X. MINING AND METALLURGY, continued: 3305 RÉAUMUR (René Antoine Ferchault de, de l'Académie; F.R.S.) L'ART de CONVERTIR le FER FORGÉ en ACIER, et l'Art d'adoucir le Fer Fondu, ou de faire des Ouvrages de Fer Fondu aussi finis que de Fer Forgé; with 17 folding plates, 4to. old calf (back damaged, and wanting plate 14 and pp. 449-56), 15s 1722 'The art of converting bar-iron into steel is well described by Réaumur in 1722, in his admirable treatise He made an extensive series of experiments on the subject, of which the records are worthy of being perused at the present day. His work is illustrated with engravings, in which cementation is represented similar in all essential respects to those which have so long been in operation in Sheffield', etc. etc. etc.-John Percy, F.R.S. It is also valuable for the plates illustrating contemporary apparatus and methods for converting iron into steel. 3306 REINSCH (Paulus Friedrich) NEUE UNTERSUCHUNGEN über die MIKROSTRUKTUR der STEINKOHLE des CARBON, der DYAS und TRIAS: Beiträge zur Aufhellung des Ursprunges und der Zusammensetzung dieser Mineralkörper, sowie zur Kenntniss des einfachsten Pflanzenlebens der Vorwelt; with 94 plates (1 folding), roy. 4to. hf. cl., £1. 10s (p. M. 50) Leipzig, 1881 REPORTS of the INSPECTORS of MINES of PENNSYLVANÍA—v. No. 181. 3307 RICHARDS (Robert Hallowell, Mass. Inst. Technology) ORE DRESSING, with 560 illustrations (including folding plate), 2 thick vols. sq. 8vo. cl., £1. 5s (p. £2. 2s nett) New York, 1905 The most complete work in English on the subject hitherto published. Two supplementary volumes were published in 1909 at £2. 2s nett. A very complete bibliography is added at the end of each chapter. 3308 RITTINGER (Peter Ritter v.) LEHRBUCH der AUFBEREITUNGSKUNDE, in ihrer neuesten Entwicklung und Ausbildung systematisch dargestellt, mit I. Nachtrag, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. in 1, hf. calf neat, with Atlas, containing 41 folding plates, 2 vols. impl. 4to. boards—4 vols. in 3, 14s (p. M. 34 unbound) Berlin, 1867-71 3309 ROGERS (Samuel Baldwyn, Nant-y-Glo) ELEMENTARY TREATISE on IRON METALLURGY, up to the Manufacture of Puddled Bars, built upon the Atomic System of Philosophy, etc., comprising Suggestions relative to important Improvements in the Manufacture of Iron and Steel, and the Conduct of extensive Iron Works, with Analytical Tables of Iron-Making Materials, 20 plates (2 folding), 8vo. (pp. 556), cl. (scarce), 9s (p. £1. 5s) 1858 Containing an interesting account of the author's invention of iron bottoms to puddling furnaces, which is extensively quoted in Dr. Percy's 'Metallurgy of Iron and Steel'. According to the latter the author'died in absolute penury at the age of 85'. 3310 ROSE (Thomas Kirke, Assayer of the Mint) The METALLURGY of GOLD; 4th Edition, [enlarged], with frontispiece and 94 illustrations (including folding plates), thick 8vo. cl., 7s 6d (p. £1. 1s) 3311 1902 cl., 9s 1906 FIFTH EDITION [enlarged], with frontispiece and 104 illustrations, thick 8vo. (p. £1. 1s) Containing a long bibliography at end, which includes many interesting works of historical interest. The most complete description of the chlorination process which has yet been published.'-Mining Journal. 3312 SAGE (Balthazar Georges, de l'Institut) L'ART d'ESSAYER l'OR et l'ARGENT; Tableau comparé de la COUPELLATION des Substances métalliques, par le Moyen du PLOMB ou du BISMUTH: Procédés pour obtenir l'Or plus pur que par la Voie du Départ; with 4 folding plates on copper, 8vo. old mottled calf extra (loose in cover); rare, 12s Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1780 Sage peut être regardé comme ayant créé la docimasie en France, et c'est là son plus beau titre de gloire.'-Biogr. Gén. He was the first to mention in this work that ferrocyanide of potassium may be obtained in solid form. 3313 SAWYER (Arthur Robert, H.M. Inspector of Mines) ACCIDENTS in MINES in the NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE COALFIELD, arising from FALLS of ROOF and SIDES: their Causes, and the Means of diminishing their Frequency, with 302 illustrations (many coloured), roy. 8vo. cl., with Sir W. Gresley's auto., notes, and references, 10s 6d (p. £1. ls) Hanley, 1886 3314 SCHNABEL (Carl) HANDBOOK of METALLURGY, translated [with Additions] by HENRY LOUIS, with 927 woodcuts, 2 thick vols. large 8vo. cl., 14s (p. £2. 