USEFUL BOOKS ON TELEGRAPHY, &c.
Just published, Parts XIII. and XIV., in one vol. demy 8vo, sewed, 5s.
Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers,
INCLUDING ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS ON TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRICAL SCIENCE.
Edited by Major Frank Bolton and J. Sivewright.
To be continued quarterly.
8vo, cloth, 9s.
Reports of the Committee on Electrical Standards
appointed by the British Association.
Revised by Sir W. Thomson, Dr. J. P. Joule,
Professors Clark, Maxwell,
and Fleeming Jenkin.
With a Report to the Royal Society on Units of Electrical Resistance,
by Professor F. Jenkin.
Edited by Professor Fleeming Jenkin, F.R.S.
Plates.
Small fol., boards, 2s. 6d.
Experimental Investigation of the Laws which govern
the Propagation of the Electric Current in
Long Telegraph Cables.
By Latimer Clark.
Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 5s.
A Handbook of Electrical Testing.
By H. R. Kempe,
Assoc. of the Society of Telegraph Engineers.
8vo, cloth, 18s.
Electricity and the Electric Telegraph.
By Geo. B. Prescott.
With 504 Woodcut Illustrations.
12mo, cloth, 3s. 6d.
Memorials, Scientific and Literary,
of Andrew Crosse, the Electrician.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 8s.
Electricity: its Theory, Sources, and Applications.
By John T. Sprague,
Member of the Society of Telegraph Engineers
With Ninety-one Woodcuts and Thirty valuable Tables.
8vo, cloth, 9s.
Modern Practice of the Electric Telegraph.
By Frank L. Pope.
Third Edition, with numerous Wood Engravings.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.
Electrical Tables and Formulæ for the Use of
Telegraph Inspectors and Operators.
Compiled by
Latimer Clarke and Robert Sabine.
With Wood Engravings.
32mo, roan, 6s.; interleaved with ruled paper for office use, 9s.;
printed on India paper for the waistcoat pocket, 6s.
A Pocket Book of Useful Formulæ and Memoranda
for Civil and Mechanical Engineers.
By Guildford L. Molesworth,
Mem. Inst. C.E., Consulting Engineer to the
Government of India for State Railways.
Revised, with considerable Additions by the Author;
together with a valuable contribution on
Telegraphs by R. S. Brough.
| SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. |
| Surveying, Levelling, etc. |
| Strength and Weight of Materials. |
| Earthwork, Brickwork, Masonry, Arches, etc. |
| Struts, Columns, Beams, and Trusses. |
| Flooring, Roofing, and Roof Trusses. |
| Girders, Bridges, etc. |
| Railways and Roads. |
| Hydraulic Formulæ. |
| Canals, Sewers, Waterworks, Docks. |
| Irrigation and Breakwaters. |
| Gas, Ventilation, and Warming. |
| Heat, Light, Colour, and Sound. |
| Gravity—Centres, Forces, and Powers. |
| Millwork, Teeth of Wheels, Shafting, etc. |
| Workshop Recipes. |
| Sundry Machinery. |
| Animal Power. |
| Steam and the Steam Engine. |
| Water-power, Water-wheels, Turbines, etc. |
| Wind and Windmills. |
| Steam Navigation, Ship Building, Tonnage, etc. |
| Gunnery, Projectiles, etc. |
| Weights, Measures, and Money. |
| Trigonometry, Conic Sections, and Curves. |
| Telegraph. |
| Mensuration. |
| Tables of Areas and Circumference, and Arcs of Circles. |
| Logarithms, Square and Cube Roots, Powers. |
| Reciprocals, etc. |
| Useful Numbers. |
| Differential and Integral Calculus. |
| Algebraic Signs. |
| Telegraphic Construction and Formulæ. |
Fcap. 8vo, cloth, 1s. 6d.
Electro-Telegraphy,
By Frederick S. Beechey,
Telegraph Engineer.
A Book for Beginners.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 4s. 6d.
Guide for the Electric Testing of Telegraph Cables,
By Captain V. Hosklær.
Plates.
| CONTENTS. |
| The Conductivity of the Copper. |
| The Charge of the Cable. |
| Insulation of the Cable. |
| Insulation of a Joint. |
| The Situation and Greatness of a Fault. |
| Testing and Laying of a Cable. |
| Formulæ, Tables, etc. |
London:
E. & F. N. SPON, 46, CHARING CROSS.
NEW YORK: 446, BROOME STREET.
Transcriber's Notes:
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Uncertain or antiquated spellings or ancient words were not corrected.
The illustrations have been moved so that they do not break up paragraphs and so that they are next to the text they illustrate.
Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered.