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Causes of Pit Fires—Preventive Reifulatlons : (I) The Outhrcuk jnj HupiJ l-:xtcn>i<>n
of a Shiift Fire can be most reliably pre\cnled by l-Implnyinj; tittle or no Combuntihlc .Material
in the Construct!. in of the Shjft ; (J) Precautions for KaptJIy Localisin)^ an Outbreak of l-'ire in
the Shaft ; (;<) Precautions to be Adopted in case those under I and 'i Kail or Pro\c IncOicient.
Precautions a^.iinst Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. Precautions for Preventing; i-:xplimon» of
Firedamp and Coal Dust. Hmploymcnt of HIectricity m .Mining;, particularly in Fiery Pitn.
l-'xperiments on the l^;nition of Fire-damp .Mixtures and Clouds of Coal Dust by ICIeclncity —
Indications of an Existinir or Incipient Fire— Appliances lor Workinir i" Irreapirabla
Oases: Kespiratory Apparatus: Appar.itus with Air Supply Pipes; l<eser\riir .Apparatun:
Oxynen .Apparatus— ExtiniJ^uishlnii: Pit Fires: i'l) Chemical .Means; {!) t-lxtinction with
Water. DranH'iK down the Hurnin^; .Masses and I'ackinjj with Clay ; d ) Insulating; the Seat
of the Fire by Dams. Dam Uuildinj;. .Analyses of Fire Ciases. Isolating the Scat of a Fire
with Dams: Working in Irrcspirable Gases (" Gas-divinj; ") : Air-Lock Work. Complete
Isolation of the Pit. Floodin>; a Hurninj; Section isolated by means of Dams. Winiden
Dams: .Masonry Dams. l-:\;iniples of Cylindrical and Dome-shaped Dam*. Dam Doom:
Floodinj; the Whole I'lt — Rescue Stations: d/l Stations above Ground; (fc) UnderKrounJ
Rescue Stations— Spontaneous Itfnition of Coal In Bulk — Index.
VENTILATION IN MINES. By Rom.:kt \Vamm:k. Mining
Mni;inei.r. Tran^l;iteil froiii tbe Oerman. Koyal Svo. Thirty Plates
and Twenty-two Illustrations. 240 pp. Price 10s. (xl. net. (Post free,
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Contents.
The Causes of the Contamination of Pit Air The .Means of Pre\cntlntr the
Danfrers resulting from the Contamination of Pit Air Cuiculadni; the \ olume
of Xentilatins: Current necessary to free Pit Air from Ctmtnminntion Determination
of the Resistance Opposed to the Passage of Air throui;h the I'it Laws of Re-
sistance and i'ormula- therefor l-luctuations in the Temperament or Specific Re-
sistance ot a Pit Means for I'rov idin^- a \entilatini; Current in the Pit AU-chanl-
cal Ventilation Ventilators and Fans Determining: the Tiieoretlciil. Initial, and
True diffective' Depression of the Centriluk'al Fan New lypes of Centrifu;,;"! I an
of Small Diameter and Mii;h UOrkint; ."speed I tilisin;; the \ cntilntini..' Current to
the utmost Advanta^je and distributinj;- the same throuijh the U iirkini:s Artifici-
ally returdinc the \ entilatini; Current \ entilatin^ Preiiminar\ \\ orkin^rs Ullnd
Headinjjs Separate \ entilation Super\i>ion of \ entiliition Im> \
HAULAGE AND WINDING APPLIANCES USED IN
MINES. By Cakl Voi.k. Translated from the German.
l^oyal Svo. With Six Plates and I4S Illustrations. 150 pp. Price
8s. 6d. net. (Post free, 9s. home; 9s. '.id. abroad.)
Contents.
Haulage Appliances — Hopes — Haulage Tubs and Tracks — Cages and Winding Appliances —
Winding Engines for Vertical Shafts — Winding without Hopes — Maulage in Levels and
Inclines — The Working of Underground Engines — .Machinery for Downhill Haulage.
