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PROF. RANKINE'S WORKS-(Continued).

USEFUL RULES AND TABLES:

For Architects, Builders, Engineers, Founders, Mechanics, Shipbuilders, Surveyors, &c. With APPENDIX for the use of ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, By Professor JAMIESON, F.R.S.E. SEVENTH EDITION. 10s. 6d.

A MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK:

A Practical and Simple Introduction to the Study of Mechanics. By Professor RANKINE and E. F. BAMBER, C.E. With Numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth. FIFTH EDITION.

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The "MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK was designed by Professor RANKINE as an INTRE> DUOTION to the above Series of Manuals.

MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.

Royal 8vo. Cloth, 31s. 6d.

Part I. Papers relating to Temperature, Elasticity, and Expansion of Vapours, Liquids, and Solids. Part II. Papers on Energy and its Transformations. Part III. Papers on Wave-Forms, Propulsion of Vessels, &c.

With Memoir by Professor TAIT, M.A. Edited by W. J. MILLAR, C.E With fine Portrait on Steel, Plates, and Diagrams.

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"No more enduring Memorial of Professor Rankine could be devised than the publication of these papers in an accessible form. The Collection is most valuable on account of the nature of his discoveries, and the beauty and completeness of his analysis. The Volume exceeds in importance any work in the same department published in our time."-Architect.

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SHELTON-BEY (W. Vincent, Foreman to the Imperial Ottoman Gun Factories, Constantinople) :

THE MECHANIC'S GUIDE: A Hand-Book for Engineers and Artizans. With Copious Tables and Valuable Recipes for Practical Use. Illustrated. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 7/6.

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THE PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF

PUMPING MACHINERY

(STEAM AND WATER PRESSURE).

With Practical Illustrations of ENGINES and PUMPS applied to MINING TOWN WATER Supply, DrainaGE of Lands, &c., also Economy and Efficiency Trials of Pumping Machinery.

BY HENRY DAVEY,

Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Member of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, F. G.S., &c.

CONTENTS-Early History of Pumping Engines-Steam Pumping EnginesPumps and Pump Valves-General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping Engines-The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound-Types of Mining Engines-Pit Work-Shaft Sinking-Hydraulic Transmission of Power in Mines-Valve Gears of Pumping Engines-Water Pressure Pumping Engines -Water Works Engines-Pumping Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping Machinery Centrifugal and other Low-Lift Pumps - Hydraulic Rams, Pumping Mains, &c.-INDEX.

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SECOND EDITION, Revised and Enlarged.
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AND

HYDRAULIC MACHINERY.

BY

HENRY ROBINSON, M. INST. C. E., F. G. S.,

FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON; PROF. OF CIVIL ENGINEERING,
KING'S COLLEGE, ETC., ETC.

waith numerous woodcuts, and Sixty-nine plates.

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THE STABILITY OF SHIPS.

BY

SIR EDWARD J. REED, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.P.,

KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL ORDERS OF ST. STANILAUS OF RUSSIA; FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA; MEDJIDIE OF TURKEY; AND RISING SUN OF JAPAN; VICEPRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

In order to render the work complete for the purposes of the Shipbuilder, whether at home or abroad, the Methods of Calculation introduced by Mr. F. K. BARNES, Mr. GRAY, M. REICH, M. DAYMARD, and Mr. BENJAMIN, are all given separately, illustrated by Tables and worked-out examples. The book contains more than 200 Diagrams, and is illustrated by a large number of actual cases, derived from ships of all descriptions.

Sir EDWARD REED'S STABILITY OF SHIPS' is INVALUABLE. The NAVAL ARCHITECT will find brought togetner and ready to his hand, a mass of information which he would otherwise have to seek in an almost endless variety of publications, and some of which he would possibly not be able to obtain at all elsewhere."—Steamship.

THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS. By JOHN
HARVARD BILES, M. INST. N. A., Professor of Naval Architecture in the
University of Glasgow.
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SECOND EDITION. Illustrated with Plates, Numerous Diagrams, and
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THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. A Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superintendents, Students, and Marine Engineers.

BY THOMAS WALTON, NAVAL ARCHITECT,

AUTHOR OF "KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP."

CONTENTS.-I. Manufacture of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel.-Composition of Iron and Steel, Quality, Strength, Tests, &c. II. Classification of Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of Type of Vessel.-Framing of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by Ships.-Methods of Computing and Comparing Strengths of Ships. V. Construction of Ships.-Alternative Modes of Construction.-Types of Vessels.-Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk Steamers, &c.-Rivets and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrangements. VII. Maintenance.-Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of Ships.-Cement, Paint, &c.-INDEX.

So thorough and well written is every chapter in the book that it is difficult to select any of them as being worthy of exceptional praise. Altogether, the work is excellent, and will prove of great value to those for whom it is intended."-The Engineer.

Mr. Walton has written for the profession of which he is an ornament. His work will be read and appreciated. no doubt, by every M.I.N.A., and with great benefit by the majority of them.'-Journal of Commerce.

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Trigonometry: For the Young Sailor, &c.

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Practical Algebra. By RICH. C. BUCK. Companion Volume to the above, for Sailors and others. Price 3s. 6d.

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GRIFFIN'S NAUTICAL SERIES.

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THE

British Mercantile Marine.

BY EDWARD BLACKMORE,

MASTER MARINER; ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS;
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS

IN SCOTLAND; EDITOR OF GRIFFIN'S "NAUTICAL SERIES."

GENERAL CONTENTS.-HISTORICAL: From Early Times to 1486-Progress ander Henry VIII.-To_Death of Mary-During Elizabeth's Reign-Up to the Reign of William III.-The 18th and 19th Centuries-Institution of Examinations-Rise and Progress of Steam Propulsion - Development of Free Trade-Shipping Legislation, 1862 to 1875-"Locksley Hall" Case— Shipmasters' Societies-Loading of Ships-Shipping Legislation, 1884 to 1894Statistics of Shipping. THE PERSONNEL: Shipowners-Officers-MarinersDuties and Present Position. EDUCATION: A Seaman's Education: what it should be-Present Means of Education-Hints. DISCIPLINE AND DUTY— Postscript-The Serious Decrease in the Number of British Seamen, a Matter demanding the Attention of the Nation.

"INTERESTING and INSTRUCTIVE

Glasgow Herald.

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"EVERY BRANCH of the subject is dealt with in a way which shows that the writer 'knows the ropes' familiarly."-Scotsman. "This ADMIRABLE book

TEEMS with useful information-Should be in the

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THIRD EDITION, Thoroughly Revised, Enlarged, and Re-set. With Additional Illustrations. 68.

A MANUAL OF

ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP.

BY

D. WILSON-BARKER, MASTER MARINER; F.R.S. E., F.R. G.S., &c., &c.;

YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HOUSE.

With Frontispiece, Numerous Plates (Two in Colours), and Illustrations in the Text.

GENERAL CONTENTS.-The Building of a Ship; Parts of Hull, Masts, &c.-Ropes, Knots, Splicing, &c. - Gear, Lead and Log, &c. Rigging, Anchors-Sailmaking-The Sails, &c. -Handling of Boats under Sail Signals and Signalling-Rule of the Road-Keeping and Relieving WatchPoints of Etiquette-Glossary of Sea Terms and Phrases-Index.

The volume contains the NEW RULES OF THE ROAD.

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