Draining and embanking : a practical treatise embodying the most recent experience in the application of improved methods / by John Scott.

  • Scott, John.
Date:
1883
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    CARP[ Hi etc, Floor .t4e r McJ wim, TIMBER BERCHiSPs 'AMi.lRD GUIDE, BjuS Hiy revised and corrected. l2mo, 31. tw'. cloth. asp: principle teuitr \TER' ARD ISfid lllu ^.vtlt ■ik up gradually, it ieadi ODefrom a futsttoi - —lit, 1 tost of nutenal conceniins trick, coluc, «$ to who* ii spools ra]mi£i.-£jf/ui UtcitK. Book. IMPORTERS' AND SHIPOWNERS' ' • Being a Comprehensive Series of Tibia for ? 'inmoneis, CaptaiES of Ships, Shipbroken, j By W. Richardson-, fonty* Jt6 w Jig!* PUBLISHED BY CROSBY LOCKWOOD & CO. 17 Nicholson's Carpenter s Guide. THE CARPENTER'S NEW GUIDE; or, BOOK of LINES for CARPENTERS : comprising all the Elementary Principles essential for acquiring a knowledge of Carpentry. Founded on the late Peter Nicholson's standard work. A new Edition, revised by Arthur Ashpitel, F.S.A., together with Practical Rules on Drawing, by George Pyne. With 74 Plates, 4to, \l. is. cloth. Doivsing's Timber Merchant's Companion. THE TIMBER MERCHANT'S AND BUILDER'S COM- PANION ; containing New and Copious Tables of the Reduced Weight and Measurement of Deals and Battens, of all sizes, from One to a Thousand Pieces, also the relative Price that each size bears per Lineal Foot to any given Price per Petersburgh Standard Hundred, Sec, Sec. Also a variety of other valuable information. By W. Dowsing. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, 31. Practical Timber Merchant. THE PRACTICAL TIMBER MERCHANT, being a Guide for the use of Building Contractors, Surveyors, Builders, &c, comprising useful Tables for all purposes connected with the Timber Trade, Essay on the Strength of Timber, Remarks on the Growth of Timber, &c. By W. Richardson. Fcap. 8vo, 31. 6d. cl. Woodworking Machinery. WOODWORKING MACHINERY; its Rise, Progress, and Construction. With Hints on the Management of Saw Mills and the Economical Conversion of Timber. Illustrated with Examples of Recent Designs by leading English, French, and American Engineers. By M. Powis Bale, M.I.M.E. Crown Svo, its. 6d. cl. ''Mr. Bale is evidently an expert on the subject, and he has collected so much information that his book is all-sufficient for builders and others engaged in the con- version of timber. —A rchitcct. Th^,,most comprehensive compendium of wood-working machinery we have seen, lne author is a thorough master of his subject.—Building News. Saw Mills. SAW MILLS, THEIR ARRANGEMENT AND MANAGE- MENT, AND THE ECONOMICAL CONVERSION OF TIMBER. (Being a Companion Volume to Woodworking Machinery. ') By M. Powis Bale, M.I.M.E. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, ioj. 6d., cloth. \J us! published. The author is favourably known by his former work on 'Woodworking Machi- PneryiA?hh,ch,WCWe:e:!blet0rSp,eak aPPr°viSly. This is a companion volume, in which Wvtadmimstratwn of a large sawing establishment is discussed and the subject examined from a financial standpoint. Hence the size, shape, order and disposition of saw-mills and the like arc gone into in detail, and the course o'f the timber is traced from its reception to its delivery in its converted state. We could not( desire a more complete or practical treatise.—Builder whn I6. ghly rf™I'nend Mr. Bale's work to the attention and perusal of all those engaKed.'n thc.art of wood conversion, or who are about building „» re- mod,c'''nS saw'm 'son unproved principles.-^«//<//ViVf?(>T 1 nd ofwU<ih vaU',° by that sr,ecial cIass of r<»ders for whose foforma. iron it >s designed. We have pleasure in recommending the book to those aboi la construct or to manage saw-mills.—A thenceum 1 t0