LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED

BY

E. & F. N. SPON,

16, BUCKLERSBURY, LONDON.

COTTON CULTIVATION.

Cotton Cultivation in its various details, the Barrage of Great Rivers, and instructions for Irrigating, Embanking, Draining, and Tilling Land in Tropical and other Countries possessing high thermometic temperatures, especially adapted to the improvements of the cultural soils of India, by Joseph Gibbs, Member Institute Civil Engineers, with 5 plates, crown 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d. COTTON SUPPLY.

Considerations relative to Cotton Supply, as it was, as it is, and as it might be, by Joseph Gibbs, Member Institute Civil Engineers, 8vo, sewed, 1s. EARTHWORK TABLES.—

A general sheet Table for facilitating the Calculation of Earthworks for Railways, Canals, &c., by F. Bashworth, M.A., on a large sheet, 6d.

EARTHWORK TABLES.

A general Table for facilitating the Calculation of Earthworks for Railways, Canals, &c., with a Table of Proportionate Parts, by Francis Bashworth, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 8vo, cloth, with mahogany slide, 4s. ELECTRICITY.

Scientific Researches, experimental and theoretical, in Electricity, Magnetism, Galvanism, Electro-Magnetism, and Electro-Chemistry, illustrated with engravings, by William Sturgeon, royal 4to, cloth, 21s.

ELECTRICITY.

A Treatise on the Principles of Electrical Accumulation and Conduction, by F. C. Webb, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, part I., crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. ELECTRO-METALLURGY.—

Contributions towards a History of Electro-Metallurgy, establishing the Origin of the Art, by Henry Dircks, crown 8vo, cloth, 4s.

ENGINEERS' POCKET-BOOK.

A Pocket-Book of useful Formulæ and Memoranda for Civil and Mechanical Engineers, by Guilford L. Molesworth, Member Institute Civil Engineers, Chief Resident Engineer Ceylon Railway, third edition, royal 32mo, roan, 4s. 6d. ENGINEERS' PRICE BOOK

Appleby's Illustrated Hand-Book and Price Current of Machinery and Iron Work, with various useful Tables of Reference, compiled for the use of Engineers, Contractors, Builders, British and Foreign Merchants, &c., 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. HYDRAULICS.—

Tredgold's Tracts on Hydraulics, containing Smeaton's experimental Papers on the Power of Water and Wind to turn Mills, &c. &c., Venturi's Experiments on the Motion of Fluids, and Dr. Young's Summary of Practical Hydraulics, plates, royal 8vo, boards, reduced to 6s.

IRON BRIDGES.

Diagrams to facilitate the Calculation of Iron Bridges, by Francis Campin, C.E., folded in 4to, wrapper, 2s. 6d.

BOOKS PUBLISHED BY E. & F. N. SPON, 16, BUCKLERSBURY, LONDON.

IRON BRIDGES.

A Complete Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction, including Iron Foundations, in three parts, theoretical, practical, and descriptive, by William Humber, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2 vols. imperial 4to, containing 80 double plates and 200 pages of text, an entirely new work, 67. 16s. 6d.

IRON BRIDGES.

A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders as applied to Railway Structures and to Buildings generally, with numerous examples drawn to a large scale, selected from the Public Works of the most eminent Engineers, with 58 full-page plates, by William Humber, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, imperial 4to, half bound in morocco, 3l. 10s.

IRON MANUFACTURE.

The Iron Manufacture of Great Britain theoretically and practically considered, including descriptive details of the Ores, Fuels, and Fluxes employod, the preliminary operation of Calcination, the Blast, Refining and Puddling Furnaces, Engines and Machinery, and the various processes in Union, &c., by William Truran, C.E., formerly Engineer at the Dowlais Iron Works, under the late Sir John Guest, Bart., subsequently at the Hirwain and Forest Works under Mr. Crawshay, second edition, revised from the manuscript of the late Mr. Truran by J. Arthur Phillips, author of "A Manual of Metallurgy," "Records of Mining," &c., and W. H. Dorman, C.E., royal 4to, cloth, illustrated by 84 plates of Furnaces and Machinery, 37. 10s.

JONATHAN HULLS.

A description and draught of a new invented Machine for carrying Vessels or Ships out of or into any Harbour, Port or River, against Wind and Tide, or in a calm, by Jonathan Hulls, 1737, reprint in fac-simile, 12mo, half morocco, reduced to 2s.

MECHANICAL DRAWING.

An elementary Treatise on Orthographic Projection, being a new method of teaching the Science of Mechanical and Engineering Drawing, intended for the instruction of Engineers, Architects, Builders, Smiths, Masons, and Bricklayers, and for the use of Schools, with numerous illustrations on wood and steel, by William Binns, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, Master of the Mechanical Drawing Class at the Department of Science and Art, and at the School of Mines, late Professor of Applied Mechanics at the College for Civil Engineers, &c., second edition. 8vo, cloth, 9s.

MODERN ENGINEERING.

A Record of the progress of Modern Engineering, comprising Civil, Mechanical, Marine, Hydraulic, Railway, Bridge, and other Engineering Works, with Essays and Reviews, edited by W. Humber, Associate Institute Civil Engineers, and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, published monthly, price to subscribers, payable in advance, 21. 2s. Each part contains 3 large plates and 4 pages of text. Each year will form a complete volume.

MINING.

Records of Mining and Metallurgy, or Facts and Memoranda for the use of the Mine Agent and Smelter, by J. Arthur Phillips and John Darlington, in crown 8vo, cloth, illustrated by wood engravings by F. Delamotte, reduced to 4s., in boards 3s.

OBLIQUE BRIDGES.

A practical Treatise on the Construction of Oblique Bridges with spiral and with equilibrated courses, with 12 plates, containing 100 figures, by Francis Bashworth, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, 8vo, cloth, 6s.

STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS.

By Zerah Colburn, of New York, 8vo, sewed, 1s.