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A BIBLIOGBAPHY
ON
"ENGLISH FOE ENGINEERS"
FOR THE USE OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS,
PRACTICING ENGINEERS, AND TEACHERS
IN SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING
TO WHICH AEE APPENDED BRIEF SELECTED LISTS OF TECHNICAL BOOKS FOR GRADUATES IN CIVIL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, AND CHEM- ICAL ENGINEERING
PREPARED BY
WILBUR OWEN SYPHERD
PKOFESSOU OP ENGLISH I\ DELAWARE COLLEG1
SCOTT, FOEESMAN AND COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT 1916 BY SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
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PREFACE
This bibliography is an outgrowth from the editor's experience in the teaching of English to engineering students and from his asso- ciation with teachers of engineering and with graduate engineers. Although it does not pretend to be an exhaustive list of books and articles on the subjects specified, it does include practically every- thing that the editor could find on the limited subject of "English for Engineers." It is intended to offer to those who may be inter- ested in one or another of the provinces covered, a reasonably ample list of references to books and articles published before January, 1916. Some of these references will appeal only to teachers of English in engineering schools; others will interest mainly students in engineering; others will be of practical service particularly to young practicing engineers; still others, it is hoped, may be of some import to all of these classes. At the suggestion of practicing engineers, some scattered references to "specific clauses" in Speci- fications have been inserted in division E of section 8, part C, p. 41, •in the hope that they may supplement helpfully the material listed in division A of this section. Teachers of engineering have likewise urged the inclusion of the material in the Appendix on the ground that such brief lists will be of great service to engineers just out of college. I should be grateful to users of the bibliography for suggestions leading toward its betterment.
For their generous encouragement and aid in the preparation of this bibliography, I am greatly indebted to my colleagues Professors Koerber, M. vanG. Smith, Preston, and Whittier, to Professor M. S. Whitaker of Columbia University, to Mr. E. H. McClelland, Technology Librarian of the Carnegie Library of Pitts- burgh, and to Mr. Jay M. Whitham and other practicing engineers.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
A THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ENGLISH TO THE PRACTICING ENGI- NEER 7
B THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS 9
C THE COMPOSITION OF ENGINEERING PAPERS 11
1 GENERAL DISCUSSIONS 11
(a) Books 11
(b) Articles 11
2 MECHANICAL DETAILS 13
3 USE OF WORDS AND TECHNICAL TERMS 15
4 THE WRITING OF THESES 17
5 BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE 19
6 REPORTS 21
7 JOURNALISM 23
8 SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACTS 25
(a) General 25
(1) Books 25
(2) Articles 27
(b) Clearness 31
(c) Fairness , 33
(d) Special Articles on the Writing of Contracts.. 37
(e) Specific Clauses in Specifications 41
(1) Civil Engineering 41
(2) Electrical Engineering 43
(3) Mechanical Engineering 45
APPENDIX 47
THE ENGINEER'S LIBRARY 47
1 MISCELLANEOUS 47
2 CIVIL ENGINEERING 49
3 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 53
4 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 57
5 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 59
6 VALUATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.. 63
A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON " ENGLISH FOE ENGINEERS"
A THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ENGLISH TO THE PRACTICING
ENGINEER,
Breitenbach, The Value of English to the Practicing Engineer, Ann Arbor, 1908.
Cassiers Magazine, August, 1912, p. 161.
Clark, John J.. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 18, pp. 333-357.
Clark, John J., Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 1. 3. 189, 190.
Electric Journal, 3. 4. 186.
Ennis, W. D., Engineering Magazine, May, 1908, pp. 180-184.
Gherardi, Bancroft, Jr., Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 11, p. 294.
Harrington, J. L., The Value of English to the Technical Man, Kan- sas City, Mo.
Hayford, John F., Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 14, pp. 198-233. Henshaw, F. V., Electrical World, 51. 6. 305-306. Hollis, Ira N., Clarkson Bulletin, 7. 1. 10. Kennedy, Julian, Yale Alumni Weekly, 9. 39. 391. Kent, William, Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 15, p. 91.
Kerr, W. C., Humphreys' Lecture Notes on Some of the Business Features of Engineering Practice, p. 13.
Kurtz, Benjamin P., The Canadian Engineer, 26, p. 697. Ledoux, J. W., Engineering News, 67. 11. 492.
7
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 9
Power, 29, p. 251.
Rickard, T. A., Mining and Scientific Press, 101. 8. 235. Strange, W. W., Mining and Scientific Press, Nov. 13, 1909, p. 668. Stratton, S. W., Clarkson Bulletin, 6. 1. 6, 7. Waddell, J. A. L., Engineering News, 52, p. 157.
Warman, P. C., A Plea for Better English in Science, Washington, 1910. See also Science, 18. 461. 563-568.
Wiley, H. W., Science, Nov. 28, 1902, p. 845.
