A Brief History of the United States No. 654
1956 ·
Contents:
- Preface
- Presidents of the United States
- Discovery and Early Settlement
- Colonial Times
- The American Revolution
- The Launching of the Republic
- From Washington to Polk
- A Country Divided
- Reconstruction and Free Enterprise
- America Becomes a World Power
- “Back to Normalcy” and the New Deal
- The Modern Era
- Index
A Concise Encyclopedia of General Knowledge No. 660
A Concise Guide to Teach Yourself
A First French
A First General Science
A First German
1966
1969 (second impression), 0340051566 ·
A Guidebook to the Bible No. 81
1951 ·
Contents:
- Foreword
Part I: The Old Testament
- Unravelling the Old Testament: The Search for Origins
- The People Behing the Book: The Hebrews and their Neighbours
- The Oldest Writings in the Bible: Songs and Peoptry
- The Father of History: The Founding of the Kingdom
- The Epic of Israel: The J Narrative
- A Religious History of Israel: The E Narrative
- The First Book of Prophecy: Amos
- The Golden Age of Prophecy: Hosea, Isaiah, Micah
- The Book Found in the Temple: Deuteronomy
- Editing Israel’s History: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings
- The Prophet to a Doomed Nation: Jeremiah
- Written in Exile: Ezekiel and the Holiness Code
- The Greatest of the Hebrews: Second Isaiah
- The Constitution of a Spiritual Commonwealth: The Priestly Code
- The Memoirs of a Statesman: Nehemiah
- Breaking Down Religious Exclusiveness: Jonah and Ruth
- First Editions of the Bible: The Law and the Prophets
- An Old Testament Masterpiece: Job
- Wise Men of Israel: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
- Israel’s Golden Treasury: Psalms
- The Literary Harvest of a Century: Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Song of Solomon, Daniel, Esther
- The Books That Were Left Out: Apocrypha
- The Portable Fatherland of the Jews: The Hebrew Scriptures
Part II: The New Testament
- The Dawn of a New Era: Christianity Emerges
- Spreading the Good News: Forty Years of the Oral Gospel
- The Oldest Gospel: The Gospel of Mark
- A Gospel for the Early Church: The Gospel of Matthew
- Luke’s Two-Volume History: The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles
- The Synoptic Problem: The Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke Viewed Together
- Christ’s Interpreter to the Greek World: The Gospel and Epistles of John
- Paul’s Legacy to Christianity: The Epsitles of Paul
- Defending the Faith: Hebrews, I Peter, James, Jude, II Peter
- Christianity Triumphant: The Revelation of John
- Forming the New Testament: The Canon
Part III: The Bible Through the Centuries
- Bibles Copied by Hand: Rolls and Codices
- Translating the Bible: St. Jerome’s Vulgate and Other Versions
- The Early History of the English Bible: Caedmon, Bede, Wycliffe’s Bible
- The Father of the English Bible: William Tyndale
- The Lineage of the English Bible: Six Important Bibles
- The Authorised Version of 1611
- The Discovery of Ancient Manuscripts: Codices and Palimpsest
- Translating Continues: The Revised and Other Versions
- Buried Treasure: New Bible Discoveries
- The Bible To-day: A Living Book
- Bible readings
- Index
A Short Dictionary of Languages
A Short History of Russia No. 689
About the Greeks
Abraham Lincoln and the United States No. 509
Acoustics
Advertising and Publicity No. 2
1950
1958 (unspecified edition) ·
Contents:
- Foreword
Part I
- General Introduction
- Press Advertising
- Poster Advertising
- Direct Mail
- Editorial Publicity
- Radio Advertising
- Television Advertising
- Film Advertising
- Display and Promotion
- The Spoken Word
- A Modern Advertising Agency
Part II: Specimen Successful Campaigns
- Commercial Advertising and Publicity
- A Government Department Campaign
- Publicizing a Seaside Resort
- A Propaganda Campaign
- A Successful Appeal Campaign
- Store Advertising and Publicity
- Entertainment Publicity and Advertising
- A Retail-store Campaign
Part III
- And now — Teach Yourself!
Afrikaans No. 656
1967 (unspecified impression) ·
Agricola and Roman Britain No. 613
Air Navigation
Alexander I and the Rise of Russian Nationalism
Alexander II No. 609
Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Empire No. 510
Algebra No. 3
1942
1969 (unspecified edition), 0340055014 ·
Contents:
- The Meaning of Algebra
- Elementary Operations
- Brackets and Operations with Them
- Positive and Negative Numbers
- Simple Equations
- Formulae
- Simultaneous Equations
- Graphical Representation of Quantities
- The Law of a Straight Line: Co-ordinates
- Multiplication of Algebraical Expressions
- Factors
- Fractions
- Graphs of Quadratic Functions
- Quadratic Equations
- Indices
- Logarithms
- Ratio and Proportion
- Variation
- The Determination of Laws
- Rational and Irrational Numbers: Surds
- Arithmetical and Geometrical Series
- Appendix
Amateur Acting No. 4
Analog Computers
Anatomy No. 5
Anthology of English Verse No. 164
Anthropology No. 577
1954 ·
Antique Collecting
1963
1969 (unspecified impression) ·
Antique Furniture
1970, 0340059338 ·
Arabic No. 6
Archæology of the New Testament No. 202
1964 ·
Archæology of the Old Testament
Archæology No. 7
1953
1967 (unspecified impression), 0340055073 ·
Contents:
- Author’s Preface
- Looking at the Past — Some general introductory remarks.
