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=A Pocket Book of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda=, for Civil and
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=Compensation Discharge in the Rivers and Streams of the West Riding=
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=Co-ordinate Geometry= applied to Land Surveying. By =W. Pilkington=. 5
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=Topographical Surveying.= By =G. J. Specht=. 4th edition, 2 plates and
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=Surveying and Levelling Instruments.= Theoretically and practically
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=Surveyor’s Handbook.= By =T. U. Taylor=. 116 illus., 310 pp., crown
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=Logarithmic Land Measurement.= By =J. Wallace=. 32 pp., royal 8vo.
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=Land Drainage.= A Treatise on the Design and Construction of Open and
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=The Drainage of Fens and Low Lands= by Gravitation and Steam Power. By
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=Stadia Surveying=, the theory of Stadia Measurements. By =A. Winslow=.
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=Handbook on Tacheometrical Surveying.= By =C. Xydis=. 55 illus., 3
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=Tables of Parabolic Curves= for the use of Railway Engineers, and
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=Transition Curves.= By =W. G. Fox=. Second edition, 80 pp., 18mo,
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY

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DRAWING

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=Slide Valve Diagrams=: a French Method for their Construction. By =L.
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=Drawings for Medium-sized Repetition Work.= By =R. D. Spinney=. 47
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=Mathematical Drawing Instruments.= By =W. F. Stanley=. Seventh ed.,
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EARTHWORK

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=Earthwork Slips and Subsidences= on Public Works. By =J. Newman=. 240
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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Rowell=, Secretary. Issued in quarto parts. The number of parts are
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=Practical Electric Bell Fitting.= By =F. C. Allsop=. Tenth edition,
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=Telephones=: their Construction and Fitting. By =F. C. Allsop=. Eighth
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=Electric Bell Construction.= By =F. C. Allsop=. New imp., 177 illus.,
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=Induction Coils and Coil Making.= By =F. C. Allsop=. Second edition,
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=Auto-Transformer Design.= By =A. H. Avery=. 25 illus., 60 pp., 8vo.
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=Principles of Electric Power= (Continuous Current) for Mechanical
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=Practical Construction of Electric Tramways.= By =W. R. Bowker=. 93
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=Dynamo Lighting for Motor Cars.= By =M. A. Codd=. Second edition, 140
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=Design and Construction of Induction Coils.= By =A. F. Collins=. 155
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=Switchboard Measuring Instruments= for Continuous and Polyphase
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=Electric Cables, their Construction and Cost.= By =D. Coyle= and =F.
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=Elements of Telephony.= By =A. Crotch=. 51 illus., 90 pp., crown 8vo.
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=Electricity and Magnetism in Telephone Maintenance.= By =G. W.
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=Grouping of Electric Cells.= By =W. F. Dunton=. 4 illus., 50 pp.,
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=Wireless Telegraphy for Intending Operators.= By =C. K. P. Eden=. 16
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=Magnets and Electric Currents.= By =J. A. Fleming=, M.A., D.Sc.,
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=Notes on Design of Small Dynamo.= By =George Halliday=. Second
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=Practical Alternating Currents and Power Transmission.= By =N.
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=Plans and Specification for Wireless Telegraph Sets.= By =A. F.
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PART I. An Experimental Set and a One to Five Miles Set. 37
illus., viii + 45 pp.

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