 Part 2 of A Short List of Scientific Books, published by E&FN Spawn Ltd. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Chris Pyle. A Short List of Scientific Books, published by E&FN Spawn Ltd. Part 2 Industrial Chemistry and Manufactures Transactions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Issued Annually 30 Shillings Net, Per Volume Perfumes and Cosmetics, Their Preparation and Manufacture Including the Use of Synthetics By G. W. Atkinson Doctor of Chemistry Dimi Akavo 32 Illustrations, 344 pages, Fourth Edition New York 1915 21 Shillings Net Postage Inland 5 pence Abroad 10 pence Brewing Calculations Gaging and Tabulation By C. H. Bader 340 pages Sexagessimo Corto Roan Guilt Edges 1914 One Shilling 6 pence Net A Pocket Book for Chemists, Chemical Manufacturers Metalurgists, Dyers, Distillers, etc. By T. Bailey 7th Edition, New Impression 550 pages Royal Trisessimo Secondo Roan, Guilt Edges, 1912 5 Shillings Net Practical Receipts for the Manufacturer, the Mechanic, and for Home Use By Dr. H. R. Berkeley and W. L. Walker New Impression, 250 pages Dimi Akavo, 1912 5 Shillings Net A Treatise on the Manufacturer of Soap and Candles Lubricants and Glycerin By W. L. Carpenter and H. Leisk 2nd Edition, 104 illustrations 456 pages Crown Octavo, 1895 2 Shilling 6 pence A Textbook of Paper Making By C. F. Cross and E. J. Bevin New Edition in Preparation CBS Standard Units and Standard Paper Tests By C. F. Cross E. J. Bevin D. Beatle in R. W. Sindel 25 pages Crown Quarto, 1903 2 Shilling 6 pence Pyrometry by C. R. Darling 60 illustrations 200 pages Crown Octavo, 1911 5 Shillings Net Soda Fountain Requisites A Practical Receipt Book for Drugist, Chemist, etc. By G. H. DeBell 4th Edition, 157 pages Crown Octavo, New York, 1911 4 Shilling 6 pence Net Salt and Cheshire By Albert F. Calvert, F. C. S., etc. Author of Salt Depotsits of the World History of the Salt Union, etc. 200 illustrations Maps and Plans 992 pages Demy Octavo, 1914 1 Pound when Shilling Net Postage Inland 6 pence A Broad 2 Shilling 6 pence Spices and How to Know Them by W. M. Gibbs 47 Plates including 14 in Colors 176 pages Octavo, New York, 1909 15 Shillings Net The Chemistry of Fire and Fire Prevention by H. N. H. Engel 45 illustrations 290 pages Crown Octavo, 1900 9 Shillings Ice Making Machines by M. Lido and Others 6th Edition, 190 pages Octo Decimo Boards, New York, 1906 2 Shillings Net Brewing with Rock Rain by T. W. Lovebond 75 pages Crown Octavo, 1883 5 Shillings The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by J. Mastin, 114 pages Fool's Cap, Sexto Decimo Limp Leather, Yilt Top 1911 2 Shilling 6 pence Sugar A Handbook for Planners and Refiners by the late J. A. R. Newlands and B. E. R. Newlands 236 illustrations 876 pages Octavo, 1909 1 Pound 5 Shillings Net Principles of Leather Manufacture by Professor H. R. Proctor 2nd Edition in Preparation Leather Industries Laboratory Handbook of Analytical and Experimental Methods by H. R. Proctor 2nd Edition, 4 Plates 46 Illustrations 450 Pages, Octavo 1908 18 Shillings Net Leather Chemist Pocket Book A Short Compendium of Analytical Methods by Professor H. R. Proctor Assistant by Dr. E. Stiazny and H. Brumwell 4 Illustrations 14 plus 223 pages 6th O Decimo Leather, 1912 5 Shillings Net Theoretical and Practical Ammonia Refrigeration by I. I. Redwood 3rd Edition, 15 Illustrations 146 pages Square 6th O Decimo New York 1914 4 Shilling 6 pence Net Breweries and Maltings by G. Scammel and F. Collier 2nd Edition, 20 Plates 178 Pages Octavo, 1880 6 Shillings Net Factory Glaze for Ceramic Engineers by H. Rombello Folio, Series A Leadless Sanitary Glazes 1908 2 Pounds, 2 Shillings Net Spons Encyclopedia of the Industrial Arts Manufacturers and Commercial Products 2 Volumes 1500 Illustrations 2100 Pages Super Royal Octavo 1882 2 Pounds, 2 Shillings Net Tables for the Quantitative Estimation of the Sugars by E. Wine and W. Frew Crown Octavo, 1896 6 Shillings The Peering, Baiting, and Drenching of Skins by J. T. Wood 33 Illustrations 15 plus 300 Pages Octavo, 1912 12 Shillings, 6 Pents Net Workshop Receipts for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics, and Scientific Amateurs New and Thoroughly Revised Edition Crown Octavo, 1909 3 Shillings, Each Net Vol. 1 Asettling and Lighting to Drying 223 Illustrations 532 Pages Vol. 2, Dying to Chopinning 259 Illustrations 540 Pages Vol. 3, Jointing Pipes to Pumps 256 Illustrations 528 Pages Vol. 4, Rainwater Separators to Wire Ropes Spicing 321 Illustrations 540 Pages Practical Handbook on the Distillation of Alcohol from Farm Products by F. B. Wright 2nd Edition 60 Illustrations, 271 Pages Crown Octavo, New York 1913 4 Shilling, 6 Pents Net Interest Tables The Wide Range Dividend and Interest Calculator showing at a glance the percentage on any sum from one pound to ten thousand pounds at any interest from one percent to twelve and a half percent proceeding by quarter percent by A. Stevens 100 Pages Super Royal Octavo 1 Shilling Net Quarter Morocco, Cloth Sides 7 Shilling, 6 Pents Net The Wide Range Income Tax Calculator showing at a glance the tax on any sum from one shilling to ten thousand pounds at the rate of nine pence one shilling and one shilling two pence in the pound by A. Stevens on Folding Card Imperial Octavo 1 Shilling Net Irrigation Irrigation Works by E. S. Bellassus 37 Illustrations 8 Plus 174 Pages Octavo 1913 8 Shilling's Net Punjab Rivers and Works by E. S. Bellassus 2nd Edition 47 Illustrations 65 Pages 12 8 Shilling's Net Irrigation Pocket Book by R. B. Buckley 2nd Edition 80 Illustrations 8 Plus 475 Pages Crown Octavo Leather Yieldedges 1914 5 Shilling's Net The Design of Channels for Irrigation and Drainage by R. B. Buckley 22 Diagrams 56 Pages 57 2 Shilling's Net The Irrigation Works of India by R. B. Buckley 2nd Edition With Colored Maps and Plans 336 Pages Quarto Cloth 1905 2 Pounds 2 Shilling's Net Irrigated India by the Honorable Alfred Deacon With Map 322 Pages Octavo 1893 8 Shilling's 6 Pints Indian Storage Reservoirs with Earthen Dams by W. L. Strange 2nd Edition 16 Plates 59 Illustrations 24 Plus 442 Pages Octavo 1913 21 Shilling's Net by R. W. Wilcox 2 Volumes 46 Plates 136 Pages Text Super-Royal Octavo Plates Folio 1911 1 Pound Net Egyptian Irrigation by R. W. Wilcox and J. I. Craig In 2 Volumes 3rd Edition 81 Plates 183 Illustrations 900 Pages Super-Royal Octavo 1913 42 Shilling's Net The Nile Reservoir Dam at Aswan and after by Sir W. Wilcox 2nd Edition 13 Plates 35 Pages Super-Royal Octavo 1903 3 Shilling's Net The Aswan Reservoir in Lake Morris with text in English, French and Arabic 5 Plates 116 Pages Super-Royal Octavo 1904 3 Shilling's Net The Nile in 1904 by Sir W. Wilcox 30 Plates 200 Pages Super-Royal Octavo 1904 5 Shilling's Net Logarithm Tables 4 Figure Logarithms and Anti-Logarithms Natural Signs Tangents Co-Tangents, Co-Signs, Coords and Radiance for all angles from 1 to 90 degrees and Decimalizer Table for Weights and Money Unfolding Card 4 Pints Net 20 Copies 6 Shilling's Net Tables of 7 Figure Logarithms of the Natural Numbers from 1 to 108,000 by C. Babbage Stereotype Edition 224 Pages Medium Octavo 5 Shilling's Net 4 Plates Tables of Logarithms and Trigonometric Functions by E. V. Huntington 9000 34 Pages Square Octavo Limp Buckram with Cut Lateral Index Net Short Logarithmic and Other Tables by W. C. Unwin 4th Edition Small Quarto 3 Shilling's Logarithmic Land Measurement by J. Wallace 32 Pages Royal Octavo 1910 5 Shilling's Net ABC 5 Figure Logarithms with Tables for Chemists Brown Octavo 2 Shilling's 6 Pints Net ABC 5 Figure Logarithms for General Use with Lateral Index for Ready Reference by C. J. Woodward 2nd Edition with Cut Lateral Index 116 Pages Duo Decimo Limp Leather 3 Shilling's Net Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture Marine Propellers by SW Barnaby 5th Edition 5 Plates 56 Illustrations 185 Pages Demi-Octavo 1908 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net The Suction Caused by Ships and the Olympic Hawk Collision by E. S. Bellassus 1 Chart in 5 Illustrations and Text 26 Pages Octavo Soad Tables in Memoranda by A. C. Franklin Wiscuit Pocket Size 103 Pages Sexy Gessimo Quarto Roan Guilt Edges 1 Shilling's Net Steamship Coefficient Speeds and Powers by C. F. A. Fife 31 Plates 280 Pages Full Scap Octavo Leather 1907 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net by E. W. Graff 14 Plates 32 Pages Quarto New York 1903 4 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Steamships and Their Machinery from First to Last by J. W. C. Haldane 120 Illustrations 532 Pages Octavo 1893 15 Shillings Structural Design of Warships by William Hofgard Professor Naval Design Massachusetts Institute of Technology Super Royal Octavo With 23 Tables 6 Plates and 186 Illustrations 384 Pages 1915 21 Shillings Net Postage Inland 6 Pints Abroad 1 Shilling 2 Pints Tables for Constructing Ships Lines by A. Hog Third Edition 3 Plates Pages Octavo Soad 1911 3 Shillings Net Tabulated Weights of Angle, Tee, Bulb, Round, Square, and Flat Iron and Steel for the use of Naval Architects Shipbuilders, etc. by C. H. Jordan Sixth Edition 640 Pages Royal Trisessimo Secondo Leather Yield Edges 1909 Particulars of Dry Docks