- How, When and Where? — Some further matters of general interest.
- Man and Flint — The origin of the Human Race and a material much used for tools by Early Man.
- The Dawn of Ingenuity — Man in the Old Stone Age
- The Soil that Man Moves — The soil-mantle of the Earth as it appears to the Archæologist.
- Man, Soil, Rock and the Earth — Geological matters of interest to the Archæologist.
- Better Tools — Man as implement-maker in the Mesolithic and Neolithic Ages.
- Learning to use Metal — Bronze first used for tools.
- They Bring Iron — The Early Iron Age.
- The Coming of the Romans — Evidence of Roman rule in Britain.
- Romans Really Lived Here — Getting a mental picture of the Roman centuries.
- Britain Becomes England — The heathen English settle here.
- The English Came to Stay — The period that lasted six hundred years.
- They Knew How to Build — Architecture: Romanesque (Anglo-Saxon and Norman) and Gothic (Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular).
- Glorious Building — Ecclesiastical Architecture
- Man Must Have a Home — Early Domestic Buildings (up to the fourteenth century).
- Changes for the Better — Houses attain greater comfort (from the fourteenth century onwards).
- The Written Word — Learning to read ancient records.
- Some Queer Characters — Mainly about Runes and Ogham.
- The Language of Shield and Jupon — Some principles of Heraldry
- What’s in a Name? — Place-names and surnames tell their story.
- The Patchwork of the Past — Archæology covers many subjects.
- A Complex Picture — Teach yourself by taking a wide view of the past.
- Index and Glossary
Archery No. 697
Architecture in England
1966 ·
Arithmetic Itself No. 699
Arithmetic No. 587
1958 ·
Arithmetic: Basic Processes
Assessing Intellectual Ability
1970, 034005963X ·
Astro Navigation
1943 ·
Astrology No. 198
1964 ·
Astronomy No. 158
Athletics No. 572
Atlas of the World
Atomic Physics No. 691
Badminton No. 168
Ballet No. 559
Banking No. 8
Bee-keeping No. 9
Bell’s Standard Elocutionist No. 38
1954 (unspecified impression) ·
Bengali
Bible Atlas No. 181
1960 ·
Billiards and Snooker No. 597
1957
1969 (second edition)
1973 (fourth impression), 0340055235 ·
Biochemistry No. 579
1960 (unspecified edition) ·
Biology No. 10
Birds – A Primer of Ornithology No. 638
1962 ·
Bolívar and the Independence of Spanish America No. 513
Book-keeping No. 11
1941
1966 (fifth edition, unspecified impression) ·
Contents:
- Introduction
- What is Book-keeping?
- The Business Transaction, Purchases and Sales
- Purchase and Sales Transactions, and the Ledger Accounts
- Cash Transactions
- The Bank Reconciliation
- Petty Cash, Etc.
- The Debit and Credit Journal
- Writing Up the Books
- The Trial Balance
- Four-Column Trial Balance
- What is Profit or Loss?
