Important New Series of Practical Volumes. Edited by

PAUL N. HAS LUCK. Each Book contains about 160 pages.

Cloth, $1.00 each. Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles. Contents. - Indigo

Colouring Matters. Logwood Colouring Matters. Natural Red and Yellow Colouring Matters. Aniline Colouring Matters. Azo Colouring Matters. Method of Devising Experiments in Dyeing, etc.

Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing. Contents.

- Cotton, Flax, Jute and China Grass. Wool, Silk. Cotton Bleaching. Linen Bleaching. Mercerising. Wool Scouring and Bleaching. Scouring and Bleaching Silk. Water. About Dyeing. Index.

Practical Brickwork. 368 Illustrations. Contents. - English and Flemish Bonds. Garden and Boundary Walks. Bonds for Square Angles. Excavations, Foundation and Footings. Junctions of Cross Walls. Reveals. Piers. Angle and other Bonds. Jointing and Pointing. Damp Proof Courses and Construction. Hollow or Cavity Walls. Chimneys and Fireplaces. Niches and Domes. Oriel Windows.

Practical Painters' Work. 45 Illustrations. Contents. - Objects, Principles, and Processes of Painting. Painters' Tools and Appliances. Materials used by Painters. Paint Mixing. Preparing Surfaces for Painting. Painting Woodwork. Painting Ironwork. Painting Stucco or Plaster. Distempering and Whitewashing". Colour Combinations. House Painting. Varnish and Varnishes. Stains and Staining Estimating and Measuring Painters' Work.

Practical Boot and Shoe Pattern Cutting and Clicking. 253

Illustrations. Contents. - Ladies' Boot and Shoe Patterns. Children's Boot and Shoe Pattern?. Gents' Boot Patterns. Long Work Patterns. Ladies and Gents' Glace' Kid Boot Clicking. Golosh Boot Clicking. Derby, Balmoral, and Latchet Boot Clicking. Patent and Enamel Boot and Shoe Clicking. Riding Boot Clicking. Elastic Side Boot and Shoe Clicking. Field Boot Clicking. Ladies' Fancy Shoe Clicking. Men's Heavy Boot Clicking. Long Work Clicking.

Sanitary Conveniences and Drainage. Numerous Illustrations.

Contents. - The Law as to Sanitary Conveniences. The Public Health Acts: Definitions of "Drain" and "Sewer." House Drainage Laws and Model Bye-laws. The Construction of Privies. Water Closets. Earth Closets. Construction of House Drains. Testing House Drains. Intercepting Traps. Bye-laws as to Ventilation.

Sanitary Construction in Building. Numerous Illustrations.

Contents. - Historical Summary of the Rise and Progress of Sanitary Science, and a Short Account of the Powers conferred by Legal Enactment. Soils, Subsoils, and Sites in Relation to Sanitary Building. Materials of Construction, considered from the Sanitary Point of View. Footings, Foundations and Damp-proof Courses. Stability of Walls. Roofs, Floors, Hearths and Staircases. Air Spaces and Ventilation.

Practical Draughtsmen's Work. 226 Illustrations. Contents. -

Drawing Boards. Paper and Mounting. Draughtsmen's Instruments. Drawing Straight Lines. Drawing Circular Lines. Elliptical Curves. Projection. Back Lining Drawings. Drawing to Scale and Preparing Maps. Making and Colouring Drawings.

Practical Staircase Joinery. 215 Illustrations. Contents. - Introduction: Explanation of Terms. Simple Form of Staircase. House Stringed Stair. Measuring, Planning, and Setting Out. Two-flight Staircase. Staircase with Winders at Bottom. Staircase with Winders at Top and Bottom. Staircase with Half-space of Winders. Staircase Over an Oblique Plan. Staircase with Open or Cut Strings. Cut String Staircase with Brackets. Winding Staircases. Ships' Staircases.