Williams, Gardner S., Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, 57, p. 156.
B THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS
./Cooperative Courses in English for Engineering- Students. C. W. Park. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ. 5. 9. 30-37. 1915.1
Courses in English in Our Technical Schools. J. M. Telleen. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ.. 16 pp. 61-73. 1908.
English at the Institute of Technology. H. L. Seaver. The Nation, 85, pp. 586, 587. 1907.
/English for Technical Students. C. S. Northup. The Silley Jour- nal of Engineering, 28, pp. 348-353.
Preparation of Written Papers in Schools of Engineering, P. N. Raymond. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 19, pp. 48-54. 1911. Discussion, 54-90.
Results of an Experiment in Teaching Freshman English. William Kent. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 16, pp. 74-97. 1908.
1 This sequence of numbers indicates, throughout volume, number, page or pages, year.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 11
Teaching English in the Engineering School at Tufts College. S. C. Earle. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 19, pp. 33-47. 1911.
Teaching English in a Scientific School. A. T. Robinson. Science, N. S., 30. 776. 657-664. 1909.
C THE COMPOSITION OF ENGINEERING PAPEES
1 GENERAL DISCUSSIONS (a) Books
Good Engineering Literature. Harwood Frost. Chicago Book Com- pany.
Guide to Technical Writing. T. A. Rickard. San Francisco, 1908.
Handbook of English for Engineers. W. O. Sypherd. Scott, Fores- inan and Company, 1913.
Manual of Style. University of Chicago Press. New Edition, Re- vised and Enlarged.
Notes on the Composition of Scientific Papers. T. C. Allbutt. Lon- don and New York, 1905.
Theory and Practice of Technical Writing. S. C. Earle. The Mac- millan Company, 1911.
Cb) Articles
Engineering English. Harry O'Brien. Engineering News, 70. 19. 914, 915. 1913.
How to Become an Effective Public Speaker. Engineering Record, 73. 10. 331. 1916.
Making of a Technical Book. R. K. Meade. The Chemical Engi- neer, 8. 6. 225-230. 1908.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 13
Making of Literature for Engineers. C. W. Baker. Engineering News, 59, pp. 429-431. 1908.
On Engineering English. J. M. Telleen. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 4. 5. 30, 31. 1914.
Plain Writing. George Otis Smith. Mining and Scientific Press. Nov. 27, 1915, pp. 827, 828.
Technical Writing. S. C. Earle. The Sibley Journal of Engineer- ing, 27, pp. 169-173.
2 MECHANICAL DETAILS
Abbreviations Used in Engineering Work. Engineering Office Sys- tems and Methods. John P. Davies. 1915. Pp. 509-514. (Terms relating to Transmission Machinery, Piping, Pumping Ma- chinery and Hydraulics, Steam Engineering, Locomotives, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Shipping.)
Author and Printer. P. Howard Collins. Frowde. 1905. Guide to Technical Writing. T. A. Rickard. Pp. 20-39. Handbook of English for Engineers. W. 0. Sypherd. Pp. 63-96.
Handbook of Style in Use at the Riverside Press. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1913.
Manual of Style. Government Printing Office. Washington, 1908.
Manual of Style. University of Chicago Press. New Edition, Re- vised and Enlarged.
Preliminary Report of the Committee on the Standardization of Technical Nomenclature. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 23, pp. 349-361. 1915.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 15
Some Notes on the Writing of Compound Technical Terms. C. W. Park, Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 6. 3. 195-205. 1915.
Standard Typography, Terms, Abbreviations, Spelling, etc. Regu- lations Governing the Form but not the Substance of Speci- fications, Standard Methods of Tests, etc. Year Book, 1913, American Society for Testing Materials, pp. 11-21.
Suggestions to Authors of Papers Submitted for Publication by the United States Geological Survey. George McLane Wood, Editor. Washington, 1909.
3 USE OF WORDS AXD TECHXICAL TERMS
Common Verbal Faults. Suggestions to Authors of Papers Sub- mitted for Publication by the United States Geological Survey, pp. 38-46.
Compound Technical Terms. D. E. Carpenter. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 6. 6. 401-405. 1916.
Correct Use of Hardening-Shop Terms. S. N. Brayshaw. Engi- neering Magazine, 41, pp. 968, 969, 1911.
Definitions of Terms Relating to Structural Timber. Year Book, 1913, American Society for Testing Materials, pp. 300-303.
Definitions of Terms Used in Engineering Contracting. H. P. Gil- lette. Handbook of Cost Data, second edition, 1910, pp. 7-9.
Definitions of Terms Used in Road Construction. Proc. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, 40, p. 3010. (See also Engineering and Con- tracting, 43. 12. 278-280.)
Desirable Technical Words. E. E. F. Creighton. Proc. Amer. Inst. Electrical Engineers, 30, pp. 83, 84. 1911.