- The Revenue Account
- The Balance Sheet
- Adjustments in the Final Account
- Depreciation
- Partnership
- The Criticism and Interpretation of Accounts
- Limited Companies, and the Companies Act, 1948
- Answers
- Appendix. Examination Papers — Royal Society of Arts
- Completely Worked R.S.A. Paper
- Index
Botany No. 12
Botha, Smuts and South Africa No. 514
Bowls No. 683
1958 ·
Brickwork No. 13
1944
1957 (unspecified impression) ·
Contents:
- General Editor’s Foreward
- The Principles Underlying Brickbuilding
Mixing Mortar — Holding a Brick — Details of a Brick — Brick Sizes — Proportions — Making a Gauge — Functions of Bricks and Mortar — Definition of Bonding — Mixing Lime Mortar — Mixing Cement Mortar — Damp-proof Courses
- A Bricklayer’s Tools
Trowel — Brick-hammer — Scutch — Lump-hammer — Bolster — Other Chisels — Plumb-rule — Line and Pins — Tingle
- The Practical Approach to Bricklaying
Picking up Mortar — Spreading — The Pushing Method of Bricklaying — Building a Short Length of Brickwork — Return Quoin — Stopped End — Ranging a Corner — Important of Good Eyesight — Plumbing a Corner — The Plumb-rule — Overhanging Work — Fundamentals of Bricklaying — Building a Wall — Bricklayer’s Line and Pins — Operating the Line — Use of the Tingle
- Further Methods of Practical Bricklaying
Peculiarities of Bonding — Trying out the Bond — Pieces of Brick — Broken Bond — Making the Bond — Cutting a Brick — Use of Lump-hammer and Bolster — Cutting Glazed Bricks — Use of Brick-hammer and Brick-scutch — Cutting out Old Work — Continuous Chase — Indenting — Toothing
- Characteristics of Bricks, Their Peculiarities and Uses
Hand-made Bricks — Machine-made — Wire-cut — Pressed — Defects in Bricks — Repairing the Brickwork — Spalled Faces — Lamination — Disintegration — Sand-lime Bricks — Making Concrete Bricks
- Finishes to Joints and Repointing Brickwork
Mortar deficient in Lime — Influence of Weather upon Mortar Joints — Hacking out Old Joints — Hammer and Boaster Work — Scutching and Picking — Re-pointing the Joints — Types of Joints — Keeping the Perpends
- Damp-proof Courses
Causes of Dampness — Types of Courses — Bitumen Roll — Impervious Brick — Hot-laid Mastic Asphalt — Tar, Pitch and Sand — Sheet-metal — Slates and Cement — Wall-covers or Copings — Penetration of Moisture — Remedying Defective Brickwork — Inserting a new D.P.C. into an Existing Wall — Rendering Walls — Leaky Roofs — Label Courses
- Drains and Manholes
The Drainage System — Ventilation — Gradient — Foundation — Practical Drain-laying — Cleaning the Joint — Manholes or Inspection Chambers — Water Bond — Covering the Manhole — Benching to Inverts — Clearing Drains — Rodding Eyes — Inspection Chambers — Building the Chamber — Ventilation — Reducing the Area — Desconnecting Trap — Bends, Junctions, etc. — Benching — Patent Joints
- Fireplaces, Flues and Chimneys
Principles of Combustion — Fireplaces and Firegrates — Covering Over the Fireplace Opening — Gas-fire Flues — Regulation Sizes of Brickwork — Lining the Flue — Coring a Flue — Stability of a Chimney — Chimney Caps
- Special Features of Brickwork
Setting a Washing Copper — Types of Draughts — Open-draught — Split-draught — Wheel-draught — Building a Greenhouse Boiler — Building a Large Chimney-stack — Waterproof Basement Walls — Tanking a Basement — Subsoil Drains
- Roof Coverings and Repairs
Practical Slating — Making the Gauge — Holing — Cutting — Repairing — Practical Tiling — Repairing a Fallen Tile — Defects in Tiles Roofs — Floor Tiling — Wall Tiling — Jointing between Woordwork and Brickwork — Air-bricks and Ventilation
- Special Bricks
External Angle Bricks — Reduction Bricks — Weathering Bricks — Other Special Bricks
- Special Wall Construction
Cavity Walls — Ensuring a Clean Cavity — Transverse Tying — Sealing of Ventilators — Rat-trap Bond
- Measuring Brickwork
The Standard Rod of Brickwork — The Standard Yard of Brickwork — Extra Costs — More Data — Labour Costs — Other Extras
- Arches and Arching
Arch Terms — Rough Segmental Arch — Axed Arches — Gauged Semi-circular Arches — Soldier Arches — Timber Centers
- Brick Bonding
English Bond — Return Quoins — Stopped Ends — Flemish Bond — Sectional Bond — English Garden-wall Bond — Flemish Garden-wall Bond
- Cavity Walls
Wall Ties — Sealing the Joints — Mortar Droppings — Ventilation
- Index
Bringing Up Children No. 14
British Railways No. 547
Budgerigars for Pleasure and Profit No. 584
1954 ·
Budgeting and Home Management
Business Organisation No. 15
1949
1958 (unspecified impression) ·
Contents:
- Author’s Preface
- List of Charts and Diagrams
- Acknowledgements
Part One: The Business World
- Introduction
- The Structure of the Business World
Part Two: The Business Undertaking
- The Constitution of the Business Undertaking
- The Organisation of the Business Undertaking
- Types of Business Organisation
- Production: The Organisation of the Industrial Unit
- Production: The Organisation of Manufacturing
- Distribution: Marketing the Product
- Accounting, Financial and Statistical Aspects of Business
- Office Organisation
- Personnel Management and Industrial Welfare
- Conclusion: Teaching Oneself Business Organisation
- Bibliography
- Index
Calculus No. 16
1940
1965 (unspecified impression) ·
Contents:
- Introduction
- Functions
- Variations in Functions; Limits
- Rate of Change of a Function; Gradients
- Differential Coefficent; Differentiation
- Some Rules for Differentiation
- Maxima and Minima Values; Points of Inflexion
- Differentiation of the Trigonometric Functions
- Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
- Hyperbolic Functions
- Integration; Standard Integrals
- Some Elementary Methods of Integration
- Integration of Algebraic Fractions
- Areas by Integral Calculus; Definite Integrals
- Integration as a Summation; Areas
- The Length of Curves
- Solids of Revolution; Volumes and Areas of Surfaces
- Uses of Integration in Mechanics
- Partial Differentiation
- Series; Taylor’s and Maclaurin’s Theorems
- Elementary Differential Equations
- Standard and Useful Integrals
Camping No. 557
Canasta No. 159
1951 ·
Cantonese
Card Games for One
Card Games for Two No. 571
Carpentry No. 17
Catering and Hotel Management No. 595
Catherine the Great and the Expansion of Russia No. 515
Charlemagne and Western Europe
Chatham and the English Empire No. 516
Chemistry No. 18
1938
1957 (third edition, unspecified impression) ·
The second and third editions were revised and enlarged by G. Bruce Macalpine.
