Engineer and machinist's drawing-book (The); a complete course of instruction for the practical endéter-gineer: comprising linear drawing, projection, ecMons, sketching and drawing from machines, shadows, centric curves, gearing, reciprocating machinery, tinting and colouring, and perspective. London, 1878. fo. pp. viii., 116. Plates and wdcts.

Mosely, H. The mechanical principles of engineering and architecture. Ist Amer. from 2d London ed., with additions by D. H. Mahan. New York, 1856. 8o. pp. xxi., 699. Wdcts.

Rankine, W. J. M. Useful rules and tables relating to mensuration, engineering, structures, and machines. 4th ed. London, 1873. 8o. pp. viii., 312. Plate.

Roper, S. The engineer's handy-book; containing a full explanation of the steam-engine indicator, with formulæ for estimating the power of steam-engines, facts, figures, questions and tables for engineers. Philadelphia, 1881. 16o. pp. [7] 678. Wdcts.

Sganzin, I. An elementary course of civil engineering; translated from the 3d French ed., with notes and applications. 3d ed. Boston, 1837. 8°. pp. viii., 232. Plates.

Trautwine, J. C. The civil engineer's pocketbook of mensuration, trigonometry, surveying, etc. 14th thousand, revised. Philadelphia, 1881. 12o. pp. 677. Wdcts.

United States-Chief of engineers. Analytical and topical index to the reports of the chief of engineers [etc.] upon works and surveys for river and harbor improvement, 1866-79; compiled, under the direction of H. M. Robert, by L. Y. Schermerhorn, S. O. L. Potter, and others. Washington, 1881. 8o. pp. vii., f. (1), pp. 624.

Annual report to the secretary of war. 1871-81. Washington, 1871-81. II v. in 24. 80. Maps, plates and wdcts.

Corfield, W. H. Water and water supply. New York, 1875. 180. PP. 145. (Van Nostrand's science series, 17.)

Humber, W. A comprehensive treatise on the water supply of cities and towns, with numerous specifications of existing waterworks. London, 1876. fo. pp. xiv., 378. Plates and wdcts.

Jacob, A. The designing and construction of storage reservoirs. New York, 1873. 180. pp. 95. Wdcts. (Van Nostrand's science series, 6.) New York (City)—Croton aqueduct department. Annual report to the common council. 1862. New York, 1863. 80. pp. 135. Plates.

Turnbull, W. Report on the construction of the piers of the aqueduct of the Alexandria canal across the Potomac river. 1835-1840. Washington, 1873. 4o. PP. 49. Plates.

Zeller, C. Des conduites d'eau, de leur établissement et de leur entretien; avec tables et calculs. Paris, 1863. 18o. ff. (2), pp. 89. Wdcts.

b. Bridges and Trusses.

Bender, C. Practical treatise on the properties of continuous bridges. New York, 1876. 180. pp. 150. (Van Nostrand's science series, 26.) Proportions of pins used in bridges. New trand's science series, 4.) York, 1873. 18o. pp. 52. Wdcts. (Van Nos

Boller, A. P. Description of the new wroughtiron bridge at Bridgeport, Ct. n. p., n. d. 8o. pp. (317)-371. (From American society of civil engineers. Transactions, xxiv.)

Practical treatise on the construction of iron

tion of the principles of the lever to a ready analysis of the strains upon beams and trusses. 2d ed. New York, 1878. 80. pp. x., (7)-144. Plates and wdcts.

For earlier reports see those of the Secretary of war. Warner, J. New theorems, tables and diagrams for the computation of earth-work; with an appen-highway bridges; with [an] essay upon the applicadix. Philadelphia, 1861. 1. 80. pp. 315+. Plates. [Weisbach, J.] Ingenieur: Sammlung von Tafeln, Formeln und Regeln der Arithmetik, der theoretischen und praktischen Geometrie sowie der Mechanik und des Ingenieurwesens. 6e umgearbeitete Aufl., unter Mitwirkung von F. Reuleaux; herausgegeben von G. Querfurth. Braunschweig, 1874-77. nar. 80. pp. xvii., 931+. Wdets.