Development of Engineering Words. J. M. Telleen. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ.. 6. 5. 325-331. 1916.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 17
Latin Terms Used in Legal Discussions. A. B. Haring. Engineer- ing Law. vol. 1, pp. 505-508. 1910.
Miscellaneous Faulty Expressions. V. C. Alderson. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 3. 6. 405-418 and 3. 7. 454-466. 1913.
Standard Sewage Works Terms. Engineering News, 75. 7. 316, 317; 75. 11. 507. 1916.
Technical Terminology. Report of the Committee on Terminology of the National Electric Light Association, 1915. Electrical Record, July, 1915, pp. 36, 37.
Technical Terms in Business Correspondence Relating to Electric Work. Electrical Review and Western Electrician, 60. 4. 173. 1912.
Terms and Definitions Provisionally Approved by the British Elec- trotechnical Committee. Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 52, pp. 593-608. 1914.
Words in Technical Writing. T. A. Rickard. A Guide to Technical Writing, pp. 16-19, 40-107.
4 THE WRITING OF THESES
Choice of Subjects for Thesis Work in Engineering Schools. Engi- neering and Contracting, 35. 18. 529, 530. 1911.
Civil Engineering Theses. C. E. Sherman. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 21, pp. 169-172. 1913.
Rules for Thesis Work. Department of Civil Engineering. Uni- versity of California Press.
Thesis Directions for Students. H. Wade Hibbard. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 21, pp. 129-168. 1913.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 19
5 BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE Business Correspondence. Business Man's Library, vol. 2, 1907.
Choice of Words in Business Letters. System, August, 1914, pp. 194, 195.
Effective Business Letters. E. H. Gardner. Student's Edition. Ron- ald Press. 1915.
Filing of Correspondence in a Manufacturing Business. Sterling H. Bunnell. Engineering Magazine, 34, pp. 479-482. 1907.
Form Letters and Follow-Up Systems. Volume 102, Series I. C. S. Books. International Text Book Company.
Handbook of Business English. Hotchkiss and Kilduff. New York University Book Store, 1915.
Handbook of English for Engineers. W. O. Sypherd. Pp. 97-131. Letters That Make Good. American Business Book Company, 1915.
Making Letters Pay. E. H. Schulze. Advertising and Selling, December, 1913, pp. 19, 50-52; January, 1914, pp. 24, 56, 57; February, 1914, pp. 24, 81, 82; March, 1914, pp. 20, 69, 70; April, 1914, pp. 40, 42-44; May, 1914, pp. 42-44.
Standard Form of Correspondence, etc. Used in Department of Water, San Diego. Engineering and Contracting, 42. 23. 520, 521. 1914.
Which Letters Do You Write? E. L. Barker. Judicious Advertis- ing, 10. pt. 2. 88, 89. 1912.
Why Your Letters Don't Pull. W. W. Loomis. Advertising and Selling, February, 1915, pp. 59-63.
Writing Letters in a Business-Like Manner. Machinery, 13, p. 619. 1907.
A Bibliography oti "English for Engineers" 21
6 REPORTS
Analysis of Mining Company Reports. A. H. Sawyer. Engineering and Mining Journal, 97. 17. 850-852. 1914.
Common Deficiencies in Public Works Reports. A. N. Johnson. Engineering Record, 70. 19. 519, 520. 1914.
Cutting "Lumber" Out of Reports. Power, 41. 22. 752. 1915.
Engineer's Annual Report. C. T. McChesney. Power, 37. 19. 666. 1913.
Form of Progress Report. Engineering and Contracting, 37. 21. 578, 579.
Handbook of English for Engineers. W. O. Sypherd. Pp. 132-188. 1913.
How Can Annual Reports Be Improved? Engineering Record, 71. 9. 254. 1915.
Inspector's Report on a Defective Electrical Equipment. Electri- cian's Wiring Manual. Frank F. Sengstock. Pp. 200-207. 1914.
Making a Railway Report. C. F. Spears. Railway Age Gazette, 48. 8. 395, 396. 1910.
More About Annual and Other Reports. Engineering Record, 71. 17. 512, 513. 1915.
Municipal Reports. Municipal Journal, 37. 1. 13. 1914.
Preparation of Engineering Reports. E. B. Stephenson. Engineer- ing News, 70. 25. 1218, 1219.
Reporting on Public Service Properties. E. P. Roberts. Proceed- ings of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, 31, pp. 237-258. 1914.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 23
Scope of Reports of Public Engineering Departments. Engineering News, 54. 15. 387, 388.' 1905.
Standard Rules fpr Preparing Diagrams and Plans and for Manu- scripts of Reports (Metcalf and Eddy). Engineering Record, 64. 6. 154, 155. 1911.
7 JOURNALISM
English in Technical Journalism. Mining and Scientific Press, Nov. 28, 1908, p. 718.
