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A MANUAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, 



Specially Arranged for the Use of Municipal and County Engineers. 



By F. NOEL TAYLOR, CIVIL ENGINEER. 



CONTENTS. Ordnance Maps. Chain Surveying. Surveying with Angular Instru- 

 ments. Levelling. Adjustment of Instruments. Mensuration of Areas, Volumes, 

 <fcc. The Mechanics of Engineering, <fcc. Beams. Pillars, Stanchions and Shafting. 

 Design of Structure. -Arches. Graphic Statics. Materials of Construction. 

 Engineering Foundations. Brickwork and Masonry. Walls. Constructional Car- 

 pentering. Road Materials. Road Construction. Reinforced Concrete Construction. 

 Masonry Bridges and River Work. Hydraulics. Land Drainage. Pumping Machinery 

 and Stations. The Use of Water-Power. Main Drainage. Sewage Disposal. Royal 

 Commission on Sewage Disposal. Salford Sewage Works. Sanitation, House Drainage 

 and Disinfection. Refuse Disposal. Waterworks, Preliminary Considerations and- 

 Sources of Supply. Construction, Filtration and Purification. Water-works. Dis- 

 triDution. Chimneys, Brick and Steel. Steel Construction; Stanchions, Rivets and 

 Bolts. Steel Construction ; Beams and Girders. Combined Structures in Iron and 

 Steel. Specification. Electric Tramways. Appendix. INDEX. 



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THE MAIN DRAINAGE OF TOWNS. 



BY F. NOEL TAYLOR, Civil Engineer. 



CONTENTS. Maps, Plans, Sections, and Preliminary Considerations. Principles of 

 Hydraulics and Hydrostatics. Calculations in reference to Design of Sewage Works. 

 Practical Construction, Trenches, and Tunnels. Forms of Sewers. Ventilation of Sewers. 

 Manholes, Lampholes, Storm Overflows, etc. Pumping Sewage. House Drainage. 

 Sewage Disposal from a Theoretical Standpoint. Sewage Disposal Works. Special 

 Constructions. TABLES.- -INDEX. 



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MODERN DESTRUCTOR PRACTICE. 



BY W. FRANCIS GOODRICH, Assoc.Inst.C.E., F.I.San.Engrs. 

 CONTENTS. Some Alternative Methods of Refuse Disposal. Representative Types 

 ot British Destructors. Systems of Charging Destructors. Destructors combined with 

 Sewage Works. With Electricity Works. Refuse Destruction in U.K. Site. Specifi- 

 cations. Design and Operation. Operative Costs. Residuals. Foreign and Colonial 

 Practice. INDEX. 



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REFUSE DISPOSAL,. 



By PROF. E. R. MATTHEWS, A.M.Inst.C.E., F.R.S.E., <fcc. 



CONTENTS. Collection of House Refuse Disposal of Refuse. Conversion to 

 Manure. Destruction by Burning. Types of Destructors. The Meldrum Destructor. 

 Heenan Destructor. Other Destructors. Dawson-Manfle'ld Destructor. Installations 

 for Villages, Workhouses, Hospitals, Factories, etc. Use for Clinker Chimney Con- 

 struction. Vacuum Cleaning and Dust Collecting. INDEX. 



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MODERN SEWAGE PURIFICATION. G. B. KERSHAW. [Seepage 23. 



SEWAGE TREATMENT. DUNBAR and CALVERT. [ 23. 



TRADE WASTE WATERS. WILSON and CALVERT. [ 23. 



PRACTICAL SANITATION. Dr. GEO. REID. [ 23. 



SANITARY ENGINEERING. FRANCIS WOOD. [ 23. 



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