material consistent with high efficiency. This book should appeal strongly to wireless amateurs and students.' "Wireless world, May 14, 1921. Palmateer, T. J. Elementary machine shop practice. Peoria, Ill.: The Manual Arts Press [cop. 1920]. 123 p. illus. 8°. VFW (121) This well-illustrated guide is supplied with problems and questions. "Its main object is to reduce as much as possible the time required to bring a student with no previous shop experience to a point where he is able to do some real work. For this purpose the problems have been designed with a view of giving the student the maximum amount of information in the small amount of time usually allowed for this purpose... It is assumed that beginners will receive oral instruction on the manipulation, such as shifting the belt, handling the feed control, etc." Author is instructor in shop practice at Leland Stanford University. Percival, G. Arncliffe. The electric lamp industry. New York: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. [1920. xxi, 112 p. illus. 12°. (Pitman's common commodities and industries.) VGS (121) Traces historical development, processes of manufacture, including glass manipulation, preparation of filament, metal filament, gas filled, arc, vapour, and automobile lamps, with a chapter on capping and testing. Perrott, S. Wright, and F. E. G. BADGER. The practice of railway surveying & permanent way work. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1920. 303 p. illus. 8°. TPCM (121) Pratt, Arthur D. Principles of combustion in the steam boiler furnace. New York: Babcock & Wilcox Co. [cop. 1920., 114 p. 8°. "Unfortunately, from the standpoint of efficient steam generation, the statement is too frequently accepted as true that theoretical generalizations and mathematical formulae are of but little value to the operating engineer. To an extent, such statements may be true, but on the other hand it is to be remembered that combustion is purely a chemical phenomenon and as such can be properly investigated and controlled only by chemical means." - Preface. These means are outlined in this well-printed volume. Pratt, James A. Elementary machine shop practice, a text book presenting the elements of the machinists' trade. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1921. 320 p. illus. 8°. VFG (121) Designed to assist the beginner in gaining a thorough mastery of a few first principles, covering bench work, lathe, drill press, shaper, slotter, grinder, miller, and planer. Copiously illustrated and provided with tables, a list of books, a glossary, and the outline of a course of study. Author is Director of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. Priestman, Howard. Principles of worsted spinning. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1921. x, 353 p. illus. 2. ed. 8°. VLMD (121) Second edition (1st, 1906) shows an enlargement of 51 pages, with new matter on the construction and use of automatic doffing machinery for cap and fly spinning frames, and on American-made winding machinery. Author is an advocate of the metric system for counting. Interesting chapter on the history of spinning. Author is research lecturer to the University of Leeds. *Reed, F. R. C. The geology of the British Empire. New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1921. vii, 480 p. illus. 8°. PVI (117) Covers all British possessions (excluding the British Isles), also the mandatory regions of Mesopotamia and Palestine. Based upon lectures delivered at Cambridge University, England. "Dr. Reed performs this work with great thoroughness, and his book...will doubtless take its place as the standard work on the subject. Authoritative works have been produced upon the leading countries in the Empire, especially such important provinces as India, South Africa, and New Zealand; but, as the author points out, much of the information is scattered through monographs, communications to learned societies, memoirs, etc., many of which are too complex and highly technical...for the use of the general geological student... A useful, well-written, and well-arranged volume, written in a lucid style of unquestionable scientific quality and fully worthy of the importance and magnitude of the subject... From cover to cover the book is furnished with excellent maps, and to each section is added a full bibliography, which the student will find invaluable." - Mining journal, April 23, 1921. Also reviewed in Engineering, May 20, 1921. *Roux-Brahic, J. prospection. v. 1. 1919. xxiii, 812 p. The early chapters consider the constitution of the earth and its geological formations. Cha.acteristic features of definite mineral deposits are considered, and the geological conditions under which they are found. Volumes 2 and 3 on mechanical processes of mining and on the refining of metals are announced to follow. Reviewed in Le génie civil, Dec. 27, 1919. Salade, Robert F. How paper boxes are made: a practical and instructive book telling how the beginner may manufacture all kinds of paper boxes, with special chapters on the printing department for paper box plants, embossing, gold leafing, label work, etc. Lafayette, Indiana: The Shears Publishing Company, 1920. 