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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 



[Junk, 



Gandy and Band's Windsor Castle: Part VII. 

 As tlie next part of this publication will be the final one, and will 

 contain tlie letter-press portion of it, we shall, after that has appeared 

 be able to speak more fully of the work and its character. A«/f ^s 

 we can iudse in the meanwhile, we must say it appears about to be 

 terminated somewhat abruptly, for there has not as yet been either 

 a single section or interior view of any kind, which is all the more 

 serious an omission, because in this respect, Messrs. & and B. could 

 have taken a vantage ground that had been neglected by the riva 

 work, and given their own a superior interest, both for professional 

 men and others. As it is, we fear we are likely to get not much more 

 information from the two together, than from either of them separately. 

 Whether it will be the same in regard to the letter-press remains to 

 be seen ; we can only say, we trust such will not be the case, there 

 bein.' very little to go over the same historical ground again, more 

 especially as there if such an ample field open for both description 

 and criticism, and for explanatory remark, there being very little ot 

 these latter in Mr. Poynter's essay, for that gentleman seems to have 

 been very shy of discussing the architectural merits of Windsor 

 Castle, as it came from the hands of Sir Jeffry Wyatville. Let Messrs. 

 Gandy and Baud's editor make up ; and if he at all understands the 

 subiect and give it proper attention, he can hardly fail to discover a 

 great many fresh points upon which to touch, or rather, which would 

 very well bear to be brought forward somewhat prominently. At all 

 events, as Messrs. G. and B.'s work will be less extravagant in size, 

 it will be a more readable volume as far as mere form goes ; all the 

 more desirable, therefore, is it that it should contain something worth 

 reading, and be entirely free from all that ' cram,' with which.those who 

 are employed to furnish a certain quantum of letter-press to books of 

 engravings, are generally apt to eke it out. 



of experiments which have as yet been but very imperfectly described 

 and incorporated, even in approved scientific works." 



EUmeniarv Perspective. By T. J. Rawlins. Loudon: Tilt and Bogue. 

 " ' 1812. 



CONTAIN'S six plates, exhibiting a variety of diagrams both of an- 

 gular and parallel perspective ; it is a cheap work and is well adapted 

 for the beginner. 



A Manual of ElecUo-metaVurgy. By George Shaw. London : R. 



Groombridge, 1842. 



A V£RV interesting little work on an important art yet in its in- 

 fancy, and one that promises to be of the utmost value ; consequently 

 whatever information that is given on the subject is extremely w'el- 

 come, particularly so when all the principal facts connected with the 

 art are fully developed in such a concise manner as they are given m 

 the book before us. 



South Eastern Dover Railway— Official Map and Section. 

 We have before us a most complete, cheap, and extensive map of 

 the South Eastern District of England and part of France, showing 

 this railway and its section, together with all the other radways, and 

 some proposed new branches leading out and immediately connected 

 •with the 'undertaking. It appears to contain a mass of information ; 

 and the public, we think, are much indebted to the direction for 

 having it prepared. We have no doubt that it will prove very 

 valuable to all travellers living in the immediate contiguity of the 

 line, or traversing it on their way to the continent. Indeed it is so 

 perfect, that it ought lo be possessed as an accessory to the topography 

 of the district. 



Fractional Arilhmeiic Revitit'ed and Practically Exemplijied. By E. 



Clifford. London : Simpkin and Marshall, 1842, 



The doggerel on the difficulties of arithmetic is familiar to every one ; 

 according'to this authority " fractions " and " distractions " are rhymes 

 and synonymes, and certainly there is no part of arithmetic which gives 

 more trouble to the unitiated. This plague of fractions, both vulgar 

 and decimal, Mr. Clifford has undertaken to mitigate, by rendering it 

 the subject of a particular treatise, in which he has endeavoured to 

 smooth awav the difficulties. 



d'wo Essavs on Radiant Heat. By Thomas Chalmers and Daniel 



R. Haldane, Students in Arts. Edinburgh : Maclachlan and Co., 



1842. 



