PUBLISHED BY E. and F. IM. SPON. 



RECENTLY PUBLISHED. 



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



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 ENGINEERING COLLEGES and SCHOOLS. 



MECHANICS' OWN BOOK. 



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, 6/- or half-bound, French morocco, 7/6. 



Contents : 



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 200 Illustrations of 

 Tools and their U^es; Explanati9ns (with Diagrams) of 116 Joints and Hinges, and Details of 

 Construction of Workshop Appliance* ; Rougn 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, Metala 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, &c. ; 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, 

 Di tches and Drains ; Water Supply and Sanitation; Hints on House Construction suited to 

 New Countries. 



HOUSEHOLD MANUAL. 



SPONS' HOUSEHOLD MANUAL: 



A TREASURY OF DOMESTIC RECEIPTS AND GUIDE FOR HOME 

 MANAGEMENT. 



Demy 8vo, cloth, containing 975 pp. and 250 Illustrations, price 7/6; or half-bound, 

 French morocco, 9/- 



Principal Contents: 



Hints for selecting a good House; Sanitation; Water Supply; Ventilation and Warming ; 

 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, 125, Strand. 

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