Dental Metallurgy.
DENTAL METALLURGY: MANUAL FOR STUDENTS
AND DENTISTS. By A. B. Gkii i rms. Ph.D. Demy
8vo. Thirty-six Illustrations. '2W pp. Price 7s. Ixl. net. (Post free,
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Contents.
Introduction — Physical Properties of the Metals — .Action of Certain Agents on .Metals —
Alloys — .Action of Oral Bacteria on .AIIo>s — Theory and Varieties of Blowpipes — Fluxes —
Furnaces and Appliances — Heat and Temperaiture — Gold — .Mercury— Silver — Iron — Copper
Zinc — .Magnesium — Cadmium — Tin - Lead — Aluminium — .Antimony — Bismuth — Palladium —
Platinum — Iridium — Nickel — Practical Work — Weights and .Measures.
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Engineering, Smoke Prevention
and Metallurgy.
THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE. Combined with the
Economical Combustion of Fuel. By \V. C. Popplewell, M.Sc,
A.M.Inst., C.E., Consulting Engineer. Forty-six Illustrations. 190 pp.
DemySvo. Price7s.6d.net. (Post free, 7s. lOd. home ; 8s. 3d. abroad.)
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Fuel and Combustion — Hand Firing in Boiler Furnaces — Stoking by IVlechanical Means —
Powdered Fuel — Gaseous Fuel — Efficiency and Smoke Tests of Boilers — Some Standard
Smoke Trials — The Legal Aspect of the Smoke Question — The Best Means to be adopted for
the Prevention of Smoke — Index.
GAS AND COAL DUST FIRING. A Critical Review of
the Various Appliances Patented in Germany for this purpose since
1885. By Albert Putsch. 130 pp. Demy 8vo. Translated from the
German. With 103 Illustrations. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. lOd.
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Contents.
Generators — Generators Employing Steam — Stirring and Feed Regulating Appliances —
Direct Generators — Burners — Regenerators and Recuperators — Glass Smelting Furnaces —
Metallurgical Furnaces — Pottery Furnace— Coal Dust Firing — Index.
THE HARDENING AND TEMPERING OF STEEL
IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Fridolin Reiser.
Translated from the German of the Third Edition. Crown 8vo.
120 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
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Steel— Chemical and Physical Properties of Steel, and their Casual Connection-
Classification of Steel according to Use— Testing the Quality of Steel — Steel-
Hardening— Investigation of the Causes of Failure in -Hardening— Regeneration of
Steel Spoilt in the Furnace — Welding Steel— Index.
SIDEROLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF IRON (The Con-
stitution of Iron Alloys and Slags). Translated from German of
Hanns Freiherr v. JiJPTNER. 350 pp. Demy 8vo. Eleven Plates
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The Theory of Solution. — Solutions — Molten Alloys — Varieties of Solutions — Osmotic
Pressure — Relation between Osmotic Pressure and other Properties of Solutions — Osmotic
Pressure and Molecular Weight of the DissoKed Substance — Solutions of Gases — Solid Solu-
tions — Solubility — Diffusion — Electrical Conductivity — Constitution of Electrolytes and Metals
— Thermal Expansion. Micrography. ^ — Microstructure — The Micrographic Constituents of
Iron — Relation between Micrographical Composition, Carbon-Content, and Thermal Treat-
ment of Iron Alloys — The Microstructure of Slags. Chemical Composition of the Alloys
of Iron. — Constituents of Iron Alloys — Carbon — Constituents of the Iron Alloys, Carbon —
Opinions and Researches on Combined Carbon — Opmions and Researches on Combined
Carbon — Applying the Curves of Solution deduced from the Curves of Recalescence to the De
termination of the Chemical Composition of the Carbon present in Iron Alloys — The Constitu-
ents of Iron — Iron — The Constituents of Iron Alloys — Manganese — Remaining Constituents of
Iron Alloys — A Silicon — Gases. The Chemical Composition of Slag. — Silicate Slags —
Calculating the Composition of Silicate Slags— Phosphate Slags — Oxide Slags — Appendix —
Index.