Contents:
- Introduction
- The Atomic Theory
- Chemical Nomenclature
- Characters of Chemical Action
- Water
- The Atmosphere
- Oxidation and Combustion
- Carbon and its Oxides
- The Distillation of Coal
- Sulphur and Chlorine
- Nitrogen and Phosphorus
- Chemistry of the Rocks
- Iron and other Metals
- Carbon and its Compounds
- Synthetic Products
- Food
- Digestion and Respiration
- The Vitamins
- Chemistry of Photography
- Classification of the Elements
- Index
Chess No. 19
1948
1951 (second edition) ·
Contents:
- Preface
Part I: The Elements
- Preliminary; Introducing the Chess “Men”; Their Functions and Values; The Science of Chess
- The Functions and Relative Values of the Pieces; The Elementary Endgame
Part II: Tactics and Strategy
- The Middle Game and Introduction to Tactics
- Introduction to Strategy and Technique
Part III: Chess Learning
- The Ground Work of the Openings
- Some Resources and Refinements in the Endgame; Problems
- Illustrative Games
Children’s Tailoring No. 171
1960 ·
Chinese No. 20
Christian Theology No. 670
Clemenceau and the Third Republic No. 517
Colloquial Arabic No. 187
Commercial Arithmetic No. 21
Commercial Art
Commercial Correspondence No. 23
Commercial Law
Commercial Travelling No. 156
1964 (unspecified impression) ·
Communication No. 241
1966 ·
Comparative Linguistics
Complete Meals for All Occasions
Computer Programming
1967 ·
Conjuring No. 580
Constantine and the Conversion of Europe
Constructional Details No. 26
Contract Bridge No. 27
1949
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
Contents:
- Definitions
- Contract Bridge
- The Pack
- Valuing the Hand
- Opening Suit Bids of One
- Responses to One of a Suit
- Opening No Trump Bids and Responses
- The Opening Forcing Two-Bid
- Responses to Opening Two-Bids
- Pre-emptive Bids and Responses
- Slam Bidding
- Competitive Bidding
- Informatory Doubles
- Penalty Doubles
- The Play of the Cards
- Elimination Play
- The Grand Coup
- Defensive Play
- Duplicate Bridge
- Laws and Proprieties
Cook and the Opening of the Pacific No. 519
Cookery No. 548
Cooking No. 28
Costing No. 576
Cranmer and the English Reformation No. 520
Cricket No. 29
Cycling No. 30
Czech No. 671
Danish No. 167
1958
1968 (second edition), 034057777 ·
Data Processing
1969, 0340053984 ·
Dictionary of Antiques No. 192
1963 ·
Dogs as Pets No. 549
Drawing and Painting No. 239
1966 ·
Drawing No. 32
1942
1949 (third impression) ·
1970 (unspecified impression), 0340055626 ·
(Previously published as Teach Yourself To Draw.)