A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines, with an introduction to the calculus; translated from the 4th German ed. by E. B. Coxe. Vol. i. New York, 1870.

80.

Wdcts.

Contents:- Theoretical mechanics.

Burr, W. H. A course on the stresses in bridge and roof trusses, arched ribs and suspension bridges. New York, 1880. 8o. pp. viii., 344. Plates.

Cain, W. Maximum stresses in framed bridges. New York, 1878. 180. pp. 192+. (Van Nostrand's science series, 38.)

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine.

Theory of solid and braced elastic arches applied to arch bridges and roofs in iron, wood, concrete, or other material: graphical analysis. New York, 1879. 18o. pp. 172. Plates. (Van Nos

Same; translated by A. J. Du Bois. Vol. trand's science series, 48.) Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine. ii., pt. 1, 2. New York, 1880. I v. in 2. Voussoir arches applied to stone bridges, New York,

Port. and wdcts.

80.

Contents:-1. Hydraulics and hydraulic motors. — 2. Heat, tunnels, domes and groined arches.

steam and the steam-engine.

A continuation of the above translation by Coxe.

Wellington, A. M. Methods for the computation from diagrams of preliminary and final estimates of railway earthwork. New York, 1874-75. 2 v. 80 and fo.

Wheeler, J. B. An elementary course of civil engineering. New York, 1877. 8o. pp. xix., 472. Wdets.

Woodbury, D. P. Sustaining walls: geometrical constructions to determine their thickness under various circumstances; derived chiefly from a me2d ed. Washington, moir of [J. V.] Poncelet. 1854. 80. pp. [233]-268. Plates. (U. S.-Corps of engineers. Papers on practical engineering, 3.)

a. Aqueducts and Water Supply. Browne, J. H. B. Water supply. London, 1880. 8o. pp. 104.

1879. 180. pp. 196. (Van Nostrand's science

series, 42.)

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine.

Chanute, O., and G. Morison. The Kansas City bridge; with an account of the regimen of the Missouri river, and a description of methods used for founding in that river. New York, 1870. 4o. pp. 139. Plates.

Clark, E. The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges; with general inquiries on beams and on the properties of materials used in construction; under the supervision of R. Stephenson. London, 1850. 2 v. 80, and Atlas of plates, fo.

Clarke, T. C. An account of the iron railway bridge across the Mississippi river, at Quincy, Ill. New York, 1869. 4o. PP. 71+. Plates.

Dempsey, G. D. Examples of iron bridges for railways and other works; shewing the details of construction, as adopted in the application of cast

and wrought iron. of plates, fo.

London, 1852. 4o, and Atlas

Dempsey, G. D. Tubular and other iron girder bridges, particularly describing the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges; with a sketch of iron bridges and illustrations of the application of malleable iron to the art of bridge-building. 3d ed. London, 1865. 120. pp. (iii.)-viii., 136. Wdcts. (Weale's elementary series, 43.)

Diedrichs, J. H. The theory of strains: a compendium for the calculation and construction of bridges, roofs and cranes, with the application of trigonometrical notes. Baltimore, 1871. 80. pp. 184. Plates.

Du Bois, A. J. The elements of graphical statics and their application to framed structures, with practical examples of cranes, bridge, roof and suspension trusses, braced and stone arches, pivot and draw spans, continuous girders, &c. 2d ed., revised New York, 1875. 80, and Atlas of

and corrected.

plates.

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's en

Researches in graphical statics.
8o.

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine. Greene, C. E. Trusses and arches analyzed and discussed by graphical methods. New York, 1880, '79. 3 V. 80. Plates.

Roebling, J. A. Long and short span railway bridges. New York, 1869. fo. f. (1), pp. 50, ff. (10). Plates.

Shreve, S. H. A treatise on the strength of bridges and roofs, with practical applications and examples. New York, 1873. 8o. f. (1), pp. xx., 346.

Stoney, B. B. The theory of strains in girders and similar structures, with observations on the application of theory to practice, and tables of the strength and other properties of materials. New ed., enlarged and revised. New York, 1873. pp. xxxi., 632. Wdcts.

