PUBLISHED BY E. and F. N. SPON. 



RECENTLY PUBLISHED. 



Crown 4to full gilt, fancy cloth, 478 pages Letterpress and 735 BngraTings, price 7/6. 



POPULAR ENGINEERING: 



BEING INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE EXAMPLES IN 



CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, MINING, 

 MILITARY, and NAVAL ENGINEERING. 



GRAPHICALLY AND PLAINLY DESCRIBED AND 



Specially ■Written for those about to enter the Engineering Profession and the 

 Scientific Amateur. With Chapters upon 



PERPETUAL MOTION and ENGINEERING COLLEGES and SCHOOLS. 

 IBs- ^f. la-sru. 



MECHANICS' OWN BOOK. 



SPONS' MECHANICS' OWN BOOK: 



A MANUAL FOR HANDICRAFTSMEN AND AMATEURS. 



Oomplete in One large Vol., demy 8vo, cloth, containing 700 pp. and 1420 illustrations. 



Fourth Edition, 6/-; or half-bound, French morocco, 7/6. 



Contents : 



Mechanical Drawing; Casting and Foundmg in Iron, Brstss, Bronze, and other AlloyB; 

 Forging and Finishing Iron; Sheet Metal "working; Soldering, Brazing, and Burning; 

 Cajrpentiy and Joinery, embracing descriptions of some 400 woods ; over 200 BluBtrationa of 

 Tools and their Uses; Explanations (with Diagrams) of 116 Joints and HingesLandDetftila of 

 Construction of Workshop Appliances ; Itough Furniture, Garden and Yard Erections, and 

 House-Building J Cabinet-making and Veneering;- Carving and Fret-cutting; Upholstery; 

 Painting, Grainnag, and Marbling; Staining Furniture, Woods, Floors, and Fittings ; Gilding, 

 Dead and Bright, on various Grounds; Polishing Marble, Metals and Wood; Varnishing; 

 Mechanical MoTements, iUustrating contrivances for transmitting Motion ; Turning in Wood 

 andMetals ; Masonry, embracing Stonework, Brickwork, Terra-ootta, and Concrete; Roofing with 

 Thatch, Tiles, Slates, Felt, Zinc, &c. ; Glazing with and without Putty, and tead Glaring; 

 Plastering and Whitewashing; Paper-hanging; Gas-fitting; Bell-hanging, Ordinary and Electno 

 Systems ; Xighting ; W^arming; Ventilating; Eoads, Pavements, and Bridges; Hedges, Ditches, 

 and Drains ; Watra: Supply and Sanitation ; Hints on House Construction suited to New 

 Countries. 



HOUSEHOLD MANUAL. 



SPONS' HOUSEHOLD MANUAL: 



A TREASURY OF DOMESTIC RECEIPTS AND GUIDE FOR SOME 



MANAGEMENT. 



Demy 8vo, cloth, containing 957 pp. and 250 Illustrations, price 7/6; or half-bound, 

 French morocco, 9/- 



JPrincipal Contents : 



Hints for selecting a good House ; Sanitation ; Water Supply ; Ventilation and Warming 

 lighting; Furniture and Decoration; Thieves and Fire; The Larder; Curing Foods for 

 lengthened Preservation ; The Dairy ; The Cellar ; The Pantry ; The Kitchen ; Eeceipts for 

 DisneB; The Housewife's Eoom; Housekeeping, Marketing; The Dining-room,; The Drawing- 

 room: The Bed-room; The Nursery; The Sick-room; The Bath-room; The ILaundry; The 

 School -room ; The Playground ; The Work-room ; The library ; The Garden ; The Farmyard ; 

 Small Motors ; Houaenold liaw. 



London: E. & F. N. SPON, 125, Strand. 

 New York: SPON & CHAMBERLAIN. 12, Cortlandt Street. 