Good Engineering Literature. Harwood Frost. Chicago Book Com- pany.
How Can Engineers Best Utilize the Technical Journals? Engi- neering and Contracting, 42. 14. 306-308. 1914.
How to Use the Technical Journal — Indexing. J. W. Alvord. Elec- tric Railway Journal, 44. 14. 611, 612. 1914.
Length of Technical Papers. R. C. Benner. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2, p. 331. 1910.
List of Subjects for and Instructions for Preparing Technical Papers. The Mechanical Engineer, 24, pp. 548, 549. 1909.
Literary Engineering. George A. Wardlaw. The Sioley Journal of Engineering, Feb., 1907, pp. 182-195.
Literary Style in Technical Writings. Engineering News, 64, Sup- plement, p. 17. 1910.
Making of a Technical Journal. E. J. Mehren. Engineering Rec- ord, 69. 8. 223, 224. 1914.
Opportunities for Engineers in Writing for Technical Journals. Engineering and Contracting, 36. 6. 142, 143. 1911.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 25
Practice of Typography — Correct Composition. Theodore Low De Vinne. New York, 1904.
Relation of the Engineering Graduate to Technical Journalism. E. T. Howson. The Wisconsin Engineer, 18. 6. 271-276. 1914.
Some Faults of Engineering Articles. Engineering and Contracting, 37. 19. 510, 513, 514. 1912.
Specializing in Technical Writing. Machinery (Engineering Edi- tion), 21, p. 98. 1914.
Technical Journalism. Ray Morris. Railway Age Gazette, 46. 18. 939-944. 1909.
Writing of Advertisements for Electric Lighting. Terrell Croft. Wiring of Finished Buildings. New York, 1915.
Writing for the Press. Robert Luce. 5th edition. Boston, 1907.
Writing for the Technical Paper. Power, 32, pt. 2, 1910, pp. 1903, 1904, 2081, 2122, 2242; 33, pp. 205, 465, 566, 651, 652, 850, 851, 926, 927, 966; 34, pp. 66, 107, 108, 148. 1911.
Writing Technical Articles. Machinery (Engineering Edition)^ 18, pp. 924-926. 1912.
8 SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACTS
A GENERAL
(1) Books
Civil' Engineering Specifications and Contracts. Richard I. D. Ashbridge. American Technical Society, Chicago, 1914.
Contracts and Specifications. James C. Plant and A. E. Zapf. Amer- ican School of Correspondence, 1908.
Contracts in Engineering. J. L. Tucker. New York, 1910.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 27 Elements of Specification Writing. R. S. Kirby. New York, 1913.
Engineering and Architectural Jurisprudence. J. C. Wait. New York, 1898.
Engineering Contracts and Specifications. J. B. Johnson. Third edition, revised. New York, 1908.
Engineering Law — Volume 1, The La^v of Contract. Alexander Haring. M. C. Clark Publishing Company, 1910.
Law Affecting Engineers. W. Valentine Ball. London, 1909.
Law and Business of Engineering and Contracting. C. E. Fowler. . New York, 1909.
Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and Architecture. J. C. Wait. New York, 1900.
Manual of Engineering Specifications and Contracts. S. M. Haupt. Philadelphia, 1878.
Specifications and Contracts. J. A. L. Waddell and John C. Wait. New York, 1908.
Specifications and Contracts. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpen- try, and Building, volume 1, pp. 207-369, 379-385. American School of Correspondence, Chicago, 1912.
Specifications for Building Works and How to Write Them. Fred- eric R. Farrow. London, 1898.
(2) Articles
Architect's Specifications for Electrical "Work. W. S. Jones. Elec- trical World, 55. 13. 815, 816. 1910.
Copying Specifications. Engineering Record, 65. 18. 477. 1912.
Enforcement of Specifications'. Charles B. Dudley. Engineering
News, 58. 1. 2-5. 1907.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 29
Engineering Specifications. Frank F. Fowle. Proc. Amer. Inst, Electrical Engineers, 30, pp. 2029-2047. 1911.
General Clauses in Specifications. See
Electrical Lighting Specifications, second edition. E. A. Merrill.
Pages 30-32. Engineering Contracts. J. A. L. Waddell. Engineering News,
54. 23. 607-612. 1905. Schedule of 120 General Clauses. Engineering News, 51. 16.
377, 378. 1904.
Instructions to Bidders on Contracts. Jerome Cochran. Engineer- ing News, 67. 10. 434-442. 1912.
Preparation of Railway Specifications. 0. S. Beyer, Jr. Proceedings of the Western Railway Club, 25. 4. 186-200. 1912. (See also Railway Age Gazette, 53. 25. 1185, 1186. 1912.)
Preparation of Specifications for the Reclamation Service. Engi- neering Record, 55. 24. 701-702. 1907.
