TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION (continued}. 



Practical Brickwork. With 3 68 illustrations. 



Contents. English and Flemish Bonds. Garden and Boundary Walls. 

 Bonds for Square Angles. Excavations, Foundations, and Footings. Junctions 

 of Cross Walls. Reveals, Piers. Angles and other Bonds. Jointing and 

 Pointing. .Damp-proof Courses and Construction. Hollow or Cavity Walls. 

 Chimneys and Fireplaces. Gauged Work and Arches. Niches and Domes. 

 Oriel Windows. 



Practical Painters' Work. With Numerous Illustrations. 



Contents. Objects, Principles and Processes of Painting. Painters' Tools 

 and Appliances. Materials used by Painters. Preparing Surfaces for Paint- 

 ing, Painting Woodwork, Painting Ironwork, Painting Stucco or Plaster; 

 Distempering and Whitewashing Color Combination. House Painting. Varnish 

 and Varnishing. Stains and Staining. Estimating and Measuring Painters' 

 Work. Index. 



Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing. 



With Numerous Illustrations. 



Contents. Cotton. Flax, Jute, and China Grass. Wool. Silk. Cotton 

 Bleaching. Linen Bleaching. Mercerising. Wool Scouring and Bleaching, 

 Scouring and Bleaching Silk. Water. About Dyeing. Index. 



Coloring Matters for Dyeing Textiles. With Numerous 



Illustrations. 



Contents. Indigo Coloring Matters. Logwood Coloring Matters. Natural 

 Red and Yellow Coloring Matters. Aniline Coloring Matters. Azo Coloring 

 Matters. Anthracene Coloring Matters. Chrome Yellow, Iron Buff, Man- 

 ganese Brown, Prussian Blue, Method of Devising Experiments in Dyeing. 

 Estimation of the Value of Coloring Matters. Index. 



Sanitary Construction in Building. With 131 Illustrations. 



Contents. Introductory. Soils, Subsoils, and Sites. Materials of Construc- 

 tion. Footings, Foundations, and Damp-proof Courses. Stability of Walls. 

 Roofs. Floors. Hearths, and Staircases. Air Space and Ventilation. A 

 Typical Dwelling. Index. 



Iron'. Its Sources, Properties, and Manufacture. With 



Numerous Illustrations. 



Contents. Introductory; Terms Explained. Refractory Materials, Crucibles, 

 etc. Ores of Iron. Metallurgical Chemistry of Iron. Cast Iron or Pig Iron. 

 Preparation of the Ores. Changes in the Blast Furnace. Blast Furnace. 

 Air Supply. Blowing Engines Working the Blast Furnace. By-products. 

 Malleable or Wrought Iron. Production of Malleable Iron. Preparation of 

 Malleable Iron in Open Hearths. Puddling. Refining Pig Iron and Dry 

 Puddling. Forge Machinery. Iron-rolling Mill. Index. 



Steel : Its Varieties, Properties, and Manufacture. 



With 132 Engravings and Diagrams. BY WILLIAM HENRY GREENWOOD. 



Revised and Rewritten by A. HUMBOLDT SEXTON. 



Contents. Steel: Its Properties and Manufacture. The Bessemer Process. 

 The Basic Bessemer Process. Modifications of the Bessemer Process. Gas 

 Producers and the Siemens Furnace. The Siemens or Open-hearth Steel 

 Process. The Basic Open-hearth Process. Modifications of the Open-hearth 

 Process. Steel Works Appliances. The Cementation and Monor Steel Pro- 

 cesses. Casting Steel. Forging and Rolling Steel. Microscopic Structure of 

 Steel. Heat Treatment of Steel. Theory of Steel. Testing Steel. Specifica- 

 tions of Steel for Various Purposes. Alloy Steels. Index. 



Other New Volumes in Preparation. 



DAVID McKAY, Publisher. 610 South Washington Square, Philadelphia. 



