JUST PUBLISHED 
A Complete and Authoritative American Work! 
Standard Practical Plumbing 
BY R. M. STARBUCK 
Author of “* Modern Plumbing Illustrated ”’ etc., etc. 
Octavo, (6% x 9% inches), 406 pages, 347 illustrations. 
Price, $3.00 postpaid. 
This work is especially strong in its 
exhaustive treatment of the skilled work 
of the plumber and commends itself at 
once to everyone working in any branch 
ofthe plumbing trade. Itis indispensable 
to the master plumber, the journeyman 
plumber and the apprentice plumber. 
Plumbing in all its branches is treated 
within the pages of this book, and a large 
amount of space is devoted to a very 
complete and practical treatment of the 
subjects of hot-water supply, circulation 
H and range boiler work. 
The illustrations, of which there are three hundred and forty- 
seven, one hundred being full-page illustrations, were made ex- 
pressly for this book, and show the most modern and best Am- 
erican practice in plumbing construction. 
Following is a list of the chapters: 
The Plumber’s Tools. XVIII. Residence Plumbing. 
Wiping Solder, Composi- XIX. Plumbing for Hotels, 
tion and Use. Schools, Factories, Sta- 
Joint Wiping. bles, Etc. 
STANDARD S 
|} PRACTICAL PLUMBING 
R-M. STARBUCK 
EXCELSIOR “ ‘RUST. PROOF” FENCES 
Trellises, Tree and Flower Guards 
UTLINE your premises with an ornamental wire fence. 
Add to the trim beauty of your place, and at the same 
time keep out intruders. There is only one wire fence 
that will stand for years and never rust. That is 
“*Rust-Proof’’ Wire Fence 
Lead Work. 
Traps. 
Siphonage of Traps. 
Venting. 
Continuous Venting. 
House Sewer and Sewer 
Connections. 
House Drain. 
Soil Piping, Roughing. 
Main Trap and Fresh 
Air Inlet. 
Floor, Yard, Cellar 
Drains, Rain Leaders, 
Etc. 
Fixture Wastes. 
Water Closets. 
XXII. 
XXIII. 
XXIV. 
XXVII. 
XXVIII. 
Modern Country Plumb- 
ing. 
Filtration of Sewage and 
Water Supply. 
Hot and Cold Supply. 
Range Boilers; Circula- 
tion. 
Circulating Pipes. 
Range Boiler Problems. 
Hot Water for Large 
Buildings. 
Water Lift and Its Use. © 
Multiple Connections for 
Hot Water Boilers; 
Heating of Radiation 
by. Supply System. 
Ventilation. XXIX. Theory for the Plumber. 
Improved Plumbing Con- XXX. Drawing for the Plum- 
nections. ber. 
MUNN & CO., Inc., Publishers, 361 Broadway, New York 
CONCRETE POTTERY AND GARDEN FURNITURE 
By RALPH C. DAVISON 
HIS book describes in detail in a 
most practical manner the var- 
ious methods of casting concrete 
for ornamental and usetul pur- 
poses and covers the entire field 
of ornamental concrete work. It tells 
how to make all kinds of concrete vases, 
ornamental flower pots, concrete pedes- 
tals, conerete benches, concrete fences, 
ete. Full practical instructions are given 
for constructing and finishing the difler- 
ent kinds of molds, making the wire 
forms or frames, selecting and mixing 
the ingredients, covering the wire frames 
and modeling the cement mortar into 
form, and casting and finishing the 
various objects. With the information 
given in this book any handyman or 
novice can make many useful and ornamental objects of cement 
for the adornment of tue home or garden. The author has taken for 
granted that the reader knows nothing whatever about the material, 
and has explained each progressive step in the various operations 
throughout in detail. These directions have been supplemented 
with many half-tone and line illustrations which are so clear that 
no one can possibly misunderstand them. The amateur craftsman 
who has been working in clay will especially appreciate the adapt- 
ability of concrete for | pottery work inasmuch as it is acold process 
throughout, thus doing away with the necessity of kiln firing which 
is necessary with the former material. The information on color 
work alone is worth many times the cost of the book inasmuch as 
there is little known on the subject and there is a large growing de- 
mand for this class of work. Following is a list of the chapters 
which will give a general idea of the broad character of the work. 
