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A Short List of Scientific Books Published by E. & F. N. Spon, Ltd. September 1915

RAILWAY ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

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Practical Hints to Young Engineers Employed on Indian Railways. By A. W. C. Addis. 14 illus., 154 pp., 12mo. (1910.) 3s. 6d. net.

Up-to-date Air Brake Catechism. By R. H. Blackall. Twenty-sixth edition, 5 coloured plates, 96 illus., 305 pp., crown 8vo. (New York, 1914.) 8s. 6d. net.

Prevention of Railroad Accidents, or Safety in Railroading. By Geo. Bradshaw. 64 illus., 173 pp., square crown 8vo. (New York, 1912.) 2s. 6d. net.

Simple and Automatic Vacuum Brakes. By C. Briggs, G.N.R. 11 plates, 8vo. (1892.) 4s.

Permanent-Way Material, Platelaying and Points and Crossings, with a few Remarks on Signalling and Interlocking. By W. H. Cole, M.Inst.C.E., Late Deputy-Manager, E. Bengal and N.W. State Railways, P.W.D., India. Cr. 8vo, 288 pp., 44 illus., 7th ed. (1915.) 7s. 6d. net. Postage: inland, 3d.; abroad, 6d.

Railway Engineers’ Field Book. By Major G. R. Hearn, R.E., Assoc. Inst. Civil Engrs., and A. G. Watson, C.E. 12mo, leather, 230 pp., 33 illus. (1914.) 21s. net. Postage: inland, 3d.; abroad, 6d.

Statistical Tables of the Working of Railways in various countries up to the year 1904. By J. D. Diacomidis. Second edition, 84 pp., small folio, sewed. (1906.) 16s. net.

Locomotive Breakdowns, Emergencies and their Remedies. By Geo. L. Fowler, M.E., and W. W. Wood. Seventh ed., 92 illus., 266 pp., 12mo. (New York, 1911.) 4s. 6d. net.

Permanent-way Diagrams. By F. H. Frere. Mounted on linen in cloth covers. (1908.) 3s. net.

Formulæ for Railway Crossings and Switches. By J. Glover. 9 illus., 28 pp., royal 32mo. 2s. 6d.

Setting out of Tube Railways. By G. M. Halden. 9 plates, 46 illus., 68 pp., crown 4to. (1914.) 10s. 6d. net.

Railway Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical. By J. W. C. Haldane. New edition, 141 illus., xx + 583 pp., 8vo. (1908.) 15s.

The Construction of the Modern Locomotive. By G. Hughes. 300 illus., 261 pp., 8vo. (1894.) 9s.

Practical Hints for Light Railways at Home and Abroad. By F. R. Johnson. 6 plates, 31 pp., crown 8vo. (1896.) 2s. 6d.

Handbook on Railway Stores Management. By W. O. Kempthorne. 268 pp., demy 8vo. (1907.) 10s. 6d. net.

Railway Stores Price Book. By W. O. Kempthorne. 490 pp., demy 8vo. (1909.) 10s. 6d. net.

Railroad Location Surveys and Estimates. By F. Lavis. 68 illus., 270 pp., 8vo. (New York, 1906.) 12s. 6d. net.

Pioneering. By F. Shelford. 14 illus., 88 pp., crown 8vo. (1909.) 3s. net.

Handbook on Railway Surveying for Students and Junior Engineers. By B. Stewart. 55 illus., 98 pp., crown 8vo. (1914.) 2s. 6d. net.

Modern British Locomotives. By A. T. Taylor. 100 diagrams of principal dimensions, 118 pp., oblong 8vo. Second ed. (1914.) 4s. 6d. net.

Locomotive Slide Valve Setting. By C. E. Tully. Illustrated, 18mo. 1s. net.

The Railway Goods Station. By F. W. West. 23 illus., xv + 192 pp., crown 8vo. (1912.) 4s. 6d. net.

The Walschaert Locomotive Valve Gear. By W. W. Wood. 4 plates and set of movable cardboard working models of the valves, 193 pp., crown 8vo. Third ed. (New York, 1913.) 6s. 6d. net.

The Westinghouse E.T. Air-Brake Instruction Pocket Book. By W. W. Wood. 48 illus., including many coloured plates, 242 pp., crown 8vo. (New York, 1909.) 8s. 6d. net.

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