THE MECHANIC’S GUIDE: A Hand-Book for Engineers and Artizans. With Copious Tables and Valuable Recipes for Practical Use. Illustrated. _Second Edition_. Crown 8vo. Cloth, 7/6. * * * * * LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND * * * * * Third Edition, _Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. With 60 Plates and Numerous Illustrations. Handsome Cloth_. 34s. HYDRAULIC POWER AND HYDRAULIC MACHINERY. BY HENRY ROBINSON, M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., FELLOW OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON; PROF. EMERITUS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, KING’S COLLEGE, ETC., ETC. Contents.--Discharge through Orifices.--Flow of Water through Pipes.--Accumulators.--Presses and Lifts.--Hoists.--Rams.--Hydraulic Engines.--Pumping Engines.--Capstans.--Traversers.--Jacks.--Weighing Machines.--Riveters and Shop Tools.--Punching, Shearing, and Flanging Machines.--Cranes.--Coal Discharging Machines.--Drills and Cutters.--Pile Drivers, Excavators, &c.--Hydraulic Machinery applied to Bridges, Dock Gates, Wheels and Turbines.--Shields.--Various Systems and Power Installations.--Meters, &c.--Index. “The standard work on the application of water power.”--_Cassier’s Magazine_. * * * * * _Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged. With Frontispiece, several Plates, and over 250 Illustrations_. 21_s. net._ THE PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUMPING MACHINERY (STEAM AND WATER PRESSURE). With Practical Illustrations of Engines and Pumps applied to Mining, Town Water Supply, Drainage of Lands, &c., also Economy and Efficiency Trials of Pumping Machinery. By HENRY DAVEY, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, F.G.S., &c. Contents--Early History of Pumping Engines--Steam Pumping Engines-- Pumps and Pump Valves--General Principles of Non-Rotative Pumping Engines--The Cornish Engine, Simple and Compound--Types of Mining Engines--Pit Work--Shaft Sinking--Hydraulic Transmission of Power in Mines--Electric Transmission of Power--Valve Gears of Pumping Engines--Water Pressure Pumping Engines--Water Works Engines-- Pumping Engine Economy and Trials of Pumping Machinery--Centrifugal and other Low-Lift Pumps--Hydraulic Rams, Pumping Mains, &c.--Index.