Contents:
- Preface
- Drawing Materials
The Pencil; The Knife; The Rubber; The Paper; The Drawing-board; Pens; Brushes
- Object Drawing — Beginning
Preliminary Arrangements; Arranging the Group; The Intention of your Drawing; The Drawing
- Perspective
Its Origin; The Perspective Apparatus; Vanishing Point of Lines; Finding a Vanishing Point; Vanishing Point of Lines receding directly into the Picture; Parallel Perspective; Angular Perspective; Oblique Perspective; Distance Points; The Perspective Scale; The Line of Heights; Accidental Vanishing Points; Construction Lines; The Application of Perspective to Picture-making
- Light and Shade
The Sun; Artificial Light; The Shadow of a Vertical Line Cast by an Artificial Light; The Sun in Front of the Spectator; The Sun in a Plane of the Picture; The Sun Behind the Spectator; The Shadow of a Vertical Line Cast by the Sun; Shadows of Solid Objects; Shadows of Curves; The Shadow of One Object upon Another; Shade; Reflected Light
- Object Drawing — Conclusion
- Drawing Outdoors
Buildings; Buildings and Pictures; Other Static Objects Outdoors; Trees; Trees and Pictures; Plant Drawing; The Ground; The Sky; Water and Reflections
- Figures and Animals
The Human Figure; The Human Skeleton; Proportion; The Muscles; General Considerations; Clothes; Portrait; Animals; Animals and Figures in Pictures
- Drawing from Memory
The Compilation and Use of a Reference File
- Some Other Media
Charcoal; Carbon Pencils; Conté Crayons; Conté Pencils; Fixative; Pen Drawing; Tracing; Dry Brush Work; Splatter Work; Wash Drawing; Scraper Board and the White Line
- Bias
Further Advice for the Amateur — and for the Embryo Commercial Artist; Drawing for Reproduction; Enlarging and Reducing Drawings; Photo-Process Engraving; The Line Process; Drawing for the Line Process; The Half-Tone Process; Drawing for the Half-Tone Process; Design; Representation of Colour; Pattern and the Decorative Idea; Distortion; Commercial Work — Beginning; Book Illustration; Book Jackets; Magazine Illustrations; Mounts; Placing Work
- Index
Dressmaking No. 33
1939
1959 (second edition, revised by Lois Gabriel)
1970 (third edition, revised by Carol Underwood)
1973 (third impression), 0340055634 ·
Dutch Dictionary No. 679
Dutch No. 34
1941
1961 (unspecified edition)
1968 (unspecified impression), 0340057785 ·
Dutton’s Speedwords No. 153
1951 ·
Dynamics
Economic and Social History
Economic Geography No. 601
Economics No. 35
1939
1952 (unspecified edition)
1954 (second impression)
1956 (third impression) ·
Efficient Reading No. 629
1964 ·
Electricity in the House No. 37
1967 (unspecified edition, unspecified impression) ·
Electricity No. 36
1942
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Electronic Computers No. 642
1962 ·
Elizabeth I No. 539
Embroidery No. 39
1938 ·
Encyclopaedia of Dates and Events
Engineering Science
English Costume through the Ages No. 229
1966 ·
English for Swahili-speaking People No. 268
English Grammar No. 40
Entomology No. 184
Erasmus and the Northern Renaissance No. 522
Esperanto — English Dictionary
1969, 0340059508 ·
Esperanto No. 658
1957 ·
Etching
Ethics No. 570
1962 (unspecified impression) ·
Etiquette and Good Manners No. 687
1958 ·
Everyday French No. 48
1940
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Everyday Spanish No. 676
1957
1970 (unspecified impression) ·
Evolution
Exporting No. 695
Farming No. 67
Fencing
Finnish No. 655
First Aid for Children No. 696
Fishing No. 50
1950
1960 (unspecified impression) ·
Fly Fishing No. 684
1965 (unspecified revised impression) ·
Forestry No. 596
1955
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
Freelance Writing No. 106
1951 ·
French Dictionary No. 606
French Grammar No. 53
French Phrase Book No. 54
French Revision
French No. 644
French No. 52
Further Calculus
Gandhi and Modern India
Gardening No. 55
1964 (unspecified edition, unspecified impression) ·
Gardening No. 665
Gas in the House No. 56
Genetics No. 221
1965 ·
Geography of Living Things No. 603
Geography
Geography No. 590
Geology No. 57
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Geometry No. 58
1948
1959 (unspecified impression) ·
German Dictionary No. 556
German Grammar No. 60
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
German Phrase Book No. 61
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
German Reader
German No. 59
1938 ·
Revised and enlarged by Sydney W. Wells.
Gladstone and Liberalism No. 524
Glove Puppetry No. 663
Golf No. 62
1950
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Good and Healthy Animals
1947 ·
Good Control of Insects and Pests No. 63
Good Control of Plant Diseases No. 64
Good English No. 79
Good Farm Accounting
Good Farm Book-keeping
Good Farm Crops
Good Farm Workmanship
Good Farming by Machine
1948 ·
Good Farming
Good Flower Farming
Good Fruit Farming No. 70
Good Grassland
Good Market Gardening
Good Milk Farming
Good Pig Keeping No. 76
Good Poultry Keeping No. 75
Good Sheep Farming No. 77
Good Soil No. 78
1944
1959 (unspecified edition)
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Greek No. 80
1947
1959 (unspecified impression) ·
Grocery for Beginners No. 586
Guide to Numismatics No. 172
1960
1965 (unspecified impression) ·
Guidebook to the Ballet No. 174
Guidebook to the Drama No. 672
Guidebook to Western Thought No. 669
Handicrafts No. 588
Handweaving No. 161
Handwriting No. 594
Hausa
Heat Engines No. 694
1960 ·
Contents
- Foreword
- The Measurement of Heat
Temperature – absolute scale – expansion – general gas law – units of heat – specific heat of a gas – latent heat – transmission of heat – work and power – mechanical equivalent of heat – the laws of thermodynamics.
- Development of the Steam Engine
Savery – Newcomen – Watt – compound engines – Uniflow engine – turbines.
