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Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal.] [May 1, 1868. CONTENTS OF NO- 410.-MAY, 1868. Illustrations—Modern Hospitals: — Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris; The European General Hospital, Bombay; Ordinary Regimental Hospital; The Infirmary, Blackburn. Herbert Hospital, Woolwich; The New St, Thomas’ Hospital, London ; The New Infirmary, Leeds. Page Modern Hospitals, by T. Roger Smith, F.R.I.B.A. ... 117 The Education of Engineers 124 Furniture and Cabinet Making in Italy 125 Australian Coal and Timber ... 126 On Buildings for European Occupation in Tropical Cli ¬ mates, by T. Roger Smith, F.R.I.B.A. ... ... 126 Havre Exhibition 132 Steam Boiler Explosions ... 133 Paris Exhibition of Works of Art ... 136 The Institution of Civil Engineers :— On Irrigation in India, by Allan Wilson ... ... 137 On the Benefits of Irrigation in India, and on the Proper Construction of Irrigating Canals, by T. Login, F.R.S.E 138 On Irrigation in Spain, chiefly in reference to the construction of the Henarcs and the Esla Canals in that country, by G. Higgin, M. Inst. C.E. ... 138 On the Durability of Materials, by Edwin Clarke, M. Inst. C.E 140 Page Ocean Telegraphy 136 The Foundations of the Old Louvre 136 Oxyhydrogen Light 141 The Benedictine Chapel, Nice, France 141 How to Ventilate a House... ... ... 141 Excavations at Pompeii 143 Statue to the late Painter Ingres 143 Liquid Fuel, by Benjamin H. Paul 144 Description of a Chimney at the West Cumberland Haematite Iron Works, by W. J. Macquorn Ran- kine, C.E., LL.D. ... 145 A Search for Solid Bodies in the Atmosphere, by R. Angus Smith, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c ... 147 British Association for the Advancement of Science ... 148 Institution of Civil Engineers, Award of Premiums ... 148 Water Velocipede ... ... ... 148 River Sewage ... ... ••• 148 The Mont Oenis Tunnel 148 Glass Cutting 148 New Edition (±9 th), price 4s., LAXTON’S BUILDER’S PRICE BOOK for 1868 FOR ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS. BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, SURVEYORS, AND ALL THE BUILDING TRADES, (ESTABLISHED 1816) LAXTON’S PRICE BOOK IS NOT PRINTED FROM STEREOTYPE PLATES; therefore in each succeeding Edition, a thorough revision of the prices is carried out and such alterations and additions are made as are found practically useful to the Architect, the Engineer, and tho Operative. This Book is used in the Courts of Law in Cases of Reference and Arbitration. London : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co. Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country. OFFICE—13, WARWICK COURT, GRAY’S INN, H0LB0RN, LONDON W.C. IMPROVED GAS APPARATUS, FOR TOWNS, VILLAGES, MANSIONS, MANUFACTORIES, COLLIERIES, 4c„ INVENTED AND MANUFACTURED BY W. C. HOLMES & CO., WHITESTONE IRONWORKS, HUDDERSFIELD. Trices and Prospectus on Application. LONDON OFFICES—56, GRACECHUECH STREET, CITY. please address letters to the Worts at Huddersfield. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. The Second Course of Lectures on Archi tecture and Construction by Prof. T. Hayter Lewis, F.S.A., commenced on Tuesday, the 11th of February, at 6.25 p.m., and continue at the same hour on snecepding Tuesdays, until the end of the session. For particulars apply at the office of the College, Gower Street, or at 9, John Street, Adelphi. JOHN ROBSON, B.A., Secretary to the Council. In two parts, 18mo, cloth limp, Is. each ; or the two parts in one, strongly bound, 2s. E UCLID’S ELEMENTS OF GEO- METRY, from the Text of Dr. Simson. With a Com mentary and an Introduction to Algebraic Geometry, by William Rossiter, F.R.G.S., Author of “ The First Book of Algebra, Trigonometry, <fcc., &c.” London : WILLIAM TEGG, Pancras Lane, Cheapside.