225 p. illus. 12°. VMP (121) Gives full information covering all types, including those for druggists, for candy, cigarettes, hats, cartons for oysters and ice-cream. Detailed description of methods of printing, bronzing and embossing of covers, with a chapter on corrugated and fibre prod ucts. *Schneider, Albert. The microanalysis of powdered vegetable drugs. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co. [1921. xii, 548 p. illus. 2. ed. 8°. PMP (118) Entirely rewritten and revised. A laboratory guide and text book of pharmacognosy and a com panion book to that part of the United States Pharmacopoeia dealing with the microscopic descriptions of vegetable drugs. Also a practical reference manual for the practising pharmacist in determining the quality and purity of the vegetable drugs used by him. Well illustrated. *Searle, Alfred. Modern brickmaking. 2d edition, revised and enlarged. London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1920. x, 500 p. illus. 8°. VEO (121) Second edition of a standard work, rewritten, revised and including 59 pages of added material largely on clay working. A Patternmaking. Shelly, Joseph A. treatise on the construction and application of patterns, including the use of woodworking tools, the art of joinery, wood turning, and various methods of building patterns and core boxes of different types. New York: The Industrial Press, 1920. x, 341 p. illus. 8°. VID (117) "Primarily the treatise is intended for those interested in patternmaking as a vocation; but it also should prove of value to draftsmen because the origination of designs which are practicable from the view point of the patternmaker and moulder requires a knowledge of the fundamental principles of patternmaking. The various subjects treated have been so arranged and divided throughout the book that the student more interested in general principles than in the actual work of construction readily may select whichever sections are considered essential." The Foundry, March 21, 1921. Simmons, H. E. Rubber manufacture; the cultivation, chemistry, testing, and manufacture of rubber, with sections on reclamation of rubber and the manufacture of rubber substitutes. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1921. v, 149 p. illus. 4°. VMV (121) Complete survey of the subject, including produc tion, methods of coagulation, synthetic caoutchouc, testing, manufacture and use of inorganic fillers, organic accelerators, rubber substitutes, vulcanization, principles of compounding, etc. Well illustrated. Sleeper, M. B. Wireless design and practice. Part 1: Transmitters and receivers. Part 2: Practical circuits. London: Henry Froude, Oxford University Press, 1920. 246 p. illus. 8°. TTF (121) Practical and simple, devoid of difficult mathematics and intended for the layman. Gives tables of oscillating circuits, aerials, design of receiving condensers, valve detecting circuits, oscillating valve circuits, damped wave and vacuum transmitters, and a final chapter on practical circuits, with drawings. Well illustrated. Smythe, J. A. Lead, including lead pigments and the desilverisation of lead. London and New York: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. ([1920. vii, 120 p. illus. 12°. (Pitman's Common commodities and industries series.) VHT (117) This little book is free from technical discussion. The ore is followed from its occurrence through the processes of refining to the finished metal and pig. ment. The history of lead is outlined from the first mention in the book of Numbers down through the ages. The use of lead compounds in medicine and lead poisoning is treated in the last chapter. The illustrations are attractive, those of ancient methods being taken from Agricola, and the modern methods illustrated by photographs. Reviewed in Nature, Oct. 21, 1920; Mining journal, Oct. 30, 1920. Springett, Bernard H. Cold storage and ice-making, an elementary handbook. London and New York: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1921. ix, 122 p. illus. 12°. (Common commodities and industries.) VOI (118) "This work has been prepared in order to provide a sufficiently comprehensive while necessarily concise handbook on the refrigerating industry... The object has been to present to the general reader, as well as to the untechnical user of refrigerating machinery, sufficient knowledge as to the first principles of artificial refrigeration, while avoiding the mass of technical terms, formulae and descriptions of machinery and methods which are inseparable from the usual publications on the subject." - Preface. Stoller, H. M., and others. Small motors, transformers, electromagnets. A practical presentation of design and construction data for small motors, small low- and hightension transformers, electromagnets, and induction coils. Chicago: American Technical Society, 1920. v. p. illus. 