A Practical Manual On Sea Water Distillation
With A Description Of The Necessary Machinery For The Process

30 CHARLES GRIFFIN de CO.’S PUBLICATIONS. Third Edition, Revised. With numerous Plates reduced from Working Drawings and Illustrations in the Text. 21s. A MANUAL OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING: A Practical Text-Book for the Use of Engine Builders, Designers and Draughtsmen, Railway Engineers, and Students. By WILLIAM FRANK PETTIGREW, M.Inst.C.E. Contents. — Historical Introduction, 1763-1863. —Modern Locomotives: Simple.— Modern Locomotives: Compound. Primary Consideration in Locomotive Design. Cylinders, Steam Chests, and Stuffing Boxes.—Pistons, Piston Rods, Orossheads, and Slide Bars.—Connecting and Coupling Kode.—Wheels and Axles, Axle Boxes, Hornblocks, and Bearing Springs.-Balancing.—Valve Gear.—Slide Valves and Valve Gear Details.— Framing, Bogies and Axle Trucks, Radial Axle Boxes.—Boilers.— Smokebox, Blast Pipe, Firebox Fittings.—Boiler Mountings.—Tenders. - Railway Brakes,—Lubrication.-Con- sumption of Fuel, Evaporation and Engine Efficiency.—Repairs, Running, Inspection^ and Renewals.—Three Appendices —Index. "The book is very truly a full treatise on the locomotive to date. —Gassier s Magazine. “The work contains all that can be lkabnt from a book upon such a subject. It will at once rank as tub standard work upon this important subject.”—Railway Magazine. In Large 8vo. Fully Illustrated. 8s. 6d. net. LOCOMOTIVE COMPOUNDING AND SUPERHEATING. By J. F. GAIRNS. Contents.—Introductory.—Compounding and Superheating for Locomotives.—A Classification of Compound Systems for Locomotives.—The History and Development Of the Compound Locomotive.-Two-Cylinder Non-Autoniatic Systems. — iwo-Cylmder Automatic Systems.—Other Two-Cylinder Systems.—Three-Cylinder Systems.—Jour- Cylinder Tandem Systems.—Four-Cylinder Two-Crank Systems (other than landem).— Four-Cylinder Balanced Systems.—Four-Cylinder Divided and Balanced Systems.— Articulated Compound Engines.—Triple-Expansion Locomotives.—Compound Rack Locomotives.—Concluding liemarks Concerning Compound Locomotives.—Ihe Use or Superheated Steam for Locomotives.—Index. “ A welcome addition to the library of the railway engineer.”— Engineering Times. In Large 8vo. Handsome Cloth. With Plates and Illustrations. 16s. LIGHT RAILWAYS AT HOME AND ABROAD. By WILLIAM HENRY OOLE, M.Inst.O.E., Late Deputy-Manager, North-Western Railway, India. “The whole subject is exhaustively and practically considered. The work can r.<* cordially recommended as indispensable to those whose duty it is to become acquain«'<. with one of the prime necessities of the immediate future."—Railway Official Gazette. LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO.,. LIMITED. EXETER STREET,, STRAND