Principles of Specification and Agreement Writing. C. R. Young. Canadian Engineer, 22, pp. 271-273, 324-326, 351, 352, 378-380, 436-439, 491-493. 1912. (Also separately printed in pamphlet form.)
Requirements and Theory of the Advertisement or Notice to Bid- ders on Contracts for Public Works. Jerome Cochran. Engi- neering News, 66. 11. 306, 307. 1911.
Specifications. Railway Age Gazette, 53, pp. 1185ff. 1912.
Specifications. Fred S. Sells. Journal of the Institution of Elec- trical Engineers, 49, pp. 199-219. 1912.
Specification Writing. International Library of Technology, 52, pp. 1-58. 1904, 1905.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 31
B CLEARNESS
Arrangement of Specifications. Cyclopedia of Architecture, vol. 1, pp. 73, 74.
Business of Contracting, Chapter 3. Ernest McCullough. 1906.
Clear Specifying and the Nova Scotian Steel-Coal Lawsuit. Engi- neering News, 61. 14. 386. 1909.
Criticism of Overhaul and Clearing Clauses in Specifications. Engi- neering News, 51. 14. 330. 1904.
Criticism of Specifications for Steel Forgings. W. R. Webster. Trans. Amer. Soc. Mechanical Engineers, 23, pp. 643-653. 1902.
Engineering Specifications. Michael Longbridge. Mechanical Engi- neer, 29. 730. 72-75. 1912.
Engineering Specifications. Suggestions for Their Improvement. Walter S. Timmis. Iron Age, 81, pp. 787, 788. 1908.
Faulty Specifications. Electrical Review and Western Electrician, 63. 20. 971. 1913.
Government Specifications. An Example of Neglect of Three Effi- ciency Principles. F. Percival. Engineering Magazine, 39, pp. 853-858. 1910.
Language of Specifications. Cyclopedia of Architecture, vol. 1, pp. 69, 70.
Loosely Worded and Inaccurate Clauses in Specifications. Engi- neering and Contracting, 32. 18. 376-378. 1909.
X.oose Use of the Word "Capacity." Engineering and Contracting, 43. 23. 505. 1915.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 33
Ludicrous Wiring Specifications. Electrical Review and Western Electrician, 62. 13. 652, 1913.
Specifications for Engineering Material. Engineering Office Systems and Methods. J. P. Davies. New York, 1915, pp. 90, 91.
Specification "Writing. Thomas M. Rickman. Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects, vol. 5, new series, pp. 77-85. 1889.
Suggestions for Drawing Specifications for Engineering Work. H. L. Butler. Engineering and Contracting, 31. 5. 98-100. 1909.
Vagueness and Indefiniteness in Specifications. Power, 35. 12. 409, 410. 1912.
Wording of Specifications. The Canadian Engineer, 27. p. 625. 1914.
Words and Phrases Used in Contracts. W. V. Ball. The Law Affecting Engineers, pp. 85-88.
Writing of Specifications. H. P. Breitenbach. Engineering News, 67. 10. 443-445. 1912.
Writing Specifications. Leon Lewis. Power, 39. 15. 528, 529. 1914.
C FAIRNESS
Approximate Estimates. Engineering Record, 57. 8. 220, 221. 1908.
City Contracts and Specifications. Engineering Record, 64. 21. 604, 605. 1911.
Contractor's View of City Contracts and Specifications. C. A. Crane. Engineering News, 66. 21. 619. 1911.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 35
Contracts and Specifications from the Standpoint of the Contractor. The Canadian Engineer, 26, pp. 156-159. 1914.
Contracts with Special Relation to Structural Steel Work. Engi- neering Record, 61. 7. 201, 202. 1910.
Engineer's Contracts and Specifications from a Contractor's Point of View. J. W. Rollins. Engineering News, 58. 14. 356-361. 1907.
Example of Specifications Unfair to the Contractor. Engineering News, 62. 25. 677. 1909.
How to Draw Specifications, etc. Engineering News, 54, 23. 602. 1905.
Importance of Considering the Contractor in Drawing Specifica- tions. Engineering Record, 52. 10. 251, 252. 1905.
Legal Criticism of Government Specifications. Engineering Record, 53. 9. 244-246; 53. 12. 383, 384, 409, 410. 1906:
Loose Specifications and Dishonest Contracts. Engineering News, 60. 14. 368. 1908.
Precarious Expedients in Engineering Practice. John Hawkesworth. Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, 67, pp. 32-60. 1910.
Relation Between Engineers and Contractors on Highway Work. Onward Bates. Engineering Record, 64. 24. 678-680. 1911.
Relations of Engineers and Contractors. D. L. Hough. Engineer- ing Record, 64. 23. 644-647. 1911.
Responsibility of the Engineering Profession for the Conduct of Public Contracts. Cassius E. Gillette. Engineering News, 57. 22. 587-589. 1907.
