14 CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS 



The Steam Engine considered as a Heat Engine : a 



Treatise on the Theory of the Steam Engine, illustrated by Diagrams, 

 Tables, and Examples from Practice. By JAS. H. COTTERILL, M.A., 

 F.R.S., Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Royal Naval College. 

 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d. 



The Practice of Hand Turning in Wood, Ivory, Shell, 



etc., with Instructions for Turning such Work in Metal as may be required 

 in the Practice of Turning in Wood, Ivory, etc. ; also an Appendix on 

 Ornamental Turning. (A book for beginners.) By FRANCIS CAMPIN. 

 Third edition, with wood engravings, crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. 



CONTENTS : 



On Lathes Turning Tools Turning Wood Drilling Screw Cutting Miscellaneous 

 Apparatus and Processes Turning Particular Forms Staining Polishing Spinning Metals 

 Materials Ornamental Turning, etc. 



Health and Comfort in House Building, or Ventila- 

 tion with Warm Air by Self- Acting Suction Power, with Review of the 

 mode of Calculating the Draught in Hot- Air Flues, and with some actual 

 Experiments. By J. DRYSDALE, M.D., and J. W. HAYWARD, M.D. 

 Second edition, with Supplement, with plates, demy 8vo, cloth, js. 6d. 



Treatise on Watchwork, Past and Present. By the 



Rev. H. L. NELTHROPP, M.A., F.S.A. With 32 illustrations, crown 

 8vo, cloth, 6s. 6d. 



CONTENTS : 



Definitions of Words and Terms used in Watchwork Tools Time Historical Sum- 

 mary On Calculations of the Numbers for Wheels and Pinions; their Proportional Sizes, 

 Trains, etc. Of Dial Wheels, or Motion Work Length of Time of Going without Winding 

 up The Verge The Horizontal The Duplex The Lever The Chronometer Repeating 

 "\Vatches Keyless Watches The Pendulum, or Spiral Spring Compensation Jewelling of 

 Pivot Holes Clerkenwell Fallacies of the Trade Incapacity of Workmen How to Choose 

 and Use a Watch, etc. 



Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Compiled prin- 

 cipally for the use of the Students attending the Classes on this subject at 

 the City of London College. By HENRY ADAMS, Mem. Inst. M.E., 

 Mem. Inst. C.E., Mem. Soc. of Engineers. Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. 



Algebra Self-Taught. By W. P. HIGGS, M.A., 



D.Sc., LL.D., Assoc. Inst. C.E., Author of A Handbook of the Differ- 

 ential Calculus,' etc. Second edition, crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. 



CONTENTS : 



Symbols and the Signs of Operation The Equation and the Unknown Quantity 

 Positive and Negative Quantities Multiplication Involution -Exponents Negative Expo- 

 nents Roots, and the Use of Exponents as Logarithms Logarithms Tables of Logarithms 

 and Proportionate Parts Transformation of System of Logarithms Common Uses of 

 Common Logarithms Compound Multiplication and the Binomial Theorem Division, 

 Fractions, and Ratio Continued Proportion The Series and the Summation of the Series 

 Limit of Series Square and Cube Roots Equations List of Formulae, etc. 