Wet Docks, Warves, etc. on the River Thames Compiled by C. H. Jordan Second Edition 7 Colored Charts 103 Pages Ablong Octavo 1904 2 Shilling 6 Pints Net Marine Transport of Petroleum by H. Little 66 Illustrations 263 Pages Crown Octavo 1890 10 Shilling 6 Pints Questions and Answers for Marine Engineers with a practical treatise on breakdowns at sea by T. Lucas 12 Folding Plates 515 Pages Yield Edges Crown Octavo New York 1902 8 Shillings Net How to Build a Motor Launch by C. D. Moer 49 Illustrations 42 Pages Reads Engineers Handbook to the Board of Trade Examinations for Certificates of Competency as First and Second Class Engineers 19th Edition 37 Plates 358 Illustrations 696 Pages Octavo 4 Shillings Net Key to Reads Handbook 7 Shilling 6 Pints Net Reads Marine Boilers 3rd Edition 18 Illustrations 258 Pages Crown Octavo 1905 4 Shilling 6 Pints Net Reads Useful Hints to Seagoing Engineers 4th Edition 8 Plates 50 Illustrations 312 Pages Crown Octavo 1903 3 Shilling 6 Pints Net How to Build a 3 Horse Power Launch Engine by E. W. Roberts 10 Shilling 6 Pints Net Materials Practical Treatise on the Strength of Materials by T. Box 4th Edition 27 Plates 536 Pages Octavo 1902 12 Shilling 6 Pints Net Solid Bitchamins by S. F. Peckham 23 Illustrations 324 Pages Octavo New York 1909 1 Pound When Shilling Net Lubricants, Oils and Greases by I. I. Redwood 3 Plates 9 plus 54 Pages Octavo 1898 6 Shilling 6 Pints Net Practical Treatise on Mineral Oils and Their Byproducts by L. L. Redwood 76 Illustrations 736 Pages Octavo 1914 10 Shilling 6 Pints Net Silico Calcarea Sandstones or Building Stones from Horts Sand and Lime by E. Stofler 5 Plates Octavo 1901 4 Shilling's Net Proceedings of the 5th Congress International Association for Testing Materials and Tradition 199 Illustrations 549 Pages Octavo 1910 18 Shilling's Net Proceedings of the 6th Congress 1913 30 Shilling's Net Mathematics Imaginary Quantities by M. Argand Translated by Professor Hardy Octodesimo 1881 2 Shilling's Net Textbook of Practical Soled Geometry by E. H. D. V. Hatkinson Revised by Major B. R. Ward R. E. 2nd Edition 17 Plates 134 Pages Octavo 1913 7 Shilling's and 6 Pints Quick and Easy Methods of Calculating and the Theory and Use of the Slide Rule 4th Edition 6 Illustrations 12 plus 152 Pages 6th to Decimo 1912 2 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Symbolic Algebra or the Algebra of Algebraic Numbers by W. Cain 12 Illustrations 131 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1884 2 Shilling's Net 127 Pages Crown Octavo 1901 2 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Chemical Problems by J. C. Foy 4th Edition 141 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1898 2 Shilling's Net Permer of the Calculus by E. S. Gould 5th Edition 24 Illustrations Octodesimo Boards New York 1912 2 Shilling's Net Elementary Treatise on the Calculus for Engineering Students by J. Graham 4th Edition 116 Illustrations 12 plus 355 Pages Crown Octavo 1914 5 Shilling's Net Manual of the Slide Rule by F. A. Halsey 31 Illustrations 84 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1907 2 Shilling's Net Reform in Chemical and Physical Calculations by C. J. T. Hansen Horto 1897 6 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Algebra Self-taught by P. Higgs 3rd Edition 104 Pages Octavo 1903 2 Shilling's 6th Pints A Textbook on Graphic Statics by C. W. M. Alcom 155 Illustrations 316 Pages Octavo New York 1909 12 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Galvanic Circuit Investigative Mathematically by G. S. Ohm Translated by William Francis 269 Pages Octodesimo Boards 2nd Edition New York 1905 2 Shilling's Net Elementary Practical Mathematics by M. T. Ormsby 2nd Edition 128 Illustrations 12 plus 410 Pages Medium Octavo 1911 5 Shilling's Net Elements of Graphic Statics by C. W. M. Alcom 126 Illustrations 128 Pages Crown Octavo 1901 5 Shilling's Figure of the Earth by F. C. Roberts 2 Illustrations 95 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1885 2 Shilling's Net Arithmetic of Electricity by T. O. C. Sloan 262 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1909 4 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Graphic Method for Solving Certain Questions in Arithmetic or Algebra by G. Alvose 2nd Edition 28 Illustrations 62 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1902 2 Shilling's Net Problems in Electricity by T. W. Barber Translated from the French by E. A. O. Keef 34 Illustrations 366 Pages Crown Octavo 3rd Edition 1902 7 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Mechanical Engineering Steam Engines and Boilers, etc. Engineers' Sketchbook of Mechanical Movements by T. W. Barber 5th Edition 3000 Illustrations Octavo 1906 10 Shilling's 6th Pints Net The Repair and Maintenance of Machinery by T. W. Barber 417 Illustrations 476 Pages Octavo 1895 10 Shilling's 6th Pints The Science of Burning Liquid Fuel by William Newton Best 100 Illustrations 159 Pages Octavo 9 Shilling's Net Practical Treatise on Mill Gearing by T. W. Barber 5th Edition 11 Plates 128 Pages Crown Octavo 1892 7 Shilling's 6th Pints The Mechanical Engineer's Price Book edited by Jeffrey Brooks AMI Met E 182 Pages Pocket Size by 1 ½ Inch Leather Cloth with Rounded Corners 2nd Edition 14 Shilling's Net Postage 3 Pints Safety Valves by R. H. Buell 3rd Edition 20 Illustrations 100 Pages OctoDecimo Boards New York 1898 2 Shilling's Net Machine Design by Professor W. L. Kathcart Part 1 123 Illustrations 291 Pages Demi Octavo New York 1903 12 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Chimney Design Theory by W. W. Christie 2nd Edition 54 Illustrations 192 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1902 12 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Furnace Draft by W. W. Christie 5 Illustrations 80 Pages 2nd Edition New York 1906 2 Shilling's Net Stoker's Catechism by W. J. Connor 63 Pages Limp 1914 1 Shilling's Net Treatise on the Use of Belting for the Transmission of Power by J. H. Cooper 5th Edition 94 Illustrations 399 Pages Demi Octavo New York 1901 12 Shilling's 6th Pints Net The Steam Engine Considered as a Thermodynamic Machine by J. T. Cotterill 3rd Edition 39 Diagrams 444 Pages Octavo 1896 15 Shillings Fireman's Guide 8 P. Dahlstrom 11th Edition Foolscap Octavo SNC Series Number 16 New York 1906 1 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Milt Driving by G. Halliday 3 Folding Plates 100 Pages Octavo 1894 3 Shilling's 6th Pints Worm and Spiral Gearing by F. A. Halsey 13 Plates 2nd Edition New York 1911 2 Shillings Net Commercial Efficiency of Steam Boilers by A. Hansen Large Octavo Soad 1898 6th Pints Coralus Engine by J. T. Henthorn 3rd Edition 23 Illustrations 95 Pages Crown Octavo SNC Series Number 23 1 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Liquid Fuel for Mechanical and Industrial Purposes by E. A. Brailey-Hodgins 106 Illustrations 129 Pages Octavo 1890 5 Shillings Elementary Textbook on Steam Engines and Boilers by J. H. Canaley 4th Edition 106 Illustrations 259 Pages Octavo 1903 8 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Centrifugal Fans by J. H. Canaley 33 Illustrations 206 Pages Fools Cap Octavo Leather 1905 Crop Shilling's 6th Pints Net Mechanical Draft by J. H. Canaley 27 Original Tables 13 Plates 142 Pages Octavo New York 1906 8 Shilling's 6th Pints Net The ABC of the Steam Engine with the Description of the Automatic Governor by J. P. Lisk 6 Plates Octavo SNC Series Number 17 New York 1910 1 Shilling's 6th Pints Net Valve Setting Record Book by P. A. Lowe Octavo The Layout of Corliss Valve Gears by S. A. Moss 2nd Edition 3 Plates 108 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1906 2 Shilling's Net Steam Boilers and Their Management in Working by J. P. D. 5th Edition 35 Illustrations 230 Pages Crown Octavo 1906 4 Shilling 6th Pints Net Treatise on the Richard Steam Engine Indicator by C. T. Porter 6th Edition 3 Plates and 73 Diagrams 285 Pages Octavo 1902 9 Shilling's Practical Treatise on the Steam Engine by A. Rigg 2nd Edition 103 Plates 378 Pages Demy Octavo 1894 1 Pound 5 Shilling's Power and Its Transmission 1 Book for the Factory and Works Manager by T. A. Smith 76 Pages Foolscap Octavo 1910 2 Shilling's Net Slide Valve Simply Explained by W. J. Tenet Revised by J. H. Canaley 41 Illustrations 83 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1899 2 Shilling's Net Shaft Governors by W. Trinks and C. Hoosom 27 Illustrations 97 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1906 2 Shilling's Net Treatise on the Design and Construction of Mill Buildings by H. G. Tyrell 652 Illustrations 490 Pages Octavo New York 1911 17 Shilling's Net Slide and Piston Valve Geared Steam Engines 47 Plates and 314 Illustrations 155 Pages 2 Volumes Folio, Half Morocco 1882 1 Pound 16 Shilling's How to Run Engines and Boilers by E. P. Watson 6th Edition 31 Illustrations 160 Pages Octavo New York 1913 4 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Diagram of Cylinder with Meyer Cutoff by W. H. Waitman On-Card New York 1 Shilling's Net Practical Method of Designing Slide Valve Gearing by E. J. Welch 69 Illustrations 283 Pages Crown Octavo 1890 6 Shilling's Elements of Mechanics by