These are Edinburgh academic essays stamped with the approval 

 of the professor, and published for the purpose of giving a popular view 

 of this branch of science, for which purpose we also recommend this 

 joint contribulion to the notice of the public; in doing so we cannot do 

 better than quote the words of the Professor:— 



" The clearness with which the details of this rather intricate sub- 

 ject liave been seized by the authors, renders them, 1 think, highly 

 creditable as Academical Exercises. In selecting them for publication 

 from amongst others, also of great merit, I wished, in the first place, 

 to mark my opinion of their value in this respect, and, at the same 

 time, to see published in a concise and popular form a correct analysis 



T/ie Question Wlial can now he done for British Agriculture, answered in 

 a Letter to Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., President of the Royal Agn- 

 culinral Society. By J. Bailey Denton, Land Agent. London: 

 Ridgway, 1812. 



Mr. Denton's answer to this question is the introduction of a general 

 and uniform system of drainage, with a profitable distribution of the 

 surface and drainage waters and the refuse of towns; and in the pro- 

 priety of such a measure every one will concur. It suffices to say 

 that Mr. Denton has urged on the agriculturists an important subiect 

 in an able manner. There is much however to be said on both sides, 

 as to their salubrious effects, on account of the employment oi manure 

 in the neighbourhood of great towns. 



The Cabinet Cyclopedia, a Manual\of Electricity, Magnetism, and Me- 

 teorology. By DioNYSius Lardxer, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., v ol. i. 

 London : Longman and Co. 1842. 



This is the first of two volumes in which Dr. Lardner proposes to 

 treat the subject of electricity and the cognate sciences in a popular 

 manner. The present volum'e takes up the elements of electro statics 

 and dynamics, magnetism, electro-magnetism, thermo-electricity, and 

 electrical machines. To say that this has been done in a masterly 

 manner is scarcely necessary to those who recollect the previous 

 volumes of the cyclopedia, and the satisfactory way in which they 

 were executed. The next volume will treat of the applications ot 

 these sciences to the practical pursuits of life, and we anticipate tor 

 ourselves and our readers much gratification in the perusal. 



A Series of Diagrams illustrative of Meeha7iical and ^aturalPhloso- 

 phy, and their Practical .Application. Drawn on Stone by H. Chap- 

 man, and printed in colours by C. F. Cheffins. London : Chapman 

 and Hall. 1842. 



These splendid diagrams, the first number of which,treating on the 

 lever, lies before us, do much credit to the patronage of the Society 

 for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. They have been confided to 

 the care of Mr. Chapman and Mr. Cheffins, who have produced designs 

 which, to the professor and the pupil, the engineer and the workman, 

 will be found of interest and of value. The style ol the tinted litho- 

 <^rapliy does Mr. Cheffins great credit. 



The Grainer's Guide. By Charles Moxon. Edinburgh, 1S42. 



This is a class of works which we much wish to see extended—the 

 class of practical works by practical men. The reasons which Mr. 

 Moxon gives for treating upon the subject of graining and i™>tating 

 marbles? we much wish that we could give at length: suffice it hat by 

 the publication of this work he has supplied a desideratum in techni- 

 cal literature, and rendered a great benefit to the workman. 1 he 

 work is a large one, and vet of a moderate price, whde the specimens, 

 which are numerous and on a considerable scale, are nearly all exe- 

 cuted by hand. The letter-press is of course a minor feature in such 

 a work, but the directions are sufficiently copious, while, as they 

 eminat; from a practical hand, they are calculated to be highly useful 

 and to abridge in many cases the labour of the workman, and so to 

 extend the sphere of his employment. When we consider tiie great 

 ex ent to which graining is now used and the desirableness of having 

 well instructed workmen, we feel indebted to Mr. Moxon ^or '"^ ej^" 

 tions, and we are sure that he will reap his reward in the pa'ron ge of 

 his book by the public, both as a work of art, and one of practical 

 utility. 