- Development of the Internal Combustion Engine
Lebon – Samuel Brown – Lenoir – Beau de Rochas – Otto – the gas engine – water gas and producer gas – Dowson gas – petrol and oil engines – 2-stroke engines – gas turbines.
- The Efficiency of an Engine
Calorific value of fuel – composition of fuels – air needed for combustion – calculation of calorific value – brake horse-power – indicators – indicated horse-power – mechanical efficiency – thermal efficiency.
- Petrol and Paraffin Engines
The 4-stroke cycle – valve timing – sleeve valves – 2-stroke engines – carburettors – ignition systems – lubrication – cooling.
- Theory of Internal Combustion Engines
The gas constant – internal energy – work done by an expanding gas – adiabatic expansion – isothermal expansion – the Otto 4-stroke cycle – efficiency of the ideal engine – air compressors.
- Compression-Ignition Engines
The diesel cycle – 4-stroke engines – 2-stroke engines – the fuel pump and injector – efficiency.
- Production of Steam
Sensible heat and total heat – dryness fraction – throttling calorimeter – boilers – pulverised fuel – efficiency of a boiler.
- The Reciprocating Steam Engine
Steam plant – condensers – heat balance sheet – hypothetical indicator diagram – the slide valve.
- The Ideal Engine
The Carnot cycle – efficiency of Carnot’s engine – maximum possible efficiency of any engine – second law of thermodynamics – the Rankine cycle for a steam engine – entropy – Mollier’s diagram.
- Index
Hebrew No. 583
1955 ·
Henry V and the Invasion of France No. 526
Heraldry and Genealogy No. 661
1957 ·
Hindustani
Historical Geography No. 602
History of England No. 169
1960 ·
History of English Literature: Contemporary Literature No. 46
History of English Literature: English Renascence to the Romantic Revival No. 43
History of English Literature: English Renascence No. 42
History of English Literature: Literary Appreciation No. 41
History of English Literature: Romantic Revival No. 44
History of English Literature: Victorian Age No. 45
History of Music No. 185
History of Philosophy No. 647
1962
1969 (second impression), 0340056177 ·
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: What is Philosophy?
- The Pre-Socratic Philosophers
- Socrates and the Sophists
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Hellenism
- The Medieval Synthesis
- From Ockham to Descartes and Bacon
- Spinoza
- Leibniz
- Locke and Berkeley
- Hume and Kant
- Hegel
- The British Empiricist Tradition
- Bergson and Whitehead
- Philosophy Today
- Books for further reading
- Index
History of Religions No. 657
Hockey No. 83
Home Heating
1972, 034016428X ·
Home Nursing No. 84
Hormones in Man and Animals No. 234
1966 ·
Horology
Horse Management No. 85
1951
1960 (unspecified impression) ·
1973 (unspecified impression), 0340056231 ·
House Repairs No. 88
1964 (unspecified impression) ·
Household Electricity No. 87
1965 (unspecified edition, unspecified impression) ·
Human Biology
Icelandic No. 179
1961
1966 (second impression, with revisions)
1981 (eighth impression), 0340268824 ·
Indonesian
Indoor Aquaria No. 566
1954 ·
Indoor Plants
1968, 0340059613 ·
Insurance No. 673
Investment No. 175
Irish No. 183
Italian Phrase Book No. 90
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
Italian No. 89
1959 (unspecified edition, unspecified impression) ·
Japanese No. 674
Jazz No. 24
1958
1962 (unspecified impression) ·
Contents
- Foreward
- Getting Acquinted with Jazz
- What is Jazz?
