Chapter XI: 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. Translated from the Second German Edition. 412 pp. Demy 8vo. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

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.

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 Illusts. 1901. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.

Contents.

General Considerations on Bleaching--Steeping--Washing: Its End
and Importance--Roller Washing Machines--Wash Wheel (Dash
Wheel)--Stocks or Wash Mill--Squeezing--Lye Boiling--Lye
Boiling with Milk of Lime--Lye Boiling with Soda
Lyes--Description of Lye Boiling Keirs--Operations of Lye
Boiling--Concentration of Lyes--Mather and Platt's
Keir--Description of the Keir--Saturation of the
Fabrics--Alkali used in Lye Boiling--Examples of
Processes--Soap--Action of Soap in Bleaching--Quality and
Quantity of Soaps to use in the Lye--Soap Lyes or Scalds--Soap
Scouring Stocks--Bleaching on Grass or on the Bleaching Green
or Lawn--Chemicking--Remarks on Chlorides and their
Decolourising Action--Chemicking
Cisterns--Chemicking--Strengths, etc.--Sours--Properties of the
Acids--Effects Produced by Acids--Souring
Cisterns--Drying--Drying by Steam--Drying by Hot Air--Drying by
Air--Damages to Fabrics in Bleaching--Yarn
Mildew--Fermentation--Iron Rust Spots--Spots from Contact with
Wood--Spots incurred on the Bleaching Green--Damages arising
from the Machines--Examples of Methods used in
Bleaching--Linen--Cotton--The Valuation of Caustic and
Carbonated Alkali (Soda) and General Information Regarding
these Bodies--Object of Alkalimetry--Titration of Carbonate of
Soda--Comparative Table of Different Degrees of Alkalimetrical
Strength--Five Problems relative to Carbonate of Soda--Caustic
Soda, its Properties and Uses--Mixtures of Carbonated and
Caustic Alkali--Note on a Process of Manufacturing Caustic Soda
and Mixtures of Caustic and Carbonated Alkali
(Soda)--Chlorometry--Titration--Wagner's Chlorometric
Method--Preparation of Standard Solutions--Apparatus for
Chlorine Valuation--Alkali in Excess in Decolourising
Chlorides--Chlorine and Decolourising
Chlorides--Synopsis--Chlorine--Chloride of Lime--Hypochlorite
of Soda--Brochoki's Chlorozone--Various Decolourising
Hypochlorites--Comparison of Chloride of Lime and Hypochlorite
of Soda--Water--Qualities of Water--Hardness--Dervaux's
Purifier--Testing the Purified Water--Different Plant for
Purification--Filters--Bleaching of Yarn--Weight of Yarn--Lye
Boiling--Chemicking--Washing--Bleaching of Cotton Yarn--The
Installation of a Bleach Works--Water Supply--Steam
Boilers--Steam Distribution
Pipes--Engines--Keirs--Washing--Machines--Stocks--Wash
Wheels--Chemicking and Souring
Cisterns--Various--Buildings--Addenda--Energy of Decolourising
Chlorides and Bleaching by Electricity and Ozone--Energy of
Decolourising Chlorides--Chlorides--Production of Chlorine and
Hypochlorites by Electrolysis--Lunge's Process for increasing
the intensity of the Bleaching Power of Chloride of
Lime--Trilfer's Process for Removing the Excess of Lime or Soda
from Decolourising Chlorides--Bleaching by Ozone.

Cotton Spinning and Combing.

=COTTON SPINNING= (First Year). By THOMAS THORNLEY, Spinning Master, Bolton Technical School. 160 pp. Eighty-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 3s.; Abroad, 3s. 6d.; strictly net.

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 THORNLEY. 180 pp. Seventy Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

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. 1901. Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

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. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d. net.

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.

Collieries and Mines.

=RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES.= A Description of the Principal Methods Pursued, especially in Fiery Mines, and of the Various Appliances Employed, such as Respiratory and Rescue Apparatus, Dams, etc. By ROBERT LAMPRECHT, Mining Engineer and Manager. Translated from the German. Illustrated by Six large Plates, containing Seventy-six Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

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. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.

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 Formulæ 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. 1903. Price 8s. 6d.; Colonies, 9s.; Other Countries, 9s. 6d.; strictly net.

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.

Engineering, Smoke Prevention and Metallurgy.

=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. 1901. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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 PÜTSCH. 130 pp. Demy 8vo. 1901. Translated from the German. With 103 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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. 1903. Price 5s.; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; strictly net.

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. JÜPTNER. 350 pp. Demy 8vo. Eleven Plates and Ten Illustrations. 1902. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.

