architectural Surveyors and others engaged in Building. By
J. T. HURST. Fifteenth edition, 512 pp. royal 32mo, roan.
(_1905_) _net_ 5 0

=Quantity Surveying,= for the Use of Surveyors, Architects,
Engineers and Builders. By J. LEANING. Fifth edition, 936 pp.
demy 8vo. (_1904_) _net_ 1 5 0

=Obstruction to Light.= A Graphic Method of determining
Problems of Ancient Lights. By H. B. MOLESWORTH. 9 folding
plates, 4to. (_1902_) _net_ 6 0

=Suburban Houses.= A series of practical plans. By J. H.
PEARSON. 46 plates and 12 pp. text, crown 4to. (_1905_) _net_ 7 6

=Roman Architecture, Sculpture and Ornament.= By G. B.
PIRANESI. 200 plates, reproduced in facsimile from the
original. 2 vols. Imperial folio, in wrappers. (_1900_) _net_ 2 2 0

=The Seven Periods of English Architecture,= defined and
illustrated. By E. SHARPE. Third edition, 20 steel plates,
royal 8vo. (_1888_) 12 6

=Our Factories, Workshops and Warehouses,= their Sanitary and
Fire-Resisting Arrangements. By B. H. THWAITE. 183 illus. 282
pp. crown 8vo. 9 0

=Elementary Principles of Carpentry.= By T. TREDGOLD and J.
T. HURST. Eleventh edition, 48 plates, 517 pp. crown 8vo.
(_1904_) 12 6

=Practical Stair Building and Handrailing.= By W. H. WOOD. 32
plates, 91 pp. crown 4to. (_1894_) 10 6

=Spons’ Architects’ and Builders’ Pocket Price-Book,=
Memoranda, Tables and Prices. Edited by CLYDE YOUNG. Revised
by STANFORD M. BROOKS. Illustrated, 552 pp. 16mo, leather
cloth (size 6½ in. by 3¾ in. by ½ in. thick). Issued annually
_net_ 3 0

ARTILLERY.

=Guns and Gun Making Material.= By G. EDE. Crown 8vo.
(_1889_) 6 0

=Treatise on Application of Wire to Construction of
Ordnance.= By J. A. LONGRIDGE. 180 pp. 8vo. 1 5 0

=The Progress of Artillery: Naval Guns.= By J. A. LONGRIDGE.
8vo, sewed. (_1896_) 2 0

=The Field Gun of the Future.= By J. A. LONGRIDGE. 8vo,
sewed. (_1892_) 2 6

BRIDGES, ARCHES, ROOFS, AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN.

=Strains in Ironwork.= By HENRY ADAMS. Fourth edition, 8
plates, 65 pp. crown 8vo. (_1904_) 5 0

=The Practical Designing of Structural Ironwork.= By HENRY
ADAMS. 13 plates, 194 pp. 8vo. (_1894_) 8 6

=Designing Ironwork.= By HENRY ADAMS. Second series. 8vo,
sewed.