SPONS’ HOUSEHOLD MANUAL: A Treasury of Domestic Receipts and Guide for Home Management.
Just Published, in Demy 8vo, cloth, containing 975 pages and 250 Illustrations, price 7s. 6d.
PRINCIPAL CONTENTS.
Hints for selecting a good House, pointing out the essential requirements for
a good house as to the Site, Soil, Trees, Aspect, Construction, and General Arrangement;
with instructions for Reducing Echoes, Waterproofing Damp Walls, Curing Damp Cellars.
Sanitation.—What should constitute a good Sanitary Arrangement; Examples (with
Illustrations) of Well- and Ill-drained Houses; How to Test Drains; Ventilating Pipes, etc.
Water Supply.—Care of Cisterns; Sources of Supply; Pipes; Pumps; Purification
and Filtration of Water.
Ventilation and Warming.—Methods of Ventilating without causing cold
draughts, by various means; Principles of Warming; Health Questions; Combustion; Open
Grates; Open Stoves; Fuel Economisers; Varieties of Grates; Close-Fire Stoves; Hot-air
Furnaces; Gas Heating; Oil Stoves; Steam Heating; Chemical Heaters; Management of
Flues; and Cure of Smoky Chimneys.
Lighting.—The best methods of Lighting; Candles, Oil Lamps, Gas, Incandescent
Gas, Electric Light; How to test Gas Pipes; Management of Gas.
Furniture and Decoration.—Hints on the Selection of Furniture; on the most
approved methods of Modern Decoration; on the best methods of arranging Bells and Calls;
How to Construct an Electric Bell.
Thieves and Fire.—Precautions against Thieves and Fire; Methods of Detection;
Domestic Fire Escapes; Fireproofing Clothes, etc.
The Larder.—Keeping Food fresh for a limited time; Storing Food without change,
such as Fruits, Vegetables, Eggs, Honey, etc.
Curing Foods for lengthened Preservation, as Smoking, Salting, Canning,
Potting, Pickling, Bottling Fruits, etc.; Jams, Jellies, Marmalade, etc.
The Dairy.—The Building and Fitting of Dairies in the most approved modern style;
Butter-making; Cheesemaking and Curing.
The Cellar.—Building and Fitting; Cleaning Casks and Bottles; Corks and Corking;
Aerated Drinks; Syrups for Drinks; Beers; Bitters; Cordials and Liqueurs; Wines;
Miscellaneous Drinks.
The Pantry.—Bread-making; Ovens and Pyrometers; Yeast; German Yeast;
Biscuits; Cakes; Fancy Breads; Buns.
The Kitchen.—On Fitting Kitchens; a description of the best Cooking Ranges, close
and open; the Management and Care of Hot Plates, Baking Ovens, Dampers, Flues, and
Chimneys; Cooking by Gas; Cooking by Oil; the Arts of Roasting, Grilling, Boiling,
Stewing, Braising, Frying.
Receipts for Dishes.—Soups, Fish, Meat, Game, Poultry, Vegetables, Salads,
Puddings, Pastry, Confectionery, Ices, etc., etc.; Foreign Dishes.
The Housewife’s Room.—Testing Air, Water, and Foods; Cleaning and Renovating;
Destroying Vermin.
Housekeeping, Marketing.
The Dining-Room.—Dietetics; Laying and Waiting at Table: Carving; Dinners,
Breakfasts, Luncheons, Teas, Suppers, etc.
The Drawing-Room.—Etiquette; Dancing; Amateur Theatricals; Tricks and
Illusions; Games (indoor).
The Bedroom and Dressing-Room; Sleep; the Toilet; Dress; Buying Clothes;
Outfits; Fancy Dress.
The Nursery.—The Room; Clothing; Washing; Exercise; Sleep; Feeding; Teething;
Illness; Home Training.
The Sick-Room.—The Room; the Nurse; the Bed; Sick Room Accessories; Feeding
Patients; Invalid Dishes and Drinks; Administering Physic; Domestic Remedies; Accidents
and Emergencies; Bandaging; Burns; Carrying Injured Persons; Wounds; Drowning; Fits;
Frost-bites; Poisons and Antidotes; Sunstroke; Common Complaints; Disinfection, etc.
The Bath-Room.—Bathing in General; Management of Hot-Water System.
The Laundry.—Small Domestic Washing Machines, and methods of getting up linen;
Fitting up and Working a Steam Laundry.
The School-Room.—The Room and its Fittings; Teaching, etc.
The Playground.—Air and Exercise; Training; Outdoor Games and Sports.