T. W. Wright 8th Edition Illustrations 382 Pages Octavo New York 1909 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Metallurgy, Iron and Steel Manufacture Life of Railway Axles by T. Andrews Octavo, Soad 1895 1 Shilling Microscopic Internal Flaws and Steel Rails and Propeller Shafts by T. Andrews Octavo, Soad 1896 1 Shilling Microscopic Internal Flaws Inducing Fracture and Steel by T. Andrews Octavo, Soad 1896 2 Shilling Practical Alloying A Compendium of Alloys and Processes for Brass Founders, Metal Workers and Engineers by John F. Buchanan 41 Illustrations 205 Pages Octavo 1911 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Brass Founders Alloys by J. F. Buchanan 23 Illustrations 8 plus 129 Pages Crown Octavo 1905 4 Shilling's 6 Pints Net The Moulders Dictionary Foundering Nomenclature by J. F. Buchanan New Impression 26 Illustrations 5 Shilling's Net American Standard Specifications for Steel by A. L. Colby 2nd Edition Revised 103 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1902 5 Shilling's Net Galvanized Iron Manufacturing Uses by J. Davies 139 Pages Octavo 1914 Net Management of Steel 116 Pages Crown Octavo 1903 5 Shilling's The Froder Handbook for Iron Founders 160 Pages Duo Decimo 1910 2 Shilling's Net Manufacturer of Iron and Steel by H. R. Herson 21 Illustrations 7 plus 103 Pages Octavo 1912 4 Shilling's 6 Pints Coupel of Furnace by E. Kirk 3rd Edition 106 Illustrations 484 Pages Octavo New York 1910 15 Shilling's Net Practical Notes on Pipe Bounding by J. W. McFarlane 15 Plates 148 Pages Octavo 1888 Furnace Practice by M. A. Pavlov 127 Plates 14 Inches by 10.5 Inches Oblong Soad 1902 1 Pound 1 Shilling's Net Album of Drawings Relating to the Manufacturer of Open Hearth Steel by M. A. Pavlov Part 1 Open Hearth Furnaces 52 Plates 14 Inches by 10.5 Inches Oblong Folio in Portfolio 1904 12 Shilling's Net Metallurgy Applied to Ciderergic Products by H. Savoia Translated by R. G. Corbett 94 Illustrations 180 Pages Crown Octavo 1910 4 Shilling 6 Pints Net Modern Foundry Practice by J. Sharpe 2nd Edition New Impression 272 Illustrations 29 Pages Octavo 1911 1 Pound 1 Shilling's Net Roll Turning for Sections in Steel and Iron by A. Spencer 2nd Edition 78 Plates Porto 1894 1 Pound 10 Shilling's Metric Tables French Measure and English Equivalence by J. Brook 1 Shilling's Net A Dictionary of Metric and Other Useful Measures by L. Clarke 113 Pages Octavo 6 Shilling's English Weights with Their Equivalence in Kilograms by F. W. A. Logan 96 Pages Fools Cap Tricessimocicondo Rhone 1 Shilling's Net Metric Weights with English Equivalence by H. P. McCartney 84 Pages Fools Cap Tricessimocicondo Rhone 1 Shilling's Net Metric Tables by Sir. G. L. Molesworth 4th Edition 95 Pages Royal Tricessimocicondo 1909 2 Shilling's Net Metric English and English Metric Lengths by G. A. Rossetti 12 Plus 80 Pages Oblong 1 Shilling's Net Giving Equivalence in Millimeters to 5 Significant Figures of all English Lengths from 1 64th of an inch to 10 feet advancing by 64th of an inch and equivalence to the nearest 64th of an inch of all Metric Lengths from 1 to 3,200 millimeters advancing by millimeters Tables for setting out curves from 200 meters to 4,000 meters by Tangential Angles by H. Williamson 4 Illustrations 60 Pages Octodesimo 2 Shilling's Net Mineralogy and Mining Rock Blasting by G. G. Andre Proplates in 56 Illustrations and Text 202 Pages Octavo 1878 5 Shilling's Practical Treatise on Hydraulic Mining in California by A. J. Bowie Jr 1st Edition 73 Illustrations 313 Pages Royal Octavo New York 1910 1 Pound 1 Shilling's Net Tables for Determination of Common Rocks by O. Bowles 64 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1910 2 Shilling's Net Fire as Saying by Pages Crown Octavo New York 1907 4 Shilling's 6 Pence Net 10 Describing the Chief Methods of Mining, Dressing, etc. by A. G. Charlton 15 Plates 83 Pages Crown Octavo 1884 12 Shilling's 6 Pence Gold Mining and Milling in Western Australia with Notes Upon Telluride Treatment Cost and Mining Practice in Other Fields by A. G. Charlton 82 Illustrations and Numerous Plans and Tables 648 Pages Super Royal Octavo 1903 12 Shilling's 6 Pence Net Miner's Geology and Prospectors Guide by G. A. Quarter 29 Plates 224 Pages Crown Octavo 1914 5 Shilling's Net Blasting of Rock and Mines, Quarries, Tunnels, etc. by A. W. and Z. W. Daw 2nd Edition 90 Illustrations 316 Pages Demy Octavo 1909 15 Shilling's Net Gold Dredging by C. T. Earl 17 Maps 78 Illustrations 16 Plus 208 Pages Octavo 1913 5th Edition New York 1907 2 Shilling's Net Our Coal Resources at the End of the 19th Century by Professor E. Hull 157 Pages Demy Octavo 1897 6 Shilling's Hydraulic Gold Miners Manual by T. S. G. Kirk-Pectrick 2nd Edition 12 Illustrations 46 Illustrations Crown Octavo 1897 4 Shilling's Economic Mining by C. G. W. Locke 175 Illustrations 680 Pages Octavo 1895 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Gold Milling Principles and Practice by C. G. W. Locke 200 Illustrations 850 Pages 1901 1 Shilling's Net Mining and Ordressing Machinery by C. G. W. Locke 639 Illustrations 466 Pages Super Royal Courtault 1890 1 Pound 5 Shilling's Miners Pocket Book by C. G. W. Locke 5th Edition 233 Illustrations 624 Pages Leather Guilt Edges 1908 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Chemistry Properties and Tests of Precious Stones by J. Mastin 114 Pages Fools Cap Sexto Decimal Limp Leather Guilt Top 1911 2 Shilling's 6 Pants Tests for Ores, Minerals and Metals of Commercial Value by R. L. McMechan 152 Pages Duo Decimal New York 1907 5 Shilling's 6 Pants Practical Handbook for the Working Miner and Prospector and the Mining Investor by J. A. Miller 34 Illustrations 234 Pages Crown Octavo 1897 7 Shilling's 6 Pants Theory and Practice of Centrificial Ventilating Machines by D. Murg 7 Illustrations 1908 5 Shilling's Examples of Coal Mining Plant by J. Poovie Harper 2nd Edition 40 Plates 26 Inches by 20 Inches 1895 4 Pounds 4 Shilling's Net Examples of Coal Mining Plant 2nd Series by J. Poovie Harper 10 Plates 26 Inches by 20 Inches 1902 6 Pants Net Models and Model Making How to Build a Model Yacht by H. Fisher 45 Illustrations 50 Pages Quarto New York 1902 4 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Model Engines and Small Boats by N. M. Hopkins 50 Illustrations 8 plus 74 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1898 1 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Theory and Practice of Model Airplaning by V. E. Johnson 61 Illustrations 16 plus 148 Pages Crown Octavo 1910 3 Shilling's 6 Pants Net The Model Vaudeville Theater by N. H. Schneider 34 Illustrations 90 Pages Crown Octavo S&C Series Number 15 New York 1910 1 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Electric Toy Making by T. O. Sloan 20th Edition 70 Illustrations 183 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1914 4 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Model Steam Engine Design by R. M. DeVignere 34 Illustrations 94 Pages Crown Octavo Limp S&C Series Number 9 6 Pants Net Small Engines and Boilers by E. P. Watson 33 Illustrations 8 plus 108 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1899 5 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Organization Accounts, Contracts, and Management Organization of Gold Mining Business with Specimens of the Departmental Report Books and the Account Books 2nd Edition Full Scap Folio 1903 1 Pound 5 Shilling's Net Cost Keeping and Management Engineering A Treatise for Those Engaged in Engineering Construction by H. P. Gillette and R. T. Dana 184 Illustrations 346 Pages Octavo New York 1909 Handbook on Railway Stores Management by W. O. Kempthorn 268 Pages Demi-Octavo 1907 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Depreciation of Factories, Municipal and Industrial Undertakings and Their Valuation by E. Matheson 4th Edition 230 Pages Octavo 1910 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Aid Book to Engineering Enterprise by E. Matheson 3rd Edition 916 Pages Octavo 1898 1 Pound 4 Shilling's Office Management Handbook for Architects and Civil Engineers by W. K. Perry New Edition in Preparation Commercial Organization of Engineering Factories by H. Spencer 92 Illustrations 221 Pages Octavo 1914 Teller Heat and Experimental Science The Entropy Diagram and its Applications by R. G. Bolvin 38 Illustrations 82 Pages Demi-Octavo 5 Shilling's Physical Problems and Their Solution by A. Bergorgnen 224 Pages Octodesimo Boards 2nd Edition New York 1904 Heat for Engineers by C. R. Darling 2nd Edition 110 Illustrations 430 Pages Octavo Thinsbury Technical Manual 1912 12 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Vomay and Specific Gravity Tables for Liquids Lighter Than Water by Nat E. Freeman 27 Pages Crown Octavo 10 Shilling's Net Post-Free 2 Shilling's 8 Pants Engineering Thermodynamics by C. F. Hirschfeld 22 Illustrations 157 Pages Octodesimo Boards 2nd Edition New York 1910 2 Shilling's Net Liquid Drops and Globules Their Formation and Movements by Charles R. Darling Lecture at the City and Guilds Technical College Thinsbury 3 Lectures Delivered to Popular Audiences Crown Octavo 10 Plus 84 Pages 43 Illustrations 2 Shilling's 6 Pants Postage 