By CHAS. H. WORDINGHAM, A.K.C., M.Inst.C.E., M.Inst.mech.E., Late Memb. of Council Inst. E.E., and Electrical Engineer to the City of Manchester; Electrical Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty. ABRIDGED CONTENTS. Introductory.--Central Station Work as a Profession.--As an Investment.--The Establishment of a Central Station.--Systems of Supply.--Site.--Architecture.--Plant.--Boilers--Systems of Draught and Waste Heat Economy.--Coal Handling, Weighing, and Storing.--The Transmission of Steam.--Generators.--Condensing Appliances.-- Switching Gear, Instruments, and Connections.--Distributing Mains.-- Insulation, Resistance, and Cost.--Distributing Networks.--Service Mains and Feeders.--Testing Mains.--Meters and Appliances.-- Standardising and Testing Laboratory.--Secondary Batteries.--Street Lighting.--Cost.--General Organisation.--Mains Department.-- Installation Department.--Standardising Department.--Drawing Office. --Clerical Department.--The Consumer.--Routine and Main Laying. --Index. “One of the MOST VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS to Central Station literature we have had for some time.”--_Electricity._ * * * * * In Large 8vo. Handsome Cloth. Profusely Illustrated. 12s. 6d. net. ELECTRICITY CONTROL. A Treatise on Electric Switchgear and Systems of Electric Transmission. by LEONARD ANDREWS, Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, &c’ General Principles of Switchgear Design.--Constructional Details.-- Circuit Breakers or Arc Interrupting Devices.--Automatically Operated Circuit-Breakers.--Alternating Reverse Current Devices.-- Arrangement of ’Bus Bars, and Apparatus for Parallel Running.-- General Arrangement of Controlling Apparatus for High Tension Systems.--General Arrangement of Controlling Apparatus for Low Tension Systems.--Examples of Complete Installations. --Long Distance Transmission Schemes. “Not often does the specialist have presented to him so satisfactory a book as this.... We recommend it without hesitation to Central Station Engineers, and, in fact, to anyone interested in the subject.”--_Power._ * * * * * Seventeenth Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. 8s. 6d. A POCKET-BOOK OF ELECTRICAL RULES & TABLES _FOR THE USE OF ELECTRICIANS AND ENGINEERS_. By JOHN MUNRO, C.E., & Prof. JAMIESON, M.Inst.C.E., F.R.S.E. With Numerous Diagrams. Pocket Size. Leather, 8s. 6d. GENERAL CONTENTS.