The Workroom.—Darning, Patching, and Mending Garments.
The Library.—Care of Books.
The Garden.—Calendar of Operations for Lawn, Flower Garden, and Kitchen
Garden.
The Farmyard.—Management of the Horse, Cow, Pig, Poultry, Bees, etc., etc.
Small Motors.—A description of the various small Engines useful for domestic
purposes, from 1 man to 1 horse power, worked by various methods, such as Electric
Engines, Gas Engines, Petroleum Engines, Steam Engines, Condensing Engines, Water
Power, Wind Power, and the various methods of working and managing them.
Household Law.—The Law relating to Landlords and Tenants, Lodgers, Servants,
Parochial Authorities, Juries, Insurance, Nuisance, etc.
On Designing Belt Gearing. By E. J. Cowling
Welch, Mem. Inst. Mech. Engineers, Author of ‘Designing Valve
Gearing.’ Fcap. 8vo, sewed, 6d.
A Handbook of Formulæ, Tables, and Memoranda,
for Architectural Surveyors and others engaged in Building. By J. T.
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Tabulated Weights of Angle, Tee, Bulb, Round,
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A Complete Set of Contract Documents for a Country
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A Practical Treatise on Heat, as applied to the
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A Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing
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and suggestions for improvements, with hints upon Drawing and Colouring.
By W. F. Stanley, M.R.I. Sixth edition, with numerous illustrations,
crown 8vo, cloth, 5s.
Quantity Surveying. By J. Leaning. With 42 illustrations.
Second edition, revised, crown 8vo, cloth, 9s.
Contents:
- A complete Explanation of the London Practice.
- General Instructions.
- Order of Taking Off.
- Modes of Measurement of the various Trades.
- Use and Waste.
- Ventilation and Warming.
- Credits, with various Examples of Treatment.
- Abbreviations.
- Squaring the Dimensions.
- Abstracting, with Examples in illustration of
- each Trade.
- Billing.
- Examples of Preambles to each Trade.
- Form for a Bill of Quantities.
- Do. Bill of Credits.
- Do. Bill for Alternative Estimate.
- Restorations and Repairs, and Form of Bill.
- Variations before Acceptance of Tender.
- Errors in a Builder’s Estimate.
- Schedule of Prices.
- Form of Schedule of Prices.
- Analysis of Schedule of Prices.
- Adjustment of Accounts.
- Form of a Bill of Variations.
- Remarks on Specifications.
- Prices and Valuation of Work, with Examples and Remarks upon each Trade.
- The Law as it affects Quantity Surveyors, with Law Reports.
- Taking Off after the Old Method.
- Northern Practice.
- The General Statement of the Methods recommended by the Manchester Society of Architects for taking Quantities.
- Examples of Collections.
- Examples of “Taking Off” in each Trade.
- Remarks on the Past and Present Methods of Estimating.
Spons’ Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book, with
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Elementary Theory and Calculation of Iron Bridges
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The Elementary Principles of Carpentry. By
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Section I. On the Equality and Distribution of Forces—Section II. Resistance of
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Bridges—Section IX. Coffer-dams, Shoring, and Strutting—Section X. Wooden Bridges
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Hot Water Apparatus: An Elementary Guide for
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The Use and Misuse, and the Proper and Improper
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Iron Roofs: Examples of Design, Description. Illustrated
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A History of Electric Telegraphy, to the Year 1837.
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The Depreciation of Factories and their Valuation.
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American Foundry Practice: Treating of Loam,
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Elements of Construction for Electro-Magnets. By
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Surveying, Levelling, etc.—Strength and Weight of Materials—Earthwork, Brickwork,
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Trusses—Girders, Bridges, etc.—Railways and Roads—Hydraulic Formulæ—Canals, Sewers,
Waterworks, Docks—Irrigation and Breakwaters—Gas, Ventilation, and Warming—Heat,
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Signs—Telegraphic Construction and Formulæ.
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A Practical Treatise on Natural and Artificial
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A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture and Distribution
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- Of Truth in the Diagram.
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- Introductory Remarks.
- Units.
- Expansion.
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- To Measure from the Diagram the Quantity of Heat Expended.
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- Of other Applications of the Indicator.
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- Introductory.
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- The Modification of the Acceleration and Retardation that is occasioned by the Angular Vibration of the Connecting-rod.
- Method of representing the actual pressure on the crank at every point of its revolution.
- The Rotative Effect of the Pressure exerted on the Crank.
- The Transmitting Parts of an Engine, considered as an Equaliser of Motion.
- A Ride on a Buffer-beam (Appendix).
