Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations Volume 20, No. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...practical work originally published in 1908 by the professor of railroad engineering; in Lehigh University. Presents fundamental principles of permanent way, turnouts, sidetracks, yards, signals, organization, subgrades, treaties, eulverta and grades, "in such manner that the inexperienced engineering student can form a general idea." Reviewed in Engineering record Nov. 27, 1915, p. 670; in Engineering news, Nov. 18, 1915, p. 980. Wood, Arthur Julius. Principles of locomotive operation and train control. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1915. ix, 271 p. illus. 8. TPE An elementary treatise designed primarily for technical schools, but useful to the practical engineer. Presents recent developments in locomotive performance and includes a study of air-brakes and a chapter on locomotive testing. Well illustrated and provided with many practical questions and examples. Author is professor of railroad mechanical engineering in Pennsylvania State College. Economics, Sociology And Political Science Babson, Roger Ward. The future of South America. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1915. viii p., 2 1., 407 p., 2 maps, 16 pi. tables. 12. TAH A description of the West Indies and South America from the point of view of the American exporter. Take up the climate, political and social Economics, Sociology, etc., continued. conditions, banking, finance and commerce of each country in turn, and indicates the prospects for American trade. Statistical tables show the area and population of each, and trade in principal articles with the United States and Europe. Bannington, B. G. English public health administration. London: P. S. King & Son, Ltd., 1915. 338 p. 8. (Studies in economics and political science.) SPL A description of the...