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duction and Treatment of Vegetable Oils, T. W. 

 Chalmers, illustrated; Locomotive Valves and Valve 

 Gears, J. H. Yoder and G. B. Wharen, illustrated; 



■Physical Laboratory Experiments for Engineering 

 Students, 'S. Sheldon and E. Hausmann, illustrated; 

 and a new edition of Industrial Electrical Measuring 

 Instruments, K. Edgcumbe, illustrated. Crosby 

 Lookwood and Son. — The Aviation Pocket-Book 

 for 19 18: A Compendium of Modern Practice 

 and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulie, Rules, and 

 Tables relating to Aeronautics, .R. B. Matthews, illus- 

 trated ; The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-Book for 

 1918, comprising Tables, Formulae, Rules, and Data: 

 A Handy Book of Reference for Daily Use in En- 

 gineering Practice, by the late D. Kinnear Clark, tenth 

 edition, thoroughly revised and enlarged, by H. H. P. 

 Powles, with a new Electrical Section by Dr. F. T. 

 Chapman; The Endneer's Year-Book for 1918, H. R. 

 Kempe, with collaboration, illustrated; Aviation En- 

 gines : their Design, Construction, Operation, and 

 Repair, a book for the Student, Engineer, and all 

 interested in Aviation, by a recognised authority, illus- 

 trated; Glossary of Aviation Terms in English-French 

 and French-English, Lieut. V. W. Pag6 and Lieut. P. 

 Montariol, illustrated ; An Aviation Chart : The Loca- 

 tion of Aviation Power Plant Troubles Made Easy. A 

 t&tge wall chart, showing a typical aeroplane power plant 

 tn part section, with all important components shown. 

 Macmillan and Co., Ltd.— Alternating-current Elec- 

 trical Engineering, P. Kemp, illustrated. Sir Isaac 

 Pitman -and Sons, Ltd. — Electric Motors and Control 

 Systems, A. Dover, illustrated; A Small Book on Elec- 

 tric Motors for Continuous and Alternating Currents, 



^W. P. Maycock; Rudiments of Telephony, T. E. Her- 

 bert ; The Stability and Control of Aeroplanes, A. W. 

 Judge (vol. iii. of the Manuals of Aeronautics); Aero- 

 nautical Materials and Methods of Construction, A. W. 

 Judge (vol. iv. of the Manuals of Aeronautics) ; and 

 rtew editions of Magneto and Electric Ignition, W. 



"Hibbert, illustrated; Alternating-current Work, W. P. 



""Mavcock, illustrated; The Practical Telephone Hand- 

 book and Guide, J. Poole, illustrated; The Slide Rule, 

 C. N. Pickworth, illustrated; Gums and Resins, J. 

 Parry, illustrated (Common Commodities and Indus- 

 tries Series) ; Glass and Glass Manufacture, P. Marson, 

 illustrated. Scott, Greenwood, and Son. — "The 

 Strength of Ships, J. B. Thomas, illustrated; 

 Elastic Stresses in Structures, tfansldted from 

 the French by E. S. Andrews, illustrated ; 



'Machine and Fitting Shop Practice, G. VV. 



^Burley, two vols; Modern Steam Boilers, E. Pull; 

 Moving Loads by Influence Lines and Other Methods, 

 E. H. Sprague. 



Geography. 



, ' Cafnbridge University Press. — The North Riding of 

 Yorkshire, Capt. W. J. Weston (Cambridge County 

 Geographies). 



Geology. 

 Cambridge University Press. — Lecture on John 

 Michell, delivered before the Yorkshire Philosophical 

 Society, Sir Archibald Geikie. 



Mathematical AND Physical Sciences. 

 Cambridge University Press.— The Theory of Elec- 

 tricity, G. H. Livens; Theory of Functions of a Com- 

 plex Variable, Prof. A. R. Forsyth; Lecture Notes on 

 Light, J. R. Eccles. C. H. Kelly.—Stars and How to 

 Identify Them, E. W. Maunder. Longmans and Co. 

 — Infinitesimal Calculus, Prof. F. S. Carey, in two sec- 

 tions, Section II.; Differential Equations, Dr. H. Bate- 

 fnan (Longmans' Modern Mathematical Series). Mac- 

 •fnillan and Co., Ltd.— A Text-Book of Physics for the 



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Use of Students of Science and Engineering, J. Dun- 

 can and S. G. Starling, illustrated, in five parts : 

 Dynamics; Heat, Light, and Sound; Magnetism and 

 Electricity ; Heat ; Light and Sound. The University 

 Tutorial Press, Ltd. — Intermediate Text-Book of Mag- 

 netism and Electricity, R. W. Hutchinson. 



