HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

Extracts from the Private Letters of the late Sir William Fothergill Cooke, 1836-9, relating to the Invention and Development of the Electric Telegraph; also a Memoir by Latimer Clark. Edited by F. H. Webb. Sec. Inst. E. E. 8vo. (1895)  30
A Chronology of Inland Navigation in Great Britain. By H. R. De Salis. Crown 8vo. (1897)  46
A History of Electric Telegraphy to the year 1837. By J. J. Fahie. 35 illus. 542 pp. crown 8vo. (1889)  20
History and Development of Steam Locomotion on Common Roads. By W. Fletcher. 109 illus. 288 pp. 8vo.  50
Life as an Engineer: its Lights, Shades, and Prospects. By J. W. C. Haldane. 23 plates, 338 pp. crown 8vo. (1905) net  50
Philipp Reis, Inventor of the Telephone: a Biographical Sketch. By Prof. S. P. Thompson. 8vo, cloth. (1883)  76
The Development of the Mercurial Air Pump. By Prof. S. P. Thompson. Illustrated, royal 8vo, sewed. (1888)  16