(1) Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses (2) The Strength of Materials: A Text-book for Engineers and Architects

Abstract

(1) “MATERIALS, of Construction,” by Mr. A. P. Mills, is an excellent text-book covering a wide field, including cementing materials, masonry, bricks and clay products, ferrous and non-ferrous metals and timber. Generally a short historical statement is given, a list of applications in the arts, a well-illustrated description of manufacturing processes, an account of chemical, physical, and mechanical properties, and some statistics of American production. The information is based largely, but not exclusively, on American experience, but is not less interesting on that account. English readers will be glad to become acquainted with the very trustworthy results of tests obtained by the U.S. Bureau of Standards, the Structural Materials Laboratory of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the laboratory of the U.S. Forest Service, as well as the investigations of the active American Society for Testing Materials.

(1) Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses.

By Prof. A. P. Mills. Pp. xxi + 682. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) Price 19s. net.

(2) The Strength of Materials: A Text-book for Engineers and Architects.

By E. S. Andrews. Pp. x + 604. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1915.) Price 10s. 6d. net.