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HYDRAULIC POWER 



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BY HENRY ROBINSON, M.lNST.C.E., F.G.S., 



FELLOW or KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; PROF. EMERITUS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, 



KING'S COLLEGE, ETC., BTC. 



CONTENTS Discharge through Orifices. Flow of Water through Pipes. Accumulators. 

 Presses and Lifts. Hoists. Rams. Hydraulic Engines. Pumping Engines. Capstans. 

 Traversers. Jacks. Weighing Machines. Riveters and Shop Tools. Punching, 

 Shearing, and Flanging Machines. Cranes. Coal Discharging Machines. Drills and 

 Cutters. Pile Drivers, Excavators, &c. Hydraulic Machinery applied to Bridges, Dock 

 Gates, Wheels and Turbines. Shields. Vanous Installations Meters. INDEX. 



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 THE PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF 



PUMPING MACHINERY 



(STEAM AND WATER PRESSURE). 



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TOWN WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE of Lands, &c., also Economy 



and Efficiency Trials of Pumping Machinery. 



BY HENRY DAVEY, M.lNST.C.E., M.INST.MECH.E., <fec. 



CONTENTS Early History of Pumping Engines Steam Pumping Engines- 

 Pumps and Pump Valves General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping 

 Engines The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound Types of Mining 

 Engines Pit Work Shaft Sinking Hydraulic Transmission of Power in 

 Mines Electric Transmission of Power Valve Gears of Pumping Engines 

 Water Pressure Pumping Engines Water Works Engines Pumping 

 Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping Machinery Centrifugal and other 

 Low-Lift Pumps Hydraulic Rams Pumping Mains, &c.- INDEX. 



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CIVIL ENGINEERING PRACTICE, 



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 By F. NOEL TAYLOR, CIVIL ENGINEER. 



CONTENTS. Ordnance Maps. Chain Surveying. Surveying with Angular Instru- 

 ments Levelling. Adjustment of Instruments. Mensuration of Areas, Volumes, 

 <fcc. The Mechanics of Engineering, &c. Beams. Pillars, Stanchions and Shafting. 

 Design of Structure. -Arches. Graphic Statics. Materials of Construction. 

 Engineering Foundations. Brickwork and Masonry. Walls. Constructional Car- 

 pentering. Road Materials. Road Construction. Reinforced Concrete Construction. 

 Masonry Bridges and River Work. Hydraulics. Land Drainage. Pumping Machinery 

 and Stations. The Use of Water-Power. Main Drainage. Sewage Disposal. Royal 

 Commission on Sewage Disposal. Salford Sewage Works. Sanitation, House Drainage 

 and Disinfection. Refuge Disposal. Waterworks, Preliminary Considerations and 

 Sources of Supply. Construction. Filtration and Purification. Water-works. Dis- 

 tribution. Chimneys, Brick and Steel. Steel Construction ; Stanchions, Rivets and 

 Bolts. Steel Construction ; Beams and Girders. Combined Structures in Iron and 

 Steel. Specification. Electric Tramways. Appendix. INDEX. 



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