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A Selected List on Industrial Arts and Engineering
Added to The New York Public Library

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NEW TECHNICAL BOOKS

Titles marked with a star (*) are not for circulation, but may be consulted in the Technology Division, Room 115, Central Building, Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, daily from 9 a. m. to 10 p.m. Sundays, 1 p.m. to 10 p. m.

Adams, Harry W. Adams' common sense instruction on gas tractor operation. A book for tractor operators who desire to know the most efficient methods of maintaining a tractor at its highest working power, with contributions from many of the leading tractor and accessory manufacturers of the United States. Minneapolis: The Jensen Printing Co., 1920. 311 p. illus. 4°. TON (121)

Addicks, Lawrence. Copper refining. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1921. ix, 211 p. illus. 8°. VIT (117)

Detailed description of methods and processes, with special chapters on tank resistance, metal losses, furnace refining, copper from waste, by-products, etc. Reviewed in Engineering and mining journal, April 2, 1921; Metal industry, April, 1921.

Addyman, Frank T. My electrical workshop; a book for the electrical experimenter. London: The Wireless Press, Ltd. [1920. viii, 249 p. illus. 8°. PGI (121)

Simple and popular, treating in an interesting way of magnets, electric currents, cells, wires and joints, electroplating, dynamos, induction coils, with a final chapter on the Magnetic North.

*Bailey, Charles H. Mechanical drawing for beginners, giving the fundamental technique of modern practice. Peoria, Ill.: The Manual Arts Press (cop. 1920]. 93 p. illus. 8°.

Simple, well-illustrated treatment of principles, and guide to correct procedure. Complete problems from the start. Not designed to be used without a teacher. Author is Director of Manual Arts, Iowa State Teachers' College.

*Barker, A. H. Domestic fuel consumption. London: Constable & Company, 1920. x, 159 p. 8°. (The Chadwick library.)

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Discusses importance of fuel economy, fuels and heat quantities, heat requirements of a human being, warming by convection and by radiation, amount of heat required in a room, efficiency of cooking apparatus, etc.

Battle, John Rome. The handbook of industrial oil engineering... Lubrication and industrial oil section (complete). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company [cop. 1920. 1131 p. illus. 8°. VON (118)

In 1916 the author published his Lubricating engi neer's handbook of 333 pages. This material, now completely revised, forms a part of the new volume of 1131 pages, covering various engineering data: the technology of petroleum and its products; fats and oils other than petroleum; testing; individual chapters detailing the use of lubricants for a large number of machines and processes; filtration, purification, and

reclamation; oil coolers; heat treatment of steel; transformer oils; United States specifications, etc. A second volume, dealing with liquid fuels, is in preparation.

"It contains a vast amount of information, being encyclopaedic in scope, within the field to which it is devoted... The printing and other mechanical features of the book are excellent, and reflect credit on all concerned. The author's painstaking efforts have resulted in a most valuable compendium in a most important field of industry.". Henry Leffmann in Journal of the Franklin İnstitute, Jan., 1921. *Bibliotheca chemico-mathematica: Catalogue of works in many tongues on exact and applied science, with a subject index. Compiled and annotated by H. Zeitlinger] and H. C. S[otheran]... London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1921. illus. 2 v. 8°.

OAB (117) (Zeitlinger)

Although these two attractive volumes constitute a trade catalogue of the firm of Henry Sotheran & Company, they really form a most readable history of science. There are 17,397 entries "including nearly all of the standard works and most of the earlier works of historical importance." Gives current prices, bibliographical particulars, and many annotations, as well as numerous plates, including portraits, sample text and title-pages. The classified index of nearly 100 pages should prove of great value to the reference librarian.

"These volumes are of so unusual a nature that they are worthy of detailed notice... Messrs. Sotheran are to be congratulated on their enterprise in producing a catalogue of books which is also a record of permanent utility, and by publishing it in its present form they have rendered a distinct service to those interested in the history and bibliography of science." F. W. Clifford in Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, March 31, 1921.

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charges, and the metallurgy of iron, steel, and miscellaneous metals. Applied electrochemistry by Charles F. Burgess; metallurgy by H. B. Pulsifer and Benj. B. Freud. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1920. 2 v. in 1. 86, 100 p. illus. 8°. PPO (118)

These simple, brief expositions afford good general surveys adapted to the needs of the general reader or of the beginner. Part 2, covering metallurgy, is largely devoted to non-electrical processes.

Carman, Edwin S. Foundry moulding machines and pattern equipment; a treatise showing the progress made by the foundries using machine moulding methods. [Cleveland, Ohio: Penton Publishing Co., cop. 1920. vii, 225 p. 2. ed. illus. 8°.

