Chapter I: Front Matter

1887.

BOOKS RELATING
TO
APPLIED SCIENCE,

PUBLISHED BY
E. & F. N. SPON,

LONDON: 125, STRAND.
NEW YORK: 35, MURRAY STREET.

_A Pocket-Book for Chemists, Chemical Manufacturers, Metallurgists, Dyers, Distillers, Brewers, Sugar Refiners, Photographers, Students, etc., etc._ By THOMAS BAYLEY, Assoc. R.C. Sc. Ireland, Analytical and Consulting Chemist and Assayer. Fourth edition, with additions, 437 pp., royal 32mo, roan, gilt edges, 5_s._

SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:

Atomic Weights and Factors—Useful Data—Chemical
Calculations—Rules for Indirect Analysis—Weights
and Measures—Thermometers and Barometers—Chemical
Physics—Boiling Points, etc.—Solubility of
Substances—Methods of Obtaining Specific
Gravity—Conversion of Hydrometers—Strength of Solutions
by Specific Gravity—Analysis—Gas Analysis—Water
Analysis—Qualitative Analysis and Reactions—Volumetric
Analysis—Manipulation—Mineralogy—Assaying—Alcohol—Beer—Sugar—Miscellaneous
Technological matter relating to Potash, Soda, Sulphuric Acid,
Chlorine, Tar Products, Petroleum, Milk, Tallow, Photography,
Prices, Wages, Appendix, etc., etc.

_The Mechanician_: A Treatise on the Construction and Manipulation of Tools, for the use and instruction of Young Engineers and Scientific Amateurs, comprising the Arts of Blacksmithing and Forging; the Construction and Manufacture of Hand Tools, and the various Methods of Using and Grinding them; the Construction of Machine Tools, and how to work them; Machine Fitting and Erection; description of Hand and Machine Processes; Turning and Screw Cutting; principles of Constructing and details of Making and Erecting Steam Engines, and the various details of setting out work, etc., etc. By CAMERON KNIGHT, Engineer. _Containing 1147 illustrations_, and 397 pages of letter-press. Third edition, 4to, cloth, 18_s._

_On Designing Belt Gearing._ By E. J. COWLING WELCH, Mem. Inst. Mech. Engineers, Author of ‘Designing Valve Gearing.’ Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6_d._

_A Handbook of Formulæ, Tables, and Memoranda, for Architectural Surveyors and others engaged in Building._ By J. T. HURST, C.E. Thirteenth edition, royal 32mo, roan, 5_s._

“It is no disparagement to the many excellent publications we
refer to, to say that in our opinion this little pocket-book of
Hurst’s is the very best of them all, without any exception. It
would be useless to attempt a recapitulation of the contents,
for it appears to contain almost _everything_ that anyone
connected with building could require, and, best of all, made
up in a compact form for carrying in the pocket, measuring
only 5 in. by 3 in., and about ¾ in. thick, in a limp cover.
We congratulate the author on the success of his laborious
and practically compiled little book, which has received
unqualified and deserved praise from every professional person
to whom we have shown it.”—_The Dublin Builder._

_Tabulated Weights of Angle, Tee, Bulb, Round, Square, and Flat Iron and Steel_, and other information for the use of Naval Architects and Shipbuilders. By C. H. JORDAN, M.I.N.A. Fourth edition, 32mo, cloth, 2_s._ 6_d._

_Quantity Surveying._ By J. LEANING. With 42 illustrations. Second edition, revised, crown 8vo, cloth, 9_s._

CONTENTS:

A complete Explanation of the London Practice.
General Instructions.
Order of Taking Off.
Modes of Measurement of the various Trades.
Use and Waste.
Ventilation and Warming.
Credits, with various Examples of Treatment.
Abbreviations.
Squaring the Dimensions
Abstracting, with Examples in illustration of each Trade.
Billing.
Examples of Preambles to each Trade.
Form for a Bill of Quantities.
Do. Bill of Credits.
Do. Bill for Alternative Estimate.
Restorations and Repairs, and Form of Bill.
Variations before Acceptance of Tender.
Errors in a Builder’s Estimate.
Schedule of Prices.
Form of Schedule of Prices.
Analysis of Schedule of Prices.
Adjustment of Accounts.
Form of a Bill of Variations.
Remarks on Specifications.
Prices and Valuation of Work, with Examples and Remarks upon each Trade.
The Law as it affects Quantity Surveyors, with Law Reports.
Taking Off after the Old Method.
Northern Practice.
The General Statement of the Methods recommended by the Manchester
Society of Architects for taking Quantities.
Examples of Collections.
Examples of “Taking Off” in each Trade.
Remarks on the Past and Present Methods of Estimating.

_A Complete Set of Contract Documents for a Country Lodge_, comprising Drawings, Specifications, Dimensions (for quantities), Abstracts, Bill of Quantities, Form of Tender and Contract, with Notes by J. LEANING, printed in facsimile of the original documents, on single sheets fcap., in paper case, 10_s._

_A Practical Treatise on Heat, as applied to the Useful Arts_; for the Use of Engineers, Architects, &c. By THOMAS BOX. _With 14 plates._ Third edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 12_s._ 6_d._

_A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing Instruments_: their construction, uses, qualities, selection, preservation, and suggestions for improvements, with hints upon Drawing and Colouring. By W. F. STANLEY, M.R.I. Fifth edition, _with numerous illustrations_, crown 8vo, cloth, 5_s._

_Spons’ Architects’ and Builders’ Pocket-Book of Prices and Memoranda._ Edited by W. YOUNG, Architect. Royal 32mo, roan, 4_s._ 6_d._; or cloth, red edges, 3_s._ 6_d._ _Published annually._ Thirteenth edition. _Now ready._

_Long-Span Railway Bridges_, comprising Investigations of the Comparative Theoretical and Practical Advantages of the various adopted or proposed Type Systems of Construction, with numerous Formulæ and Tables giving the weight of Iron or Steel required in Bridges from 300 feet to the limiting Spans; to which are added similar Investigations and Tables relating to Short-span Railway Bridges. Second and revised edition. By B. BAKER, Assoc. Inst. C.E. _Plates_, crown 8vo, cloth, 5_s._

_Elementary Theory and Calculation of Iron Bridges and Roofs._ By AUGUST RITTER, Ph.D., Professor at the Polytechnic School at Aix-la-Chapelle. Translated from the third German edition, by H. R. SANKEY, Capt. R.E. With 500 _illustrations_, 8vo, cloth, 15_s._

_The Builder’s Clerk_: a Guide to the Management of a Builder’s Business. By THOMAS BALES. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1_s._ 6_d._

_The Elementary Principles of Carpentry._ By THOMAS TREDGOLD. Revised from the original edition, and partly re-written, by JOHN THOMAS HURST. Contained in 517 pages of letter-press, and _illustrated with 48 plates and 150 wood engravings_. Fourth edition, reprinted from the third, crown 8vo, cloth, 12_s._ 6_d._