"In these days of advanced knowledge a work like this is of the greatest value. It contains a vast amount of information. We unhesitatingly say that it is the most valuable compilation for its specific purpose that has ever been printed. No naval architect, engineer, surveyor, or seaman, wood or iron shipbuilder, can afford to be without this work."—Nautical Magazine.

"Should be used by all who are engaged in the construction or designs of vessels.... Will be found to contain the most useful tables and formulæ required by shipbuilders, carefully collected from the best authorities, and put together in a popular and simple form."—Engineer.

"The professional shipbuilder has now, in a convenient and accessible form, reliable data for solving many of the numerous problems that present themselves in the course of his work."—Iron.

"There is no doubt that a pocket-book of this description must be a necessity in the shipbuilding trade.... The volume contains a mass of useful information clearly expressed and presented in a handy form."—Marine Engineer.

"Well adapted to give the young steamship engineer or marine engine and boiler maker a general introduction into his practical work."—Mechanical World.

"We feel sure that this thoroughly revised edition will continue to be as popular in the future as it has been in the past, as, for its size, it contains more useful information than any similar treatise."—Industries.

"As a compendious and useful guide to engineers of our mercantile and royal naval services, we should say it cannot be surpassed."—Building News.

"The information given is both sound and sensible, and well qualified to direct young sea-going hands on the straight road to the extra chief's certificate.... Most useful to surveyors, inspectors, draughtsmen, and young engineers."—Glasgow Herald.

"We recommend it to our readers as going far to supply a long-felt want."—Naval Science.

"A most useful companion to all marine engineers."—United Service Gazette.

"Contains much valuable information for the class for whom it is intended, especially in the chapters on the management of boilers and engines."—Nautical Magazine.

"A useful introduction to the more elaborate text-books."—Scotsman.

"To a student who has the requisite desire and resolve to attain a thorough knowledge, Mr. Brewer offers decidedly useful help."—Athenæum.

"The student who learns from these drawings will have nothing to unlearn."—Engineer.

"The examples chosen are essentially practical, and are such as should prove of service to engineers generally, while admirably fulfilling their specific purpose."—Mechanical World.

"This work is very ably written, and is illustrated by diagrams and carefully worked calculations. The work should be in the hands of every sailmaker, whether employer or employed, as it cannot fail to assist them in the pursuit of their important avocations."—Isle of Wight Herald.

"This extremely practical work gives a complete education in all the branches of the manufacture, cutting out, roping, seaming, and goring. It is copiously illustrated, and will form a first-rate text-book and guide."—Portsmouth Times.

"The author of this work has rendered a distinct service to all interested in the art of sailmaking. The subject of which he treats is a congenial one. Mr. Sadler is a practical sailmaker, and has devoted years of careful observation and study to the subject; and the results of the experience thus gained he has set forth in the volume before us."—Steamship.

"It contains a vast amount of valuable Information. Nothing seems to be wanting to make it a complete and standard work of reference on the subject."—Nautical Magazine.

"Mr. Davies, in this handsome volume, has done the advanced student and the manager of mines good service. Almost every kind of machinery in actual use is carefully described, and the woodcuts and plates are good."—Athenæum.

"From cover to cover the work exhibits all the same characteristics which excite the confidence and attract the attention of the student as he peruses the first page. The work may safely be recommended. By its publication the literature connected with the industry will be enriched, and the reputation of its author enhanced."—Mining Journal.

"Mr. Davies has endeavoured to bring before his readers the best of everything in modern mining appliances. His work carries internal evidence of the author's impartiality, and this constitutes one of the great merits of the book. Throughout his work the criticisms are based on his own or other reliable experience."—Iron and Steel Trades' Journal.

"The work deals with nearly every class of machinery or apparatus likely to be met with or required in connection with metalliferous mining, and is one which we have every confidence in recommending."—Practical Engineer.

"Neither the practical miner nor the general reader interested in mines can have a better book for his companion and his guide."—Mining Journal.

"We are doing our readers a service in calling their attention to this valuable work."—Mining World.

"A book that will not only be useful to the geologist, the practical miner, and the metallurgist, but also very interesting to the general public."—Iron.

"As a history of the present state of mining throughout the world this book has a real value, end it supplies an actual want."—Athenæum.

"We do not remember to have met with any English work on mining matters that contains the same amount of information packed in equally convenient form."—Academy.

"We should be inclined to rank it as among the very best of the handy technical and trades manuals which have recently appeared."—British Quarterly Review.

"One of the most valuable works of reference of modern times. Mr. Hunt, as Keeper of Mining Records of the United Kingdom, has had opportunities for such a task not enjoyed by anyone else, and has evidently made the most of them.... The language and style adopted are good, and the treatment of the various subjects laborious, conscientious, and scientific."—Engineering.

