A practical Treatise on Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, giving Complete and Detailed Explanations of the Theory and Practice of Modern Radio Apparatus and its Present Day Applications, together with a chapter on the possibilities of its Future Development
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CATALOGUE OF GOOD, PRACTICAL BOOKS
MODERN SUBMARINE CHART —WITH 200 PARTS NUMBERED AND
NAMED.
A cross-section view, showing clearly and distinctly all the interior of a Submarine of
the latest type. You get more information from this chart, about the construction and
operation oi a Submarine, than in any other way. No details omitted—everything
is accurate and to scale. It is absolutely correct in every detail, having been approved
by .Naval Engineers. All the machinery and devices fitted in a modern Submarine
Boat are shown, and to make the engraving more readily understood, all the features
are shown in operative form, with Officers and Men in the act of performing the duties
This chart is really an encyclo-
pedia OF A SUBMARINE....................................25 cents
BOX CAR CHART.
A chart showing the anatomy of a box'car, having every part of the car numbered and
its proper name given in a reference list...............25 cents
GONDOLA CAR CHART.
A chart showing the anatomy of a gondola car, having every part of the car numbered
ana its proper reference name given in a reference list.25 cents
PASSENGER-CAR CHART.
A chart showing the anatomy of a passenger-car, having every part of the car numbered
and its proper name given in a reference list...........25 cents
STEEL HOPPER BOTTOM COAL CAR.
A chart showing the anatomy of a steel Hopper Bottom Coal Car, having every part
of the car numbered and its proper name given in a reference list.25 cents
TRACTIVE POWER CHART.
A chart whereby you can find the tractive power or drawbar pull of any locomotive
without making a figure. Shows what cylinders are equal, how driving wheels and
steam pressure affect the power. What sized, engine you need to exert a given drawbar
pull or anything you desire in this line...........................50 cents
HORSE-POWER CHART
Shows the horse-power of any stationary engine without calculation. No matter what
the cylinder diamctor of stroke, the steam pressure of cut-off, tho revolutions or
whether condensing or non-condensing, it’s all there. Easy to use, accurate and
saves time and calculations. Especially useful to engineers and designers. 50 cents
TOILER ROOM CHART. By Geo. L. Fowler.
A chart—size 14x28 inches—showing in isometric perspective the mechanisms be-
longing in a modern boiler room. The various parts are shown broken or removed
so that the internal construction is fully illustrated. Each part is given a reference
number, and these, with the corresponding name, are given in a glossary printed at
the sides. This chart is really a dictionary of the boiler room—the names of more than
200 parts being given..............................................25 cents
COMPRESSED AIR
COMPRESSED AIR IN ALL ITS APPLICATIONS. By Gardner D. Hiscox.
This is the most complete book on the subject of Air that has ever been issued and its
thirty-five chapters include about every phase of the subject one can think of. It may
be called an encyclopedia of compressed air. It is written by an expert, who in its
665 pages, has dealt with the subject in a comprehensive manner, no phase of it being
omitted. Includes the physical properties of air from a vacuum to its highest pressure,
its thermodynamics, compression, transmission and uses as a motive power in the
Operation of Stationary and Portable Machinery, in Mining, Air Tools, Air Lifts,
Pumping of Water, Acids, ancj Oils; the Air Blast for Cleaning and Painting, the
and its Work, and the Numerous Appliances in which. Compressed Air is
a Most Convenient and Economical Transmitter of Power for Mechanical Work,
Railway Propulsion, Refrigeration, and the Various Uses to which Compressed Air
has been applied. Includes forty-four tables of the physical properties of air, its
compression, expansion, and volumes required for various kinds of work and a list
of patents on compressed air from 1875 to date. Over 500 illustrations, 5th Edition,
revised and enlarged. Cloth bound, $5.00. Half Morocco, price . . . . $6.50
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