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    From Messrs . Sampson Low & Co . —A handsome and capitally illustrated volume by Mr . James Burnleythe author of ' The Romance

    , of Invention' and other works which deal with the industrial progress of England , has just appeared ¦— on ' The History tt of Wool and Wool - « - »¦

    -» - — J— — — — — ^— w ^ - *^ ^ m ^^^^~ r «^ ^^* . y ^^ ^* 9 W ^^ ^^ ^ fc ITT - ^^ » * - *^ " » combing . ' The book traces step by step the growth ^^ of — the " ^ " - British — ^~ ^ w ^ m ^ m ™ - w wool v ^^ V ^* trade ^«* . WV ^ -t > - ^ - ^ , ^ and ** ¦ " ¦ - ¦ •¦ *¦ " » explains " ^ * » ^^ »•» — ¦— - ^¦¦^

    the manner in which inventors like Cartwright , Heilmann , Donisthorpe , Lister , and Isaac Holden conquered the difficulties which lay

    in the way of the application of machinery to the development - ¦¦ of what 4 Ji vw is kJ now a -V gigantic tab .

    — — — — " — — f * ™»™ ^* <& A ^ ^^ ^ . * v . w . A . A J * . V ^ » T h & i * »>« - » -- » ^* industry . Dr . Edmund Cartwright took out a patent Datent for tor the the firs firs t t of of all all power nnwftt - . lnnms looms m in

    April 1785 , and that- clumsy arrangement of combs contained ¦ i ji the of the vast rr and itt

    complicated — — — —^ ^^ ^ ^ ^» machinery — - ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ¦ germ ^^ ^ ta which / Jv \ fc * , w ^^ has ^^ ^ » , ^^ given t ^ , r ^ f ^^ ^ the ^^^ town of Bradford a prominent place in the

    history of textile achievements . Mr . Burnley has gone thoroughly into the subject , and his explanations of the various stages reached

    in in the the progress "Droeress of nf the tV » p > trad +, r « rlp e are sirps rpnrl rendered prp . fi extremely clear by elaborate diagrams of the increasingly complicated machinery

    employed in woolcombing . He has also woven into his narrative a number of clever penand-ink sketches of the men who have been

    chiefly instrumental in reyolutioriising this ancient and important industryThe

    descri-X */ . p tion of Edmund Cartwright ' s brave and up-hill struggle , and of the triumphs and defeats of

    Josue Heilmann , are told in a manner which not only arrests attention , but evokes the liveliest sympathThe practical value of the

    book is enhanced y . ba detailed account of the chie l * woolcombing y inventions patented in

    England from April 1785 to November 1887 . From Messrs . W . & J * Mack & CoChatham

    . ay ., . ' A Dictionary of Explosives , ' by Major J . P . Cundill — —— , f Royal —«— -V ^ j w— A ~ .-m rtillery a v M . ^ . ^ .- ^^ Jk T . ^ It L »^ was » «^* KJ ori V ^* g 7 ~) * inall ^* " y J in ^ - * -M . -

    tended to publish the * Dictionary of Explosives ' in the * Royal Engineers' Professional Papers , ' but Major DayREstates that on further

    consideration it was , . thoug ., ht that the work would be of the greatest service if it took the form

    of an interleaved book , in which the descriptions — ^^^ ¦ of the constant ^ h ^ v ^ fc -m w % mn ^ fc * *¦ % additions m ^ v V > A \«/ JL to the % A « - J list JL A of \/ ^^ ^ " ^ " ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ *^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ *^ * ^ ^^ ^^ , *^ , ** - * ^ ' ^ ^

    new explosives could be added from time to time by military students . The book , whilst printed bMessrsMackayis * published

    y . , at the Royal Engineers' Institute , Chatham , ' and is based on a course of lectures delivered

    at the School of Military Engineering by Major CundiilRAone of Her Majesty ' s

    Inspectors of Exp , losives .., . Major Cundill admits into into his his pages "na ^ es some snmp > P" 5 rr losives > lnsivp . « which -wVii < Vh _ in in his his

    own words , are merely exp curiosities in a chemical , sense , and he uses the term ' authorised explosives ' to denote those which have been

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    Explosives Act of 1875 . He points out that this official recognition of an explosive in no way affects either its commercial or practical value ;

    it simply means that a given explosive has , after due examination and testing , been declared reasonably safe under ordinary

    mJconditions of transport , storage , and use . The subject is divided by Major Cundill into eight classes » w r ~~ ^ f »* w " ^^ ^ ta ^ ¦ - * -- , y ^ and iv'V / * ± J * *** m ( its ff « w rw utilit ^ ' ^ ^ r *» ^^ ^* ^* y » to »* "fc ^ professional m ^ ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^^ ^ *^ - ~ * m , V' *^^^ ^^^ - ^ ~^ r students *» ^ ^* ^ v ^^ * - ~ ^*^ — ¦^* ^ r ** r

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    May 15 , 1889 The Publishers' Circular 539

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), May 15, 1889, page 539, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15051889/page/29/