"The book is, in fact, a treasure-house of statistical information on mining subjects, and we know of no other work embodying so great a mass of matter of this kind. Were this the only merit of Mr. Hunt's volume, it would be sufficient to render it indispensable in the library of everyone interested in the development of the mining and metallurgical industries of this Country.—Athenæum.

"A mass of Information not elsewhere available, and of the greatest value to those who may be interested in our great mineral industries."—Engineer.

"Will be highly esteemed by colliery owners and lessees, mining engineers, and students generally who require to be acquainted with the best means of securing the drainage of mines. It is a most valuable work, and stands almost alone in the literature of steam pumping machinery."—Colliery Guardian.

"Much valuable Information is given, so that the book is thoroughly worthy of an extensive circulation amongst practical men and purchasers of machinery."'—Mining Journal.

"Will supply a much felt want, especially among Colonists, in whose way are so often thrown many mineralogical specimens the value of which it is difficult to determine."—Engineer.

"How to find commercial minerals, and how to identify them when they are found, are the leading points to which attention is directed. The author has managed to pack as much practical detail into his pages as would supply material for a book three times its size."—Mining Journal.

"Invaluable to anyone who is working up for an examination on mining subjects."—Iron and Coal Trades Review.

"The author has done his work in an exceedingly creditable manner, and has produced a book that will be of service to students, and those who are practically engaged in mining operations."—Engineer.

"Professor Milne's handbook is sure to be received with favour by all connected with mining, and will be extremely popular among students."—Athenæum.

"This excellent book is an admirable example of its kind, and ought to find a large sale amongst English-speaking prospectors and mining engineers."—Engineering.

"Miners and metallurgists will find in this work a useful vade-mecum containing a mass of rules, formulæ, tables, and various other information, the necessity for reference to which occurs in. their daily duties."—Iron.

"Mr. Lintern's book forms a valuable and thoroughly trustworthy guide."—Iron and Coal Trades Review.

"An interesting and invaluable work."—Colliery Guardian.

"Useful not only to the miner, but also to officers of both services to whom blasting and the use of explosives generally may at any time become a necessary auxiliary."—Nature.

"A veritable mine of information on the subject of explosives employed for military, mining, and blasting purposes."—Army and Navy Gazette.

"Mr. Pamely has not only given us a comprehensive reference book of a very high order, suitable to the requirements of mining-engineers and colliery managers, but at the same time has provided mining students with a class-book that is as interesting as it is instructive."—Colliery Manager.

"Mr. Pamely's work is eminently suited to the purpose for which it is intended—being clear, interesting, exhaustive, rich in detail, and up to date, giving descriptions of the very latest machines in every department.... A mining engineer could scarcely go wrong who followed this work."—Colliery Guardian.

"This is the most complete 'all round' work on coal-mining published in the English language.... No library of coal-mining books is complete without it."—Colliery Engineer (Scranton, Pa., U.S.A.).

"Mr. Pamely's work is in all respects worthy of our admiration. No person in any responsible position connected with mines should be without a copy."—Westminster Review.

"The book is one which must find a place on the shelves of all interested in coal and iron production, and in the iron, steel and other metallurgical industries."—Engineer.

"Of this book we may unreservedly say that it is the best of its class which we have ever met.... A book of reference which no one engaged in the iron or coal trades should omit from his library."—Iron and Coal Trades Review.

"As an outline is given of every known coal-field in this and other countries, as well as of the principal methods of working, the book will doubtless interest a very large number of readers."—Mining Journal.

"A clearly and well-written manual on the granite industry."—Scotsman.

"An interesting work, which will be deservedly esteemed."—Colliery Guardian.

"An exceedingly interesting and valuable monograph on a subject which has hitherto received unaccountably little attention in the shape of systematic literary treatment."—Scottish Leader.

"This book thoroughly deserves its title of a 'Practical Treatise.' The whole process of gold milling, from the breaking of the quartz to the assay of the bullion, is described in clear and orderly narrative and with much, but not too much, fulness of detail."—Saturday Review.

"The work is a storehouse of information and valuable data, and we strongly recommend it to all professional men engaged in the gold-mining industry."—Mining Journal.

"A practical treatise, and a technical work which we are convinced will supply a long-felt want amongst practical men, and at the same time be of value to students and others indirectly connected with the industries."—Mining Journal.

"From first to last the book is thoroughly sound and reliable."—Colliery Guardian.

"For chemists, practical miners, assayers, and investors alike, we do not know of any work on the subject so handy and yet so comprehensive."—Glasgow Herald.

"The numerous metallurgical processes, which are fully and extensively treated of, embrace all the stages experienced in the passage of the lead from the various natural states to its issue from the refinery as an article of commerce."—Practical Engineer.

"The present volume fully maintains the reputation of the author. Those who wish to obtain a thorough insight into the present state of this industry cannot do better than read this volume, and all mining engineers cannot fail to find many useful hints and suggestions in it."—Industries.