3 Pants The Dynamics of Surfaces An Introduction to the Study of Biological Surface Phenomena by Professor Doctor of Medicine University of Berlin Translated by W. H. Perkins Demi Octavo 118 Pages 8 Illustrations 1914 4 Shilling's Net Postage 3 Pants Experimental Science Elementary Practical and Experimental Physics by G. M. Hopkins 27th Edition 920 Illustrations 1100 Pages 1811 1 Pound 1 Shilling Net Reform in Chemical and Physical Calculations by C. J. T. Hansen Demi Octavo 1897 6 Shilling 6 Pants Net The Gyroscope and Experimental Study by V. E. Johnson 34 Illustrations 40 Pages Crown Octavo SNC Series Number 22 1911 1 Shilling 6 Pants The Gyroscope by F. J. B. Cordero Author of The Atmosphere etc. 19 Illustrations 8 Plus 105 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1913 6 Shilling 6 Pants Net Introduction to the Study of Color Phenomena by J. W. Leveband 10 Colored Plates 48 Pages Octavo 1905 5 Shilling's Net Precading Steam Engines by C. H. R. Sanky 157 Illustrations 170 Pages Octavo 1907 7 Shilling 6 Pants Net Price Books The Mechanical Engineer's Price Book by G. Brooks 200 Pages Pocket Size 6.5 Inches by 3.75 Inches by 1.5 Inch Thick Leather Cloth with Rounded Corners for Shilling's Net Approximate Estimates by T. E. Coleman 4th Edition 481 Pages Oblong Pricessimo Secondo Leather 1914 5 Shilling's Net The Civil Engineer's Cost Book by Major T. E. Coleman 12 Plus 289 Pages Pocket Size 6.5 Inches by 3.75 Inches Leather Cloth 1912 5 Shilling's Net Railway Stores Price Book W. O. Kempthorn 290 Pages Demi-Octavo 1909 10 Shilling 6 Pants Net Spawn's Architects and Builders Pocket Price Book Edited by Clyde Young Revised by Stanford M. Brooks 41st Edition 8 Plus 308 Pages Green Leather Cloth 6.5 Inches by 3.75 Inches by 1.5 Inch Thick 2 Shilling 6 Pants Net Handbook of Cost Data for Contractors and Engineers by HP Gillette 1854 Pages Crown Octavo Leather Guilt Edges 2nd Edition New York 1914 1 Pound 1 Shilling Net Railway Engineering and Management Practical Hints to Young Engineers Employed on Indian Railways by A. W. C. Addis 14 Illustrations 1554 Pages Duo Decimal 1910 3 Shilling 6 Pants Net Up-to-date Air Brake Catechism by R. H. Blackall 27th Edition 5 Color Plates 96 Illustrations 305 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1914 8 Shilling 6 Pants 173 Pages Square Crown Octavo New York 1912 2 Shilling 6 Pants Net Simple and Automatic Vacuum Breaks by C. Briggs GNR 11 Plates Octavo 1892 4 Shillings Permanent Way Material Plate Laying and Points and Crossings View Remarks on Signaling and Interlocking by W. H. Cole Late Deputy Manager E. Spingle and Northwest State Railways P. W. D. India Crown Octavo 288 Pages 44 Illustrations 7th Edition 1915 2 Shilling 6 Pants Postage Inland 3 Pants Abroad 6 Pants Railway Engineers Field Book by Major G. R. Hearn State of the Institute for Civil Engineers and A. G. Watson, C. E. Duo Decimo Leather 233 Illustrations 1914 21 Shilling's Net Postage Inland 3 Pants Abroad 6 Pants Statistical Tables of the Working of Railways in various Countries up to the Year 1904 by J. D. Diacometis 2nd Edition 84 Pages 1910 16 Shilling's Net Locomotive Breakdowns Emergencies and their Remedies by George L. Fowler, M. E. and W. W. Wood 7th Edition 92 Illustrations 266 Pages Duo Decimo New York 1911 4 Shilling 6 Pants Permanent Way Diagrams by F. H. Freer 28 3 Shilling's Net Formulae for Railway Crossings and Switches by J. Glover 9 Illustrations 28 Pages Royal Trisessimo Secondo 2 Shilling 6 Pants Setting Out of 2 Railways by G. M. Halden 9 Plates 46 Illustrations 68 Pages Crown Quarto Electrical and Electrical by J. W. C. Halden New Edition 141 Illustrations 20 plus 583 Pages Octavo 1908 15 Shilling's The Construction of the Modern Locomotive by G. Hughes 300 Illustrations 261 Pages Octavo 1894 9 Shilling's Practical Hints for Light Railways at Home and Abroad 31 Pages Crown Octavo 1896 2 Shilling's 6 Pants Handbook on Railway Stores Management by W. O. Kimpthorn 268 Pages Demy Octavo 1907 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Railway Stores Price Book by W. O. Kimpthorn 490 Pages Demy Octavo Railroad Location Surveys and Estimates by F. Lavis 68 Illustrations 270 Pages Octavo 1906 12 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Pioneering by F. Shelford 14 Illustrations 88 Pages Crown Octavo 1909 3 Shilling's Net 1 Shilling's 98 Pages Crown Octavo 1914 2 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Modern British Locomotives by A. T. Taylor 100 Diagrams of Principle Dimensions 118 Pages Oblong Octavo 2nd Edition 1914 4 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Locomotive Slide Valve Setting The Railway Goods Station by F. W. West 23 Illustrations 15 plus 192 Pages Crown Octavo 1912 4 Shilling's 6 Pants Net The Walshark Locomotive Valve Gear by W. W. Wood 4 Plates and Set of Moveable Cardboard Working Models of the Valves 193 Pages Crown Octavo 3rd Edition 1913 6 Shilling's 6 Pants Net The Westinghouse ET Air Brake Instruction Pocket Book by W. W. Wood 48 Illustrations including many colored plates 242 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1909 8 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Sanitation Public Health and Municipal Engineering FSI A textbook on valuation applied to the sale and purchase of Freehold, Lifehold, Copyhold and Leasehold Property Assessments to Duties Under the Finance Act of 1910 The Infranchisement of Copyhold Assessments for Rating Purposes Compensation on Compulsory Purchase and Valuations for Advances on Mortgage Demy Octavo 460 Pages 1915 10 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Postage 5 Pants Engineering Work in Public Buildings by R. O. Alsop 77 Illustrations 9 plus 158 Pages Demy Quarto 1912 12 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Public Abattoirs Their Planning, Design and Equipment Sailing 33 Plates 100 Pages Demy Quarto 1908 8 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Sewage Purification by E. Bailey Denton 8 Plates 44 Pages Octavo 1896 5 Shillings Water Supply and Sewerage of Country Sewerage and Sewage Purification by M. N. Baker 2nd Edition 144 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1905 2 Shillings Net Vacteriology of Surface Waters in the Tropics by W. W. Clemesha 8 plus 161 Pages Octavo Calcutta 1912 7 Shilling's 6 Pants Net Housing and Town Planning Conference 1913 Being a Report of a Conference Held by the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers at Great Yarmouth edited by T. Cole 42 Folding Plates 227 Pages Octavo Housing and Town Planning Conference 1911 Report of a Conference Held by the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers by T. Cole, Secretary 30 Plates 240 Pages Octavo Sanitary House Drainage Its Principles in Practice by T. E. Coleman 98 Illustrations 206 Pages Crown Octavo 1896 Free Shilling 6 Pants Net Stable Sanitation and Construction by T. E. Coleman 8 Pages Crown Octavo 1897 Free Shilling's Net Discharge of Pipes and Culverts by P. M. Crossthwaite Large Folding Sheet in Case 2 Shilling 6 Pants Net A Complete and Practical Treatise on Plumbing and Sanitation by G. B. Davis and F. Dye 2 Volumes 637 Illustrations 1899 1 Pound 10 Shilling's Net Standard Practical Plumbing by P. J. Davies Vol. 1 Fourth Edition 768 Illustrations 355 Pages Royal Octavo 1905 7 Shilling 6 Pants Net Vol. 2 Second Edition 953 Illustrations 805 Pages 1905 10 Shilling Vol. 3 313 Illustrations 204 Pages 1905 5 Shilling's Net Conservancy 4 Dry Sanitation vs. Water Carriage by J. Donken 7 Plates 33 Pages Octavo Soad 1906 1 Shilling Net Sewage Disposal Works by W. C. Easdale 160 Illustrations 264 Pages Octavo 1910 10 Shilling 6 Pants Net House Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing by W. P. Girard 11th Edition 6 Illustrations 231 Pages Octodesimo Boards New York 1905 2 Shilling's Net The Treatment of Septic Sewage by G. W. Rafter 137 Pages P. Girard 11th Edition 2 Shilling's Net Reports and Investigations on Sewer Air and Sewer Ventilation by R. H. Reeves Octavo Soad 1894 1 Shilling Sewage Drainage Systems by Isaac Schoen 27 Folding Plates 47 Illustrations 440 Pages Octavo 25 Shilling's Net Drainage and Drainage Ventilation Methods by Isaac Schoen CE 7 Folding Plates 36 Pages Octavo Leather 1913 6 Shilling's Net The Law and Practice of Paving Private Street Works by W. Spinks 4th Edition 256 Pages 2 Shilling's Net Structural Design CE Bridges and Roofs Telegraph Codes New Business Code 320 Pages Narrow Octavo Size 4 3⁄4 inches by 7 3⁄4 inches and 1 1⁄2 inch thick and weight 10 ounces New York 1909 1 Pound 1 Shilling Net Miners and Smelters Code 448 Pages Octavo Leather Weight 14 ounces New York 1899 2 Pound 10 Shilling's Net General Telegraph Code Compiled by the Business Code Company 1023 Pages Small Quarto With Cut Side Index for Ready Reference New York 1912 63 Shilling's Net Hostage Inland 6 Pints Shilling 4 Pints Billionaire Phrase Code containing over 2 million sentences coded in single words 56 Pages Octavo Leather New York 1908 6 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Warming and Ventilation Hot Water Supply by F. Dye 5th Edition New Impression 48 Illustrations 8 plus 86 Pages A Practical Treatise upon Steam