2s nett) 1898 'The most recent and most exhaustive work on the subject in any language.'-Translator. It does not contain the metallurgy of iron and steel. SCHOOL of MINES QUARTERLY- -v. No. 189. 1911 3315 SEDDON (William) COAL MINING made EASY, SAFE, and HEALTHY, with numerous plates (mostly COLOURED), roy. folio, cl., £1. ls Manchester, 1887 The author writes from Ashton-under-Lyne that this book is the fruit of his labour for over fifty years in all kinds of mines. 3316 SEXTON (Alexander Humboldt, Prof. Metallurgy, Glasgow) ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK of METALLURGY; 5th [latest] Edition, with 71 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 6s) 3317 SMEE (Alfred, F.R.S., Surgeon to the Bank of England; author of My Garden') ELEMENTS of ELECTRO-METALLURGY, or the Art of Working in Metals by the Galvanic Fluid; 2nd Edition, considerably enlarged, with 5 specimens of electrotype, and 37 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (scarce), 8s 6d 1843 'An important work, dealing with the laws regulating the reduction of metals in different states, as well as a description of the processes for platinating and palladiating, so that reliefs and intaglios in gold can be readily obtained. Smee was also the first to discover the means by which perfect reverses in plaster could be made by rendering the plaster nonabsorbent.'-D. N. B. 3318 SOMERMEIER (E. E., Ohio State Univ.) COAL: its Composition, Analysis, Utilization, and Valuation, with 8 illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 8s 6d nett) New York, 1912 3319 SOPWITH (Thomas, C.E., F.R.S.) TREATISE on ISOMETRICAL DRAWING, as applicable to GEOLOGICAL and MINING PLANS, Picturesque Delineations of Ornamental Grounds, Perspective Views and Working Plans of Buildings and Machinery, and to general Purposes of Civil Engineering; with Details of improved Methods of Preserving Plans and Records of Subterranean Operations in Mining Districts, first edition, with engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and 32 copperplates, 8vo. cl., 10s 6d 1834 'The book met with a marked success, and it is somewhat a matter of surprise that it has not to this day retained its place as an educational work.'-Sir B. W. Richardson. X. MINING AND METALLURGY, continued : 3321 SPAN (Sebastian) SECHSHUNDERT BERG- URTHEL, SCHIED, und WEISUNGE, bey vorgefallenen Bergwercks Differentien unterschiedener Orten, so wol informatoriè als ad Acta gesprochen, neben Bergmännischen Bericht bey jedwedern Titul und Materi, nebst CHURFÜRSTLICHER SÄCHSISCHER BERG-ORDNUNG; printed in gothic letter, folio (pp. 196 + 40), sewn (very rare), £1. 10s Wolffenbüttel, 1673 3322 SPRETSON (N. E) PRACTICAL TREATISE on CASTING and FOUNDING; including Descriptions of the Modern Machinery employed; 2nd Edition, with 82 plates, thick Svo. cl. (cover damaged); o. p., 6s (p. 18s) 3323 1880 1892 SIXTH EDITION, with 82 plates, thick 8vo. cl., 7s 6d 3324 STUART (Douglas McDonald Douglas, F.G.S.) COAL DUST an EXPLOSIVE AGENT: as shown by an Examination of the CAMERTON EXPLOSION, with 7 folding plates, 4to. cl., 6s 1894 3325 STYFFE (Knut, Roy. Technological Inst., Stockholm) The ELASTICITY, EXTENSIBILITY, and TENSILE STRENGTH of IRON and STEEL, translated with original Appendix, by CHRISTER P. SANDBERG, with Preface by JOHN PERCY, M.D., F.R.S., with 9 folding plates, 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), 10s 1869 Containing a copious store of facts, established by careful and trustworthy experiments,'-Dr. Percy, F.R.S. 3326 TARR (Ralph Stockman, Cornell Univ.) ECONOMIC GEOLOGY of the UNITED STATES, with briefer Mention of FOREIGN MINERAL PRODUCTS, 2 plates, chart, and 27 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 16s nett) New York, 1894 3327 SECOND EDITION, with 2 plates, chart, and 27 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (o. p.), 7s 6d ibidem, 1895 With bibliography of mining and metallurgy. 