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Clocks, Watches, and Bells. 



RUDIMENTARY TREATISE on CLOCKS, and WATCHES, 

 and BELLS. By Sir Edmund Beckett, Bart, (late E. B. 

 Denison), LL.D., Q.C., F.R.A.S., Author of " Astronomy with- 

 out Mathematics," &c. Sixth edition, thoroughly revised and 

 enlarged, with numerous Illustrations. Limp cloth (No. 67, 

 Weale's Series), 4.?. 6^.; cloth boards, 5^". dd. 

 " As a popular and practical treatise it is unapproached. " — English Mechanic. 

 **The best work on the subject probably extant. The treatise on bells is un- 

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**The onl^^ modern treatise on clock-making." — Horological youmal. 

 *' This admirable treatise on clocks, by the most able authority on such a subject, 

 is completely perfect of its Yvsxà." — Standard. 



Gold and Gold-Working. 



THE PRACTICAL GOLD-WORKER ; or. The Goldsmith 

 and Jeweller's Instructor. The Art of Alloying, Melting, Re- 

 ducing, Colouring, Collecting and Refining. The processes of 

 Manipulation, Recovery of Waste, Chemical and Physical Pro- 

 perties of Gold, with a new System of Mixing its Alloys ; Solders, 

 Enamels, and other useful Rules and Recipes, &c. By George 

 E. Gee. Crown 8vo, 7^-. 6</. , cloth. \ytist Published. 



**A good, sound, technical educator, and will be generally accepted as an 

 authority. It gives full particulars for mixing alloys and enamels, is essentially a book 

 for the workshop, and exactly fulfils the purpose intended." — Horological Journal. 



*' The best work yet pnnted on its subject for a reasonable price. We have no 

 doubt that it will speedily become a standard book which few will care to be with- 

 out." — Jeweller and Metalworker. 



Silver and Silver Working, 



THE SILVERSMITH'S HANDBOOK, containing full In- 

 structions for the Alloying and Working of Silver, including the 

 different modes of refining and melting the metal, its solders, the 

 preparation of imitation alloys, methods of manipulation, preven- 

 tion of waste, instructions for improving and finishing the surface 

 of the work, together with other useful information and memoranda. 

 By George E. Gee, Jeweller, &c. Crown 8vo, with numerous 

 illustrations, ^s. 6d. , cloth. [yiist Published. 



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Science and Scripture, 



SCIENCE ELUCIDATIVE OF SCRIPTURE, AND NOT 

 ANTAGONISTIC TO IT ; being a Series of Essays on— i. 

 Alleged Discrepancies ; 2. The Theory of the Geologists and 

 Figure of the Earth ; 3. The Mosaic Cosmogony ; 4. Miracles in 

 general — Views of Hume and Powell ; 5. The Miracle of Joshua — 

 Views of Dr. Colenso : The Supernaturally Impossible ; 6. The 

 Age of the Fixed Stars — their Distances and Masses. By Professor 

 J. R. Young. Fcap. 8vo, 5j. cloth. 



' * Distinguished by the true spirit of scientific inquiry, by great knowledge, by keen 

 logical ability, and by a style peculiarly clear, easy, and energetic." — Nonconformist, 



Practical Philosophy, 



A SYNOPSIS of PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY. By Rev. J. 

 Carr, M. a., late Fellow of Trin. Coll., Camb. 2nd Ed. iSmo, 5^. cl. 



