Ill.u.s.trated by Six large Plates, containing Seventy-six Ill.u.s.trations.
175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Preface.--=I., Causes of Pit Fires:= 1, Fires Resulting from the Spontaneous Ignition of Coal; 2, Fires Caused by Burning Timber; 3, Fires Caused by Fire-damp Explosions.--=II., Preventive Regulations:= 1, The Outbreak and Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be most reliably prevented by Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of the Shaft; 2, Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in the Shaft; 3, Precautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2 Fail or Prove Inefficient Precautions against Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp and Coal Dust. Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits. Experiments on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal Dust by Electricity.--=III., Indications of an Existing-or Incipient Fire.--IV., Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases:= 1, Respiratory Apparatus; 2, Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes, (_a_) The Bremen Smoke Helmet, (_b_) The Muller Smoke Helmet, (_c_) The Stolz Rescue Mask; 3, Reservoir Apparatus: 4, Oxygen Apparatus. The Schwann Respiratory Apparatus. The Fleuss Respiratory Apparatus. The Improved Walcher-Gartner Pneumatophor, (_a_) The Single Bottle Apparatus, Instructions for using the Pneumatophor, Taking to Pieces and Resetting the Apparatus ready for Use; (_b_) Two Bottle Apparatus (Shamrock Type). The Neupert Rescue Apparatus (The Mayer-Pilar System).--=V. Extinguishing-Pit Fires:= (_a_)Chemical Means: (_b_) Extinction with Water. Dragging down the Burning Ma.s.ses and Packing with Clay: (_c_) Insulating the Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building. Dam Work in the Fiery Pits of Southern Hungary: (_a_) Cross-dams of Clay; (_b_) Masonry Dams, Gallery Linings. Wagner"s Portable Safety Dam.
a.n.a.lyses of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams: Working in Irrespirable Gases ("Gas-diving"): 1, Air-Lock Work (Horizontal Advance) on the Mayer System as Pursued at Karwin in 1894; 2, Air-Lock Work (Horizontal Advance) by the Mauerhofer Modified System. Vertical Advance. Mayer System. Complete Isolation of the Pit. Flooding a Burning Section isolated by means of Dams. Wooden Dams: (_a_) Upright Balk Dams; (_b_) Horizontal Balk Dams; (c) Wedge Dams, Masonry Dams. Examples of Cylindrical and Dome-shaped Dams. Dam Doors: Flooding the Whole Pit.--=VI., Rescue Stations:= (_a_) Stations above Ground; (_b_) Underground Rescue Stations.--=VII., Spontaneous Ignition of Coal in Bulk.=--Index.
=Ill.u.s.trations.=
Sheet I., =Respiratory and Rescue Appliances--Precautions against Fire.= Figs. 1, Smoke Helmet; 2, Muller"s Smoke Helmet; 3, Low-pressure Respiration Apparatus; 4, High-pressure Respiration Apparatus; 5, The Stolz Mask for Rescue Work: 6, Precautions against Fire.--Sheet II., =Respiratory and Rescue Apparatus.= Figs. 1, Recovery Work with Muller"s Smoke Helmet after a Fire: 2-8, The Fleuss Respiration Apparatus: 9, The Walcher-Gartner Pneumatophor: 10-12, Pneumatophor (Shamrock Type).--Sheet III., =Respiratory and Rescue Apparatus--Stretchers.= Figs. 1-8, Rescue Apparatus manufactured by O. Neupert"s Successor (Mayer-Pilar System); 1, Front View; 2, Section through Bag and Mask; 3, Rear View: 4, Apparatus and Mask laid out Flat (view from above); 5, Apparatus and Mask laid out Flat (view from below): 6, Locking Device for Closing Bag; 7, Apparatus Complete, Mounted for Rescue Work; 8, Improved Valve in the Respiration Tubes; 9-12, =Stretchers.= Fig. 9, Stretcher Covered with Brown Canvas: 10, Stretcher Covered with Brown Canvas, fitted with Adjustable Head-rest: 11, Folding Stretcher Covered with Brown Canvas; 12, Rupprecht"s Stretcher Covered with Brown Canvas; 13, Dr. Ruhlmann"s Stretcher.--Sheet IV., =Dams.= Figs. 1-7, R. Wagners Portable Safety Dam.--Sheet V., =Signalling Appliances --Dam Construction--Cable Laying.= Figs. 1-3, Signalling Appliances: 1, Small Induction Apparatus for Pit Work; 2, Bell Signal for Pit Work; 3, Pit Telephone; 4-18, =Dam Construction;= 4, 5, Upright Timber Dam; 6, 7, Timber Dam with Wooden Door; 8, 9, Dome-shaped Dams; 10,11, Dome-shaped Dam with Iron Door; 12,13, The Wenker and Berninghaus Locking Device for Dam Doors; 14-17, Dam Construction: 18, Damming a Gallery Lined with Iron: 19, Support for Cable.--Sheet VI., =Working with Diving Gear in Irrespirable Gases--Gallery Work.= Figs. 1-4, Air-Lock Work (Mayer System); 5-7. Air-Lock (Mauerhofer"s Modification of the Mayer System); 8-11, Construction of Dams at the Pluto Shaft.--Sheet VII., =Working with Diving Gear in Irrespirable Gases (Mayer System)--Appliances in the Shaft.= Figs. 1, 2, Sections of Shaft and Air Apparatus; 3, Salzmann Reducing Valve for Reserve Air Supply; 4,5, L. v. Bremen"s Respiration Apparatus with Karwin Reserve Appliance: 6, Cross Section of the Franziska Shaft; 7, Method of Supplying Air to Main Pipe and Winding same on Drum; 8, Clamp.
