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
CATALOGUE OF GOOD, PRACTICAL BOOKS
MOLDING CONCRETE FLOWER-POTS, BOXES, JARDINIERES, ETC Bv
A. A. Houghton. ’ y
MOLDING CONCRETE FOUNTAINS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS Bv A A
Houghton. y
CONCRETE FROM SAND MOLDS. By A. A. Houghton.
’'X,ork Seating on a process which has heretofore been held as a trade sperrt,
by the few who possessed it, and which will successfully mold every and anv class of
ornamental concrete work. The process of molding concrete with sqnd of
the utmost practical value, possessing the manifold advantages of a low cost ofmoldsf
the ease and rapidity of operation, perfect details to allornamental designs densftv
i “ilcreascd strength of the concrete, perfect curing of the work without attention
192 pa^aSyFX°ÄÄmÄ^ °f any underc^ing the design may have
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ORNAMENTAL CONCRETE WITHOUT MOLDS. By A. A. Houghton.
The process for making ornamental concrete without molds has lone been hold a
secret and now, for the first time, this process is given to the nublic® THp hnnk
reveals the secret and is the only book published which explains a simnle nraef ical
method whereby the concrete worker is Enabled, by employ Ing wood and
of different designs, to mold or model in concrete any Cornice ArehivoR
mhlUmn’ 1 e£estal, Base Cap, Urn or Pier in a monolithic form—right uoon the iob’
demÄ aas xäsä
C0NCSL^.™ARM and in the shop- b- h-
f°r jj.e Farm and in the Shop” is a now book from cover to cover illustrat-
ing Jand describing m plain, simple language many of the numerous applications of
^oncrete within the range of the home worker. Among the subjects treated are:
™r2infoi-cing; mpthods of protecting concrete so as to insure proper harden-
^ers’ ,mixin" by hand and machine; form construction described
f^o1 •UStrate? drawings and photographs; construction of concrete walls and
fences; concrete fence posts; concrete gate posts; corner posts- clothes Ihio
gia.pe arbor posts; tanks; troughs; cisterns; hog wallows; feeding floors and *h')rn-
yard pavements; foundations; well curbs and platforms; indoor floors • sidewalkr stens-
concrete hotbeds and cold frames; concrete Slab roofs; walls for buildin-s
leaks in tanks and cisterns; and all topics associated with these subjects ’is bpqrin»
upon securing the best results from concrete arc dwelt upon atsuffleänt length ?n nhil
every-day English so that, the inexperienced person desiring to undertake n Ä of
corlstruction can, by following the directions set forth in this book secure 100
per cent success every time. A number of convenient and practical tables for estima tine
?SÄ ,"'“nfcaJ S>'™ (5 X 70 13 pSm51 it
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POPULAR HANDBOOK FOR CEMENT AND CONCRETE USERS. Bv Myron
H. Lewis. j
This is a concise treatise of the principles and methods employed in the mannfaptnra
and use of cement in all classes of modern works. The author has brought Sho?
m this work all the salient matter of interest to the user of concrete and it? m v
diversified products. The matter is presented in logical and systematic order cleirlv
thInt’J’en* l u^ra.*iCf-i free from involved, mathematics. Everything of value to
^ser 1S ®.,ven’ including kinds of cement employed in construction concrete
architecture, inspection and testing, waterproofing, coloring and painting rules tables
working and cost data. The book comprises thirty-three chapters as follows
Introductory. Kinds of Cements and How They are Made. Properties Testing
Hy’iraillic Cement. Concreto and its Properties. Sand Broken
Stone and Gravel for Concrete. How to Proportion the Materials. How’ to Mix
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