Syllabuses and Examination Papers of the City and Guilds of London Institute.--Chapters I., Cotton.--II., The Practical Manipulation of Cotton Spinning Machinery.--III., Doubling and Winding.--IV., Reeling.--V., Warping.--VI., Production and Costs.--VII., Main Driving.--VIII., Arrangement of Machinery and Mill Planning.--IX., Waste and Waste Spinning.--Index to Illustrations.--General Index. * * * * * =Books for Mining Engineers and Steam Users.= * * * * * =RECOVERY WORK AFTER PIT FIRES.= A Description of the Principal Methods Pursued, especially in Fiery Mines, and of the Various Appliances Employed, such as Respiratory and Rescue Apparatus, Dams, etc. By ROBERT LAMPRECHT, Mining Engineer and Manager. Translated from the German. Illustrated by Six large Plates, containing Seventy-six Illustrations. 175 pp., demy 8vo. 1901. Price 10s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 11s.; Other Countries, 12s.; strictly net. =Contents.= Preface.--=I., Causes of Pit Fires:= 1, Fires Resulting from the Spontaneous Ignition of Coal; 2, Fires Caused by Burning Timber; 3, Fires Caused by Fire-damp Explosions.--=II., Preventive Regulations:= 1, The Outbreak and Rapid Extension of a Shaft Fire can be most reliably prevented by Employing little or no Combustible Material in the Construction of the Shaft; 2, Precautions for Rapidly Localising an Outbreak of Fire in the Shaft; 3, Precautions to be Adopted in case those under 1 and 2 Fail or Prove Inefficient Precautions against Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. Precautions for Preventing Explosions of Fire-damp and Coal Dust. Employment of Electricity in Mining, particularly in Fiery Pits. Experiments on the Ignition of Fire-damp Mixtures and Clouds of Coal Dust by Electricity.--=III., Indications of an Existing-or Incipient Fire.--IV., Appliances for Working in Irrespirable Gases:= 1, Respiratory Apparatus; 2, Apparatus with Air Supply Pipes, (_a_) The Bremen Smoke Helmet, (_b_) The Mueller Smoke Helmet, (_c_) The Stolz Rescue Mask; 3, Reservoir Apparatus: 4, Oxygen Apparatus. The Schwann Respiratory Apparatus. The Fleuss Respiratory Apparatus. The Improved Walcher-Gaertner Pneumatophor, (_a_) The Single Bottle Apparatus, Instructions for using the Pneumatophor, Taking to Pieces and Resetting the Apparatus ready for Use; (_b_) Two Bottle Apparatus (Shamrock Type). The Neupert Rescue Apparatus (The Mayer-Pilar System).--=V. Extinguishing-Pit Fires:= (_a_)Chemical Means: (_b_) Extinction with Water. Dragging down the Burning Masses and Packing with Clay: (_c_) Insulating the Seat of the Fire by Dams. Dam Building. Dam Work in the Fiery Pits of Southern Hungary: (_a_) Cross-dams of Clay; (_b_) Masonry Dams, Gallery Linings. Wagner's Portable Safety Dam. Analyses of Fire Gases. Isolating the Seat of a Fire with Dams: Working in Irrespirable Gases ("Gas-diving"): 1, Air-Lock Work (Horizontal Advance) on the Mayer System as Pursued at Karwin in 1894; 2, Air-Lock