3328 TAYLOR (John, F.R.S.): RECORDS of MINING, edited by JOHN TAYLOR, F.R.S., F.G.S., etc., Part I (all pub.), with 17 fine copperplates (many folding), 4to. hf. calf gilt (SCARCE), £1. ls 1829 Containing the following contributions by the Editor: Prospectus of a School of Mines in Cornwall; On Pumps used in Mines; Retorts for the Distillation of the Mercury from Amalgamated Metals; W. Brunton's Patent Calcining Furnace : On the Duty of Steam Engines; Tables exhibiting the Quantities of Copper, Tin, etc. produced in Gt. Britain; also two articles by JOHN HENRY VIVIAN, F.R.S.: The Process of Amalgamation as practised at Freyberg; and On the Smelting of Silver Ores. 3329 TECKLENBURG (Theodor S.) HANDBUCH der TIEFBOHRKUNDE; with portrait, 158 fine plates and 301 woodcuts, COMPLETE in 6 vols. impl. 8vo. seun, £1. 5s (p. M. 86) Leipzig, 1886-96 The standard work on the technics of boring. It comprises: I. Das englische, deutsche und canadische Bohrsystem: II. Spülbohrsystem: III. Diamantbohrsystem: IV. Seilbohrsystem (Brunnenbohren): V. Horizontal- und Geneigt bohren u. s. w.: VI. Schachtbohren. 3330 TONGE (James) COAL [its Natural History and Uses], with 46 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 6s nett) UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-v. No. 207. 1907 1902 GEOLOGICAL and GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY-v. No. 208. 3331 WATT (Alexander) The ELECTRO-PLATING and ELECTRO-DEPOSITION of METALS: a new Edition of Electro-Deposition', revised and largely rewritten by ARNOLD PHILIP, F.I.C., with plates and numerous other illustrations, thick large cr. 8vo. cl., 7s 6d (p. 12s 6d nett) 3332 WEDDING (Hermann) GRUNDRISS der EISENHÜTTENKUNDE, 4. umgearbeitete Auflage; with 2 folding plates, and 205 other illustrations, 8vo. sewn, 5s (p. M. 10) Berlin, 1901 3333 WEBSTER (John, practitioner in physic and chirurgery; author of The Desplaying of Supposed Witchcraft') METALLOGRAPHIA: or an HISTORY of METALS, wherein is declared the signs of Ores and Minerals both before and after digging, the causes and manners of their generations, their kinds, sorts, and differences; with the description of sundry NEW METALS, or SemiMetals, and many other things pertaining to Mineral knowledge, as also, the handling and shewing of their Vegetability, and the discussion of the most difficult Questions belonging to MYSTICAL CHEMISTRY, as of the PHILOSOPHERS GOLD, their Mercury, the Liquor Alkahest, Aurum potabile, and such like, gathered forth of the most Authors that have written in Greek, Latine, or HighDutch; with some Observations and Discoveries of the Author himself, sm. 4to. (pp. 404), large and sound copy in contemporary sheep (back slightly damaged); or, hf calf RARE), £1. 15s Walter Kettilby, 1671 3334 ANOTHER COPY, old calf (slightly water-stained, otherwise a LARGE AND FINE COPY), with old armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope, Bart., £2. This copy did not belong to Johnnie Cope of Preston Pans. The book is one of the earliest English works on metallurgy. It is dedicated to Prince Rupert. Pp. 25-39 contain an interesting account of those Authors [chiefly Alchemists] that have treated of Metals and Minerals.' There are also several chapters on Alchemy, and pp. 356-88 of the Transmutation of Metals.' 3335 WOODWORTH (Joseph V.) DIES, their Construction and Use for Modern Working of Sheet Metals: a Treatise on the Design, Construction and Use of Dies, Punches, Tools, Fixtures and Devices, with the Manner in which they should be used in the Power Press, for the Cheap and Rapid Production of Sheet Metal Parts and Articles, with 505 illustrations, large 8vo. cl., 8s (p. 14s nett) New York, 1903 3336 HARDENING, TEMPERING, ANNEALING, and FORGING of STEEL: a Treatise on the Practical Treatment and Working of High and Low Grade Steel, with 201 illustrations, large 8vo. cl., 6s 6d (p. 12s 6d nett) ibidem, 1903 XI. ENGINEERING: 3337 ANDERSON (Sir William, Director-General of Ordnance) On the CONVERSION of HEAT into WORK: a practical Handbook on Heat-Engines; 2nd [last] Edition, enlarged, with 62 illustrations (including plates), cr. 