Heating by F. Dye 129 Illustrations 246 Pages Octavo 1901 10 Shilling's Net Practical Treatise on Warming Buildings by Hot Water by F. Dye 192 Illustrations 319 Pages Octavo 1905 8 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Charts for Low Pressure Steam Heating Small Folio New York 4 Shilling's 6 Pints Formulae and Tables for Heating by J. H. Canaley 18 Illustrations 53 Pages Octavo New York 1899 3 Shilling's 6 Pints Centrifical Fans by J. H. Canaley 33 Illustrations 206 Pages Full Scalp Octavo Leather New York 1905 12 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Raft by J. H. Canaley 27 Original Tables and 13 Plates 142 Pages Crown Octavo New York 1906 8 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Theory and Practice of Centrifical Ventilating Machines by D. Merg 7 Illustrations 81 Pages Octavo 1883 5 Shillings Mechanics of Ventilation by OctoDecimo Boards New York 1912 2 Shilling's Net Principles of Heating by W. G. Snow New Edition 59 Illustrations 12 Plus 224 Pages Octavo New York 1912 9 Shilling's Net Furnace Heating by W. G. Snow 4th Edition 52 Illustrations 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Ventilation of Buildings by W. G. Snow and T. Nolan 83 Pages OctoDecimo Boards New York 1906 2 Shilling's Net Heating Engineers Quantities by W. L. White and G. M. White 4 Plates 33 Pages Folio 1910 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Water Supply See also Hydraulics Potable Water and Methods of Testing Impurities by M. N. Baker 97 Pages OctoDecimo Boards 2nd Edition New York 1905 2 Shilling's Net Manual of Hydrology by N. Beardmore New Impression 18 Plates 384 Pages Octavo 1914 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Boiler Waters 77 Illustrations 235 Pages Octavo New York 1907 12 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Bacteriology of Surface Waters in the Tropics by W. W. Clemesha 12 Tables 8 Plus 161 Pages Octavo Calcutta 1912 7 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Water Softening and Purification by H. Collett 6 Illustrations 170 Pages 5 Shilling's Net Treatise on Water Supply Drainage and Sanitary Appliances of Residences by F. Collier 1899 1 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Purification of Public Water Supplies by J. W. Hill 314 Pages Octavo New York 1898 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Well Boring for Water Brine and Oil by C. Eisler 2nd Edition 105 Illustrations 296 Pages Octavo 1911 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Method of Measuring Liquids Flowing Through Pipes by Means of Meters of Small Caliber by Professor G. Lang 1 Plate 16 Pages Octavo's Sowed 1907 6 Pints Net Artificial Underground Water by G. Rickert 16 Illustrations 33 Pages Octavo's Sowed 1900 1 Shilling's 6 Pints Net Notes on Water Supply in New Countries by F. W. Stone 18 Plates 42 Pages J. H. T. Tudsbury and A. W. Brightmore 3rd Edition 130 Illustrations 447 Pages Demi-Octavo 1905 10 Shilling's 6 Pints Net End of A Short List of Scientific Books Published by E. F. N. Spahn Limited Part 2 Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Library Assistance Manual This is a LibriVox recording All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain For more information or to volunteer please visit LibriVox.org Recording by Christina Buie The Library Assistance Manual by Theodore W. Koch Chapter 2 Organization by Theodore W. Koch Organization of a Library The organization of the average library consists of the following component parts Number 1 Board of Trustees The main function of the Board of Trustees is to look after the financial interests of the library to see that the buildings and equipment are properly cared for besides broad questions of policy Trustees should be but are not always elected from the elite of the community It is expected that in them will be found a genuine culture an appreciation of things pertaining to the arts and sciences combined with the advantages of education, travel and sufficient leisure to look after public interests Cultivated Men says Edward Edwards familiar with books from childhood have usually a very inadequate perception of the toil and thought which have to be given to the good arrangement, the accurate cataloging and the ready service of a library What then is to be expected if a dominant share in the management of a library be placed in the hands of men with just enough of elementary education to bring into broad daylight the intensest ignorance in union with the most stolid self-conceit A little bookishness in a committee man, said Justin Windsor, may be as dangerous as a sip from the poet's Piarian Spring particularly if there is no deeper learning in any of his associates with just enough of books not to know that he knows nothing of libraries 2. The Librarian A librarian said Henry Bradshaw is one who earns his living by attending to the wants of those for whose use the library under his charge exists His prime duty being in the widest possible sense of the phrase to seek his services The Librarian has been variously compared to the Commissariat in the Republic of Letters whose business is not to fight himself but to put others in fighting trim or to the host at the banquet of knowledge who is assiduous in securing the comfort of the guest and in placing before each one just the kind of food he likes and requires he knows that what is one man's meat is another man's poison Enthusiasm for the work is a prime requisite in the Librarian Even a good staff cannot overcome the deadening influence of daily contact with the chief lacking in enthusiasm To the Librarian should be left the details of administration The Librarian is the of the Board of Trustees and the latter if wise will look to the Librarian forgetting the results desired and will allow that officer as free a hand as possible If the Librarian is not capable of administering the Librarian are worthy of the fullest confidence the sooner one is secured who measures up to the standard the better Number 3 The Librarian The duties of the staff vary with the size of the Librarian In the smallest Librarians the Librarian may be the only one engaged in the actual work of the Librarian but in such cases the Librarian hours must be restricted to such as one person can take care of The next step in growth is to have someone relieve the Librarian at the desk and to do the more clerical work Next comes special assistance to look after special tests like cataloging and classifying desk work and so on The staff whether large or small should consider itself responsible to the Librarian and should not accept in extraordinary cases go directly to the Board of Trustees with petitions The Librarian should always be the spokesman for the staff Going over his head indicates a lack of sympathy and cooperation between the Librarian and the staff that argues badly for the welfare of the institution Qualifications for Library Work The best preparation for Library work is a thorough systematic general education to this should be added a special preparation secured either through apprenticeship a training class or a regular library school Different positions call for different qualities in assistance but library service in general demands tact, perseverance adaptability habits of precision and accuracy with a fair amount of speed ability to distinguish between essentials and non-essentials and a strong desire to be of service A certain familiarity with books and famous characters in history and in fiction is expected of everyone in a library Personal neatness good temper and a sense of humor are valuable assets in this as in other lines of work No one will succeed who goes into it merely for the money that can be got out of it Loyalty to the institution and its officers is essential to efficient service If the assistant cannot feel the sense of loyalty the sooner a new position is secured, the better for all concerned Dignity, self-possession and self-reliance are valuable qualities in any part of the library but are especially needed by assistants at the reference desk Qualities that unfit one for library work in general are physical weakness deformity poor memory a discontented disposition egotism a lack of system in one's method of work an inability or unwillingness to take responsibilities a tendency to theorize criticize or gossip an ability to mine one's own business fussiness and long-windedness One librarian advocates listing the virtues and personal qualities of the staff and apprentices by having a questionnaire like the following filled out for each assistant has she tacked has she enthusiasm has she method and system is she punctual is she neat is she kind is she a good disciplinarian is she sympathetic is she quick is she willing to wear rubber heels is she a good worker is she accurate has she a pleasing personality has she a sense of responsibility is she patient is she courteous has she self-control is she cheerful has she a knowledge of books are her vibrations pleasant has she executive ability can she speak French German Spanish Italian Yiddish has she social qualifications can she keep a petty cash account what are her faults Mr. Herbert Putnam