D. VAJ^r JSrOSTJiAJSTD. 25 



Stuart's Successful Engineer. 



18mo. Boards. 50 cents. 

 HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ENGINEEE: Being 



Hints to Youths intending to adopt the Profession. By 



Beknakd Stuakt, Engineer. Sixth Edition. 



" A valuable little book of sound, sensible advice to young men wlio 

 ■wish, to rise in the most important of the professions." — Scientific American. 



Stuart's Naval Dry Docks. 



Twenty-four engravings on steel. 



Fourth Edition. 



4to. Cloth. $6.00. 



THE NAVAL DRY DOCKS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 By Chakles B. Stuaei. Engineer in Chief of the United States 



Navy. 



List of Illustrations. 



Pumping Engine and Pumps — Plan of Dry Dock and Pump-Well— Sec- 

 tions of Dry Dock — Engine House — ^Iron Floating Gate — Details of Floating 

 Gate — Iron Turning Gate — Plan of Turning Gate — Culvert Gate — Filling 

 Culvert Gates — Engine Bed — Plate, Pumps, and Culvert — Engine House 

 Eoof — Floating Sectional Dock — Details of Section, and Plan, of Turn-Tables 

 — Plan of Basin and Marine Railways — Plan of Sliding Frame, and Elevation 

 of Pumps — Hydraulic Cylinder — Plan of Gearing for Pumps and End Floats 

 — Perspective View of Dock, Basin, and Railway — Plan of Basin of Ports- 

 mouth Dry Dock — Floating Balance Dock— Elevation of Trusses and the Ma- 

 chinery — Perspective View of Balance Dry Dock 



Free Hand Drawing. 



Profusely Illustrated. ISmo. Boards. 50 cents. 



A GUIDE TO OENAMENTAL, Figure, and Landscape Dra^r- 

 ing. By an Art Student. 



Contents. — Materials employed in Drawing, and how to use them — On 

 Lines and how to Draw them — On Shading — Concerning lines and shading, 

 with applications of them to simple elementary subjects — Sketches from "Sti- 



