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Algebra.

Algebra Self-Taught, by Dr. Paget Higgs, crown

8vo, cloth 2 6

Ancient Alphabets.

Handbook of Manuscript, Missal, and Ornamental Alphabets, from the Christian Era to the 17th Century, containing 155 Examples, printed in colours, royal 8vo, oblong cloth 4 0

Applied Science.

Progressive Lessons in Applied Science, by Edward

Sang, F.R.S.E., crown 8vo, cloth, each Part 3 0

Part 1. Geometry on Paper.

Part 2. Solidity, Weight, and Pressure.

Part 3. Trigonometry, Vision, Surveying Instruments.

Arbitrations.

Arbitrations, a Text-book for Surveyors in Tabulated form, by Banister Fletcher, F.R.I.B.A., Author of Model Houses,' etc., crown 8vo, cloth 5 0

Contents: What matters may be submitted to arbitration, of the submission, of revocation, who may arbitrate, powers of the arbitrators, of joint arbitrators and umpires, of evidence, of the award, of costs and charges, advice to plaintiffs and defendants, appendix of forms.

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Builders' Price-Book.

Spons' Builders' Pocket-Book of Prices and Memoranda, edited by W. Young, architect, royal 32mo, roan 4 6 or cloth, vermilion edges 3 6

Published annually.

Contents:

Ancient Lights, Table of and Rules for Calculating. Approximate Cost of Buildings, by

Cubing. Arches, Architects' Charges. Bricklayers' Useful Memoranda. Carpenters' and Joiners' Useful Memoranda. Cast-iron Hollow Columns, Table of. Cements, Composition and Strength of. Chimneys, How to Build. Chimneys, Smoky, Cause and Cure of. Churches, Rules of Incorporated

Society. Circle, Properties of. Coals, Space occupied by, & Weight of. Columns, Strength of. Concrete Building. Concrete under Water. Corrugated Iron Roofing. Cubical Contents of Floors, Roofs, etc., Table of. Damp Walls, Recipe for. Decay of Wood, Cause and Cure of. Dimensions of English Cathedrals and

Halls. Drainage of Land. Drainage of Towns, Cost of. Drains and Sewers. Excavator's Useful Memoranda. Fire and Insurance Memoranda. Five Orders of Architecture. Floors and Joists, Table of Wood. Footings of Walls. Gasfitters' Useful Memoranda. Gas Supply. Girders of Wood and Iron, Strength of, and Table of Safe Loads. Heat

Heights, Measurable. Hoop Iron.

Iron Roofs, Examples of. Lightning Conductors. Limestones.

Loads on Roofs and Floors.

Measurement of Builders' Work.

Merlsuration.

Mortar, Smeaton's, as used at Eddy-stone Lighthouse.

Mortars.

Nomenclature, Architectural.

Norman, Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular Mouldings, Examples of.

Pavior's Memoranda.

Perspective.

Piers and Pillars.

Piles.

Plasterers' Memoranda.

Plumbers' Memoranda.

Preservation of Wood and Stone.

Rainfall.

Retaining Walls.

Rolled Iron Joists.

Roofs, Table of Scantling, etc.

Ropes.

Stone, Building, Component Parts, Colour, Weight, Strength, and Price of Building Stones in England and Scotland.

Surveying.

Symbolism.

Tenacity of Materials.

Thickness of Walls.

Timbers, Quality, Weights, and Strength of.

Valuation of Property.

Ventilation.

Warming by Steam.

Water, Hot.

Water Supply.

Waterworks.

Weight of Metals and all Materials used in Building.

Wells.

Wind, Pressure of.

Zinc-workers' Memoranda.

Excavators' Prices.

Bricklayers' Prices.

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Cabinet Making.

The Cabinet Maker; being a Collection of the Most approved designs in the Mediaeval, Louis-Seize, and Old English styles, for the use of Cabinet Makers, Carvers, etc., by R. Charles, 96 plates, folio, half-bound 21 0

Carpentry.

Elementary Principles of Carpentry, by Thomas Tredgold, revised from the original edition, and partly rewritten, by John Thomas Hurst, contained in 517 pages of letterpress, and illustrated-with 48 plates and 150 wood engravings, second edition, crown 8vo, handsomely bound in cloth 18 0

Section I.

- On the Equality and Distribution of Forces.

„ II.

- Resistance of Timber.

„ III.

- Construction of Floors.

„ IV.

- Construction of Roofs.

„v.

- Construction of Domes and Cupolas.

„ VI.

- Construction of Partitions.

„ VII.

- Scaffolds, Staging, and Gantries.

Section

VIII.-

- Construction of Centres for Bridges.

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IX.

- Coffer-dams, Shoring, and Strutting.

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- Wooden Bridges and Viaducts.

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XI.

- Joints, Straps, and other Fastenings.

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XII.

- Timber.

Clerk of Works.

The Clerk of Works, a Vade Mecum for all engaged in the Superintendence of Building operations, by G. G. Hoskins, F.R.I.B.A., fcap. 8vo, cloth ' 1 6

Colonial Agriculture.

Tropical Agriculture, or the Culture, Preparation, Commerce, and Consumption of the Principal Products of the Vegetable Kingdom, as furnishing Food, Clothing, Medicine, etc., and in their relation to the Arts and Manufactures; forming a practical treatise and Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, etc., of the various Substances obtained from Trees and Plants entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Regions, by P. L. Simmonds, second edition, revised and improved, in one thick vol. 8vo, cloth £1 1 0

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Coffee.

Coffee Planting in Southern India and Ceylon, by

E. C. P. Hull, crown 8vo, cloth 9 0

Colonial Engineering.

Spons' Information for Colonial Engineers, edited by J. T. Hurst.

No. 1. Ceylon, by Abraham Deane, C.E, 8vo, boards 2 6

Contents: Introductory Remarks - Natural Productions - Architecture and Engineering - Topography, Trade, and Natural History - Principal Stations - Weights and Measures, etc., etc

No. 2. Southern Africa, including the Cape Colony, Natal, and the Dutch Republics, by Henry Hall, F.R.G.S., F.R.C.L, 8vo 3 6

No. 3. India, by F. C. Danvers, Assoc. Inst. C.E. 4 6

No. 4. The West Indies and British Guiana, by N. B. Macdermott and C. H. Roberts, of the Royal Engineer Department, in preparation.