[Ware, S.] Tracts on vaults and bridges. London, 1822. 80. pp. xx., ff. (3), pp. 73, f. (1), pp. 70, f. (1), pp. 177. Plates.

Contents:1. On vaults.-2. The taking down and rebuilding London bridge. - 3. The principles of pendent bridges, with reference to the catenary, applied to the Menai bridge. their abutment piers; containing directions for deA treatise of the properties of arches and scribing geometrically the calenaria and the extradosses of all curves. London, 1809. 8o. Pp. ix.,

62.

Plate.

Wenckebach, W. De pontium lapideorum forma et mensuris ex æquilibrii doctrina determinandis. Amstelodami, 1830. 4o. ff. (2), pp. 116, f. (1). Plates.

Whipple, S. An elementary and practical treatise on bridge building. Enlarged and improved ed. New York, 1872. 80. pp. vi., 317, f. (1).

Contents: Graphical analysis of roof-trusses.-ii. Bridge- Plate and wdcts. trusses. iii. Arches.

Haupt, H. General theory of bridge construction: containing demonstrations of the principles of the art and their application to practice; furnishing the means of calculating the strains upon the chords, ties, braces, counter-braces, and other parts of a bridge or frame of any description. New York, 1856. 80. pp. 268. Plates.

Hildenbrand, W. Cable-making for suspension bridges, with special reference to the cables for the East River bridge. New York, 1877. 180. pp. 121. Plates and wdcts. (Van Nostrand's science series, 32.)

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine. Humber, W. A handy book for the calculation of strains in girders and similar structures, and their strength. New York, 1869. 80. pp. x., 71. Plates and wdcts.

A complete treatise on cast and wrought iron bridge construction, including iron foundations. 2d ed. London, 1864. fo, and Atlas of plates. pp. xii., f. (1), pp. 237+.

Hyde, E. W. Skew arches: advantages and
disadvantages of different methods of construction.
New York, 1875. 18o. pp. 104. Plates. (Van
Nostrand's science series, 15.)
McMaster, J. B. Bridge and
New York, 1875. 18o. pp. 106.
Nostrand's science series, 20.)

tunnel centres.
Wdcts. (Van

Merrill, W. E. Iron truss bridges for railroads: methods of calculating strains, with a comparison of the most prominent truss bridges, and new formulas for bridge computations; also, The economical angles for struts and ties. New York, 1870. 4o. pp. 130.

Merriman, M. On the theory and calculation of continuous bridges. New York, 1876. 180. pp. 130. (Van Nostrand's science series, 25.)

Ranken, F. A. The strains in trusses computed by means of diagrams. London, 1872. 8°. ff. (4), pp. 63.

Woodbury, D. P. Treatise on the various elewith tables of the ultimate and actual thrust. ments of stability in the well-proportioned arch; New York, 1858. 80. (U. S.-Corps of engineers. Papers on practical ff. (2), pp. (187)-438. Plates. engineering, 7.)

c. Canals.

Barnard, J. G. Report on the North Sea canal of Holland; and on the improvement of navigation from Rotterdam to the sea. Washington, 1872. 4o. PP. 77. Plates. (U. S.-Corps of engineers. Professional papers, 22.)

Lesseps, F. de. The Suez canal: letters and documents descriptive of its rise and progress in 1854-56; translated by N. D'Anvers. London, 1876. 80. pp. viii., 311.

New York (State)-State engineer and surveyor. Annual report on the canals of the state. 1879. Albany, 1880. 80. Maps and plates.

San Francisco-Board of trade. special committee on inter-oceanic canal. cisco, 1880. 80. PP. 33.

Report of
San Fran-

Stevenson, D. The principles and practice of canal and river engineering. 2d ed. Edinburgh, 1872. 8o. pp. xiii., f. (1), pp. 347. Plates and wdcts.

d. Hydraulic engineering and Hydraulic Motors.
Bleiswyck, P. van. De aggeribus. Lugduni
Plates.
Batavorum, 1745. 4o. ff. (2), pp. 61.