=Press Opinions.=
"A work of this extremely valuable character deserves to be made widely known amongst colliery managers and mining engineers at home and abroad."--_Coal and Iron._
"This book is, in a manner, unique. The literature of mining accidents is fairly extensive, but it consists largely of departmental Blue Books."--_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._
"A concise and lucid description of the princ.i.p.al methods pursued, especially in fiery mines, and of the various appliances employed, such as respiratory and rescue apparatus, dams, etc."--_Staffs Advertiser._
"The prevention of spontaneous combustion in collieries and the extinction of underground fires are duties that fall heavily on many colliery managers. They should, therefore, welcome this translation of Mr. Lamprecht"s German treatise."--_Ironmonger._
"The book under notice supplies the needed full description, drawings, and mode of using these new appliances in actual fires, and should be studied by every colliery manager, seeing that even our best managed collieries have not been free from fires, more or less disastrous to life and property.--_Colliery Manager._
=THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE.= Combined with the Economical Combustion of Fuel. By W.C. POPPLEWELL, M.Sc, A.M.Inst., C.E., Consulting Engineer. 46 Ill.u.s.trations. 190 pp. 1901. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Introductory.--Chapters I., Fuel and Combustion.--II., Hand Firing in Boiler Furnaces.--III., Stoking by Mechanical Means.--IV., Powdered Fuel.--V., Gaseous Fuel.--VI., Efficiency and Smoke Tests of Boilers.--VII., Some Standard Smoke Trials.--VIII., The Legal Aspect of the Smoke Question.--IX., 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. 1901. Translated from the German. With 103 Ill.u.s.trations.
Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Generators--Generators Employing Steam--Stirring and Feed Regulating Appliances--Direct Generators--Burners--Regenerators and Recuperators--Gla.s.s Smelting Furnaces--Metallurgical Furnaces--Pottery Furnace--Coal Dust Firing.--Index.
=Press Opinions.=
"The work is worthy of perusal by all consumers of fuel. It is exceedingly well printed and ill.u.s.trated."--_Chemical Trade Journal._
"The book will appeal with force to the manufacturer as well as to the technical student, whilst it is also of far more than average interest to the general reader."--_Halifax Guardian._
"The importance that gas and coal dust firing have attained of recent years, and especially the great interest attaching of late to the question of coal dust firing, makes the appearance of the present volume most opportune."--_Iron and Coal Trades Review._
"The German author has long followed the development of various systems of gas firing, and in the present treatise he discusses the merits of appliances patented since 1885. His text and the numerous ill.u.s.trations indispensable to it will be found useful by all who are engaged in practical work in the same field."--_North British Daily Mail._
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=EXTERNAL PLUMBING WORK.= A Treatise on Lead Work for Roofs. By JOHN W.
HART, R.P.C. 180 Ill.u.s.trations. 270 pp. Demy 8vo. 1896. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.=
Chapters I., Cast Sheet Lead.--II., Milled Sheet Lead.--III., Roof Cesspools.--IV., Socket Pipes.--V., Drips.--VI., Gutters.--VII., Gutters (continued).--VIII., Breaks.--IX., Circular Breaks.--X., Flats--XL, Flats (continued).--XII., Rolls on Flats.--XIII., Roll Ends.--XIV., Roll Intersections.--XV., Seam Rolls.--XVI., Seam Rolls (continued).--XVII., Tack Fixings.--XVIII., Step Flashings.--XIX., Step Flashings (continued).--XX., Secret Gutters.--XXI., Soakers.--XXII., Hip and Valley Soakers.--XXIII., Dormer Windows.--XXIV., Dormer Windows (continued).--XXV., Dormer Tops.--XXVI., Internal Dormers.--XXVII., Skylights.--XXVIII., Hips and Ridging.--XXIX., Hips and Ridging (continued).--x.x.x., Fixings for Hips and Ridging.--x.x.xI., Ornamental Ridging.--x.x.xII., Ornamental Curb Rolls.--x.x.xIII., Curb Rolls.--x.x.xIV., Cornices.--x.x.xV., Towers and Finials.--x.x.xVI., Towers and Finials (continued).--x.x.xVII.,Towers and Finials (continued).--x.x.xVIII., Domes.--x.x.xIX., Domes (continued).--XL., Ornamental Lead Work.--XLI., Rain Water Heads.--XLII., Rain Water Heads (continued).--XLIII., Rain Water Heads (continued).
