Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW USEFUL ARTS DEPARTMENT
METEOROLOGICAL BOOKS.

FROM time to time there have a1pearel
In these columns lists of new te"hnologf-
cal and engineering books. These arc
being purchased for i new useful arts
department, which the library expects to
open In November In this department.
VIII be collected all the libra-ys re-
sources on Industrial subjects. the trades
the various branches of engineering.
business methods handicrafts, etc A col
lection of trade catalogues issued by
manufacturers is also begun The room
Will be in charge OF an assistant whose
DUTY 1t Will be to familiarize himself
with the material brought ;ogcther
Meantime the books that are being pur-
chased are already available for refer
ence or home use. Another list of recent
purchases follows:
Engineering Law.
Wait. J. C. The law of operations n.,hrr.n.-,
to construction in engineering and Architecture
Rights in real property. boundaries. easements and
builders public officers and attorneys at aw. 1905
prudence. 1905. NIB WISE.
Surveying.
,. Trough , B II. Treatise Mine Surveying.
Transit and eve e A hSS Of the Engineers
Merriman. Mansfield. and Brooks, j. T.. Hand
pooh surveyors. 1oo6. GS MJJI2l.
Farming.
,,, BAILEY a L. i; Cyelopedia of American Agricui.
r, Gard F. w. Farm Management. 1907. re-
Coburn. F. d. Book Of Alfalfa: It's rses
Forage and FERTILIZER. 1906. RGii Cs:ab.
Fletcher, 8; ". Soils. 1907. RGB-FGSss
rs rlsnch' Allen. Book Of Vegetables. aeO7. RH-
IT, IT, s. Statistics Division. Agricultu al Depart.
In nt. crop Reporter, IL, with Indexes isD9.
lsoo. y " in 2. RG Un3lc.
Mining.
else summary Of the chief geological principles a
knowiedge OF which s necessary TO the IN Ierstnnd
MCsp8Tg. - VIZ 'ep'''''' i'o''
Lock, c. G. W. Miners Pocketbook. 1871. RID.
Metallurgy.
ve Goil!ns H sa ,. The Metalursy of Lead and Sill.
1901 iofn mFT a a. Mixed Metals or Metallic Alloys
Cadmium 1905. H. RF he 2Mesailursy of z'ne and
u t Eose II. H. The Metallurgy Of Gold. 1902
,0 Sexton .ds H elementary Text Book CT Metal
Gas and Illumination.
PRACTICAL h snd L isos Van
,o GIL A. H. Gas and Fuel Analysis for Engineers
Stevenson. +: W. Modern Appliances in Ca.
Manufacture. 1901. RSGst473m.
Electricity.
American Institute Of Electrical Engineers cou
mlttee on High tension Transmission High tension
rover transmission. v. 1905-06. Ri .iin372b
Dobbs A. Z. Practical Features of TeIenhon.
Work. 1899. Rv-D652p. p
Hopkins. w. J. The Telephone. Outlines OF the
Development Of transmitters and receivers lsaS
Lamb C; G. Alternating Currents. A tex.
RAYMOND, f. b. Alternating Current Engineer.
Ing Practically Treated. 1905. RT R2I(Isi
Salomons. Sir David. The Management Of A..
umulators. 1906. Rw-Sa36Gm. -
sIeinmetz, Z: T. Theoretical Elements Of Elec.
trical Engineering 1905. RT -St34Gt. VI -'e'
walker s. f. Electricity in Homes and Work.
Sanitary Engineering.
r, Harcourt, L; F. v. Sanitary Engineering With
I Respect to Water Supply and Sewage Disposal.
Shaw. W. n. Air Currents and the Law, Of
Ventilation. 1907. 81 -Sh2s
Hydraulic Engineering.
Ma Manual Of American Water Works 1897. VA.
Mead. d. W. Notes on NEUROLOGY and the An.
phcation or Its Laws to the Problems Of Hydraulic
Engineering. 1904. MI -M462n
Automobiles.
Brookes, L. Z. Automobile Handbook. 1905.
Why's and wherefores of the Automobile. 1905.
RX-W629. ''
Railways.
Herrick: 4. B.. and Boynton. E. c. American
Lieeirlc halIway Practice. 1907. SYE-iiEJ62.
Modern Locomotives. 1901. TC-M123ui Refer.
ence.