- How Jazz Developed
- Nature and the Pitchfork
- New Orleans
- The Exodus
- Chicago and the Jazz Age
- ‘The Dots’
- Jazz Harmony
- Jazz Piano
- Swing and the Big Band
- Modern Trends
- Revivalism
- Listening and Playing
- Appendix “A” — The National Jazz Federation
- Appendix “B” — Jazz Gramaphone Records
- Appendix “C” — Books About Jazz
- Appendix “D” — Jazz Periodicals
- Appendix “E” — Some Examples of Jazz Style
Jet Engines and Rocket Propulsion No. 628
1964 ·
Joan of Arc and the Recovery of France No. 528
John Wycliffe and the Beginnings of English Non-conformity No. 529
Joinery No. 91
1967 (unspecified impression) ·
Journalism No. 92
1963 (second edition) ·
Judo No. 574
1968 (unspecified impression), 0340056347 ·
Karate
Knitting No. 563
Latin No. 93
1938
1948 (second edition)
1967 (unspecified impression) ·
Latvian
Lawn Tennis No. 145
Learning, Remembering and Knowing No. 177
1961 ·
Lenin and the Russian Revolution No. 530
Letter Writer No. 94
1954 (unspecified impression) ·
1970 (unspecified impression), 0340056398 ·
Lip Reading No. 176
Livingstone and Africa No. 531
Local Government No. 651
Local History No. 157
1958 ·
Logic No. 688
1970 (unspecified impression), 0340056452 ·
Lorenzo dei Medici and the Italian Renaissance No. 611
Louis XIV and the Greatness of France No. 532
Machiavelli No. 545
Malay No. 95
Maltese
Management No. 96
1962 (unspecified edition) ·
Marx, Proudhon and European Socialism No. 534
Mathematics No. 97
1938 ·
Mechanical Draughtsmanship No. 31
Mechanical Engineering, Vol. I: Hand Tools No. 98
Mechanical Engineering, Vol. II: Engineering Components and Materials No. 99
1951 ·
Mechanical Engineering, Vol. III: Workshop Practice No. 100
Mechanics No. 101
1941
1942 (second impression)
1942 (third impression)
1943 (fourth impression)
1946 (fifth impression)
1948 (sixth impression) ·
Meteorology No. 102
1944 ·
Microscopy
Milton and the English Mind No. 535
Modelcraft No. 154
1952 ·
Modelmaking No. 550
Modern (Ballroom) Dancing No. 103
1952 (unspecified edition) ·
Modern Greek No. 645
1962 ·
Modern Interior Display
Modern Persian No. 698
Modern Poultry Keeping
1965 ·
Money No. 162
More German No. 104
1946
1951 (unspecified edition) ·
Mothercraft No. 105
Motor Boating No. 152
Motor Cycling No. 151
1956 (unspecified impression) ·
Motoring for Beginners No. 150
Mountain Climbing No. 690
Music No. 107
1956 (fourth edition, unspecified impression) ·
Napoleon and the Awakening of Europe No. 612
Naval Architecture No. 170
Navigation No. 685
Needlework No. 551
New Mathematics
1970, 0340059710 ·
New Testament Greek No. 692
Norwegian No. 108
Nutrition No. 649
Old English
Oliver Cromwell No. 521
Operational Research
Orchestration
Origami: The Art of Paper-folding
1968, 0340059729 ·
Painting for Pleasure No. 568
1955 (unspecified impression) ·
Parliament No. 180
Pericles and Athens No. 536
Personal Efficiency No. 109
1949 ·
Perspective Drawing No. 650
Peter the Great and the Emergence of Russia No. 537
Philosophy of Religion No. 219
1965 ·
Philosophy No. 110
1968 (unspecified edition), 0340056819 ·
Photography No. 552
Photography No. 111
1959 (unspecified edition) ·
Physical Fitness No. 634
1963 ·
Physical Geography No. 604
Physics No. 112
1956 (second edition, second impression) ·
Physiology No. 113
Playing the Organ No. 686
1958 ·
Playing the Piano No. 675
Plumbing No. 116
1952 ·
Polish No. 117
Political Thought No. 118
1964 (unspecified impression) ·
Portuguese No. 119
1965 (unspecified edition, unspecified impression) ·
Practical Concreting No. 581
1955 ·
Preaching No. 600
1955 ·
Principles and Practice in Modern Archaeology
1975, 0340198168 ·
Printing for Pleasure No. 666
Psychical Research No. 585
1955 ·
Psychology No. 120
1968 (unspecified impression), 0340056975 ·
Public Administration
1949 ·
Public Relations
Public Speaking No. 122
Pushkin and Russian Literature
Quantity Surveying No. 123
Radio Communication
Radio Servicing No. 195
1965 (second impression, corrected) ·
Radio No. 560
Raleigh and the British Empire No. 540
Ready Reckoner (Decimal Currency Edition)
Ready Reckoner No. 124
Richelieu and the French Monarchy No. 541
Riding No. 553
Robespierre and the French Revolution No. 614
Roofing No. 125
Rooseveldt and Modern America No. 511
Rugby Football No. 126
1956 (unspecified impression) ·
Russian Dictionary No. 677
Russian Phrase Book No. 128
Russian Through Reading
Russian No. 127
1943
1969 (unspecified impression) ·
Russian-English Dictionary
Sailing and Small Boats No. 558
Sailing No. 129
1947
1962 (unspecified impression) ·
Salesmanship No. 130
1944
1962 (unspecified impression) ·
Samoan No. 648
Seamanship No. 573
1954
1964 (unspecified impression) ·
Secretarial Practice No. 131
Self-Defence No. 668
1962 (unspecified impression) ·
Semantics
Serbo-Croat
1963 ·
Serbo-Croatian Phrase Book No. 188
Sex: Its Meaning and Purpose No. 132
Shopkeeping No. 662
Shorthand No. 114
Singing No. 569
Skiing
1967, 0340059869 ·
Soccer No. 134
1949
1955 (unspecified impression) ·
Soccer No. 561
Sociology No. 244
1966 ·
Songwriting No. 652
1955
1963 (second impression)
1966 (second edition) ·
Spanish Phrase Book No. 575
Spanish No. 135
Speech Training No. 693
1960 ·
Speed Mathematics Simplified No. 204
1964 ·
Spelling No. 137
1939
1970 (unspecified impression), 0340057249 ·
(Previously published as Teach Yourself To Spell.)