Square Deal in Specifications. Engineering Record, 55. 15. 454. 1907.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 37
D SPECIAL ARTICLES OX THE WKITIXG OF COXTRACTS
Agreements for Building Contracts. W. B. Bamford. Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers, 67, pp. 438-552. 1910.
Chief Engineer as Interpreter and Arbitrator. Alex. Simpson, Jr. Proceedings of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, 28, pp. 109-125.
Contracts for Public Lighting. Engineering Record, 59. 21. 646.
1909.
Contracts for Public Works. Report on a Standard Form. Engi- neering Record, 67. 6. 148. 1913.
Court Decision as to Damages for a Contractor's Delay. Engineer- ing News, 55. 12. 323. 1906.
Decision on Appeal in the Manhattan Bridge Contract Case. Engi~ neering News, 55. 5. 120, 121, 128. 1906.
Deduction of Liquidated Damages for Delay. William B. King. Engineering Record, 66. 24. 657, 658. 1912.
Engineer's Fault: A Discussion of Specifications, Contracts, and Law Suits. J. C. Wait. Engineering News, 53. 23. 594-597. 1905.
Engineer and the Law. Engineering and Contracting, 42. 24. 551, 552. 1914.
Estimated Quantities. Engineering Record, 61. 10. 289. 1910.
Form of Contract Adopted and Recommended for General Use by the American Institute of Architects and the National Asso- ciation of Builders. Merrill. Electrical Lighting Specifications, pp. 204-213.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 39
Judicial Interpretation of a Reinforced Concrete Building Contract. Engineering Record, 64. 9. 246, 247. 1911.
Law of Contracts. A. A. Aegerter. Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies, 52, pp. 311-319. 1914.
Legal Effect and Construction of a Contract for Large Works. Engineering (London), 82, pp. 479-483. 1906.
List of Articles and Books Relating to Building Agreements. Pre- pared by W. B. Bamford. Trans. Amer. Soc. Civil Engineers,
67, pp. 442-444. 1910.
Penalty Clause in Engineering Contracts. W. Valentine Ball. Engineering Magazine, 26. 5. 674-681. 1904.
Penalty Clause in Engineering Contracts. Engineering News, 50. 12. 284. 1904.
Relations Between Engineer and Contractor. Engineering Record, 66. 3. 72-74. 1912.
Responsibility for Contracting Delays. Engineering Record, 66. 21. 561. 1912.
Some Contractual Features of Road Improvements. Engineering Record, 62. 18. 478, 479. 1910.
Some Economic Features of Specifications. Engineering and Con- tracting, 38. 2. 29, 30.
Special Representations in Specifications Control General Caution- ary Clauses. Engineering Record, 69. 18. 510, 511. 1914.
Time Limit to Contracts. Engineering Record, 57. 13. 387, 388. 1908.
Time Penalties on Contracts. George A. King. Engineering Record,
68. 14. 383-385. 1908.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 41
E SPECIFIC CLAUSES IX SPECIFICATIONS
(1) Civil Engineering [See references to books and articles (general) on pages 25, 27, 29.]
Checking-List for Specifications and Estimates for Reference with Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction, third edition, re- written and enlarged. Siveet's Catalogue, 1915, pp. 1-71.
General Specifications for Concrete and Reinforced Concrete. Jerome Cochran. D. Van Nostrand Company, 1913. Bibliographies, pp. 17fC., 47ff., 74ff., 95ff., 133ff., 147fl., 162ff., 244ff.
General Specifications for Steel Railroad Bridges and Viaducts. Revised edition. Theodore Cooper. New York.
Practical System for Writing Specifications for Buildings. W. Frank Bower. New York.
Report on Uniform Specifications for Buildings. W. B. Bamford. Journal of the American Society of Engineering Contractors, March, 1911, pp. 169-198.
Sewer Specifications. Clay Products Publicity Bureau, Kansas City, Missouri, 1911.
Specifications for Concrete Bridges. Wilbur J. Watson. Engineer- ing News Publishing Co.%
Specifications for Engineering Material. Engineering Office Sys- tems and Methods. John P. Davies. New York, 1915. Pp. 89-132.
Specifications for Steel Bridges. J. A. L. Waddell. Wiley & Sons, 1900.
Specifications for Street Roadway Pavements. S. Whinery. Sec- ond edition. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1913.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers'' 43
Standard Specifications of the American Society for Testing Mate- rials. Tear Book, 1914.
Standard Specifications for Structural Steel, Timber, Concrete, and Reinforced Concrete. J. C. Ostrup. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1911.
(2) Electrical Engineering [See references to books and articles (general) on pages 25, 27, 29.]
Contract and Specifications for Residence Wiring. Terrell Croft. Wiring of Finished Buildings, pp. 88-90. New York, 1915.
Electrical Contracting. Louis J. Auerbacher. Second Edition. New York.
Electrical Lighting Specifications. E. A. Merrill. Second Edition. New York.