=Press Opinions.=
"This is an eminently practical and well-ill.u.s.trated volume on the management of external lead work."--_Birmingham Daily Post._
"It is thoroughly practical, containing many valuable hints, and cannot fail to be of great benefit to those who have not had large experience."--_Sanitary Journal._
"Works on sanitary plumbing are by no means rare, but treatises dealing with external plumbing work are sufficiently scarce to ensure for Mr. Hart"s new publication a hearty reception."--_The Ironmonger._
"With Mr. Harts treatise in his hands the young plumber need not be afraid of tackling outside work. He would do well to study its pages at leisure, so that he may be ready for it when called upon."--_Ironmongery._
=HINTS TO PLUMBERS ON JOINT WIPING, PIPE BENDING AND LEAD BURNING.= Third Edition, Revised and Corrected. By JOHN W. HART, R.P.C. 184 Ill.u.s.trations. 313 pp. Demy 8vo. 1901. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.= Introduction.--Chapters I., Pipe Bending.--II., Pipe Bending (continued).--III., Pipe Bending (continued).--IV., Square Pipe Bendings.--V., Half-circular Elbows.--VI., Curved Bends on Square Pipe.--VII., Bossed Bends.--VIII., Curved Plinth Bends.--IX., Rain-water Shoes on Square Pipe.--X., Curved and Angle Bends.--XL, Square Pipe Fixings.--XII., Joint-wiping.--XIII., Subst.i.tutes for Wiped Joints.--XIV., Preparing Wiped Joints.--XV., Joint Fixings.--XVI., Plumbing Irons.--XVII., Joint Fixings.--XVIII., Use of "Touch" in Soldering.--XIX., Underhand Joints.--XX., Blown and Copper Bit Joints.--XXL, Branch Joints.--XXII., Branch Joints (continued).--XXIII., Block Joints.--XXIV., Block Joints (continued).--XXV., Block Fixings.--XXVI., Astragal Joints--Pipe Fixings.--XXVII., Large Branch Joints.--XXVIII., Large Underhand Joints.--XXIX., Solders.--x.x.x., Autogenous Soldering or Lead Burning.--Index.
=Press Opinions.=
"Rich in useful diagrams as well as in hints."--_Liverpool Mercury._
"The papers are eminently practical, and go much farther into the mysteries they describe than the t.i.tle "Hints" properly suggests."--_Scotsman._
"The articles are apparently written by a thoroughly practical man.
As a practical guide the book will doubtless be of much service."--_Glasgow Herald._
"So far as the practical hints in this work are concerned, it will be useful to apprentices and students in technical schools, as it deals mainly with the most important or difficult branches of the plumber"s craft, _viz._, joint wiping, pipe bending and lead burning.... "Hints" are the most useful things to an apprentice, and there are many in this work which are not to be found in some of the text-books."--_English Mechanic._
22 PRYME STREET, HULL, _24th November_, 1894. "Gentlemen,--Your books to hand for which accept my best thanks, also for circulars. I myself got one of J.W. Hart"s books on Plumbing from your traveller, and having looked through the same I can safely recommend it as being the best book I have seen. Mr. J.W. Hart treats exhaustively upon soldering and pipe bending, which are two of the most essential branches in the plumbing trade."
=THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DIPPING, BURNISHING, LACQUERING AND BRONZING BRa.s.s WARE.= By W. NORMAN BROWN. 35 pp. Crown 8vo. 1900. Price 2s.; Abroad, 2s. 6d.; strictly net.
=Contents.= Chapters I., Cleansing and Dipping; Boiling up and Cleansing: Dipping.--II., Scratch-brushing and Burnishing; Polishing; Burnishing.--III., Lacquering; Tools; Lacquers.--IV., Bronzing; Black Bronzing; Florentine Red Bronzing; Green Bronzing.--Index.