Librarian of Congress gives the following advice to aspirants for library positions first secure the best possible general education including if possible a college course or its equivalent second acquire a reading knowledge of at least French and German third add to this training in a library school fourth if a choice must be made between the special training in a library school and a general course in a college choose the general course but make every effort to supplement this by the special course if only for a brief period fifth if an opportunity occur for foreign travel utilize it sixth if you had not been able to contrive either a thorough general education or special training your best opportunities and library work will be in a small library where your personal characteristics may be such as to offset these other deficiencies seventh without at least reading knowledge of French and German you cannot progress beyond the most subordinate positions in a large library third book selection and buying book selection makes the greatest demand on the knowledge and administrative judgment of librarians and is the question that produces the most friction between librarians and library communities if the trustees define the general policy of the library determine the amount to be expended on books and approve purchases out of the ordinary run the librarian should be considered as the one person best posted on the needs of the library and as purchasing agent for the institution should be allowed to buy where he can do so to the best advantage of course the problem is quite different in an academic library from what it is in a public library especially in the latter should the librarian be granted the utmost freedom in the selection of the general run of books we are often asked who seeks the books for purchase and how this is done says Dr. A. E. Bostwick in the annual report of the St. Louis public library for 1911 through 12 about 10,000 volumes are issued from American presses yearly not to mention those of England and other European countries of these we can purchase only about 2,000 titles of the remainder some are eliminated by their heavy cost as in the case of additions deluxe and most works intended for wealthy collectors some because of their class such as technical works on law and medicine which we are leaving to the special local libraries devoted to these subjects and some because they are obviously below standard being either untrustworthy trivial or objectionable there remains a very considerable number any one of which we might purchase but only a certain proportion of which we can buy with the funds at our disposal from these we try to select the best in the standpoint of a high-grade public library some of the considerations that affect our decision are first public demand to which we always give heed unless it is obviously uninformed secondly a desire to strengthen our collection in weak points and thirdly expert advice oral or printed volunteered or specially asked here in St. Louis profiting by the services of numerous experts in special subjects which are freely given as a public service and we scan carefully every bit of expert testimony regarding the availability of books contained in the bulletins of other libraries and in other current lists and bibliographies trade lists and catalogs of all kinds are checked up with our own to see what we lack and the result is the assemblage of a list of wants far larger than we can purchase the final selection from these is apt to leave behind some things that we ought to buy but it is unlikely to include anything that could well have been left out considering our special conditions and needs the final word in selection rests with the committee of the board but for ordinary current purchases and unless some point involving the larger policies of selection is to be settled this committee usually allows the librarian to exercise his own judgment besides the sources of selection already mentioned books on approval are received in considerable quantities sometimes being sent voluntarily by dealers or individuals sometimes requested by the library the librarian must develop a sense of proportion and beware of the library patron with a hobby and of the trustee who is interested in building up only one side of the library and of the scholar who thinks that only solid reading for the immortal mind should be placed before old and young in buying for an average public library the aim should be to choose general treatises rather than those covering only special phrases or special subjects the special treatises would be the more desirable for a university library where they would be in demand both by faculty and students as authorities on detailed points as aids or as sources in further investigation too much money should not be locked up in expensive volumes that will be seldom used the librarian should estimate the average cost of his books per volume and except in the case of reference books should not go too far beyond this average cost he should avoid partisanship and develop catholicity of taste and breath of sympathy he should try to have something on his shelves for every patron in town real or potential but should not allow the library to be drawn into any sectarian propagandist movement he should avoid controversial works sensationalism and the latest fad and put off the purchase of the book of the hour until he feels fairly sure that the demand for it will not die within the hour the efficient librarian does not think too much about some of total assessions but is mindful of the fact that it is quality, not quantity that counts it doesn't matter how many but how many good books you have this was said by Seneca but the same truth has been stated by many modern librarians I should assume tell how many tons the books in the Astor library way as to tell how many volumes there are was a sage remark of Dr. Joseph G. Cogswell strength does not lie in mere numbers this fact is as true of books as of soldiers said Mr. W. E. Foster 1,000 carefully picked are worth 2,000 assembled at random aides in book selection the chief aide in book selection for the average small public library is the ALA catalog the first edition was issued in 1893 for the world's columbian exposition it was planned as a guide for book buyers as well as for readers and as a manual for librarians in the matter of book selection to a certain extent it was hoped that it would take the place of a printed catalog for public libraries by checking in the margin the titles of the books owned it forms a convenient partial catalog of best books for any library in 1904 a classified and annotated edition thoroughly revised and brought down to date was prepared for the St. Louis exposition this included 7,520 volumes adapted to public libraries as contrasted with 5,000 titles included in earlier edition a supplementary class list of 3,000 titles covering the books issued between 1904 and 1911 was issued by the ALA in 1912 the ALA book list a guide to the best new books has just completed its 9th annual volume various state library commissions have issued helpful lists Wisconsin's suggestive list of books for a small library is a good specimen the fiction catalog published by H.W. Wilson Co. Minneapolis is useful as a checklist and contains many excellent titles in the same way of the 100 and of the 1,000 best novels issued by the free library of Newark, New Jersey are worth studying various lists of best books like Sir John Lubbock's famous 100 best books or Dr. Elliott's 5 foot library are to be found in a pamphlet the world's best books which is to be had free of charge from the global Wernicke Co. Cincinnati for additional titles see aides in book selection by Alice B. Kroeger and Sarah W. Cattle ALA Publishing Board 1908 book buying if it is desired to buy a special list of books already selected it is usually best to place the order with one of the large houses which make a specialty of library trade or with a local dealer if the proper service and discounts are assured cost of carriage may total up high enough to offset a special discount and so should be considered in comparing prices offered by two different dealers in scanning a list of books to be bought attention should be paid to number one titles which are to be had in reinforced bindings number two titles which are to be had in special editions as in every man's library number three titles which are to be had from dealers in remainders and are likely to be offered at bargain prices the list of editions selected for economy in book buying in Leroy Jeffers and published by the American Library Association 25 cents is well worth studying the selection of books to be bought at any one time will be determined by the prices at which they can be secured and consequently it is desirable to constantly study dealers catalogs worn copies of popular titles or copies in their bindings are not ordinarily wise purchases as they soon require rebinding and thus make the total cost exceed the first cost of a copy in reinforced binding subscription books are rarely worth anything like the money asked for them if wanted