Electric Light Wiring. C. E. Knox. New York, 1907.
Electric Wiring Specifications. J. H. Montgomery. Van Nostrand. 1916.
Estimating and Specifications in Electric Wiring. Electrician's Wiring Manual, pp. 208-253. P. Sengstock, Chicago, 1914.
Government Specifications for Electrical Apparatus. C. F. Scott. The Electric Journal, 7. 2. 157-168. 1910.
New Methods and Specifications for Street Lighting. J. H. Perkins. Electrical Review and Western Electrician, 55. 14. 643-645. 1909.
Tentative List of Items in Specifications for Electric Wiring. F. A. Wallace. Electrical Review and Western Electrician, 64. 18. 872. 1914.
Specification and Design of Dynamo-Electric Machinery. Milea Walker. Longmans, 1915.
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 45
Specifications for Electrical Construction. J. H. Montgomery. George Wahr, Ann Arbor, 1909.
Standardization Rules of the American Institute of Electrical Engi- neers. Third edition, December, 1912.
Standard Specifications for Incandescent Electric Lamps. Sixth Edition. Circular of the Bureau of Standards, No. 13, 1914.
(3) Mechanical Engineering [See references to books and articles (general) on pages 25, 27, 29.]
Contracts and Specifications (Elements of Power Station Design). W. B. Gump. Electrical Review and Western Electrician. 58. 23. 1174-1176; 59. 4. 171-173. 1911.
Specifications for Engineering Material. John P. Davies. Engi- neering Office Systems and Methods, pp. 90, 91, 107-112, 115-132. New York, 1915.
Steam Power Plants. H. C. Meyer. New York, 1912. Specifications for boilers, 37, 43; Corliss engine, 77; non-condensing engine, 75; piping, 133; steam engines, 68-88; steam turbines, 94; water- tube boilers, 46.
APPENDIX
THE ENGINEER'S LIBRARY 1 MISCELLANEOUS
Architectural Drawing, Designing, and Specifications, Books on^ Catalogue of W. T. Comstock Company.
Brennan's Handbook — A Compendium of Useful Legal Information for Business Men. New York, 1908.
Business Efficiency, What to Read on. Business Book Bureau, 1912.
Business Management, Problems in. Industrial Engineering, 2, pp. 216-218. 1912.
Economics of Contracting. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (1915). Daniel J. Hauer. E. H. Bauingartner, Chicago, 1911. (List of Booka, vol. 2, pp. 259-269.)
Getting the Most Out of Business. E. St. Elmo Lewis. Ronald Press Company, 1915.
International Technical Index. W. P. Cutter. Engineering News, 66, pp. 17, 18, Literary Supplement. September 14, 1911.
Lecture Notes on Business Engineering. A. C. Humphreys. Stevena Institute, 1912.
Military Reading Course for Civilian Engineers. Engineering News, 75. 10. 473; 75. 11. 506, 507. 1916.
Printed Engineering Resources. J. Martin Telleen. Bull. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 5. 3. 18-27. 1915. (Also separately printed.)
Publicity Engineering. Walter B. Snow. Boston, Mass.
47
A Bibliography on "'English for Engineers" 49
Salesmanship. A List of Titles of Books Recommended for Sales- men in Report of Committee on Education of Salesmen at Con- vention of National Electric Association, Chicago, June 2 to 6, 1913.
Scientific Management. Tuck School of Administration and Finance. Hanover, 1912.
Scientific Management. Papers and Discussion in Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 20, part 1, 1912.
Scientific Management. C. B. Thompson. Harvard University Press.
Scientific Management, Books on. Machinery (Engr. Ed.), 22. 7. 605. 1916.
Selected List of Books Prepared by the Southern Group of Bell Telephone Companies. Engineering and Contracting, 42. 17. 377.. 1914.
Technical Books, A List of. Municipal Engineering, 32. pp. 232, 306, 380; 33 pp. 14, 96, 175, 335, 397; 34. p. 25.
Technical Books and Journals for Libraries. Proc. Soc. Prom. Engr. Educ., 11, pp. 58-92.
Works Management, Bibliography of. Factory Organization and Administration. Hugo Diemer, second edition, pp. 356-370. 1914.
2 CIVIL ENGINEERING
American Civil Engineers' Pocket Book. Merriman. Wiley. ..$ 5.00
Cii'il Engineer's Pocket Book. Trautwine. Wiley 5.00
Control of Water. Parker. Van Nostrand 5.00
Design of Highway Bridges. Ketchum. McGraw-Hill . . 4.00
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 51
Elements of Water Bacteriology. Prescott & Winslow. Wiley . . $ 1.50
Engineering Mathematics. Steinmetz. McGraw-Hill 3.00
Field Engineering (Railroad). Searles and Ives. Wiley 3.00
Field Manual for Railroad Engineers. Nagle. Wiley 3.00
Highway Engineering. Blanchard and Drowne. (1913) Wiley 4.50
Hydraulic Tables. Williams and Hazen. Wiley 1.50
Maintenance of Way and Structures. Willard. McGraw-Hill. . 4.00
Mechanics of Materials. Merriman. Wiley 5.00
Notes on Track. Camp. Wm. Camp, Auburn Park, Chicago.. 4.00
Principles and Practice of Surveying. Vol. I. Elementary.