EVAPORATING, CONDENSING AND COOLING AP-
PARATUS. Explanations, Formuhe and Tables for Use
in Practice. By E. Hausbrand, Engineer. Translated by A. C.
Wright, M.A. (O.xon.), B.Sc. (Lond.). With Twenty-one Illustra-
tions and Seventy-six Tables. 400 pp. DemySvo. Priccl0s.6d.net.
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Contents.
/s!t;Coefficient of Transmission of Heat, k/, and the Mean Temperature Difference, 01m —
Parallel and Opposite Currents — Apparatus tor Heating with Direct Fire — The Injection of
Saturated Steam — Superheated Steam — Evaporation by Means of Hot Liquids — The Trans-
ference of Heat in General, and Transference by means of Saturated Steam in Particular
— The Transference of Heat from Saturated Steam in Pipes (Coils) and Double Bottoms
— Evaporation in a Vacuum — The Multiple-effect Evaporator — Multiple-effect Ev jDorators
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Contents of " EvaporatlnK. CondenslnR and CoollriK
Apparatus". . •■.:,„<., .r
from which Kxtr.i Stc;»m is T.iUin Thu Wci^jht of Water which mu»t he I'.viiporuicJ (ri>ni
l(K) Kilos, of Lujiior in order iti Oriuinul IVrccntj^f of Dry MalcrMl* from liS per cent,
up to 'M-70 iHir cent. — The Hclativc l'ro|H>rti<in of the Hr;itin|> Surf.u.-^ hi m ■• I iniicnl*
of the .Multiple Kvaporator and their Actual Dimeniionn— The l'rc»- 'cnti
of Steum and (ias upon Floating Drop* of Water -The .Motion of I ' jtcr
upon which Press Currents <if Steam -The Splaiihinj{ of Hvaporatin^: -icter
of Pipes for Steam. .Alcohol. Vapour and Air— The Diameter of Wjter I'iih.^ I !.c Uiu
of Heat from App.iratus and I'ipes to the Surri>undinn Air, and .Mean* for PrevcntinK
the I»»s — Condensers — Heating Liuuids hy .Means of Ste.im -The Cootintt o( Liquid*—
The Volumes to be l-^xhausted from Condensers by the Air-pumps— A l-cw Kemark* tin Air-
pumps and the N'acua they I'roduce-The Volumetric l-^fliciency of Air-pump* -The Volume*
of Air M hicli must be l-'xhausied from a Vessel in order to Keduce its (Vinin.il I'resiiire to a
Certain Lower Pressure — Index.
Sanitary Pliinibin^, Electric
Wirint*, 3lctal Work, etc.
EXTERNAL PLUMBING WORK. A Treatise on . Lead
Work for Roofs. By Joii.N W. Hakt, K.P.C. 180 Illustrations. 272
pp. Demy Svo. Second I-!dition K'e\ised. Price 7s. (h1. net. (Post
tree. 7s. l('>d. honic : S-. .ibioad
HINTS TO PLUMBERS ON JOINT WIPING. PIPE
BENDING AND LEAD BURNING. Third Kdition,
Revised and Corrected. Hy John W . Hakt. R.P.C. 184 Illustrutions.
313 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. (id. net. (Post free, 8s. home; 8s. 6d.
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Contents.