Brisse, A., and L. de Rotrou. The draining of lake Fucino accomplished by Prince Alexander Torlonia; an abridged account, historical and technical: English translation by V. de Tivoli. Rome, 1876. 2 v. 4o and fo.

Burnell, G. R. The rudiments of hydraulic engineering. New ed. London, 1868. 12o. Pp. x., 283.

Eads, J. B. Report on the Mississippi jetties. Į (U. S.-Senate; 43d Cong., 1st sess. 1876. n. p., n. d. 80. PP. 25. Charts.

Francis, J. B. Lowell hydraulic experiments; being a selection from experiments on hydraulic motors, on the flow of water over weirs, in open canals of uniform rectangular section, and through submerged orifices and diverging tubes. 3d ed., revised and enlarged. New York, 1871. 4o. pp. xi., 251. Plates. Hagen, G.

Handbuch der Wasserbaukunst.

54.)

Ex. Doc.,

Same. London, 1875. 8o. pp. 284. Plates

and wdcts.

Great Britain-Commissioners [on] lights, buoys and beacons. Extracts from the report submitted 1861. Republished for the U. S. light-house establishment. Washington, 1871. 80. pp. 254.

Kurz, J. D., and M. R. Brown. Report on the effects of the sea-water and exposure upon the Bd. i.-vi., 3o Aufl.; vii.-x., 2o Aufl. Berlin, 1869-iron-pile shafts of the Brandywine-shoal light-house. 81. 10 v., 80, and Atlas of plates, obl. fo. Washington, 1874, 4o. pp. 13+. Plates. (U. S.

Contents:i., ii. Brunnen, Wasserleitungen und Fundir--Corps of engineers.) ungen. iii.-vi. Uferschälungen, Strombauten und SchiffahrtsCanäle. vii.-x. Seeufer- und Hafen-Bau.

Hirn, G. A. Étude sur une classe particulière de tourbillons qui se manifestent sous des certaines conditions spéciales dans les liquides. Paris, 1878. 8o. pp. 40. Plates.

Humphreys, A. A., and H. L. Abbot. Physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi: Reply to criticisms made by Dr. Hagen. New York, 1878. 4o. Pp. 8.

Report upon the physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river; upon the protection of the alluvial region against overflow; and upon the deepening of the mouths (reprinted with additions). Washington, 1876. 4o. pp. xxiii.+, 691. Maps and plates. (U. S.-Corps of topographical engineers. Professional papers, 13.) McMaster, J. B. High masonry dams. New York, 1876. 180. pp. 132. (Van Nostrand's science series, 22.)

Trowbridge, W. P. Turbine wheels: on the inapplicability of the theoretical investigations of the turbine wheel as given by Rankine, Weisbach, Bresse and others to the modern constructions introduced by Boyden and Francis. New York, 1879. 180. pp. 88. (Van Nostrand's science series, 44.)

Reprinted from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine. Verdam, G. J. Dissertatio in qua, ratione mathematica et physica, quaeritur de mensura, constructione, et munitione aggerum terreorum, ad lacus, fluvius et mare ab agris humilioribus ascenda. Lugduni Batavorum, 1825. 4°. ff. (2), pp. ii., 107, ff. (2). Plate.

Wells, W. The water-power of Maine. Augusta, 1869. 8o. pp. viii., 526.

Wex, Sir G. First treatise on the decrease of water in springs, creeks and rivers, contemporaneously with an increase in height of floods in cultivated countries; from the Papers of the Society of Austrian engineers and architects, 1873, nos. 2, 4, 6; translated by G. Weitzel. Washington, 1881. 80. pp. 57. Plates.

A lecture on the progress of the works of completion of the new improved bed of the Danube at Vienna, with a description of the catastrophe produced by the ice gorge of 1880; from the Journal of the Society of Austrian engineers and architects, no. 3, 1880; translated by G. Weitzel. Washington, PP. 33. Plates.

e. Lighthouses.

