RIDER'S TECHNICAL SERIES. 



Crown 8vo., bound in ornamental green 

 cloth, gilt. 



Speaking of RIDER'S TECHNICAL SERIES, the Daily 

 Telegraph says : " These are really useful handbooks." 



" They give within reasonable limits and in popular form 

 a technical description of various British industries not 

 commonly known." Star. 



No. 1. 112 pp., Illustrated, price 2s. 6d. 



Modern Shafting and Gear- 



ING and the Economical Transmission of 

 Power. By M. Powis BALE, M.Inst.C.E., J~ 

 M.I.M.E., author of "A Handbook for Steam I 

 Users, etc. 



" The object of the author is to draw attention to the amount of power 

 unnecessarily wasted, and discuss practically the most recent practices 

 and devices that have been introduced. The little work has the advantage 

 of being that of a practical and skilled engineer, and of being based on 

 actual experience no less than on theoretical knowledge." Glasgow 

 Htrald. 



No. 2. 64 pp., 54 Illustrations, price is. 6d. 



Tree Pruning: a Treatise on 



Pruning Forest and Ornamental Trees. 

 Translated from the French of the Count 

 des Cars, by C. S. SARGENT, Professor of 

 Arboriculture in Harvard College, U.S.A. 



"'Tree Pruning,' translated from the French by Professor Sargent, 

 of Harvard College, U.S.A., is a concise and reliable guide to this par- 

 ticular branch of woodcraft. It gives in a small compass a considerable 

 amount of useful information." Morning Post. 



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