Pipe Bending — Pipe liendinj; (continuedl — Pipe IVrndini; (continued) — Square Pipe
Bendint(s — Half-circular KIbows — Curved Hends on Square Pipe — IJosscd Ilcnds -Curved
Plinth Bends— Rain-water Shoe.s on Square IMpe— Curved and .Vnulc Bends — Square Pipe
Fixinjjs — Joint-wiping; — Substitutes for Wiped Joints— Prepannj; Wiped Joints- Joint Fixing;*
— PlumbinK Irons — Joint Fixings — Use of "Touch" in Soldering — Underhand Joints -Bloun
and Copper Bit Joints — Branch Joints— Branch Joints (continued) -Block Joints— Block
.loints (continued) — Block Fixings — Astragal Joints -Pipe Fixings -Large Branch Joint* —
Large L'nderhand Joints — Solders — Autogenous Soldering or Lead Burning — Index.
SANITARY PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE. By Joh.v
W. Hakt. Demy .Svo. With 20S Illustrations. J.SO pp. UIOI. I'riee
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Sanitary Surveys — Drain Testing — Dram Testing with Smoke — Testing Ui -. "nn '»> .ner
— Drain Plugs for Testing — Sanitary Delects— Closets — Baths and Lavatories — Houhc Drains
— .Manholes — Iron Soil Pipes — Lead Soil Pipes — Ventilating Pipes — Water-closets — Flushing
Cisterns — Baths — Bath Fittings — Lavatories — Lavatory F'lttings— Sinks— Waste Pipcn —
Water Supply — Ball Valves - rown House Sanitary Arrangements — Drainage — Jointing
Pipes — Accessible Drains — Iron Drains— Iron Junctions — Index.
ELECTRIC WIRING AND FITTING FOR PLUMBERS
ANDGASFITTERS. 1 ly Svi.m.v I-. \\ai.m;k, 1^.\ . .M.l i: i:..
.M.I.Min.E., A.M. Inst. C.lf:., etc., etc. Crown 8vo. ISO pp. With Illus-
trations and Tables. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. ;<d. home ; 5s. 6d.
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Chapter I., Electrical Terms Used. Pressure and Current -The Volt Ampere —
Electrical Kc-sistance -Earth Continuous and .Alternating Currents The Fleclric Circuit —
Leakage — Heating of Conductors — Size and Forms of Conductors The Kilowatt- Lorn* of
Pressure — .Arrangement of Conductors— Looping In- The Three Wire System Suitchc* —
Fuses— Circuit— Breakers. II.. The Insulation of Wires, Their Protection. FUlnr, etc.
— Conductors Insulated with Paper and Similar .Materials Sparking leiween ConJuclor*
— Dialite Insulation — Flexible Cords-Concentric Conductors Tw in Cimdiiclors Three Core
Cables — Fireproof Insulation for C< nductors Jointing T Joints Coxenng T Joints in Vul-
canized Rubber Cables. III. Fixing: the WIrlnif and Cables. Laying Out the Route The
Protection of the Wires and Cables Wood Casing .Metallic C<'nduit* .\on .Metallic Con-
ductors — Fixing the Cunduits and Running Wires in Them Drawing Wire into Tubc* - To
Avoid Shock. IV.. l..anips. The Incandescent Lamp Lamp Holders Lamp l-"itlin>;s The
Nernst Lamp. V.. Switches, Fuses, Distribution Boards, etc. The Electricity .Metcis—
Prepayment .Meters.
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THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING,
BURNISHING, LACQUERING AND BRONZING
BRASS WARE. By W. Xormax Browx. 35 pp. Crown
Svo. Price 2s. net. (Post free, 2s. 3d. home and abroad.)
A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING AND ENAMELLING
FOR CYCLES, BEDSTEADS, TINWARE, ETC. By
William Norman Brown. 52 pp. and Illustrations. Crown Svo.
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THE PRINCIPLES OF HOT WATER SUPPLY. By
John W. Hart, R.P.C. With 129 Illustrations. 177 pp., demy Svo.