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 5s nett) 1889 XI. ENGINEERING, continued:- 3339 ADAMS (Alton D., M.A.I.E.E.) ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION of WATER POWER, with 105 illus 1915 'Presenting in as simple a method as is consistent with accuracy, the principles which underlie the design of machines and structures from the standpoint of their strength.'-Preface. 3342 ANDREWS (Leonard, M.I.E.E.) ELECTRICITY CONTROL: a Treatise on ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR and Systems of ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION, with 2 plates and 201 text-illustrations, sq. 8vo. cl. (o. p.), 78 6d (p. 12s 6d nett) 1904 A large proportion of the book is devoted to descriptions of various kinds of apparatus that have been abandoned, with, in many cases, a brief explanation of the reasons of failure.'-Preface. ARCHIVES des DÉCOUVERTES-v. No. 10. 3343 BAKENHUS (Reuben E., U.S.N.), Capt. Harry S. KNAPP, and Emory Richard JOHNSON, Univ. Penna. : The PANAMA CANAL: its History and Construction, and its Relation to the Navy, International Law, and Commerce, with 16 plates and 6 maps and plans, 8vo. cl., t. e. g., 6s 6d (p. 10s 6d nett) New York, 1915 3344 BAKER (Ira Osborn, Univ. Illinois) TREATISE on MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; 3rd Edition, with 6 folding plates, and numerous woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s (p. £1. 5s) New York, 1890 3345 BARBER (Thomas Walter, C.E.) The REPAIR and MAINTENANCE of MACHINERY: a Handbook of Practical Notes and Memoranda, with 417 illustrations, 8vo. cl. (o. p.), 5s (p. 10s 6d) 1895 3346 BEDELL (Frederick, Cornell Univ.) The PRINCIPLES of the TRANSFORMER, with folding plate and 250 other illustrations, 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 13s nett) New York, 1896 3347 BÉLIDOR (Bernard Forest de; F.R.S.) ARCHITECTURE HYDRAULIQUE, ou l'Art de conduire, d'élever et de ménager les Eaux pour les différens Bésoins de la Vie; with fine frontispieces and vignettes by RIGAUD, and 221 folding plates of Waterworks, 4 vols. roy. 4to. old hf. calf, uncut (RARE), £1. 5s 1737-53 ANOTHER COPY, 4 vols. contemporary tree-calf gilt (FINE COPY), £1. 12s 6d ANOTHER COPY, 4 vols. contemporary English mottled calf extra, with large and very fine armorial bookplate of the Earl of Marchmont, 1725 (TALL AND VERY FINE COPY), £2. 2s ORIGINAL EDITION, with best impressions of the plates, and on this account preferred to the later ones. 'Ouvrage très-recherché, et qui n'a pas été effacé par ceux qu'on a faits depuis.'-Biogr. Gén. Un trésor de recherches et de machines que l'histoire de l'hydraulique doit toujours annoncer et célébrer.'-Montucla. It is still valuable as a complete storehouse of contemporary hydraulic machinery. 3348 3349 3350 15s The best edition. La SCIENCE des ÎNGÉNIEURS, dans la Conduite des Travaux de Fortification et d'Architecture Civil, nouvelle Édition, avec des Notes, par [CLAUDE LOUIS MARIE Henry] Navier, de l'Institut; with 53 fine folding copperplates, roy. 4to. handsomely bound in contemporary calf extra, g. e. (FINE COPY), with auto. letter from the editor to George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., 1813 3351 BELL (Louis) The ART of ILLUMINATION [by Gas and Electricity, with Chapter on Photometry], frontispiece and 127 other illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 10s 6d nett) New York, 1902 3352 BENISCHKE (Gustav; Technische Hochschule, Charlottenburg) Die WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN GRUNDLAGEN der ELEKTROTECHNIK; 2. [neueste] erweiterte Auflage von Magnetismus und Elektrizität'; with 489 illustrations, 8vo. sewn, 7s (p. M. 12) Berlin, 1907 3353 BENJAMIN (Park, M.A.S.M.E., M.A.I.E.E.), MODERN MECHANISM, exhibiting the latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and the Transmission of Power, edited by, with plates and hundreds of woodcuts, impl. 8vo. (pp. 930), cl. (o. p.), 10s (p. £1. 