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"The author of this book, who was recently elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, has had a large part in the development of molding machines in general, and has designed several machines himself... He thoroughly understands both the principles and the machines he is discussing, but he also realizes that most of his readers do not have any such understanding, and has therefore endeavored (successfully, we think) to explain these principles and machines so clearly that anyone in the least acquainted with foundry work can follow." Metal trades, April, 1921.

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*Case, John. The theory of direct-current dynamos and motors. Cambridge [Eng.): W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1921. xiii, 196 p. diagrs. 8°. VGI (121)

"The treatment of the subject is essentially from a theoretical point of view, no attempt being made to include an account of constructional details...special attention being devoted to the consideration of losses and efficiency and to motors for traction. The section dealing with losses and efficiency, which includes a full account of the appropriate methods of testing, may be well commended. The book is well printed and the figures are clear."- Electrical review (London), April 22, 1921.

Also reviewed in Royal Engineers journal, May, 1921; Practical engineer, March 10, 1921; Times engi neering supplement, Jan., 1921.

Cisin, Harry G. Modern marine engineering. Part 1. The fire room. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1921. xi, 205 p. illus. 12°. VXHG (121)

Based on a course given during the war by the United States Navy Steam Engineering School at Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J., and although designed as a text for schools and colleges, it has also been adapted to the needs of the practical man. Volume 1 deals with the details of boiler construction as well as of boiler room auxiliaries, boiler corrosion, fuels, and combustion. The last chapter treats briefly of calculations, evaporation, efficiency. Sixty-six helpful illustrations.

"The information on boiler construction...was obtained by the author at first hand at various boiler factories, and is practically unobtainable elsewhere. The book is written in a clear but highly abbreviated style, is profusely illustrated, and is extremely well suited for the needs of the practical man." - Electrical record, Feb., 1921.

Clarke, George Aubourne. Clouds; a descriptive, illustrated guide-book to the observation and classification of clouds, with a preface by Sir Napier Shaw. London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1920. xvi, 136 p. illus. 8°. PRL (117)

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*Clibbens, Douglas A. The principles of the phase theory; heterogeneous equilibria between salts and their aqueous solutions. London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. xx, 382 p. diagrs. 8°. PLD (118)

The phase theory is a highly complex subject and one on which, according to the introduction of this work, there is little text-book material. The book itself is intended for the reader "who is unfamiliar with the subject" but who, nevertheless, must needs be more advanced in chemistry and mathematics than is the average young student. "Its scope is limited to the consideration of condensed systems which include only one liquid phase, and that the only phase of variable composition." · (Preface). Reviewed in Science progress, Jan., 1921; Journal of physical chemistry, March, 1921.

*Concrete roads and their construction, being a description of the concrete roads in the United Kingdom, together with a summary of the experience in this form of construction gained in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. London: Concrete Publications, Ltd. [1920. xiii, 197 p. illus. 8°. (Concrete series.) VDG (121)

"This work gives a lot of information, largely in the form of reports of road engineers, on actual stretches of road laid, and is therefore authoritative, though costs and life are not always determinate at present. The section on road making machinery is not as well done as it might be, and the postage stamp photographs show the machines inadequately. A more critical selection of these would have enabled smaller number to be dealt with in greater detail." Engineering, May 6, 1921.

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*Crain's market data book and directory of class, trade and technical publications. Chicago: G. D. Crain, Jr., cop. 1920. 462 p. 8°. VA (121)

Mine of statistical information on leading industries of the country. Extensive list of trade papers given under each heading, as well as a complete alphabetical arrangement of these publications. Excep tionally useful library reference book.

Crook, Thomas. Economic mineralogy, a practical guide to the study of useful minerals. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1921. xi, 492 p. illus. 8°. PWD (117)

Adapted to the needs of the man in the field or the commercial laboratory. Crystal optics are adequately explained and chemical and physical examinations, as well as the geology of deposits, are outlined. The minerals studied are arranged in the order of their importance in the world's production, and include ore minerals and others, as: abrasives, asbestos, building stones and materials, fertilizers, petroleum, etc. Copiously illustrated. Author is chief of the intelligence and publications section of the Imperial Resources Bureau, London.

Reviewed in Engineering and mining journal, March 19, 1921; Times engineering supplement, April,

1921.

*Crowell and Murray, Cleveland, O. The iron ores of Lake Superior, containing some facts of interest relating to mining and shipping of the ore and location of principal mines. Cleveland: The Penton Press, 1920. 285, vi p. maps. 4. ed. 8°. VHT (117)

Treats of the early history of the region, its geology, mineralogy, drilling, exploring, mining, classification of ores, concentration, method of mixing ore for shipment of uniform grades, methods of analysis,

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