INDUSTRIAL AND USEFUL ARTS. if 



Electroplating, etc, 



ELECTROPLATING : A Practical Handbook. By J. W. Ungu- 

 HART, C.E. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 55. cloth. 

 "The volume is without a rival in its particular sphere, and the lucid style in which it is written 

 i'>inniends it to those amateurs and experimental electrotypers who have but slight, if any, know, 

 ledge of the processes of the art to which tliey turn their attention." — Design and Work. 



" The information g-iven appears to be based on direct personal knowledge. . . . Its science 

 is sound and the style is always clear." — .lt/ieiueu:it. 



Elect I'otyphu/y etc, 



ELECT ROTY PING : The Reproduction and Multiplication of Print- 



ing Surfaces and Works of Art by the Electro-deposition of Metals. ByJ.W. 



Ukquhart, C.E. Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth. 



'• The book is so thoroughly practical that it assumes to start with an entire ignorance on tlir. 

 reader's part of electricity. He is, therefore, conducted through its leading laws, then through the 

 metals used by electrotypers, the apparatus, and the depositing processes, up to the final prepara- 

 tion i>f the work." — .Irf yourital. 



'In this work the author eT.ters systematically and thoroughly into every department of the 

 V'rooess, in the style of one who combines theory with practice. We can recommend this treatise, 

 not merely to amateurs, but to those actually engaged in the trade." — Chemical A'eics. 



Electric Light in (f, 



ELECTRIC LIGHT : Its Production and Use. Embodying Plain 

 Directions for the Treatment of Voltaic Batteries, Electric Lamps, and 

 Dvnamo-Electric Machines. By J. W. Ukquhart, C.E., Author of " Electro- 

 plating: A Practical Handbook." Edited by F. C. Webb, M.I.C.E , M.S.T.E. 

 Second Edition, revised, with large Additions and 128 Illusts. 7s. 6d. cloth. 



'■ The iMvok is by far the best tliat we have yet met with on the %uh]t-c\.."—.tfhi')t<^ii»!. 



■■ It is the only work at present available which gives, in language intelligible for the most part 

 !•' the ordinary reader, a general but concise history of the means which have been adopted up t'> 

 the; present tii'ne in producing the electric light. . . . A chapter on the comparative cost of the 

 electric light and gas contains much valuable and interesting information." — MctropnlitaH. 



" The book contains a general account of the means adopted in producing the electric light, not 

 only as obtained from voltaic or galvanic Ijatteries, but treats at length of the dynamoelectri' 

 machine in several of its forms. . . . An important addition to the literature of the electric 

 1'ght. Students of the subject should not fail to read it." — Colliery Guardian. 



Elect ro-3Iet (ill t(r{jg, 



ELECTRO-METALL URG Y ; Practically Treated. By Alexander 

 Watt, F.R.S.S.A. E'ghth Edition, Revised, with Additional Matter and 

 Illustrations, including the most recent Processes. i2mo, 3s. 6d. cloth boards. 

 "From this book both amateur and artisan may learn everything necessary for the successful 

 jirosecution of electroplating." — Iron. 



"A practical treatise for the use of those who desire to work in the art of electro depotjiticHi as 

 a I'Usincss." — l-.nglish Mechanic. 



Silverstn itlts' Work, 



THE SILVERSMITHS HANDBOOK. Containing full In- 

 structions for the Alloying and Working of Silver, including the different 

 modes of Refining and Melting the Metal, its Solders, the Preparation of Lmi- 

 tation Alloys, Methods of Manipulation, Prevention of Waste, Instructions 

 for Improving and Finishing the Surface of the Work, together with other 

 useful Information and Memoranda. By George E. Gee, Jeweller, &c. 

 Second Edition, Revised, with numerous Illustrations. lamo, 3s. 6d. cloth 

 boards. [Just published. 



"The chief merit of the work is its practical character. . . The workers in the trade will 



speedily discover its merits when they sit down to study it." — En^^lish Mecha>iic. 



" This work forms a valuable sequel to the author's 'Goldsmith's Handbook,' and supplies a 



want long felt in the silver trade." — Silversmiths Trade yoitrnal, 



GoUlsiniths' Work, 



THE GOLDSMITH'S HANDBOOK. Containing full Instruc- 

 tions in the Art of Alloying, Melting, Reducing, Colouring, Collecting and 

 Refining. The processes of Manipulation, Recovery of Waste, Chemical and 

 Physical Properties of Gold, with a New System of Mixing its Alloys ; Solders, 

 Enamels, and other useful Rules and Recipes, &c. By George E. Gee. 

 Second Edition, considerably enlarged. lamo, 3s. 6d. cloth boards. 

 A good, sound, technical educator, and will be generally accepted as an authority. It gives 



full particulars for mixing alloys and enamels, is essentially a book for the workshop, and exactly 



fulfils the purpose intended." — Horological yoitrnal. 



The best work yet printed on its subject for a reasonable price. \Ve have no doubt tliat it 



will speedily become a standard book which few will care to be without." — jfetveller and Metal- 



•worker, , 