10s nett) 1892 'A comprehensive description of American mechanism exhibiting the latest progress.'-Sonnenschein. 3354 BESSON (Jacques) THEATRUM INSTRUMENTORUM et MACHINARUM, cum FRANCISCI BEROALDI Figurarun Declaratione demonstrativa; title within fine allegorical woodcut border, and 60 large plates, roy. folio, old hf. calf gilt (title and a number of ll. mended and water-stained); RARE, £2. 28 Lugduni, Barth. Vincentius, 1578 The predacious M. Libri gives the following description in his Sale Catalogue: An important work, containing a great number of fine large plates, exhibiting various inventions for the suspending of carriages, for fire-engines, for musical instruments (this work is not mentioned by Fétis), a new press for impressing coloured cloths, etc.' 3355 3356 THEATRE des INSTRUMENS MATHEMATIQUES et MECHANIQUES, avec Interpretation des Figures d'iceluy par FRANÇOIS BEROALD; with title within woodcut border, and 60 large plates, illustrating many ingenious mechanical devices, folio, FINE COPY in old hf. calf (RARE), £3. 3s ibidem, apud eundem, 1578 'Il inventa, pour des démonstrations mathématiques, plusieurs instruments ingénieux.'-Biogr. Gén. Il THEATRO de gli' INSTRUMENTI e MACHINE, con una brieve necessaria Dichiaration Dimostratiua, di FRANCESCO BEROALDO; sù tutte le Figure, che vi son comprese, nuovamente di Latino in volgare Italiano tradotto e di moltisime Additioni per tutto Aummentato et illustrato pel Signor GIULIO PASCHALI Messinese; with title within woodcut border, and 60 large plates, illustrating many ingenious mechanical devices, folio, old vellum (slightly stained); RARE, £2. 2s ibidem, apud eundem, 1582 3357 BJÖRLING (Philip R.) BRITISH PROGRESS in PUMPS and PUMPING ENGINES, with 97 illustrations, impl. 8vo. boards, 3s (p. 6s nett) 3358 3359 1905 PUMPS historically, theoretically, and practically considered, with 156 illustrations, cr. 8vo. 3s (p. 7s 6d) 1890 WATER and HYDRAULIC MOTORS, with 208 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 4s 6d (p. 9s) 1894 XI. ENGINEERING, continued : 3361_BÖCKLER (Georg Andreas) THEATRUM MACHINARUM NOVUM, exhibens Aquarias, Alatas, Jumentarias, Manuarias; Pedibus, ac Ponderibus versatiles, plures, et diversas Molas; etc. etc. etc., ex Germaniâ in Latium translatum Operâ HENRICI SCHMITZ; with engraved title and 154 large plates, folio, hf. calf gilt (a few plates mended, otherwise a FINE AND LARGE COPY); RARE, £2.2s Coloniæ Agrippinae, 1662 3362 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary calf (slightly water-stained, otherwise a sound and very tall copy), with autos. of JOHN and GEORGE RENNIE, FF.R.S., £1. 18s 6d A very curious work indispensable to the historian of engineering, illustrating every variety of Mills, Waterworks, Pumps, etc., from the earliest times to the period of its publication. A fine work.'-H. Dircks, who describes at length in his Perpetuum Mobile, 2nd Series, three models of 'water-screws' with perpetual motion contained in it. The Beaufoy copy fetched £3. 10s in 1908. 3363 BORGNIS (Giuseppe Antonio; Univ. Pavia) TRAITÉ COMPLET de MÉCANIQUE appliquée aux ARTS, contenant l'Exposition Méthodique des Théories et des Expériences les plus utiles pour diriger le Choix, l'Invention, la Construction et l'Emploi de toutes les Espèces de MACHINES; with 249 fine folding plates on copper, 10 vols. 4to. contemporary hf. calf (nice copy), £2. 2s 1818-23 CONTENU-I. Composition des Machines: II. Mouvement des Fardeaux; III. Machines que l'on employe dans les Constructions diverses: IV. - Hydrauliques: V. d'Agriculture: VI. employées dans diverses Fabrications: VII. qui servent à confectionner les Étoffes: VIII. qui imitent on facilitent les Fonctions des Corps Animés et des Machines Théâtrales: IX. Théorie de Mécanique Usuelle: X. Traité élémentaire de Construction appliquée à l'Architecture Civile. 3364 VOLS. I-IX ONLY, 9 vols. 4to. calf gilt, g. e. (some joints cracked), £1. 