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--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, Formulæ 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. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.

Contents.

The Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, _k_, and the Mean
Temperature Difference [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.

Dental Metallurgy.

=DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS AND DENTISTS.= By A. B. GRIFFITHS, Ph.D. Demy 8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations. 1903. 200 pp. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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.

Plumbing, Decorating, 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. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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.

=WORKSHOP WRINKLES= for Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers and Others. By W. N. BROWN. Crown 8vo. 128 pp. 1901. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.

=SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE.= By JOHN W. HART. Demy 8vo. With 208 Illustrations. 250 pp. 1904. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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 AND BRONZING BRASS WARE.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. 35 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.; strictly net.

=HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Eighty-eight Illustrations. 150 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 3s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 4s.; Other Countries, 4s. 6d.; strictly net.

=A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. Thirty-nine Illustrations. 96 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.

=A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING FOR CYCLES, BEDSTEADS, TINWARE, ETC.= By WILLIAM NORMAN BROWN. 52 pp. and Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.; net.

=THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY.= By JOHN W. HART, R.P.C. With 129 Illustrations. 1900. 177 pp., demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.

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.

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. 1900. 340 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.

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--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. 1902. Price 12s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; net.

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. 1902. Fifty Illustrations. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

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.

=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. 1902. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

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. 1904. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net, post free.

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. 1902. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; net.

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 Dragées--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--Dragées--Appendix--Index.

Dyeing Fancy Goods.

=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. 1902. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

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.

Lithography, Printing and Engraving.

=PRACTICAL LITHOGRAPHY.= By ALFRED SEYMOUR. Demy 8vo. With Frontispiece and 33 Illus. 120 pp. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

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. 1904.

[_In the press._

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. 1903. Price 2s. 6d.; Abroad, 3s.; strictly net.

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. 1903. Price 5s.; Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

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--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--Hand-tooling 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. Demy 8vo. 83 Illustrations. 420 pp. Seventy-six Tables. 1903. Price 10s. 6d.; Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; net.

(_See "Evaporating, Condensing, etc., Apparatus," p. 26._)

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.

Bibliography.

=CLASSIFIED GUIDE TO TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL BOOKS.= Compiled by EDGAR GREENWOOD. Demy 8vo. 1904. Being a Subject-list of the Principal British and American Books in print; giving Title, Author, Size, Date, Publisher and Price.

[_In the press._

Contents.

Agriculture--Architecture--Art--Book Production--Building--
Chemicals--Commercial--Electricity--Engineering--Farming--
Gardening--Glass--Hygiene--Legal (not pure Law)--Metallurgy--
Mining--Military--Music--Naval--Oils--Paints--Photography--Physical
Training--Plumbing--Pottery--Printing--Public Health--Railways--
Roads--Soaps--Surveying--Teaching--Textile--Veterinary--Water--
Index, etc., etc.

=TEXTILE SOAPS AND OILS.= Handbook on the Preparation, Properties and Analysis of the Soaps and Oils used in Textile Manufacturing, Dyeing and Printing. By GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S. Crown 8vo. 200 pp. Nine Illustrations. 1904. Price 5s.; India and Colonies, 5s. 6d.; Other Countries, 6s.; net.

Contents.

=Methods of Making Soaps=--Hard Soap--Soft Soap. =Special Textile
Soaps=--Wool Soaps--Calico Printers' Soaps--Dyers' Soaps.
=Relation of Soap to Water for Industrial Purposes=--Treating
Waste Soap Liquors--Boiled Off Liquor--Calico Printers and
Dyers' Soap Liquors--=Soap Analysis=--=Fat in Soap=.

ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS--Tallow--Lard--Bone
Grease--Tallow Oil. =Vegetable Soap, Oils and Fats=--Palm
Oil--Coco-nut Oil--Olive Oil--Cottonseed Oil--Linseed
Oil--Castor Oil--Corn Oil--Whale Oil or Train Oil--Repe Oil.

GLYCERINE.

TEXTILE OILS--Oleic Acid--Blended Wool Oils--Oils for Cotton
Dyeing, Printing and Finishing--Turkey Red Oil--Alizarine
Oil--Oleine--Oxy Turkey Red Oils--Soluble Oil--Analysis of
Turkey Red Oil--Finisher's Soluble Oil--Finisher's Soap
Softening--Testing and Adulteration of Oils--Index.

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Transcriber's Note

This catalogue was originally bound in with Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam, which is available from Project Gutenberg at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39318

On p.26, the title of the first chapter of Evaporating, Condensing and Cooling Apparatus has been corrected by reference to the original book.