8°. VGI (121) The three sections of this book are authoritative, although written in simple language and without troublesome theory. The first section deals with the practice of the Western Electric Company, and typical designs are given of direct-current motors of all standard voltages and ranging in size from 1/100 up to 2 h. p.; and of alternating current induction motors, ranging from % to 2 h. p. The section on transformers is by the professor of electrical engineering in Dartmouth College, and treats of lowtension apparatus which will transform from 110 to 220 and down to lower voltages; also of high-tension equipment for wireless and welding work. The last section discusses the modern theory of the magnetic circuit and presents designs of various types, carrying through the calculations to the final result. Struben, A. M. A. Tidal power; tides and their measurement; the estimation of potential tidal power; comparisons between systems of development; the financial aspect of the problem; difficulties to be overcome; and the lines for development. New York: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1921. xii, 115 p. illus. 12°. (Pitman's technical primer series.) VDL (121) "The practical utilization of the tides for power purposes has only come within measurable distance in recent years, owing to our increased knowledge of the motion and magnitude of the tides, and of the laws affecting the flow of water; and owing to the great strides that have taken place in hydroelectrical power development, which have placed at our disposal the very efficient modern turbine and electric generator and plant for the conversion and transmission of electrical energy to considerable distances."- - Preface. Sutermeister, Edwin. Chemistry of pulp and paper making. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1920. vii, 479 p. illus. 8°. VMP (121) "The endeavor has been to include all details which the chemist should have to enable him to grasp the methods of manufacture, but it is not intended to be a treatise on paper making in all its mechanical phases, and in fact the mechanical features of the industry are discussed only in so far as they are necessary for a satisfactory understanding of the chemistry involved. It has been written chiefly with the idea of helping the young technical man...and it has been assumed that the reader has a fair knowledge of the elements of chemistry." - Preface. "Mr. Sutermeister, as chief chemist of one of the largest pulp and paper manufacturing concerns in America, has had exceptional opportunities to devise, investigate and adapt methods of analysis that bear especially on the manufacture of paper and the treatment of raw materials for paper, and this work, therefore, has a very practical application."-T. L. Crossley in Canadian chemistry and metallurgy, March, 1921. *Swinton, A. J., editor. The aeroplane handbook. London: The Aeroplane and General Publishing Company, Limited, 1920. vii, 276 p. diagr. 8°. VDY (121) Technical compilation intended for those interested in the manufacture and use of aircraft. Has chap. ters on testing, wireless telegraphy as applied to aircraft, dope, patents and patent law, performance, and propellers. *Thorpe, Sir Edward. A dictionary of applied chemistry... assisted by eminent contributors. Rev. & enl. ed. v. 1. London and New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1921. x, 752 p. illus. 8°. PKF (118) This standard work (last edition 1912-13 in 5 v.) is undergoing enlargement and thorough revision. It is stated that six, possibly seven volumes will comprise the set. Volume 1 embraces A to Calcium inclusive. "It is too soon to be in a position to chronicle all the results, as regards chemical manufacture, which have arisen from the intensive application of chemists during the past strenuous years. Much is of a character that in the present disturbed state of the world it would be inexpedient to make public. certain matters, indeed, no authoritative information can be obtained. This will explain why manufacturing details of several new processes in connection with munitions have not been given." - Preface. On Unusually attractive volume, giving the theory, history and development of the key driven calculator, the first practical recorders, the high speed calculators and finally the book bill and billing machines. Beautifully illustrated and has reproductions of drawings and specifications of important patents. Twelvetrees, W. Noble. A treatise on reinforced concrete, including the new standard notation of the Concrete Institute with a foreword on standard notation for engineering formulae by E. Fiander Etchells. New York: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1920. xl, 264 p. illus. 