12s 6d 3365 BOVEY (Henry Taylor; F.R.S., McGill Univ.) THEORY of STRUCTURES and STRENGTH of MATERIALS, 3rd Edition, with diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 852), cl. (o. p.), 15s (£1. 11s 6d nett) New York, 1900 3366 BOX (Thomas) PRACTICAL TREATISE on the STRENGTH of MATERIALS, including their Elasticity and Resistance to Impact; 3rd [final] Edition, with 27 plates (some folding), thick cr. 8vo. cl., 7s 6d (p. 12s 6d nett) 1893 3367 BRESSE (Jacques Antoine Charles, École des Ponts et Chaussées) COURS de MÉCANIQUE APPLIQUÉE, 2o [dernière] Édition, 3 vols. 8vo., with Atlas, containing 24 double plates, 4to.-in all 4 vols. hf. French morocco neat (nice copy); SCARCE WITH ATLAS, £1. 1s 1866-8-5 CONTENU :-I. Résistance des Matériaux et Stabilité des Constructions: II. Hydraulique: III. Calcul des Moments de Flexion dans une Poutre à plusieurs Travées solidaires, with Atlas. 3368 BRIGHT (Charles, F.R.S.E., M.I.C. E.) SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS: their History, Construction, and Working, with numerous plates (many folding), woodcuts, and maps, thick impl. 8vo. cl., £1. ls (p. £3. 3s nett) 'The English classic on submarine telegraphy.'-Engineer. 1898 The author is the youngest son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, who laid the first Atlantic cable in 1858 at the age of 26. A UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT: 3369 BRINDLEY (James), The ORIGINAL DIARIES of, from Dec., 1759 to March, 1760, Sept., 1761 to Dec., 1762, and Oct., 1763 to Nov., 1763, the Original Manuscript on about 100 pages, with fs. letter, and 2-p. fs. from his Diary, and plan of the Bridgewater Canal; IN THE 3 ORIGINAL NOTE-BOOKS, 18mo. boards, £6. 10s 1759-63 A highly interesting relic of one of the earliest English engineers, containing memoranda in connexion with his pioneer work in navigable canals, and his invention of an improved Newcomen engine. The great reputation of Brindley was gained in civil engineering. Having been called in by the Duke of Bridgewater in 1759 to advise upon the project for forming a canal by which the produce of the Worsley coal-mines could be cheaply transported to Manchester, he produced a plan of striking originality, including the construction of an aqueduct by which the canal was to be carried over the river Irwell. This canal was the first of any importance in England, and formed the commencement of the system of inland navigation in this country. Brindley's next work was the Bridgewater Canal connecting Manchester and Liverpool, and this was soon followed by numerous others." 'He remained to the last illiterate, hardly able to write and quite unable to spell. He did most of his work in his head, without written calculations or drawings, and when he had a puzzling bit of work he would go to bed and think it out'.-D. N. B. 3370 BRION (G.; Bergakademie Freiberg) LEITFADEN zum ELEKTROTECHNISCHEN PRAKTIKUM ; with 380 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 7s (p. M. 11) Leipzig, 1910 3371_BROWN (Sir Robert Hanbury, R.E., M.I.C.E.) IRRIGATION: its Principles and Practice as a Branch of Engineering, with plates and numerous text-illustrations, 8vo. cl., 8s (p. 16s nett) 1907 Largely based on examples in India, where, in spite of Sir Rabindranath Tagore, we have perhaps been of some little use to the people. The Aswan dam is included, with an interesting view from a photograph taken by the author the day after its inauguration. 3372 3373 BRUNEL (Sir Marc Isambard, F.R.S.) NEW PLAN of TUNNELLING a ROADWAY under the THAMES-V. SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS, No. 396. MEMOIRS of the LIFE of, by RICHARD BEAMISH, F.R.S., with fine steel portrait by Adlard, 8 plates, and 8 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (scarce), 8s ANOTHER COPY, hf. maroon morocco neat, t. e. g. (nice copy), 10s 6d 1862 Sir M. I. Brunel, father of his yet more distinguished son ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL, creator of the Great Western Railway, will always be remembered as the engineer of the THAMES TUNNEL (1825-43), of which, as well of his many inventions (including the tunnelling-shield) and constructions, the above work-his only connected biography-contains full descriptions. 