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Water Circulation — The Tank System — Pipes and Joints — The Cylinder System — Boilers
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— Combined Independent and Kitchen Boiler — Combined Cylinder and Tank System with
Duplicate Boilers— Indirect Heating and Boiler Explosions — Pipe Boilers — Safety Valves —
Safety Valve? — The American System — Heating Water by Steam — Steam Kettles and Jets
— Heating Power of Steam — Covering for Hot Water Pipes — Index.
House Decorating and Painting.
THREE HUNDRED SHADES AND HOW TO MIX
THEM. For Architects, Painters and Decorators. By A.
Desaint, Artistic Interior Decorator of Paris. The book contains 100
folio Plates, measuring 12 in. b}- 7 in., each Plate containing specimens
of three artistic shades. These shades are all numbered, and their
composition and particulars for mixing are fully given at the beginning
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HOUSE DECORATING AND PAINTING. By W.
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A HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ART. By W. Norman
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WORKSHOP WRINKLES for Decorators, Painters, Paper-
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Brewing and Botanical.
HOPS IN THEIR BOTANICAL, AGRICULTURAL
AND TECHNICAL ASPECT, AND AS AN ARTICLE
OF COMMERCE. By E.m.m.\ni;el Gkoss, Professor at
the Higher Agricultural College, Tetschen-Liebwerd. Translated
from the German. Seventy-eight Illustrations. 340 pp. Demy Svo.
Price 12s. 6d. net. (Post free, 13s. home; 13s. 6d. abroad.)
Contents.
HISTORY OF THE HOP— THE HOP PLANT— Introductory— The Roots— The Stem—
and Leaves — Inflorescence and Flower: Inflorescence and Flower of the Male Hop; In-
florescence and Flower of the Female Hop — The Fruit and its Glandular Structure : The
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Fruit anil SceJ— PropaKatInn anJ Selcclmn nf ihe Hop— Varielie* of (he Hop (.1) Kc«l Hop* ;
(6) (irecn Hopn ; (i) Pale Green Ho,» — ClatsiKcation accordinK lo ihc IVri'»<f of Hir^fnij-
Early Au|{uhI Hops: Medium hlarly Hop«: Lale Hopn— Injurie* lo (jmu :' ^
Yellow, Summer or Sunbrand, Cones Dropping (Iff, Honej I)e«, Damj^
and Kam : V'e({etable Ivnemies of the Hop; Animal l-lncinic* of the Hop I ; .1
Hop!«— CULTIVATIO.N -The Kequiremonts of the Hop m KeK|>cct ot Lim..!., ->.. 1 j„j
Situation. Climate: Soil : Situation — Selection of Variety and Cut(int{i> -I'lantin^ a Hop
Garden: Drainage: Preparing the Ground: Markin^-iiul for Plantmt; : Plantinti. Cullivaimn
and Cropping of the Hop Garden in the First Year— Work to be Performed Annually in ih*
Hop Garden: Working the Ground: Cutting: The .\im-cultin({ System . The Proper Per-
formance of the Operation of Cutting;: Method of Cutting:: Close Cutting;, Ordinary Cultmn,
The Lon^ Cut, The Toppinjj Cut: Projx-r Se ison for Cutting Autumn Cutting, SpnnK
Cutting: Manuring: Trainini; the Hop Plant: Ptiled Gardens, Frame Training. Principal
Types of Frames: Pruning, Cropping, Topping, and Leaf Stripping the Hop Plant: Picking,
Drying and Magging -Principal and Subsidiary Utilisation of Hops and Hop (iardens— Lil«
of a Hop Garden : Subsequent Cropping -Cost of Production, Yield and Selling Prices.
Prcservutlon and Storag;e — Physical and Chemical Structure of the Hop Cone— Judging
the V:ilue of Hops.
Statistics of Production— The Mop I rude InJcv.
Timber and Wood Waste.
TIMBER: A Comprehensive Study of Wood in all its Aspects
(Commercial and Botanical), sho\vinj» the DitTcrcnt Applications and
Uses of Timber in \'arii)us Trades, etc. Translated from the F-'rench
of Paul Charpentikk. Royal 8vo. 4S7 pp. 17« Illustrations. Price
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Contents.