Adams, W. H. D. Lighthouses and lightships; a descriptive and historical account of their mode of construction and organization. London, 1878. 8o. PP. 326. Front., piates and wacts.

Elliot, G. H. Report of a tour of inspection of European light-house establishments, made in 1873. Washington, 1874. 8°. pp. 288. Plates and wdcts.

Reynaud, L. Memoir upon the illumination and beaconage of the coasts of France; translated by P. C. Hains. Washington, 1876. 4o. pp. 226. Plates and wdcts. (U. S.-Light house board.)

Memoir upon the light-house illumination of the coast of France; translated by T. A. Jenkins. Washington, 1871. 80, and Atlas of plates, 4o. (U. S.-Light house board.)

Instruc

United States-Light house board. tions and directions to light-house keepers and others belonging to the Light-house establishment. Jan., 1870. Washington, 1870. 8°. PP. 173. Same. 1871. 6th ed. Washington, 1871. 80. Plates.

List of illuminating apparatus and supplies in general use in the U. S. light-houses, lightedbeacons, and light-vessels, with directions for distributing supplies, etc. Washington, 1870. 8°. PP. 55.

List of light-houses, lighted beacons, and floating lights of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts of the United States, corrected to January 1, 1872. Washington, 1872. 4°. pp. 54.

List of lights on the northern lake and river coasts of the United States, corrected to January 1, 1872; and also of the English lights on the northern shores of those waters. [Washington, ] 1872. 4o. PP. 35.

Organization and duties of the Light-house board; and regulations, instructions, circulars and general orders of the light-house establishment of the United States. Washington, 1871. 8o. pp.

213.

f. Mechanical Engineering. Campin, F. A practical treatise on mechanical engineering, comprising metallurgy, moulding, casting, forging, tools, workshop machinery, mechanical manipulation, manufacture of the steam-engine, etc.; with an Appendix on the analysis of iron and iron ores; [and]: The construction of steam boilers, furnaces for smoke prevention, and explosions, by R. Armstrong, revised by J. Bourne; Rules for calculating the change wheels for screws on a turning lathe, and for a wheel-cutting machine, by J. La Nicca; The management of steel, by G. Ede. Philadelphia, 1877. 80. pp. 416. Plates and wdcts.

Clark, D. K. A manual of rules, tables, and data for mechanical engineers. 2d ed. London, 1878. 8o. pp. xxvii., 984.

g. Railroads.

Adams, C. F., jr. Notes on railroad accidents. New York, 1879. 12o. pp. viii., 279.

Railroads: their origin and problems. Re vised ed., with appendix. New York, [1878]. 120, ff. (2), pp. 230.

Bartels, H. Betriebs-einrichtungen auf amerikanischen Eisenbahnen. i. Berlin, 1879. 1879. 80. pp. xv.+, 267. Plates and wdcts.

Contents:- Bahnhofsanlagen und Signale.

Chevalier, M. Histoire et description des voies de communication aux États-Unis et des travaux d'art qui en dépendent. Paris, 1840-41. 2 v. in I. 4o.

Coutinho, J. M. da S. Estrada de Ferro do Recife ao S. Francisco; estudos definitivos de Una á Boa-Vista. Rio de Janeiro, 1874. 4o. pp. 155. Dowson, J. E. and A. Tramways: their construction and working. London, etc., 1875. 80. pp. 65+. Wdcts.

Dredge, J. The Pennsylvania railroad: ganization, construction, and management. don, 1879. 1. 4o. pp. xiv., f. (1), pp. 274. map, plates and wdets.

its or-
Lon-

Port..

Chiefly reproduced from Engineering'." Franqueville, C. de. L'état et les chemins de fer en Angleterre; Lettre au président de la Commission des annales des ponts et chaussées. Paris, 1880. 8o. pp. 32.

Hughes, S., H. Law, and J. F. Burgoyne. Rudimentary papers on the art of constructing and Hartwich, E. Erweiterungsbauten der rhein-repairing common roads. 4th ed. London, 1868. ischen Eisenbahn. i., iii. Berlin, 1867-69. 2 v. 120. pp. vi., 202.

fo. Plates.