I. Making Wire Forms or Frames. VIII. Selection of Aggregates. 
Il. Covering the Wire Frames and Mod- IX. Wooden Molds—Ornamental Flower 
eling the Cemert Mortar into Form. Pots Modeled byHand and Inlaid with 
Ill. Plaster Molds for Simple Forns. Colored Tile. 
IV. Plaster Molds for Objects having X. Concrete Pedestals. 
Curved Outlines. XI. Concrete Benches. 
V. Combination of Casting and Model- XII. Concrete Fences, 
ing—An Egyptian Vase. XIII. Miscellaneous, including Tools, 
VI. Glue Molds. 
VII. Colored Cements and Methods Used 
for Producing Designs with same. 
16 mo. 544x7)7 inches, 196 pages, 140 illustrations, price $1.50 postpaid 
This book is well gotten up, is printed on coated paper and a- 
bounds in handsome illustrations which clearly show the unlimited 
possibilities of ornamentation in concrete. 
MUNN & CO., Inc., Publishers 
Water proofing and Reinforcing. 
361 BROADWAY NEW YORK 
Wright’s Excelsior 
It is made of heavy wire, completely encased in melted 
zinc—after making No moisture ever comes in contact 
with the steel and rusting is eliminated. For economy buy 
Excelsior Rust-Proof Fences, Trellises and Tree Guards. 
Order from your hardware dealer 
Ask us for illustrated catalog 
WRIGHT WIRE CO., Worcester, Mass. 
33 West Michigan Street, Chicago 410 Commerce Street, Philadelphia 
256 Broadway, New York City 125 Summer Street, Boston 
5 First Street, San Francisco 
and Laboratory 
Compiled and Edited by A. RUSSELL BOND 
I2mo, 6x 8% inches, 467 pages, 370 illustrations 
Price, $2.00 Postpaid 
A Collection of Ideas and Suggestions for the Practical 
Man 
VERY practical mechanic, whether amateur or professional, has been con- 
H) fronted many times with unexpected situations calling for the exercise 
of considerable ingenuity. The resourceful man who has met an issue of 
this sort successfully seldom, if ever, is adverse to making public his methods of 
procedure. After all, he has little to gain by keeping the matter to himself and, 
appreciating the advice of other practical men in the same line of work, he is only 
too glad to contribute his own suggestions to the general fund of information. 
About a year ago it was decided to open a department in the Scientifie Amer- 
ican devoted to the interests of the handy man. There was an almost immediate 
response. Hundreds of valuable suggestions poured in from every part of this 
country and from abroad as well. Not only amateur mechanics, but profes- 
sional men, as well, were eager to recount their experiences in emergencies and 
offer useful bits of information, ingenious ideas, wrinkles or ‘‘kinks’’ as they 
are called. Aside from these, many valuable contributions came from men in 
other walks of life—resourceful men, who showed their aptness at doing things 
about the house, in the garden, on the farm. The electrician and the man in 
the physics and ‘chemical laboratory furnished another tributary to the flood 
of ideas. Automobiles, motor cycles, motor boats and the like frequently call 
for a display of ingenuity among a class of men who otherwise would never 
touch a tool. These also contributed a large share of suggestions that poured 
in upon us. It was apparent from the outset that the Handy Man’s Workshop 
Department in the Scientific American would be utterly inadequate for so 
large a volume of material; but rather than reject any really useful ideas for 
lick of space, we have collected the worthier suggestions, which we present in 
the present volume. They have all been classified and arranged in nine 
chapters, under the following headings : 
L., Fitting up a Workshop ; II., Shop Kinks; III., The Soldering of Metals 
and ‘the Preparation of Solders and Soldering Agents; ; IV., The Handy Man in 
the Factory; V., The Handy Man’s Experimental Laboratory ; VI., The Handy 
Man’s Electrical Leboratory ; VII., The Handy Man about the House ; ATANOUS 
The Handy Sportsman; IX., Model Toy Flying Machines. 
MUNN & CO., Inc. 
361 BROADWAY 
NEW YORK 
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