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122 LONGMAN’S BOOKS ON SHIPBUILDING PRACTICAL SHIPBUILDING A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of Modern Steam Vessels. By A. CAMPBELL HOLMS, Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register of Shipping. Two Vols. Volume I, Text, Medium 8vo; Volume II, Diagrams and Illustrations, Oblong 4to. Sixth printing. $22.50 net “The book, as a whole, represents the most complete work in existence on the subject of practical shipbuilding.’’—Marine Engineering. ‘This work is a model of what a textbook ought to be, and in its new guise, it is certain to meet with wider and more cordial recognition than ever.’’—Belfast Northern Whig. APPLIED NAVAL ARCHITECTURE By W. J. LOVETT, Member of the Institution of Naval Architects, Vice-President of the Engineering and Scientific Association of Ireland, Extension Lecturer at Belfast Municipal Technical Institute, Author of ‘(4 Class-Book of Naval Architecture.’”’ With numerous Detailed Calculations and over 360 Tables and Diagrams. 8 vo. $12.00 net. SHIPS’ BOATS The Qualities, Construction, Equipment, and Launching Appliances. By ERNEST W. BLOCKSIDGE, M. Inst. N.A., Member Soc. N.A. and M.E.; Ship Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register of Shipping; formerly Ship Surveyor to the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, and Lecturer on Naval Architecture to the Durham Higher Education Committee. With Diagrams and Illustrations. 8vo. $9.00 net A book of Reference for Shipbuilders, Shipowners, Boatbuilders, Surveyors, Superintendents, and Officers of the Mercantile Marine Service. TEXT-BOOK OF THEORETICAL NAVAL ARCHITECTURE By EDWARD L. ATTWOOD, M. Inst. N.A., member of Royal Corps of Constructors, formerly Lecturer of Naval Architecture at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Author of ‘‘Warships’’, etc. Ninth edition. With 159 diagrams and 5 folding tables. Crown 8vo. $3.50 net. Clearness and conciseness of expression, characterize this book. A notable feature in the direct practical application of the methods taught. Two new chapters have been added to this edition, one on launching calculations, and one on the turning of ships. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE A Manual on Laying Off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels. By THOMAS H. WATSON, Lecturer on Naval _ Architecture, Municipal Technical College, Sunderland. With 169 Illustrations. Royal 8vo. $12.00 net. “As a whole, this work forms the most extended treatise on this special field of ship design with which we are acquainted. The illustrations, which form naturally an especial feature in a book on this subject, are copious in amount, selected with judgment, and prepared with care. All interested in the solution of mold-loft problems may be congratulated on having so excellent a compendium of practical and reliable methods placed within their reach.’”’—Marine Engineering, New York. LONGMANS, .GREEN & CO. PUBLISHERS FOURTH AVENUE AND THIRTIETH ST., NEW YORK THE MARINE REVIEW Shipbuilder’s Alloys for Marine Castings Shipbuilding is the most. important of all the industries which create a demand for alloys. They must be the best, if you are to produce ships’ fittings and machinery that will withstand the severe test put to them at sea. al Alloying Practic og pucHanan PRACTICAL ALLOVING, by. ]:_F. Buchanan, which is the most compre- hensive and thorough treatise on alloying that has ever been published, will help you to produce the right kind of castings. It contains invaluable information of vital interest to the ship and engine builder. You cannot afford to be with- out a copy of this book. The tables alone are worth its price. CONTENTS Chapter I—Metal Refining, Ancient and Modern. Chapter II—The Properties of Alloys. Chapter I1I—History and Peculiarities of Alloys. Chapter IV—Some Difficulties of Alloying. Chapter V—Methods of Making Alloys. Chapter VI—Color of Alloys. Chapter VII—The Notation of Alloys. Chapter VIII—Standard Alloys. Chapter [X—Foundry Mixtures. Chapter X—White Metals. Chapter X I—Solders, Novelty Metals, Etc. Chapter XII—Fluxes Alloys. Chapter XI1I—Gates and Risers Alloys. Chapter XIV—About Crucibles. Chapter XV—Testing-Alloys, Tables, Etc. 205 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 41 illustrations Price $5.00 Penton Publishing Co. Cleveland, Ohio 233-M Book Department Please mention THe Marine Review when writing to Advertisers February, 1921