Contents:-i. Die Rheinbrücke bei Coblentz. -iii. Eiserne Brücken.

Langdon, W. E. The application of electricity to railway working. London, 1877. 8°. pp. xv., 315. Plates and wdcts.

Marqfoy, G. Nouveau système d'appareils électriques destinées à assurer la sécurité des chemins de fer. Paris, 1858. 8o. pp. xiv., 64. Plates.

j. Sanitary Engineering.

ice in cities, villages, and rural neighborhoods, with Bayles, J. C. House drainage and water servincidental consideration of causes affecting the healthfulness of dwellings. New York, 1879. 8o. f. (1), PP. 351. Plates and wdcts.

Cain, W. Sanitary engineering. 2d ed. Raleigh, 1880. Pp. 86. Plates. (North Carolina Massachusetts-Board of railroad commission--Board of health. [Publications.]) ers. 4th annual report. 1873. Boston, 1873. 8°. Latham, B. Sanitary engineering; A guide to

pp. xii., 229.

or.

the construction of works of sewerage and house New York (State)-State engineer and survey-drainage, with tables. London, 1873. 80. ff. (4), Annual report [on railroads]. 1862, 66, 68, pp. 352. Plates and wdcts.

71, 73-75, 77-79. Albany, 1863-80. IO V. 80. Plates and maps.

State engineers and surveyors:-1862, 73, W. B. Taylor; 1866, J. P. Goodsell; 1868, '71, V. R. Richmond; 1874, 75, S. H. Sweet; 1877, J. D. Van Buren, jr.; 1878, 79, H. SeyThe reports were prepared by the deputy state engineer

mour.

and surveyor.

Ohio-Commissioner of railroads and telegraphs. Annual report. 1870. Columbus, 1870-71. 2 v. 8o. Contents:-i. Laws and charters. ii. Statistics.

Perdonnet, A. Traité élémentaire des chemins de fer. 3e éd. Paris, 1865. 4 v. 80. Port., maps, plates and wdcts.

Poor. H. V. Manual of the railroads of the United States; showing their mileage, stocks, bonds, cost, traffic, earnings, expenses and organizations; with an appendix. 1868-73. New York, 1868-73. 5 v. 8o.

Rae, J. Railways of New South Wales; report on their construction and working, 1872-75 inclusive. Sydney, N. S. W., 1876. fo Pp. 128. Diagrs, and maps.

Seymour, S. A review of the theory of narrow gauges as applied to main trunk lines of railway. New York, 1871. 80. PP. 56. Diagr.

k. Steam and Steam Engine.

Auchincloss, W. S. The practical application of the slide valve and link motion to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines, with new and simple methods for proportioning the parts. 7th ed. New York, 1880. 8o. pp. 170. Plates and

wdcts.

Baker, J. The mathematical theory of the steam engine, with rules and examples for the use of practical men. New ed. London, 1870. 120. PP. 118. Wdcts. (Weale's rudimentary series, 139.)

Bourne, J. A treatise on the steam-engine in its applications to mines, mills, steam navigation, railways, and agriculture; with theoretical investigations respecting the motive power of heat and the proper proportions of steam-engines, and practical illustrations; being the 7th ed. of "A treatise on the steam-engine," by the "Artisan club." London, 1866. 4o. pp. x., f. (1), pp. 495. Plates and

wdcts.

Buel, R. H.

Safety-valves. New York, 1875. 180. pp. 100. Wdcts. (Van Nostrand's science series, 21.)

Reprinted from Van
Burgh, N. P.
Phila-sidered. 4th ed.
121. Wdcts.

Trautwine, J. C. The field practice of laying out circular curves for railroads. 8th ed. delphia, 1873. 120. Pp. 108.

Vose, G. L. Manual for railroad engineers and engineering students, containing the rules and tables needed for the location, construction, and equipment of railroads, as built in the United States. Boston, 1873. 8o, and Atlas of plates.

Nostrand's engineering magazine.
The slide valve practically con-
London, 1872. 16o. pp. viii.,