Medical Science. 



Baillihe, Tindall, and Cox. — Meat inspection 

 Problems, Dr. W. J. Howarth ; Aids to Rational 

 Therapeutics, Dr. R. W.Leftwidi; and new editions of 

 Papers on Psycho-Analysis, Dr. E. Jones, and Errors 

 of Accommodation and Refraction of the Eye, 

 Dr. E. Clarke. A. and C. Black, Ltd.— 

 A new edition of Radiography and Radio-Thera- 

 peutics, ;Dr. R. Knox. /. and A. ChurchiU. — 

 The History and Present Position of Massage and 

 Medical Gymnastics, Dr. Kleen, translated by Dr. 

 Mina Dobbie ; and a new edition of A Manual of Bac- 

 teriology, Prof. R. T. Hewlett. H. K. Lewis and Co., 

 L/d.— Regional 'Surgery, edited by Dr. J. F. Binnie, 

 three vols, vol. i. ; The Influence of Sunlight in the 

 Production of Cancer of the Skin, Dr. N. Paul, illus- 

 trated; The Action of Muscles and Muscle Rest, Dr. 

 C. Mackenzie, illustrated; Anti-Malarial Work in 

 Macedonia among British Troops, Maj. W. G. Wil- 

 loughby and Capt. L. Cassidy, illustrated; Gould's 

 Pocket Medical Dictionary; Stitt's Tropical Diseases; 

 Stitt's Practical Bacteriology; and new editions of Dr. 

 H. Lewis Jones's Medical Electricity, revised and 

 edited by Dr. L. W. Bathurst, and Landmarks and 

 Surface Markings of the Human Body, L. B. Rawling. 

 Longmans and Co. — X-Ray Atlas of the Skull, Capt. 

 A. A. Russell Green, illustrated; Tube Teeth 

 and Porcelain Rods, Dr. J. Girdwood, illus- 

 trated. MacmiUan and Co., Ltd.— The Life <if 

 Sophia Jex-Blake, Dr. Margaret Todd (*' Graham 

 Travers"), with portraits; An Enquiry into the 

 Analytical Mechanism of the Internal Ear, Sir T. 

 Wrightson, Bart, with an Appendix on the Anatomy of 

 the Parts Concerned by Prof. A. Keith; Fibroids "and 

 Allied Tumours : their Pathology, Clinical Features, 

 and Surgical Treatment, Dr. C. Lockyer, illustrated; 

 Hysterical Disorders of Warfare, Dr. L. R. Yealland ; 

 Alcohol and Life : A Manual of Scientific Temperance 

 Teaching for Schools, J. A. Hunter, illustrated. 

 Masson et Cie (Paris). — Emdtrons'et Commotions de 

 gtrerre. Prof. A. L^ri ; Traitement des Psychon^vroses 

 de guerre, G. Roussy, J. Boisseau, and M. 

 d'CElsnitz; Pro'th^se fonctionnelle en chirurgie de 

 guerre, Ducroquet ; Blessures de la Moelle et de la 

 Oueue de cheval ; Formes cliniques et anatomiques, 

 Traitement, Prof. G. Poussy and J. Lhermitte ; 

 La suspension dans le Traitement des Fractures (Appa- 

 reils Anglo-Americains), C. Robert et P. Desfosses ; and 

 new editions of Traitement op^ratoire des plaies du 

 CrSne, T. de Martel, and Les Blessures du Cerveau,. 

 C. Chatelin. 



Philosophy. 



Cambridge University Press. — The Neo-Platonists, 

 T. Wtiittaker, new edition. Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 

 — A Commentary to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason,. 

 Prof. N. Kemp Smith; Some Suggestions in Et-hics, 

 Dr. B. B<>sanquet. 



Technology. 

 Baillikre, Tindall, and Cox.— The Alkali Industry, 

 Dr. J. R. Partington. Benn Bros.. Ltd. — Notes on 

 Design of Electromagnetic Machines, part ii.. Design 

 of a Slow-speed Altern^fting-current Generator ("The 

 Electrician" Monographs). Constable and Co., Ltd. 

 — Wool, F. Ormerod, illustrated; Cotton, G. Bigwood, 

 illustrated (Staple Trades and Industries Series). 



