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, (>d. 



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 lo plates, crown 8vo, cloth, "js. 6d. 



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



3amb, 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 I'lnstitut de France. Translated from 

 the French by C. J. Wharton. Crown 8vo, cloth, 4f. dd. 



Electro -Telegraphy, By Frederick S. Beechey, 



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

 sewed, dd. 



Handrailing : by the Square Cut. By John Jones, 



Staircase Builder. Fourth edition, with seven plates, 8vo, cloth, 3J. dd. 



Handrailing : by the Square Cut. By John Jones, 



Staircase Builder. Part Second, with eight plates, 8vo, cloth, 3J. dd. 



Practical Electrical Units Popularly 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. l8mo, cloth, is.dd. 



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, 8vo, cloth, "js. 6d. 



A, Treatise on the Usg of Belting for the Transmis- 

 sion of Power. By J. H. Cooper. Second edition, illustrated, 8vo, 

 cloth, 15^. 



