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CROSBY LOCKWOOD & SON'S CATALOGUE.

MEASURING AND VALUING ARTIFICERS’ WORK.

A Students’ Guide containing Directions for taking Dimensions, Abstractingthe same, and bringing the Quantities into Bill, with Tables of Constants forValuation of Labour, and for the Calculation of Areas and Solidities. Originallyedited by E. Dobson, Architect. With Additions by E. W. Tarn, M.A.

Seventh Edition, Revised. Crown 8vo, cloth. 716

" The most complete treatise on the principles of measuring and valuing artificers work.”—Building News.

PACKING-CASE TABLES. Showing the number of Super-ficial Feet in Boxes or Packing-Cases, from six inches square and upwards.By W. Richardson, Timber Broker. Fourth Edition. Oblong 4to, cloth.

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“ Invaluable labour-saving tables.”— Ironmonger.

“ Will save much labour and calculation.”— Grocer.

PAINTING. THE IMITATION of WOODS & MARBLES.

As Taught and Practised by A. R. Van der Burg and P. Van der Burg,Directors of the Rotterdam Painting Institution. Royal folio, cloth, 18$ byi2$ in. Illustrated with 24 full-size Coloured Plates ; also 12 plain Plates,comprising 154 Figures. Fifth Edition. Net £1 5 s.

List of Plates.

1. Various Tools Required for Wood Painting.—2, 3. Walnut; PreliminaryStages of Graining and Finished Specimen. — 4. Tools Used for Marble’Painting and Method of Manipulation.— 5, 6. St. Remi Marble; Earlier•Operations and Finished Specimen. — 7. methods of Sketching DifferentGrains, Knots, &c.— 8, 9. ash: preliminary stages and Finished Speci-men. —10. Methods of Sketching Marble Grains. —ii, 12. Breche Marbles :Preliminary Stages of Working and Finished Specimen.—13. Maple ; Methodof Producing the Different Grains.—14, 15. Bird’s-Eye Maple; PreliminaryStages and Finished Specimen.—16. Methods of Sketching the DifferentSpecies of White Marble.—17, 18. White Marble ; Preliminary Stages of"Process and Finished Specimen —19. Mahogany; Specimens of Various Grainsand Methods of Manipulation. —20, 21. Mahogany; Earlier Stages andFinished Specimen.—22, 23, 24. Sienna Marble; Varieties of Grain, PreliminaryStages and Finished Specimen—25, 26, 27. Juniper wood; Methods of Pro-ducing Grain, &c. ; Preliminary Stages and Finished Specimen.—28, 29, 30. Vertde Mer Marble; Varieties of Grain and Methods of Working, Unfinishedand Finished Specimens.—31, 32, 33. Oak ; Varieties of Grain, Tools Employed

AND METHODS OF MANIPULATION, PRELIMINARY STAGES AND FINISHED SPECIMEN.—34, 35, 36. WAULSORT MARBLE; VARIETIES OF GRAIN, UNFINISHED AND FINISHEDSPECIMEN

“Those who desire to attain skill in the art of painting woods and marble will find advantagein consulting this book. . . , Some of the Working Men’s Clubs should give their young menthe opportunity to study it.”— Builder.

“Students and novices are fortunate who are able to become the possessors of so noble awork. ’’— The Architect.

PAINTING POPULARLY EXPLAINED. By Thomas

John Gullick, Painter, and John Timbs, F.S.A. Including Fresco, Oil,Mosaic, Water Colour, Water-Glass, Tempera, Encaustic, Miniature,Painting on Ivory, Vellum, Pottery, Enamel, Glass, &c. Sixth Edition.

Crown 8vo, cloth. 5/Q

*** Adopted as a Prize Book at South Kensington.

“ Much may be learned, even by those who fancy they do not require to be taught, from the■careful perusal of this unpretending but comprehensive treatise .”—Art 'Journal.

PLASTERING. A Practical Compendium of Plain and Orna-mental Plaster Work. By W. Kemp. Crown 8vo, cloth . . . 2/0

PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.

A Modirn Work for the Plumber, the Heating Engineer, the Architect, and theBuilder. By J. J. Lawler. With 284 Illustrations. 4to, cloth. Net Q.'MQ

PLUMBING : A Text-Book to the Practice of the Art or Craft ofP* um b er - With Chapters upon House Drainage and Ventilation. ByWm. Paton Buchan. Ninth Edition, with 512 Illustrations. Crown 8vo,doth. .

.. ;u text "hook winch may be safely put into the hands of every young plumber, and which

Will also be found useful by architects and medical professors.”— Builder.