Wood-working Machines.

A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-working Machines, including a History of the Origin and Progress and Manufacture of Woodworking Machinery, by J. Richards, Mechanical Engineer, 25 folding plates, and nearly 100 full-page illustrations of English, French, and American Woodworking Machines in modern use, selected from the designs of prominent Engineers, 4to, cloth "One of the few technical works of originality and merit that have recently appeared. The plan adopted by the author is to notice in a general way the leading operations of wood conversion, with the construction and operation of machines in modern use; introducing such rules and treating of such laws as have been fixed by practice and experience, and have come within the knowledge of the writer within an extended experience, in designing and constructing both standard and special machines for wood-work. illustrations form an important feature of the work. The descriptive letterpress and the vast amount of information about the various kinds of wood-work will make this work indispensable to all who are either makers or users of wood-working machines."—Mechanic's Magazine.

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"Mr. Richards has written on a subject with which he has a thorough practical acquaintance, and he has succeeded in producing a treatise which should certainly be in the hands of all users of wood-working machinery, and which, moreover, will be of much interest to engineers generally. In conclusion we should state that the work is illustrated by no less than one hundred and seventeen well-engraved plates, showing examples of every class of woodworking machinery by the leading makers in this country, in America, and on the Continent."-Engineering.

"This is a most useful and valuable book, and needs little commendation as a practical and trustworthy treatise. Important, especially in the United States as of wood-working as a national industry no complete history and description of the various mechanism employed has heretofore been attempted. "The work before us in profusely illustrated with views of the best machines of America and Europe, and it forms a valuable contribution to the mechanical literature of the day."-Scientific American.

Yachts.

Yachts and Yacht-Building, being a Treatise on the
construction of Yachts and other matters relating to
Yachting, by P. R. Marett, second edition, enlarged,
illustrated with 12 folding plates, demy 8vo, cloth

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ROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPAL and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors, Vol. I., 1873-4. Edited by LEWIS ANGELL, Mem. Inst. C.E., Hon. Fellow of King's College, London, F.R.S., B.A.

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WORKSHOP RECEIPTS,

Besides Receipts relating to the lesser Technological matters and processes, such as the manufacture and use of Stencil Plates, Blacking, Crayons, Paste, Putty, Wax, Size, Alloys, Catgut, Tunbridge Ware, Picture Frame and Architectural Mouldings, Compos, Cameos, and others too numerous to mention.

LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING Cross.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d., 1863.

Containing papers on the following subjects:-Steam-Boiler Explosions, by P. F. Nursey; Relation between the safe load and the ultimate strength of Iron, by Zerah Colburn; Construction of Chelsea Bridge, by G. G. Page; Bombay and Baroda Railway, by C. Sanderson; Signalling, for Land and Naval Purposes, by F. Wise; Steam Navigation on the Indus, by A. Warren; and Steam Fire-Engines, by W. Roberts.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 21s., 1864.

Containing papers on the following subjects:-Fuel, by P. F. Nursey; Manufacture of Coal Gas, by A. F. Wilson; Cornish Pumping Engine, by A. Fraser; Elastic Railway Wheels, by V. Pendred; Road Bridges and Railways at Charing Cross, by M. Parkes; Explosion at Erith, and Repair of the River Bank, by L. G. Moore; Supply of Water to Towns, by B. Latham.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 215., 1865.

Containing papers on the following subjects:-The Patent Laws, by T. C. Abel; Strength and Rigidity, by W. E. Cochs; Certain Methods of Treating Cast Iron in the Foundry, by Zerah Colburn; Irrigation with Town Sewage, by G. King; Circular Tables, by Henry Hakewill; Sugar-Making Machinery, by Perry F. Nursey; the Adhesion of Locomotive Engines, and certain experiments for increasing or supplementing that function, by Vaughan Pendred; On Gifford's Injector, by Lewis Olrick.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 21s., 1866.

Adams (H.) on the Slide Valve; C. C. R. Von Wessely on Arched Roofs; B. Latham on the Utilization of Sewage; P. Jensen on the Incrustation of Marine Boilers; J. Baldwin on Riveted Joints; T. Cargill on the Six-way Bridge, Pont de l'Europe, Paris; A. Jacob on Reservoirs and Embankments.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 215., 1867.

T. Baldwin on the Nature and Action of Safety Valves; J. G. Horner on Screw Piles of a Bridge at Verona; H. H. Bamber on Water, and its effects on Steam-Boilers; H. Davey on Pumping Engines for Town Water Supply; Vaughan Pendred on Water Tube Boilers; E. Matheson on the Quality of Iron as at present used; A. Rigg, jun., on Heavy Guns; S. W. Worsam on Mechanical Saws; and James Gresham on the most Recent Improvements in the Injector.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 21s., 1868.

Containing papers on the following subjects:-On the Surveys of Proposed Lines for a ShipCanal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by Dr. E. Cullen; the Panama Railroad, by Dr. Cullen; on the Isthmus of Darien and the Ship-Canal, by E. Cullen; Engineering in India, by F. C. Danvers; Testimonial to Mr. A. Williams; the Redhill Sewerage Works, by S. A. Reede; on the Screw Propeller, by Arthur Rigg, jun.; Modern Gas Works at Home and Abroad, by H. Gore; the Accumulator Cotton Press, by Ewing Matheson; on the Application of Steam to the Cultivation of the Soil, by Baldwin Latham, etc., etc.

8vo. cloth, 10s. 6d., 1859.

Containing:-Explosive Compounds, by Perry F. Nursey; Drainage and Water Supply to the Town of Fareham, by Thos. Buckham; Electric Telegraphy, irrespective of Telegraphic Apparatus, by C. G. Bartholomew; the Prevention of Leakage in Gas and Water Mains, by C. M. Barker; the Commercial Value and Purity of Coal, by F. W. Hartley; Apparatus employed for Illumination with Coal Gas, by W. Sugg; English and Continental Intercommunication, by Perry F. Nursey; the need of further Experiments on the Strength of Materials, by C. J. Light; Apparatus for Increasing the Velocity of Ships, by Vaughan Pendred.

8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d., 1870.

Containing:-Friction in Steam Cylinders, by Peter Jensen; the Patent Laws, by W. Lloyd Wise; the Theory of Screw Propulsion, by Michael Šefi; the Economics of Railway Maintenance, by C. S. Compton.

8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d., 1871.

Containing:-The Machinery and Utensils of a Brewery, by Thos. Wilkins; Brewing Apparatus, by John Walker; Ventilation of Sewers, by Baldwin Latham; Timbering of Trenches and Tunnels, by Charles Turner; Recent Improvements in Explosive Compounds, by Perry F. Nursey; Floating Breakwaters, by Thomas Cargill.

8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d., 1872.

Containing:-Examples of Recent Practice in American Locomotive Engineering, by Vaughan Pendred; State Railways and Railway Management, by George Spencer; Electric Telegraph Instruments, by E. G. Bartholomew; Electrical Batteries, by E. G. Bartholomew; Milford Haven and its New Pier Works, by Henry Davey; Continuous Railway Brakes, by William H. Fox.

Plates, 8vo, cloth, 15s., 1873.

Containing :-Continuous Railway Brakes, by W. H. Fox; Horse Railways and Street Tramways, by H. Gore; Charging and Drawing Gas Retorts by Machinery, by John Somerville; Railway Train Intercommunication, by S. Alfred Varley; Recent Improvements in Pumping Engines for Mines, by Henry Davey; The Economic Uses of Blast-Furnace Slag, by Perry F. Nursey; A New Method of Setting Out the Slopes of Earthworks, by Chas. J. Light.

LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING CROSS.