8°. VEO (121) "This work, which we anticipate will become a classic, reflects great credit upon the author and producers, not only by reason of its directness and admirable arrangements and contents, but also for the fact that it is the first text-book on the subject written out in the new standard notation... We can recommend it to all who desire...a handy office reference." -Illustrated carpenter and builder, Dec. 17, 1920. Also reviewed in Times engineering supplement, Dec., 1920; Surveyor, Dec. 10, 1920. United States. - Geological Survey. World atlas of commercial geography. Part 1, Distribution of mineral production. Washington, 1921. 72 p., 72 plates. obl. 4°. PTK (117) A series of 72 maps (8 x 11 in.) showing by colored symbols the percentage production of the principal minerals, supplemented by text concerning uses, occurrence, mining, distribution, statistics and other salient features. A valuable library reference. The plates "are arranged in groups of eight, each group including maps of three kinds (1) a map of the world, on which the production and, for major commodities the consumption by countries, are shown in percentages of the world's output in 1913, the latest year of normal production; (2) maps of continents, on which the production is shown by countries, districts, or fields, again in percentages of the world's output in 1913; and (3) a map of the United States, on which more geographic detail is possible and on which production is shown by states, fields or districts in percentages of the output of the United States in 1918." Introduction. Reviewed in Engineering and mining journal, April 30, 1921. Van der Bijl, H. J. The thermionic vacuum tube and its applications. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1920. xix, 391 p. illus. 8°. TTF (121) "No physical discovery or development of the last decade can compare in importance with the vacuum tube, which certainly ranks with the telephone, and possibly with the dynamo in its value to our social economy... The student who seeks to master its operation will have need of a thorough preparation in physics and mathematics... This exposition of the author carries especial weight because he occupied for some time the position of research chemist with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and with the Western Electric Company." Frederick E. Beach in American journal of science, Feb., 1921. Viall, Ethan. Electric welding. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1921. xii, 417 p. illus. 8°. VID (117) Comprehensive and practical, including automatic, butt, spot, and electric seam welding, with account of repairs on interned German ships. Chapter on proper rates for welding and the strength of welds. Well illustrated and has extensive index. Viall, Ethan. Gas torch and thermit welding. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1921. xi, 442 p. illus. 8°. VID (117) Discusses in detail production of welding gases, pressure generators, gas cutting, cutting machines, and welding shop layout, equipment, and work costs. Numerous excellent illustrations. Walbridge, William S. American bottles, old and new. A story of the industry in the United States. Toledor: The Owens Bottle Co., cop. 1920. 113 p. illus. sq. 8°. VNF (121) A practical handbook of details covering electric and gas welding. Supplement gives A. S. M. E. boiler code, states rules relative to welding work on boilers, specifications for shipping containers, National Board of Fire Underwriters' regulations for installation and operation of acetylene equipment, etc. Whitehead, S. E. Benzol, its recovery, rectification and uses... with an introductory note by the Rt. Hon. Lord Moulton. London: Benn Brothers, Ltd., 1920. xiii, 209 p. illus. 8°. VOF (118) Clearly-written, well-illustrated discussion of theoretical principles involved in the process of the recovery of the vapours from the gas by means of solvents, as well as descriptions of apparatus and typical plants, by one whose business it was, during the war, to visit works in various parts of England. "Mr. Whitehead traverses clearly the whole subject...to the working up of the finished products and their numerous applications. His book is the only one of its kind, and should prove an indispen sable vade-mecum, not only to those who still carry on benzol extraction, but also to those whose plant is for the moment standing idle." Chemical age (London), Jan. 1, 1921. Also reviewed in Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Feb. 15, 1921; Gas journal, Jan. 5, 1921; Times engineering supplement, Dec., 1920. *Whittaker, C. M. The testing of dyestuffs in the laboratory. London: Heywood and Company, Ltd., 1921. 97, 3 p. tables. 