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CATALOGUE OF GOOD, PRACTICAL BOOKS SAWS SAW FILINGS AND MANAGEMENT OF SAWS. By Robert Grimshaw. A practical hand-book on filing, gumming, swaging, hammering, and the brazing of band saws, the speed, work, and power to run circular saws, etc. A handy book for k° have charge of saws, or for those mechanics who do their own filing, as it deals with the proper shape and pitches of saw teeth, of all kinds and. gives many useful hints and rules for gumming, setting, and filing, and is a practical aid to those who use saws tor any purpose. Complete tables of proper shape, pitch, and saw teeth as well as sizes and. number of teeth, of various saws are included.. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated. Price........................... $1.00 STEAM ENGINEERING AMERICAN STATIONARY ENGINEERING. By W. E. Crane. This book begins at the boiler room and takes in the whole power plant. A plain talk on every-day work about engines, boilers, and their accessories. It is not intended to be scientific or .mathematical. All formulas are in simple form so that any ono understanding plain arithmetic can readily understand any of them. The author nas made tins the most practical book in print; has given the results of his years of expedience, and lias included, about all that has to do with, an engine room or a power plant. You are not left to guess at a single point. You are shown clearly what to expect under the various conditions; how to secure the best results; ways of prevent- ing shut downs and repairs; in short, all that goes to make up the requirements of a good engineer, capable of taking charge of a plant. It’s plain enough, for practical men and yet of value to those high in the profession. A partial list of contents is: The boiler room, cleaning boilers, firing, feeding- numns inspection and repair; chimneys, sizes and cost; piping; mason work; foundations; testing cement; pile driving; engines, slow and high speed; valves; valve setting; 9.« lss engines, setting valves, single and double eccentric; air pumps and condensers; different types of condensers; water needed; lining up; pounds; pins not square in crosshead or crank, engineers toois; pistons and piston rings; bearing metal: hard- ened copper, drip pipes from cylinder jackets; belts, how made, care of; oils; greases; ■testing lubricants, rules and. tables, including steam tables; areas of segments; squares and square roots; cubes and cube root; areas and circumferences of circles. •Notes on; work; explosions; pumps; pump valves; heaters, economizers; safety valves; lap, lead, and clearance. Has a complete examination for a license, etc., etc. Second edition. 285 pages. Illustrated. Price ........$2.00 EMINENT ENGINEERS. By Dwight Goddard. Everyone who appreciates the effect of such great, inventions as the Steam Engine, Steamboat, Locomotive,. Sewmg Machine, Steel Working, and other fundamental discoveries, is interested m knowing a little about the men who made them, and their emen us • Mr. Goddard has selected thirty-two of the world’s engineers who have contributed most largely to the advancement of our civilization by mechanical means, giving only such facts as are of general interest and in a way which, appeals to all whether mechanics or not. 280 pages. 35 illustrations. Price. . . . . . . ’ $1.50 ENGINE RUNNER’S CATECHISM. By Robert Grimshaw. A practical treatise for the stationary engineer, telling how to erect adjust and run the principal steam engines in use in the United States. Describing tha ’principal features of various special and well-known makes of engines: Temper Cut-off Shinning and Receiving Foundations Erecting and Starting, Valve Setting, Care’and Use, Emergencies, Erecting and Adjusting Special Engines. The questions asked throughout the catechism are plain and to tho point and the answers are given m such simple language as to be readily understood by anyone All the instructions given are complete and up-to-date; and they are written in a popular style, without any technicalities or mathematical formulae. Tho work is of a handy size tor the pocket, clearly and well printed, nicely bound, and profusely illustrated. To young engineers this catechism will be of great value, especially to those who may be preparing to go forward to be examined for certificates of competency and to engineers generally it will be of no little service, as they will And in this volume more really practical and useful information than is to be found, anywhere else within a likø ompass. 387 pages. Seventh, edition. Price.......................$2.00 30