PUBLISHED BY E. and F. N. SPON, Ltd. 



Crown 4to, full gilt, fancy cloth, 478 pages Letterpress and 735 Engravings, price 7s. 6d. 



POPULAR ENGINEERING: 



BEING INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLES IN- 

 CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, MINING, 

 MILITARY, and NAVAL ENGINEERING. 



GRAPHICALLY AND PLAINLY DESCRIBED AND 



Specially Written for those about to enter the Engineering Profession and the 

 Scientific Amateur. With Chapters upon 



PERPETUAL MOTION and ENCIPHERING COLLEGES and SCHOOLS. 



By F. DYE. 



SPONS' MECHANICS' OWN BOOK: 



A MANUAL FOR HANDICRAFTSMEN AND AMATEURS. 



Complete in One large Vol., demy 8vo, cloth, containing 700 pp. and 1420 Illustrations. 



Fourth Edition, 6s. ; or half-bound, French morocco, 7s. 6d. 



Content x: 



Mechanical Drawing ; Casting and Founding in Iron, Brass, Bronze, and other Alloys ; 

 Forging and Finishing Iron ; Sheet Metal Working ; Soldering, Brazing, and Burning ; 

 Carpentry and Joinery, embracing descriptions of some 400 woods ; over <iOO Illustrations 

 of Tools and their Uses ; Explanations (with Diagrams} of 116 Joints And Hinges, and 

 Details of Construction of Workshop Appliances; Rough Furniture, Garden and Yard 

 Erections, and House-Building; Cabinet-making and Veneering; Carving and Fret- 

 cutting ; Upholstery ; Painting, Graining, and Marbling ; Staining Furniture, Woods, 

 Floors, and Fittings ; Gilding, Dead and Bright, on various Grounds ; Polishing Marble, 

 Metals and Wood ; Varnishing ; Mechanical Movements, illustrating contrivances for 

 transmitting Motion ; Turning in Wood and Metals ; Masonry, embracing Stonework, 

 Brickwork, Terra-cotta, and Concrete ; Roofing with Thatch, Tiles, Slates, Felt, Zinc, Ac. ; 

 Glazing with and without Putty, and Lead Glazing ; Plastering and Whitewashing ; Paper- 

 hanging ; Gas-fitting ; Bell-hanging, Ordinary and Electric Systems ; Lighting ; Warming ; 

 Ventilating ; Roads, Pavements and Bridges ; Hedges, Ditches andDrains ; Water Supply 

 and Sanitation ; Hints on House Construction suited to New Countries. 



SPONS' HOUSEHOLD MANUAL : 



A TREASURY OF DOMESTIC RECEIPTS AND GUIDE FOR 



HOME MANAGEMENT. 

 Demy 8vo, cloth, containing 957 pp. and 250 Illustrations, price 7s. 6d. ; or half-bound 



French morocco, 9s. 

 Principal Content* : 



Hints for selecting a good House ; Sanitation ; W T ater Supply ; Ventilation and Warm- 

 ing ; Lighting ; Furniture and Decoration ; Thieves and Fire ; The Larder ; Curing Foods 

 for lengthened Preservation; The Dairy; The Cellar; The Pantry; The Kitchen; 

 Receipts for Dishes ; The Housewife's Room ; Housekeeping, Marketing ; The Dining- 

 room ; The Drawing-room ; The Bed-room ; The Nursery ; The Sick-room ; The Bath- 

 room ; The Laundry ; The School-room ; The Playground ; The Work-room ; The Library; 

 The Garden ; The Farmyard ; Small Motors ; Household Law. 



London : E. & F. N. SPON, Ltd., 125, Strand. 

 New York: SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, 12, Cortlandt Street. 



