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Water and water supplies
B o o k Notices.
236
BOOK
[J. F. I.,
NOTICES.
Water and Water Supplies.
By John C. Thresh, Sc.D., etc. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 19Ol. 8vo, pp. X V + 527. This work treats of water, its composition and properties, rain and rainwater, surface water, subsoil water, natural spring waters, deep-well waters, river water, quality of drinking waters, impure water and its effects upon health, the interpretation of water analyses, the pollution of drinking water, the self-purification of rivers, the purification of water on the large scale, domestic purification, the softening of hard water, quantity of water required for domestic and other purposes, selection of sources of water-supply and amount available from different sources, the protection of underground water supplies and the protection of surface-water supplies, wells and their construction, pumps and pumping machinery, the storage of water, the distribution of water, the law relating to water-supplies, rural and village water-supplies, and water charges. The work has an elaborate general index and an index of proper names. It is well illustrated.
Furnace Draft .' Its production by mechanical methods. Christie, Consulting N. J., 19Ol. I2mo, New York. The author devotes methods of operating jets, etc.
W'm. Wallace Engineer, etc. Published by the author. Paterson, pp. 44. (Price, 5o cents.) D. Van Nostrand & Co., this momograph to the consideration of the several furnaces by mechanical means, by blowers, steam
Linear Drawing and Lettering.
For beginners. By J. C. L. Fish, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C.E., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the Leland Stanford Junior University. Published by the author. Palo Alto, Cal. 7 x I o n , oblong. V + pp. 65, 46 figures. (Limp cloth, SLOO.)
Chapter I treats of instruments and materials. Chapters II and I I I give the details of the course of " L i n e a r Drawing and L e t t e r i n g " in Stanford University ; and Chapter IV treats of the details of draughting as pursued in the course of instruction followed in the University.
Franklin Institute. [Proceedings o f the Stated Meeting held Wednesday, February I9, Igoe.] HALL OF TH~ FRANKLIN INSTITUTe,
PHILADELPHIA, February x9, x9o2. President JOH~ BIRKINBINE in the chair. Present, 124 members and visitors. Additions to membership since last report 12.
236
BOOK
[J. F. I.,
NOTICES.
Water and Water Supplies.
By John C. Thresh, Sc.D., etc. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 19Ol. 8vo, pp. X V + 527. This work treats of water, its composition and properties, rain and rainwater, surface water, subsoil water, natural spring waters, deep-well waters, river water, quality of drinking waters, impure water and its effects upon health, the interpretation of water analyses, the pollution of drinking water, the self-purification of rivers, the purification of water on the large scale, domestic purification, the softening of hard water, quantity of water required for domestic and other purposes, selection of sources of water-supply and amount available from different sources, the protection of underground water supplies and the protection of surface-water supplies, wells and their construction, pumps and pumping machinery, the storage of water, the distribution of water, the law relating to water-supplies, rural and village water-supplies, and water charges. The work has an elaborate general index and an index of proper names. It is well illustrated.
Furnace Draft .' Its production by mechanical methods. Christie, Consulting N. J., 19Ol. I2mo, New York. The author devotes methods of operating jets, etc.
W'm. Wallace Engineer, etc. Published by the author. Paterson, pp. 44. (Price, 5o cents.) D. Van Nostrand & Co., this momograph to the consideration of the several furnaces by mechanical means, by blowers, steam
Linear Drawing and Lettering.
For beginners. By J. C. L. Fish, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C.E., Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the Leland Stanford Junior University. Published by the author. Palo Alto, Cal. 7 x I o n , oblong. V + pp. 65, 46 figures. (Limp cloth, SLOO.)
Chapter I treats of instruments and materials. Chapters II and I I I give the details of the course of " L i n e a r Drawing and L e t t e r i n g " in Stanford University ; and Chapter IV treats of the details of draughting as pursued in the course of instruction followed in the University.
Franklin Institute. [Proceedings o f the Stated Meeting held Wednesday, February I9, Igoe.] HALL OF TH~ FRANKLIN INSTITUTe,
PHILADELPHIA, February x9, x9o2. President JOH~ BIRKINBINE in the chair. Present, 124 members and visitors. Additions to membership since last report 12.