4°. VOR (118) "It may be thought that the compilation of a book dealing with the testing of dyestuffs in the laboratory will be superfluous in view of the numerous books on dyeing already available; but small-scale dyeing, of course, differs in many ways from large-scale operations, so that a book dealing specifically with the former should fill a distinct gap in our present literature." American dyestuff reporter, Jan. 3, 1921. Also reviewed in Society of Chemical Industry, Journal, March 15, 1921. "The author has found that the average textile student commits certain formulae and rules to memory, and applies them mechanically; he is not sufficiently grounded in the theory and science on which these formulae and rules are based and constructed. It has, therefore, been sought in this treatise to give a full explanation of these, side by side with an exposition of the mathematical problems peculiar to productive routine and work in the spinning and weaving industries. "Each variety of calculation, relative to the different branches of these industries, has been treated of, including woolen and worsted spinning, woolen and worsted weaving, mill management, cotton spinning, plain and fancy cotton weaving, and linen and silk weaving." - Preface. Willaman, John J. Vocational chemistry for students of agriculture and home economics. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company [cop. 1921). vii, 294 p. illus. 8°. (Farm life text series, ed. by K. C. Davis.) PKO (118) "In the first 146 pages, dealing with pure chemistry, the treatment is general but accurate and well connected, so that a student may gain a clear understanding of many facts which are related to the prac tical problems in his work. The latter part of the book takes up the more purely agricultural topics of the soil, fertilizers, plants and animals. The material given in the text is well selected and is presented in a clear and interesting way... The book is well printed and has in it numerous attractive illustrations, which though not always strictly chemical in character are illustrative and suggestive. At the end of each chapter are questions and laboratory experiments, both of which will be valuable to teachers who use the text." Joseph H. Chamberlain in Journal of the American Chemical Society, April, 1921. Williams, Kenneth P. The dynamics of the airplane. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1921. viii, 138 p. illus. 8°. (Mathematical monographs. no. 21.) VDY (121) "It was the good fortune of the author to attend the University of Paris during the spring semester of 1919. One of the special courses...was in aerodynamics, given by Professor Marchis... This book is an outgrowth of those parts...that were of particular interest to the author. It is in no sense a complete treatise on aviation. Questions of design and construction are passed over with bare mention... The treatment is for the most part elementary. The last chapter alone demands of the student familiarity with more advanced dynamical methods." Preface. There is a chapter on the propeller, also a bibliog raphy of 18 titles. *Wynne, Walter E., and WILLIAM SPRARAGEN. Handbook of engineering mathematics. 2d edition, revised and enlarged. New York: D. Van Nostrand & Company, 1920. viii, 282 p. 12°. VDB (121) A new and revised edition of a useful practical handbook, covering differential equations, theoretical mechanics, mechanics of materials, hydraulics, flow of fluids, physical and chemical constants, etc. INDEX Numbers refer to pages. AERONAUTICS: Judge, 20; Swinton, 24; Wil- ANALYSIS (Chemical): Dietrich, 17; Griffin, BENZOL: Whitehead, 24. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bibliotheca, etc., 15. BOXES (Paper): Salade, 22. CALCULATING MACHINES: Turck, 24. CONCRETE: Hatt, 19; Twelvetrees, 24. CLOUDS Clarke, 16. COPPER: Addicks, 15. DIRECTORIES: Crain, 16; Textiles, 17. DYES ANO COLORS: Fierz-David, 18; George- ELECTRIC LAMPS: Percival, 22. ELECTRICITY: Addyman, 15; Jeans, 20; John- ENGINEERS: Hammond, 19. ENGINES: Low, 21. FUEL: Barker, 15. FUR: Laut, 21. GASOLINE: Ellis, 18; Gooday, 19. GEOGRAPHY (Commercial): United States, 24. GEOLOGY: Du Parc, 18; Grabau, 19; Reed, 22; Roux-Brahic, 22. GLUE: Boulton, 15. INDIA RUBBER: Factory, 18; Simmons, 23. KINEMATICS: Dent, 17. LEAD: Smythe, 23. LUBRICATION: Battle, 15; Evans, 18. MACHINE SHOP PRACTICE: Palmateer, 22; Pratt, 22. MACHINE TOOLS: Gates, 19. MARINE ENGINEERING: Cisin, 16. MATHEMATICS: Wynne, 25. METEOROLOGY: Clarke, 16; Lempfert, 21. MECHANICS: Lamb, 21. MICROSCOPE: Ealand, 18. MINERAL STATISTICS: United States, 24. MOULDING: Carman, 16. RESINS, etc.: Dieterich, 17. ROADS: Concrete roads, 16; Harger, 19. SILK (Artificial): Foltzer, 18. STORAGE BATTERIES: Dunn, 17. SURVEYING: Perrott, 22. SWITCHGEAR (Electric): Poole, 22. TELEGRAPHY (Wireless): Sleeper, 23. TEXTILES: Heermann, 20; Priestman, 22; THERMODYNAMICS: Macdougal, 21. TIDES: Struben, 23. TRACTORS: Adams, 15. TRANSFORMERS: Painton, 21; Stoller, 23. VACUUM TUBE: Van der Bijl, 24. WELDING: Viall, 24. WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING: Fletcher, 18. WOODWORK: Fairham, 18. |