Physical and Chemical Properties of Timber— Composition of the Vegetable Hodics
— Chief HIements — .M. Fremy's Kesearches — Flcmentary' ()rf{an» of Plants and especially of
Forests — Different Parts of Wood Anatomically and Chemically Considered — General Pro-
perties of Wood— Description of the Different Kinds of Wood— Principal I-"ssences with
Caducous Leaves— Coniferous Kesinous Trees— Division ol the I'seful Varieties of Timber
In the Different Countries of the Olobe — l - ur<>pcan Timber — African Timber Asiatic
Timber— American Timber — Timber of Oceania — Forests— (General .Notes as to |-"orest-. •■.- -
Influence — Opinions as to Sylviculture — Improvement of Forests — L'nwiKKling and Ke
— Preservation of Forests — Bxploitation of Forests — Damage caused to I'orcsts — !>
Alterations The Preservation of Timber — Generalities — Causes and I'rogrcss .•; .>^-
terioration — History of Different Proposed I'roccsses — Dessication — Superlicial Carb<misation
of Timber — Processes by Immersion — Generalities as to Antiseptics himployed — Injection
Processes in Closed Vessels — The Moucherie System, liased upon the Displacement of the
Sap — Processes for .Making Timlier Uninflammable Applications of Timber —Generalities
— Working Timber — leaving — Timber for .NJines -Pailway Traverses — .Accessory Products —
Gums — Works of .M. Fremy — Kesins — Darks — Tan— Application of Cork— The Application of
Wood to Art and Dyeing — Different Applications of Wood — Hard Wood — Distillation of
Wood — Pyroligneous Acid — Oil of Wood — Distillation of Kesins — index.
THE UTILISATION OF WOOD WASTE. Translated from
the (icniian of I^knst IIlhiiakm). e'rown S\.). bt'Jpp. l-'ifty Illustra-
tions. Price 5s. net. (Post tree, .^s. 4il. home , Ss. M. abroad.)
Contents.
General Fiemarks on the Utilisation of Sawdust — l-^mploymenl of Sawdust as Fuel,
with and without Simultaneous Recovery of Charcoal and the I'roducts of Dislillalion —
Manufacture of Oxalic Acid from Sawdust — Process \»ith Soda Lye: Thorn's PriKess ;
Bohlig's Process — .Manufacture of Spirit (l-;thyl .Alcohol) from Wood Waste -I'alent l>)e»
(Organic Sulphides, Sulphur Dyes, or .Mcrcapto Dyes)— .Artificial Wood and Plastic Com-
positions from Sawdust — Production of Arlilicial WikkI Compositions for .Moulded De-
corations — limployment of Sawdust for DIasting I'owders and Gunpowders — t^mploymcnt
of Sawdust for Hriquettes — limployment of Sawdust in the Ceramic Industry and .is an
Addition to .Mortar — .Manufacture of I'apcr I'ulp from Wood— Casks— Various Applu..' i-
of Sawdust and Wood Kefuse — Calcium Carbide— .Manure— Wood .Mosaic Plaques I: â–
Stoppers — Parquetry — Fire-lighters — Carborundum — The Production of Wood Wool— It
Index,
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Building and Architecture.
THE PREVENTION OF DAMPNESS IN BUILDINGS;
with Remarks on the Causes. Nature and Effects of Saline, Efflores-
cences and Dry-rot, for Architects, Builders, Overseers, Plasterers,
Painters and House Owners. By Adolf Wilhelm Keim. Translated
from the German of the second revised Edition by M. J. Salter, F.I.C,
F.C.S. Eight Coloured Plates and Thirteen Illustrations. Crown 8vo.
115 pp. Price 5s. net. (Post free, 5s. 3d. home; 5s. 4d. abroad.)
