CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS 



Tables of the Principal Speeds occurring in Mechanical 



Engineering, expressed in metres in a second. By P. KEERAYEFF, Chief 

 Mechanic of the Obouchoff Steel Works, St. Petersburg ; translated by 

 SERGIUS KERN, M.E. Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d. 



Spons Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, 



Military, and Naval; with technical terms in French, German, Italian, 

 and Spanish, 3100 pp., and nearly 8000 engravings, in super-royal 8vo, 

 in 8 divisions, 5/. %s. Complete in 3 vols., cloth, 5/. 5^. Bound in a 

 superior manner, half-morocco, top edge gilt, 3 vols., 61. 12s. 

 Seepage 15. 



A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, Prevention, and 



Cure of Dry Rot in Timber; with Remarks on the Means of Preserving 

 Wood from Destruction by Sea- Worms, Beetles, Ants, etc. By THOMAS 

 ALLEN BRITTON, late Surveyor to the Metropolitan Board of Works, 

 etc., etc. With 10 plates, crown 8vo, cloth, js. 6d. 



Metrical Tables. By G. L. MOLESWORTH, M.I.C.E. 



321110, cloth, is. 6d. 



CONTENTS. 



General Linear Measures Square Measures Cubic Measures Measures of Capacity 

 Weights Combinations Thermometers. 



Elements of Construction for Electro-Magnets. By 



Count TH. Du MONCEL, Mem. de 1'Institut de France. Translated from 

 the French by C. J. WHARTON. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4J-. 6d. 



Electro -Telegraphy. By FREDERICK S. BEECHEY, 



Telegraph Engineer. A Book for Beginners. Illustrated. Fcap. 8vo, 

 sewed, 6d. 



H andr ailing : by the Square Cut. By JOHN JONES, 



Staircase Builder. Fourth edition, with seven plates, Svo, cloth, 3.5-. 6d. 



H andr ailing : by the Square Cut. By JOHN JONES, 



Staircase Builder. Part Second, with eight plates, Svo, cloth, 3.5-. 6d. 



Practical Electrical Units Popitlarly Explained, with 



numerous illustrations and Remarks. By JAMES SWINBURNE, late of 

 J. W. Swan and Co., Paris, late of Brush-Swan Electric Light Company, 

 U.S.A. i8mo, cloth, is. 6d. 



PhilippReis, Inventor of the Telephone: A Biographical 



Sketch. With Documentary Testimony, Translations of the Original 

 Papers of the Inventor, &c. By SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, B.A., Dr. Sc., 

 Professor of Experimental Physics in University College, Bristol. With 

 illustrations, Svo, cloth, Js. 6d. 



