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COTTON SPINNING (Honours, or Third Year). By THOMAS. 

 THORNLEY. 216 pp. Seventy-four Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 1901. 

 Price 5s. ; India and British Colonies, 5s. 6d. ; Other Countries, 6s. ; 

 strictly net. 



Contents. 



Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute. Chapters 

 I., Cotton. II., The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning Machinery. III., Doubling 

 and Winding. IV., Reeling. V., Warping. VI., Production and Costs. VII., Main Driving. 

 VIII., Arrangement of Machinery and Mill Planning. IX., Waste and Waste Spinning. 

 Index to Illustrations. General Index. 



Opinions of Spinning Teachers. 



"The work (Vol. I.) contains a large amount of valuable information." Mr. Jas. Tasher r 

 Preston. 



"They are certainly the best published on the subject." Mr. John Kerfoot, Leigh. 



"Admirably fulfils the object in view, viz., a concise guide to the students preparing for the 

 City and Guilds Examination Course." Mr. Jas. W. Lomax, Bolton. 



" I have carefully read the book, and do not hesitate in saying that I consider it will un- 

 doubtedly be a boon to cotton spinning students for three, among other, reasons: (1) The 

 store of information on different makers' machines ; (2) it shows the student how he should 

 consider the questions proposed at the examinations ; and (3) the methods he should adopt in 

 answering same." Samuel Ward, Teacher in Cotton Spinning, Glossop and Openshaw. 



COTTON COMBING MACHINES. By THOS. THORNLEY, 

 Spinning Master, Technical School, Bolton. Demy 8vo. 117 Illustra- 

 tions. 300 pp. 1902. Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; Other 

 Countries, 8s. 6d. net. 



Contents. 



Chapters I., The Sliver Lap Machine and the Ribbon Cap Machine. II., General Description 

 of the Heilmann Comber. III., The Cam Shaft. IV., On the Detaching and Attaching 

 Mechanism of the Comber. V., Resetting of Combers. VI., The Erection of a Heilmann. 

 Comber. VII., Stop Motions: Various Calculations VIII., Various Notes and Discussions. 

 IX., Cotton Combing Machines of Continental Make. Index. 



Books for Mining Engineers 

 and Steam Users. 



RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES. A Description 

 of the Principal Methods Pursued, especially in Fiery Mines, and of 

 the Various Appliances Employed, such as Respiratory and Rescue 

 Apparatus, Dams, etc. By ROBERT LAMPRECHT, Mining Engineer and 

 Manager. Translated from the German. Illustrated by Six large 

 Plates, containing Seventy-six Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. 

 Price 10s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; 

 strictly net. 



Contents. 



Preface. I., Causes of Pit Fires : 1, Fires Resulting from the Spontaneous Ignition of 

 Coal; 2, Fires Caused by Burning Timber; 3, Fires Caused by Fire-damp Explosions. II., 

 Preventive Regulations : 1, The Outbreak and Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be 

 most reliably prevented by Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of 

 the Shaft; 2, Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in the Shaft; 3, Pre- 

 cautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2 Fail or Prove Inefficient Precautions 

 ag nnst Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp- 

 and Coal Dust. Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits. Experiments 

 on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal Dust by Electricity. III., Indica- 

 tions of an Existing or Incipient Fire. IV., Appliances for Working in Irrespirable 

 Gases : 1, Respiratory Apparatus; 2, Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes, (a) The Bremen Smoke 

 Helmet, (b) The Miiller Smoke Helmet, (c) The Stolz Rescue Mask; 3, Reservoir Apparatus; 

 4, Oxygen Apparatus. The Schwann Respiratory Apparatus. The Fleuss Respiratory Ap- 

 paratus. The Improved Walcher-Giirtner Pneumatophor, (a) The Single Bottle Apparatus, 

 Instructions for Using the Pneumatophor, Taking to Pieces and Resetting the Apparatus- 

 ready for Use ; (b) Two Bottle Apparatus (Shamrock Type). The Neupert Rescue Apparatus 

 (The Mayer-Pilar System). V. Extinguishing Pit Fires : (a) Chemical Means ; (b) Extinction 

 with Water. Dragging down the Burning Masses and Packing with Clay; (c) Insulating the 

 Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building. Dam Work in the Fiery Pits of Southern Hungary : 

 (a) Cross-dams of Clay ; (b) Masonry Dams, Gallery Linings. .Wagner's Portable Safety Dam. 

 Analyses of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams: Working in Irrespirable 

 Gases (" Gas-diving ") : 1, Air- Lock Work (Horizontal Advance) on the Mayer System as Pur- 

 sued at Karwin in 1894 ; 2, Air-Lock Work (Horizontal Advance) by the Mauerhofer Modified 

 System. Vertical Advance. Mayer System. Complete Isolation of the Pit. Flooding a 



