“By the ‘one English Engineer who probably knows more about Pumping Machinery than ANY OTHER.’ ... A VOLUME RECORDING THE RESULTS OF LONG EXPERIENCE AND STUDY.”--_The Engineer_. “Undoubtedly THE BEST AND MOST PRACTICAL TREATISE on Pumping Machinery THAT HAS YET BEEN PUBLISHED.”--_Mining Journal_. * * * * * LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED, EXETER STREET, STRAND. * * * * * _Royal 800, Handsome Cloth. With numerous Illustrations and Tables. 25s._ THE STABILITY OF SHIPS. BY SIR EDWARD J. REED, K.C.B., F.R.S., M.P., KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL ORDERS OF ST. STANILAUS OF RUSSIA; FRANCIS JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA; MEDJIDIE OF TURKEY; AND RISING SUN OF JAPAN; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. “Sir Edward Reed’s ‘Stability of Ships’ is INVALUABLE. The Naval Architect will find brought together and ready to his hand, a mass of information which he would otherwise have to seek in an almost endless variety of publications, and some of which he would possibly not be able to obtain at all elsewhere.”--_Steamship_. * * * * * THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS. By JOHN HARVARD BILES, M.Inst.N.A., Professor of Naval Architecture in the University of Glasgow. [_In Preparation_.] * * * * * Third Edition. Illustrated with Plates, Numerous Diagrams, and Figures in the Text. 18s. net. STEEL SHIPS: THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE. _A Manual for Shipbuilders, Ship Superintendents, Students, and Marine Engineers_. By THOMAS WALTON, Naval Architect, Author of “Know Your Own Ship.” Contents.--I. Manufacture of Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel.-- Composition of Iron and Steel, Quality, Strength, Tests, &c. II. Classification of Steel Ships. III. Considerations in making choice of Type of Vessel.--Framing of Ships. IV. Strains experienced by Ships.--Methods of Computing and Comparing Strengths of Ships. V. Construction of Ships.--Alternative Modes of Construction.--Types of Vessels.--Turret, Self Trimming, and Trunk Steamers, &c.--Rivets and Rivetting, Workmanship. VI. Pumping Arrangements. VII. Maintenance.--Prevention of Deterioration in the Hulls of Ships. --Cement, Paint, &c.--Index.