they can frequently be bought from dealers in secondhand books or from jobbers in remainders and surplus stock books should not be bought from traveling agents there are only a few publishing houses who employ them who would not supply their books through their regular channels of trade editions deluxe are now generally understood to be for looks only and library editions are frequently so called because they are for the private and not for the public library being put up in a way not warranted and wear and tear accession book the accession book which corresponds to the invoice book of a business house is the first of all records to be made of a book after it has been acquired by a library the accession book aims to show the editions of each day in the exact order of their reception without classification of any kind and turns it to learn what price was paid for a book when and where it was bought how much was paid for binding it if it was bound after being acquired by the library how much was paid for replacement if lost etc each volume is entered on a separate line and secures a separate accession number by means of this number the history of any particular book can be traced the accession book is the most permanent of the library records entries cannot disappear as from a card shelf list and it is of the greatest value in case of books lost or destroyed by fire each book should be entered immediately after it is collated and found to agree with the order and bill the entries must be kept up to date in order to avoid a loss an accession number should be given each separate volume giving a single accession number to a set leads to endless confusion a numbering machine will save time and help to prevent errors chapter 4 classification definition classification consists of putting like things together we do this every day in the classification of books is only one special phase of this general process thus a man who owns a hardware store does not place his goods helter skilter a stove a box of nails some saws and then a furnace but he runs over his stock and classifies it putting stoves in one place nails in another by this classification he gains two things first he can find any one thing he wants more quickly secondly he can tell how much of any one article he has on hand and so decide whether he must lay in a new supply likewise the zoologist classifies all members of the animal kingdom so that he can learn what the different kinds of animals are and study the relationship between them without the help afforded by classification he would be overwhelmed by the immense number of facts brought before him and without the aid of classification he would never have known of evolution the guiding star of modern investigation first principles in our everyday life we lose much time hunting for things which we have no definite place we have put them in the place which was most convenient for us at the moment when we put them away think for yourself how it is with your knowledge from observation from conversation from reading you learn little about many subjects like electricity, botany astronomy or politics but in this desultory way you do not learn very much about any one of these subjects therefore you do not feel any special need of classifying your information but when you take up any of these subjects and pursue it seriously you learn thousands of facts and relations and then is the time that you feel the need of some plan of arrangement of your knowledge private versus institutional libraries one has the same experience in regard to books a person having a library from 50 to 300 books does not feel the need of classifying them the ordinary arrangement is based upon size, color or convenience the books in the average house are so placed as to look for the best the classification as far as it exists is an aesthetic one the owner knows the exact appearance of every volume in his library and when he wants longfellow's poems he can tell at a glance where it is in a small public library there is no occasion for all the history being in one place or all poems in another as the library grows the aesthetic principle of classification can be followed until the owner can no longer readily remember how each book looks but our institutional libraries contain so many books that the librarian cannot know them in the same way that he knows the books in his own private library and consequently he has to study the question of classification and devise a method by which not only he but his assistants and also such readers as have access to the books can readily find them as wanted classification the putting of like things together would therefore mean in a large library putting histories together in one place the medical books together in another place and so with all other distinctive subjects each of these large classes will however have to be divided thus histories of Greece are put together in one place histories of Rome in another histories of the united states in still another the subdivision in the larger libraries is carried still farther and books on the period of the discovery of America are put first followed by books on the colonial period of the united states the revolutionary war etc united states history if well represented is classified geographically this process of subdivision into separate groups of books on each state can be carried still farther if necessary advantages of classification the following questions may arise what advantages come from the classification and who are benefited the advantages come to those having access to the books if one goes to a library to get a volume by Arnold Bennett it makes no difference to the individual whether the library is classified or not if he cannot go to the shelves and pick out the book for himself likewise if he wants young's astronomy he will probably get the book more quickly if he asks the attendant to get it than if he tries to get himself supposing he does not have access to the shelves but the time when the reader gets the most help from the classification is when he wants to examine a number of books on astronomy and can go to the shelves and find the books on the subject all in one place then he can easily find what different writers have to say about the habitability of Mars or he can find what book appeals to him as being the most interesting and can borrow it for home use any investigator finds access to the shelves of a well-classified library and immense help an aide to the librarian another person who is greatly benefited by the classification is the librarian and it is just as important that he be helped let the reader be helped he is however helped in a different way he knows what the system of classification in use in the library is and with the outlines of this scheme in mind he goes through the library and finds out where it is strong and where it is weak and can plan future purchases accordingly if for example he finds on the shelves of little value on photography he will make a note of it and buy more books on that subject when funds are available if he finds that there is an undue supply of travel on hand he will note that also and buy fewer books in that class in the future without the help of classification the librarian would overlook many such irregularities in an unclassified library they would be discovered only through long and tedious investigation his only resource would be the catalogue and that is not so well adapted to answer such questions basis of classification the next question is what shall be the basis of classification it is obvious that this basis should be sought in the character of the books themselves and should be applied with constant reference to the reader and his needs in regard to the first point character of books we know that books have been written on all kinds of subjects religion, law, history medicine, etc and that those subjects from the only rational basis for classification a classification based on these distinctions is the only one that helps the reader if a man comes to the library to investigate a particular point in medicine it is clear that it will help him if he finds all the medical books together rather than all the books grouped according to their date of purchase by the library present tendency many schemes have been devised for the classification of books some very simple others extremely elaborate the present tendency is to adopt the more elaborate classification formally most libraries were not classified at all but the books were arranged in the order in which they were received the only grouping of the books being in such cases as based on size folios in one place quartos in another in order to save shelf room assuming that the books in the library were numbered according to the date of their accession from one up to say 20,000 it is clear that the reader could find a book by a particular writer quickly enough by looking up its number in the catalog but if he had a wish to consult 30 books on one subject it would be a very tedious operation and most readers would not take the time for it to take full forms of classification the most common plan in English