"It is most carefully written and illustrated with capital drawings and diagrams. In fact, it is the work of an expert for experts, by whom it will be prized as an indispensable text-book."—Bristol Mercury.

"Carefully written, it has the merit of brevity and conciseness, as to less important points, while all material matters are very fully and thoroughly entered into."—Standard.

"The author has a thorough practical knowledge of his subject, and has supplemented a careful study of the available literature by unpublished information derived from his own observations. The result is a very useful volume which cannot fail to be of value to all interested in the iron industry of the country."—Industries.

"Constitutes a systematic and careful account of our present knowledge of the origin and occurrence of the iron ores of Great Britain, and embraces a description of the means employed in reaching and working these ores."—Iron.

"Mr. Kendall is a great authority on this subject and writes from personal observation."—Colliery Guardian.

"Mr. Kendall's book is thoroughly well done. In it there are the outlines of the history of ore mining in every centre and there is everything that we want to know as to the character of the ores of each district, their commercial value and the cost of working them."—Iron and Steel Trades Journal.

"There is very little in the shape of formulæ or data which the electrician is likely to want in a hurry which cannot be found in its pages."—Practical Engineer.

"A very useful book of reference for daily use in practical electrical engineering and its various applications to the industries of the present day."—Iron.

"It is the best book of its kind."—Electrical Engineer.

"Well arranged and compact. The 'Electrical Engineer's Pocket-Book' is a good one."—Electrician.

"Strongly recommended to those engaged in the various electrical industries."—Electrical Review.

"This volume deals with what may be termed the mechanics of electric lighting, and is addressed to men who are already engaged in the work or are training for it. The work traverses a great deal of ground, and may be read as a sequel to the same author's useful work on 'Electric Light.'"—Electrician.

"This is an attempt to state in the simplest language the precautions which should be adopted in installing the electric light, and to give information, for the guidance of those who have to run the plant when installed. The book is well worth the perusal of the workmen for whom it is written."—Electrical Review.

"We have read this book with a good deal of pleasure. We believe that the book will be of use to practical workmen, who will not be alarmed by finding mathematical formulæ which they are unable to understand."—Electrical Plant.

"Eminently practical and useful.... Ought to be in the hands of everyone in charge of an electric light plant."—Electrical Engineer.

"Mr. Urquhart has succeeded in producing a really capital book, which we have no hesitation in recommending to the notice of working electricians and electrical engineers."—Mechanical World.

"The whole ground of electric lighting is more or less covered and explained in a very clear and concise manner."—Electrical Review.

"Contains a good deal of very interesting information, especially in the parts where the author gives dimensions and working costs."—Electrical Engineer.

"A miniature vade-mecum of the salient facts connected with the science of electric lighting."—Electrician.

"You cannot for your purpose have a better book than 'Electric Light,' by Urquhart."—Engineer.

"The book is by far the best that we have yet met with on the subject."—Athenæum.

"Mr. Urquhart's book is the first one which deals with these matters in such a way that the engineering student can understand them. The book is very readable, and the author leads his readers up to difficult subjects by reasonably simple tests."—Engineering Review.

"The author deals with his subject in a style so popular as to make his volume a handbook of great practical value to engineer contractors and electricians in charge of lighting installations."—Scotsman.

"'Dynamo Construction' more than sustains the high character of the author's previous publications. It is sure to be widely read by the large and rapidly-increasing number of practical electricians."—Glasgow Herald.

"A book for which a demand has long existed."—Mechanical World.

"The work has many attractive features in it, and is beyond doubt, a well put together and useful publication. The amount of ground covered may be gathered from the fact that in the index about 5,000 references will be found. The inclusion of such comparatively modern words as 'impedence,' 'reluctance,' &c., shows that the author has desired to be up to date, and indeed there are other indications of carefulness of compilation. The work is one which does the author great credit and it should prove of great value, especially to students."—Electrical Review.

"We have found the book very complete and reliable, and can, therefore, commend it heartily."—Mechanical World.

"Very complete and contains a large amount of useful information."—Industries.

"An encyclopædia of electrical science in the compass of a dictionary. The information given is sound and clear. The book is well printed, well illustrated, and well up to date, and may be confidently recommended."—Builder.

"We hail the appearance of this little work as one which will meet a want that has been keenly felt for some time.... The author is to be congratulated on the excellent manner in which he has accomplished his task."—Practical Engineer.

"The volume is excellently printed and illustrated, and should form part of the library of every one who is directly or indirectly connected with electrical matters."—Hardware Trade Journal.

"The subject of ship electric lighting is one of vast importance in these days, and Mr. Urquhart is to be highly complimented for placing such a valuable work at the service of the practical marine electrician."—The Steamship.

"Distinctly a book which of its kind stands almost alone, and for which there should be a demand."—Electrical Review.

"Anyone who desires a short and thoroughly clear exposition of the elementary principles of electric lighting cannot do better than read this little work."—Bradford Observer.