3374 BUHLE (Max, Technische Hochschule, Dresden) MASSENTRANSPORT: ein Hand- und Lehrbuch über Förder- und Lagermittel für Sammelgut; with 895 illustrations, impl. 8vo. sewn, 128 (p. M. 20) Stuttgart, 1908 3375 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, NOTES on, Part I (Elementary Course); 2nd Edition, with 325 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 10s 6d) 3376 3377 1883 PART III: MATERIALS, with 188 illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 5s (p. £1. 1s) PART IV: CALCULATIONS for BUILDING STRUCTURES; 7th Edition, with 597 illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 8s 6d (p. 13s nett) 1879 1908 Long one of the trustworthiest and best-known reference-books on its subject. XI. ENGINEERING, continued :- 3379 BUCHANAN (Robertson, C.E.) PRACTICAL ESSAYS on MILL WORK, and other Machinery, with Notes and additional Articles, containing new Researches on various Mechanical Subjects by THOMAS TREDGOLD; 3rd Edition, with Additions, by GEORGE RENNIE, F.R.S., numerous woodcuts and diagrams, roy. 8vo., and Atlas, with over 70 fine steel plates, roy. folio-2 vols. hf. roan, 15s (p. £2. 10s) 1841-50 LAST EDITION, containing an interesting preface (pp. 38), a life of Buchanan, an original essay by JAMES NASMYTH, the inventor of the Steam Hammer, 'Remarks on the Introduction of the Slide Principle in Tools and Machines,' etc. etc. 3380 BUCK (George Watson, M.I.C.E.) PRACTICAL and THEORETICAL ESSAY on OBLIQUE BRIDGES; 3rd Edition, revised by his Son, J. H. WATSON BUCK, with the Addition of Descriptions to Diagrams for facilitating their Construction, by W. H. BARLOW, with 13 folding plates, and diagrams, impl. 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 12s) 1880 "The standard work for all engineers regarding skew arches. It would be impossible to consult a better.'-Engineer. They were all but unknown in England before the Railway era, in whose early days some very fine ones were built, especially in brick, by Brunel and others. 3381 BURR (William Hubert, Columbia Univ.) The ELASTICITY and RESISTANCE of the MATERIALS of ENGINEERING; 7th [latest] Edition, thoroughly revised, with plates and numerous diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 947), cl., 17s 6d (p. £1. 11s 6d nett) New York, 1915 3382 BUTLER (H. J.) MOTOR BODIES and CHASSIS: a Text-Book dealing with the complete Car, with Foreword by LORD MONTagu of BeauliEU, with 39 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 6s nett) 1912 3383 BYRNE (Austin Thomas, C. E.) TREATISE on HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION: a Text-Book and Work of Reference for those engaged in the Location, Construction, or Maintenance of Roads, Streets, and Pavements; 2nd Edition, enlarged, with 251 woodcuts, large 8vo. (pp. 730), cl., 78 6d (p. £1. Is nett) New York, 1893 3384 CAMBRAY-DIGNY (Louis Guillaume de) DESCRIPTION d'une MACHINE à FEU, construite pour les SALINES de CASTIGLIONE, avec des Détails sur les Machines de cette Espéce les plus connües, et sur quelques autres MACHINES HYDRAULIQUES, suivie d'un MÉMOIRE sur la CONSTRUCTION des SALINES et sur la QUALITÉ des SELS, etc.; with 10 folding copperplates, besides folding tables, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (RARE), £l. ls 6 Parme, 1766 'L'Italie dut à Cambray-Digny le plan et la construction de la première machine à feu qui ait été exécutée au dela des monts. Elle fut destinée à amener les eaux de la mer dans les salines de Castiglione, malgré l'élévation des dunes qui séparent les salines du rivage. Il rendit compte de ses vues et des travaux entrepris sous sa direction dans la Description.' -Biogr. Gén. 3385 CAMP (W. M., Editor, Railway and Engineering Review') NOTES on TRACK: Construction and Maintenance; 2nd Edition, revised, with 551 illustrations, roy. 8vo. (pp. 1223), cl., 10s 6d published by the Author, Chicago, 1904 3386 CAMUS (François Joseph de, Gentilhomme Lorrain) TRAITÉ des FORCES MOUVANTES, pour