libraries is a modification of this scheme the books are divided into about 10 classes and the books in each class are arranged in the order in which they are received the classes are distinguished by capital letters an example said to be very common in England is as follows a. theology and philosophy b. history and biography c. travel and typography d. law politics commerce e. arts and sciences f. fiction g. philology h. poetry and drama j. juvenile k. miscellaneous and magazines an illustration of the way a book is marked in this scheme b2574 might be green's history of the English people this book is marked b because it is a history it is marked b2574 because there were already b2573 books in this class at the time this book was added this mark b2574 is a very simple one and to that extent satisfactory the scheme is a great advance over the preceding one because it brings the books of a kind together since there are ten classes in this scheme it is evident that if a reader wishes to see all the books on one subject he will have to examine only one tenth of the library instead of the whole of it but even this is not felt to be minute enough if the library contains 200,000 volumes one class would contain on the average 20,000 volumes which is altogether to create a collection to search through if green's history of the English people were marked b2574 the next book might be robinson's history of peru marked b2575 which is of course a very different subject the case is still worse in class e which includes fine arts useful arts and all the sciences so that a book on chemistry might stand between a book on medicine and one on Raphael this would not satisfy the reading public of today nor the modern librarian the classes f fiction and j are not so bad there's not so great a difference between the books in these classes they are used more by people seeking recreation rather than by those looking for definite titles jacob abbott wrote some 200 juvenile books and many of these might be scattered among the large class j in class f fiction french and german authors would be all thrown together this would be a disadvantage for anyone desiring to read along a particular line open versus closed classification the question of open versus closed classification is an important one by open classification we mean one without minute subdivisions an illustration of open classification is the scheme of ten classes described above as an extreme case of open classification mention may be made of the theological library in which only two classes were used the one classes containing the books that were sound in their theology the other the books that were unsound at the present time the tendency is towards closed classification it is a necessity in large libraries and an advantage in small ones in this country the two great authorities on classification are Charles A. Cutter and Melville Dewey both have devised and published schemes of classification which are generally recognized as having many excellent features in both schemes the classification emits a very minute subdivisions Dewey says that if the library has only one book on a certain subject that book ought to be put in its own special class it does not matter if there is no other book in the class no one can fully understand what is meant by closed classification until he has had considerable experience in classifying books you can pick up the printed scheme of classification and run your eye through the numbers but you will get comparatively little from them until you try to apply them minute bibliographical classification the following is a very important distinction in regard to closed classification which should be carefully noted it is one thing to classify books but it is quite a different thing to classify articles and magazines for the bibliography of a subject magazine articles may be classified far more minutely than books can be take for example the bibliographia geologica in which references are made to articles in geological magazines and publications of geological societies here the articles are classified according to Dewey Dewey's class 551 means physical geology in this bibliography there is a particular article marked 551 795 billion 513 million 111,044 that is to say the general subject of physical geology is subdivided in one trillionth parts and this article is assigned to one of those parts if one should apply for a library position and be told that he should have to classify the books as closely as this he would probably never get the position if he were given this article to classify he would just as likely as not put it 10 billion points out of the way as a matter of fact this bibliography is compiled by a number of experts in geology there are similar bibliographies of botany, zoology and other natural sciences all minutely classified and all compiled by experts the reason that books cannot be as closely classified as magazine articles is that they generally deal with broader topics in the average library it does not pay to classify books more minutely than is warranted by the general run of books in the class in which these books are to be assigned in this regard a distinction must be made between libraries the library of congress has devised a classification of its own which is very minute and a number of classifiers are employed to look after the different fields in which there is more or less expert in this way classification can be carried to the extreme limit of closeness nothing keeps one more modest than classifying for one is continually brought face to face with things that one does not know and so many things of which one knows so little the Dewey Decimal System the decimal classification is used in this country and in Europe it is suitable for both large and small collections of books and for indexing in many schemes of classification letters are used to denote the classes and others a combination of letters and figures Dewey uses only figures Dewey developed his system in 1873 and published it in 1876 numbers of three figures were used to denote the classes since then it has been found desirable to subdivide much more minutely and this has been done with increasing minuteness in the seven editions that have followed the one of 1876 a general outline of Dewey is here given 0000 general works general works 100 philosophy 200 religion 300 sociology 400 philology 500 science 600 useful arts science 500 useful arts 700 fine arts 800 literature 900 history each of these is divided into ten sections 500 science 500 510 mathematics 520 astronomy 530 physics 540 chemistry 550 geology 560 paleontology 570 biology 580 botany 590 zoology each of these is divided into ten sections 530 physics 531 mechanics 540 physics 532 hydraulics 533 pneumatics 534 sound 535 light 536 heat 537 electricity power power electricity 538 magnetism 539 molecular physics these sections are still further subdivided until the requisite degree of minuteness is reached the system has various pneumatic features which are helpful every figure has a meaning and a medical list of all these meanings is appended to the classification thus after the word hydraulics is 532 showing where to look in the classification for this subject all books on hydraulics receive the number 532 and are together on the shelves this fact illustrates one great advantage of the Dewey system that as the library grows the new books can be placed with the corresponding old ones without remarking the old ones while in the fixed location system the books are marked to certain localities and when moved by reason of growth of the library have to be remarked this remarking includes not only the books but also the cards referring to the books the remarking is very very costly and very unsatisfactory in Dewey system the books in any one class are arranged according to some method in most classes an alphabetical arrangement by the names of the authors is simplest and best in some scientific classes some librarians prefer the chronological arrangement in any case it should be clear and simple relative location with the movable location all new books fall at once into their proper places like the cards which are added to a card catalog and the newcomers push the other books along on the shelf just as new cards push the others along in the drawer the consequence is that a book which is here today may be on the next shelf in a month or in the next alcove in a year and the local memory which is a great help in finding books quickly is disturbed the only remedy that I can see for this is to substitute a subject memory for a local memory to get a habit of thinking of a book as belonging to a certain class instead of as on a certain shelf more rational memory by the way and then to make it very easy to find the classes this last is not hard to accomplish a class memory can be cultivated and may be assisted by local memory which will find books by their position relative to other books instead of by their position relative to alcoves and shelves or doors and windows ca cutter end of chapters 2 3 and 4 of the library assistance manual by Theodore W. Koch recording by Christina Bowie