Stamp Collecting No. 138
1949
1961 (second edition)
1963 (third edition)
1966 (unspecified impression) ·
Stamp Collecting No. 554
Statics and Hydrostatics
Statistics No. 139
1957 ·
Student’s Guide No. 140
Swahili No. 155
1951
1957 (unspecified impression) ·
Swedish Phrase Book No. 659
Swedish No. 142
Swimming No. 143
1953 ·
Table Tennis
Teach Yourself to Compose Music No. 25
1947
1968 (unspecified impression), 0340055529 ·
Contents
- Preface
- General Principles of Musical Composition
- Scales and Intervals
- First Steps in Melody Making
- Triads
- The Addition of a Bass to a Melody
- Four-Part Chords
- Harmonic Progression
- Phrase Building
- Major Triads (First Inversion)
- First Attempts at Musical Composition
- Major Triads (Second Inversion
- Primary Triads in the Minor Key
- The Chord of the Dominant Seventh
- Some Secondary Triads
- Passing Notes
- Writing for the Piano
- Elementary Modulation
- Elementary Principles of Form
- Sequences, Suspensions, and Pedals
- More Secondary Triads
- Irregular Phrase Construction
- Secondary Sevenths
- The Chord of the Dominant Ninth
- The Treatment of Vocal Music
- Key, Character, and Expression
- Forms in Musical Composition
- The Business Side of Musical Composition
- Bibliography
Teach Yourself to Cook
Teach Yourself to Express Yourself No. 49
1944
1955 (unspecified impression) ·
Teach Yourself to Fly
Teach Yourself to Learn a Language
Teach Yourself to Live No. 593
Teach Yourself to Pass Science Examinations No. 567
Teach Yourself to Play the Violin
Teach Yourself to Pray No. 186
1961 ·
Teach Yourself to Relax
Teach Yourself to Study Art No. 578
1955 ·
Teach Yourself to Study Sculpture No. 680
1957 ·
Teach Yourself to Study No. 141
1945
1963 (unspecified impression) ·
Teach Yourself to Think No. 146
1938
1959 (unspecified impression) ·
Teach Yourself to Write No. 149
1942
1947 (unspecified impression) ·
Teaching No. 144
Television Viewer’s Handbook
The A.B.C. Guide to Garden Flowers No. 708
The A.B.C. of Bulbs and Corms No. 501
The A.B.C. of Cacti and Succulents No. 710
The A.B.C. of Carnations and Pinks No. 582
The A.B.C. of Chrysanthemums
The A.B.C. of Cloche Gardening No. 562
The A.B.C. of Dahlias No. 714
The A.B.C. of Flower Growing No. 502
The A.B.C. of Flowering Shrubs No. 565
The A.B.C. of Fruit Growing No. 503
The A.B.C. of Garden Pests and Diseases No. 505
The A.B.C. of Gardening No. 504
The A.B.C. of Herbs, Salads and Tomatoes No. 715
The A.B.C. of Pot Plants No. 712
The A.B.C. of Roses No. 711
The A.B.C. of Soils No. 713
The A.B.C. of the Greenhouse No. 506
The A.B.C. of the Herbaceous Border No. 709
The A.B.C. of the Rock Garden and Pool No. 507
The A.B.C. of Vegetable Gardening No. 508
The British Constitution
The Christian Faith No. 653
The Dead Sea Scrolls No. 178
The Household Doctor No. 86
1938
1946 (unspecified edition) ·
The Law No. 591
1955
1959 (second edition) ·
The New Testament in Modern English No. 667
1957 (unspecified impression) ·
The Old Testament Story
The Orchestra No. 664
The Piano
1957
1968 (unspecified impression), 0340056886 ·
The Roman Commonwealth No. 189
The Seashore No. 589
The Slide Rule No. 592
The Speaker and Debater No. 136
1938
1954 (unspecified edition)
1959 (unspecified impression) ·
The Use of Geography No. 605
The Use of History No. 543
Thomas Cromwell and the English Reformation No. 512
Thomas Jefferson and the American Democracy No. 542
Travelling Abroad No. 678
Trigonometry No. 147
1940
1959 (unspecified impression) ·
Turkish No. 163
Typewriting No. 148
1946 ·
Underwater Swimming
Universe, Matter and Life
Urdu No. 82
Warren Hastings and British India No. 544
Washington and the American Revolution No. 616
Welding
1962
1969 (unspecified impression), 0340057424 ·
Welsh No. 598
Whitgift and the English Church No. 615
Window Display No. 681
Wine
1968, 0340059931 ·
Woodrow Wilson and American Liberalism No. 546
Woodwork No. 555
Writing for Pleasure and Profit No. 165
Yoga No. 173
1960 ·
Yoruba
Zen: A Way of Life
1962