la Pratique des Arts et Métiers, avec Explication de 20 MACHINES NOUVELLES et UTILES; with 8 folding plates, 8vo. old calf (rare), 12s 6d 1732 Son principal ouvrage. L'auteur y donne beaucoup d'indications sur les moyens de perfectionner les cabestans, ainsi que sur une meilleure trempe des métaux ; et il tire de ses théories plusieurs conséquences utiles pour la construction des mousquets, des gros canons, et des machines de toute sorte. On y trouve les descriptions de plusieurs mécanismes ingénieux une espèce de tamis, une grue basse à bec, pour creuser un canal ou élever une chaussée, une machine à battre les gros pilots par un treuil en forme de cabestan', etc. etc.-Biogr. Gén. 3387 CARPENTER (Rolla Clinton, Cornell Univ.) EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING, and MANUAL for TESTING, for Engineers and Students in Engineering Laboratories; 6th Edition, enlarged, with frontispiece and 335 woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl., 12s 6d (p. £1. 5s nett) New York, 1906 3388 CAUS (Isaac de) NEw and RARE INVENTIONS of WATER-WORKS, shewing the Easiest Waies to RAISE WATER HIGHER THen the Spring, by which Invention the Perpetual Motion is proposed, many hard Labours performed, and Varieties of Motions and Sounds produced; translated by JOHN LEAK, with engraved title and 26 plates, besides woodcuts, folio, boards (title, 2 ll. and 1 plate mended, and small corner torn off 3 plates, otherwise a FINE, LARGE, AND CLEAN COPY); very rare, with Shadwell Court Library bookplate, £5. 10s J. Moxon, 1659 THE VERY RARE ORIGINAL ENGLISH EDITION, unknown to Lowndes and Watt. The machines described are chiefly based on the hydraulic theorems published by SALOMON DE CAUS, the author's father (q. v. infra). They include engines 'to raise water by means of falling water' (a pet perpetuum mobile), 'to counterfeit the voice of small birds by means of water and air', 'an Engin which shall move of itself' [worked by the expansion of air heated by the sun, and therefore a prototype of all heat-engines], 'to represent divers birds which shall sing diversly when an owl turns towards them,' 'to make organs to sound alwaies when the sun shall be south', and many other ingenious contrivances. Pp. 1-16 comprise an explanation of hydraulic principles, illustrated by woodcuts. It would be unkind to perpetual-motioners to dwell on this work on Water-works being translated by a Leak! 3389 CAUS (Salomon de) Les RAISONS des FORCES MOUVANTES, avec diverses MACHINES, tant utilles que plaisantes, aus quelles sont adioints plusieurs Desseigns de GROTES et FONTAINES; with 2 engraved titles, and very numerous full-page and other engravings on copper, besides woodcuts, illustrating a great variety of curious Machinery, large folio, old calf, neatly rebacked (first engraved title slightly soiled, otherwise a FINE COPY); excessively rare, £8. 8s Francfort, Jan Norton, 1615 FIRST EDITION of this celebrated work. 'In the first part occur his enunciations of the theorems of the expansion and condensation of steam, and of the elevation of water by the application of heat, which have gained for him in some quarters the honour of being the first inventor of the steam engine It is almost certain that Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquis of Worcester, to whom this honour has also been ascribed, and later engineers, knew and developed the principles enunciated by de Caus.'-D. N. B. Cet ouvrage était depuis longtemps presque entièrement oublié lorsque M. ARAGO l'a remis en honneur en revendiquant pour son auteur le mérite de l'invention d'une véritable machine à vapeur propre à opérer les épuisements: or, pour constater avec certitude les droits de Salomon de Caus à cette précieuse découverte, il est important de produire la première édition du livre qui les lui donne. Cette édition de 1615 est peu commune en France'.-Brunet. 3390 CHAPIN (Charles Value, M.D.) MUNICIPAL SANITATION in the UNITED STATES, with 113 illustrations (including folding plate), thick roy. 8vo. cl., 10s 6d (p. £1.5s nett) Providence, R.I., 1901 |