i6 CROSBY LOCK WOOD &• CO.' S CATALOGUE. 



Timber Merchant's Companion, i 



THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S AND BUILDER'S COM-\ 

 PAN ION. Containing New and Copious Tables of the Reduced Weight and ; 

 Measurement of Deals and Battens, of all sizes, from One to a Thousand ' 

 Pieces, and the relative Price that each size bears per Lineal Foot to any 

 given Price per Petersburg Standard Hundred ; the Price per Cube Foot of 

 Square Timber to any given Price per Load of 50 Feet ; the proportionate 

 Value of Deals and Battens by the Standard, to Square Timber by the Load 

 of 50 Feet ; the readiest mode of ascertaining the Price of Scantling per 

 Lineal Foot of any size, to any given Figure per Cube Foot. Also a variety 

 of other valuable information. By William Dowsing, Timber Merchant. 

 Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. Crown 8vo, 3s., cloth. 

 "Everything' is as concise and clear as it can possibly be made. There can be no doubt that 



every timber merchant and builder ouj^ht to possess it." — Hull Advertise)'. 



"We are glad to see a third edition of these admirable tables, which for correctness and 



.simplicity of arrangement leave nothing to be desired.'" — Timber Trades Jotcrnal. 



Practical Timber 3Ierc7iant. 



THE PRACTICAL TIMBER MERCHANT. Being a Guide 

 for the use of Building Contractors, Surveyors, Builders, &c., comprising 

 useful Tables for all purposes connected with the Timber Trade, Marks of 

 Wood, Essay on the Strength of Timber, Remarks on the Growth of Timber, 

 &c. By W. Richardson. Fcap. 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth. j 



"This handy manual contains much valual)le inforn)ation for the use of timl)cr merclianls, 



builders, foresters, and all others connected with the growth, sale, and manufacture of thiibcr.' — 



yoitmal of Forestry. 



"To timber merchants or users this compact treatise will be found very useful." — Itluslralcd 



( arpcnter. 



Timber Freight Booh, 



THE TIMBER MERCHANTS, SAW MILLER'S, AND 

 IMPORTER'S FREIGHT BOOK AND ASSISTANT. Comprising Rules, 

 Tables, and Memoranda relating to the Timber Trade. By William 

 Richardson, Timber Broker; together with a Chapter on " Speeds of Saw 

 Mill Machinery," by M. Powis Bale, M.LM.E., &c. i2mo, 3s. 6d. cloth. 



Tables for JPachinfj-Case 3Iakers. 



PACKING-CASE TABLES ; showing the number of Super- 

 ficial Feet in Boxes or Packing-Cases, from six inches square and upwards. 

 By W. Richardson, Timber Broker. Second Edition. Oblong 4to, 3s. 6rf.' 

 cloth. 



" Will save much labour and calculation to makers and users of packing-cases. " — Grocer. 

 "Invaluable labour-saving tables." — Ironmonger 



Sujierficial 3Ieasurement, 



THE TRADESMAN'S GUIDE TO SUPERFICIAL MEA- 

 SUREMENT. Tables calculated from 1 to 200 inches in length, by i to 108 

 inches in breadth. For the use of Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Timber 

 Merchants, Builders, &c By James Hawkings. Third Edition. Fcap., 

 3s. 6d. cloth. 



Forestnj, 



THE ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY. Designed to afford In- 

 lormatlon concerning the Planting and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or 

 Frotit, with Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, By F. B. 

 Hough. Large crown 8vo, los. cloth. 



Timber Tmjjorter^s Guide. 



THE TIMBER IMPORTER '5, TIMBER MERCHANT'S AND 

 BUILDER'S STANDARD GUIDE. By Richard E. Grandy. Compris- 

 ing an Analysis of Deal Standards, Home and Foreign, with Comparative 

 Values and Tabular Arrangements for fixing Nett Landed Cost on Baltic 

 and North American Deals, including all intermediate Expenses, Freight, 

 Insurance, &c., &c. ; together with copious Information for the Retailer 

 and Builder. Second Edition, carefully revised and corrected. 121110, 35. Oil. 

 cloth boards. 

 " ]ivcr\ thing it pretends to be : built up gradually, it leads one from a forest to a treenail, and 



throws in, as a makeweight, a host of material concerning bricks, columns, cistenis, &c." — EH^^lish 



Mechanic. 