HANDBOOK OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN ARCHI-
TECTURE AND BUILDING, AND THEIR ALLIED
TRADES AND SUBJECTS. By Augustine C. Passmore.
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The Preserving of Foods and
Sweetmeats.
THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOODS AND
SWEETMEATS. By A. Hausner. With Twenty-eight
Illustrations. Translated from the German of the third enlarged
Edition. Crown Svo. 225 pp. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free, 7s. 9d.
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Contents.
The Manufacture of Conserves — Introduction — The Causes of the Putrefaction of Food
— The Chemical Composition of Foods— The Products of Decomposition — The Causes of Fer-
mentation and Putrefaction — Preservative Bodies — The Various Methods of Preserving Food
— The Preservation of Animal Food — Preserving Meat by Means of Ice — The Preservation
of Meat by Charcoal — Preservation of Meat by Drying — The Preservation of Meat by the
Exclusion of Air — The Appert Method — Preserving Flesh by SmoUing — Quick Smoiiing — Pre-
serving Meat with Salt — Quick Salting by Air Pressure — Quick Salting by Liquid Pressure —
Gamgee's Method of Preserving .Meat — The Preservation of Eggs — Preservation of White
and Yolk of Egg — Milk Preservation — Condensed Milk — The Preservation of Fat — Manu-
facture of Soup Tablets— Meat Biscuits — Extract of Beef — The Preservation of Vegetable
Foods in General — Compressing Vegetables — Preservation of Vegetables by Apperfs Method
— The Preservation of Fruit — Preservation of Fruit by Storage — The Presenation of Fruit
by Drying — Drying Fruit by Artificial Heat — Roasting Fruit — The Preservation of Fruit with
Sugar — Boiled Preserved Fruit — The Preservation of Fruit in Spirit, Acetic Acid or Glycerine
— Preservation of Fruit without Boiling — Jam Manufacture — The .Manufacture of Fruit
Jellies — The Making of Gelatine Jellies — The Manufacture of "Sulzen " — The Preservation of
Fermented Beverages — The Manufacture of Candies — Introduction — The Manufacture of
Candied Fruit — The .Manufacture of Boiled Sugar and Caramel — The Candying of Fruit —
Caramelised Fruit — The Manufacture of Sugar Sticks, or Barley Sugar — Bonbon Making —
Fruit Drops — The Manufacture of Dragees — The Machinery' and Appliances used in Candy
.Manufacture— Dyeing Candies and Bonbons — Essential Oils used in Candy Making — Fruit
Essences — The Manufacture of Filled Bonbons, Liqueur Bonbons and Stamped Lozenges —
Recipes for Jams and Jellies — Recipes for Bonbon Making — Dragees— Appendix— Index.
RECIPES FOR THE PRESERVING OF FRUIT, VEGE-
TABLES AND MEAT. By E. Wagner. Translated
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Part I. Preserved Fruits. — Green Almonds — Gooseberries — Strawberries — Currants —
Cherries — Black Nuts — White Nuts — Apricots — Greengages— Pears — Peaches — Plums — Figs —
Melons — Apples — Chestnuts — Angelica — Pineapple. Canned Fruit. — Gooseberries — Cherries
^Apricots — Plums — Rhubarb. Glazed and Candied Fruits. — Glazing Fruit— Candied
Fruit — Blue Plums— Glazed Chestnuts — Glazed Pineapple Slices — Crystallised Strawberries.
Marmalades, Jams and Fruit Juices. — Strawberry Marmalade— Cherry Marmalade —
Jams — Fruit Jellies— Raspberrj- Juice — Cherry Juice -Lemon Syrup — Pineapple Juice. Fruit
Pulp for Ices. Citron Peel and Orange Peel. Part II. Preserved Vegetables. —
Asparagus — Peas — Beans — Carrots — Spinach — Artichokes — Tomatoes- .Mixed Vegetables —