Practical Metal Plate Work. 247 Illustrations. Contents.- Materials used in Metal Plate Work. Geometrical Construction of Plane Figures. Geometrical Construction and Development of Solid Figures. Tools and Appliances Used in Metal Plate Work. Soldering and Brazing. Tinning. Re-tinning and Galvanising. Examples of Practical Metal Plate Work.

Practical Gas Fitting. 120 Illustrations. Contents. - How Coal Gas is Made. Coal Gas from the Retort to the Gas Holder. Gas Supply from Gas Holder to Meter. Laying the Gas Pipe in the House. Gas Meters. Gas Burners. Incandescent Lights. Gas-Fitting in Workshops and Theatres. Gas Fitting for Festival Illuminations. Gas Fires and Cooking Stoves.

Practical Graining and Marbling. 76 Illustrations. Contents.-

Introduction, Tools, and Mechanical Aids. Graining Grounds and Graining Colours. Oak Graining in Oil. Oak Graining in Spirit and Water Colours. Pollard Oak and Knotted Oak Graining. Maple Graining. Mahogany and Pitchpine Graining. Walnut Graining. Fancy Wood Graining. Furniture Graining. Imitating Woods by Staining. Imitating Inlaid Woods. Marbling : Introduction, Tools, and Materials, etc. etc.

Painters' Oils, Colours, and Varnishes. 51 Illustrations. Contents. - Painters' Oils and Vehicles. Colour and Pigments. White Pigments. Blue Pigments. Chrome Pigments. Lake Pigments. Green Pigments. Red Pigments. Brown and Black Pigments. Yellow and Orange Pigments. Bronze Colours. Driers, Paint Grinding and Mixing. Gums, Oils, and Solvents for Varnishes. Varnish Manufacture. Practical Plumbers' Work. 298 Illustrations. Contents.-Introductory: Materials and Tools used. Solder and how to Make it. Sheet Lead Working. Pipe Bending. Pipe Jointing. Lead Burning. Lead Work on Roofs.

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TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION VOLUMES {continued). Iron, Steel and Fireproof Construction. Contents. - Introduction

Cast Iron Stanchions and Columns. Calculation, in Designing Stanchions and Column Steel Stanchions, Built and Solid. Foundations lor Columns: Loads on Columns Calculating Weights of Stanchions, Girders, etc. Bolts, Connections and Rivets, | and Girders. Ascertaining Safe Loads on Joists and Girders. Practice of Iron and Steel Construction. Principles of Fireproof Construction. Fireproof Columns ant Stanchions. Fireproof Floors. Fireproof Partitions. Fireproof Stairs, Roofs and Ceilings. Fireproof Curtains, Doors and Windows. Index.

Mordants, Methods and Machinery used in Dyeing. Contents

- Aluminium Mordants. Iron Mordants. Tin Mordants. Chromium Mordants. Cop per, Lead, Manganese, etc., Mordants. Tannin as a Mordant and as a Fixing Agent for Mordants, Oils, etc., as a Fixing Agent for Mordants. Fixing Agents and Assistants for Mordants. Dyeing Cotton. Dyeing Wool. Lustring and Matching Off Mordants. Index.

Practical Pattern Making. 300 Illustrations. Contents - Foundry

Patterns and Foundry Practice. Joining-up Patterns. Finishing Patterns. Circular Patterns. Making Core Boxes. Boring Holes in Castings. Patterns and Moulds for Iron Columns. Steam-engine Cylinder Patterns and Core Boxes. Worm Whee Pattern. Lathe Bed Patterns. Head Stock and Poppet Patterns, etc.

Practical Handrailing. 144 Illustrations. Contents. - Principles of Hand railing. Definition of Terms. Geometrical Drawing. Simple Handrails. Wreathed Handrails on the Cylindrical System. The Uses of Models. Obtaining Tangents and Bevels. Face Moulds : their Construction and Use. Twisting the Wreath. Completing the Handrail. Orthogonal or Right-angle System of Setting Wreathed Handrails. Handrails for Stone Stairs. Setting out Scrolls for Handrails, etc.