Breed and Hosmer. Wiley 3.00
Principles and Practice of Surveying. Vol. II. Higher. Breed
and Hosmer. Wiley 2.50
Principles of Reinforced Concrete Construction. Turneaure
and Maurer. Wiley 3.50
Public Water Supplies. Turneaure and Russell. Wiley 5.00
Railroad Curves and Earthwork. Allen: McGraw-Hill 3.00
Seioage Disposal. Kinnicutt, Winslow, and Pratt. Wiley 3.00
Specifications and Contracts. See pages 25-43.
Steel Structures. Morris. McGraw-Hill 2.25
Treatise on Concrete, Plain and Reinforced. Taylor and
Thompson. Wiley 5.00
Treatise on Hydraulics. Merriman. Wiley 4.00
Treatise on Masonry Construction. Baker. Wiley 5.00
A Bibliography on ''English for Engineers" 53
3 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Alternating Current and Alternating Current Machinery. D. C.
and J. P. Jackson. Macmillan $ 6.00
Alternating Currents. Bedell and Crehore. McGraw-Hill 2.50
Alternating Current Motors. McAllister. McGraw-Hill 3.00
Alternating Current Transformer. Fleming. D. Van Nostrand. -
Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, each 5.00
Alternating Current Windings. Kinzbrunner. D. Van Nostrand 1.50
American Handbook for Electrical Engineers. Fender. John
Wiley and Sons 5.00
Continuous Current Armatures. Kinzbrunner. Van Nostrand 1.50
Direct Current Electrical Engineering. Barr. Macmillan.... 3.25
Dynam.o-Electric Machinery. Thompson. Spon and Chamber- lain. Two volumes, each 7.50
Electrical Conductors. Perrine. Van Nostrand 3.50
Electric Circuit. Karapetoff. McGraw-Hill 2.00
Electrical Meters. Jansky. McGraw-Hill 2.50
Electrician's Wiring Manual. Sengstock. Popular Electricity
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1914 1.50
Electric Motors. Crocker and Arendt. Van Nostrand 2.50
Electric Power Conductors del Mar. Van Nostrand 2.00
Electric Transmission of Energy Abbott. Van Nostrand 5.00
Elements of Electrical Engineering. Steinmetz. McGraw.. 4.00
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 55 Elements of Electrical Transmission. Ferguson. Macmillan. .$ 3.50
Engineering Mathematics. Steinmetz. McGraw-Hill 3.00
Experimental Electrical Engineering. Karapetoff. Wiley.
Volume 1 3.50
Volume 2 2.50
Foster's Electrical Engineer's Handbook. Van Nostrand 5.00
Illumination and Photometry. Wickenden. McGraw-Hill... 2.00
The Induction Motor. Bailey. McGraw-Hill 2.50
Magnetic Circuit. Karapetoff. McGraw-Hill 2.00
Overhead Electric Power Transmission. Still. McGraw-Hill.. 3.00
Principles of Direct Current Machines. Langsdorf. McGraw- Hill 3.00
Problems in Alternating Current Machinery. Lyon. McGraw- Hill 1.50
Problems in Electrical Engineering. Lyon. McGraw-Hill 1.50
Specification and Design of Dynamo-Electric Machinery.
Walker. Longmans 10.00
Specifications and Contracts. See pages 25-45.
Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers. McGraw-Hill . . . 5.00
Storage Battery Engineering. Lyndon. McGraw-Hill 4.00
Synchronous Motors and Converters. Blondel. McGraw-Hill.. 3.00
Transformer Practice. Taylor. McGraw-Hill 2.50
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 57
4 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Composition and Heat Treatment of Steel. Lake. McGraw- Hill $ 2.50
Engineering Chemistry. Stillmann. Chemical Publishing Co.. 5.00
Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing. Carpenter.
Wiley 6.00
Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen. Halsey.
McGraw-Hill 5.00
Heat Engineering. Greene. McGraw-Hill 4.00
Heating and Ventilating Buildings. Carpenter. Wiley 4.00
High-Speed Steel. Becker. McGraw-Hill 4.00
Internal Combustion Engines. Streeter. McGraw-Hill 4.00
Machine Design. Smith and Marx. Wiley 3.00
Machine Design, Construction* and Drawing. Spooner. Long- mans 3.50
Mechanical Engineers' Pocket Book. Kent. Wiley 5.00
Mechanics Applied to Engineering. Goodman. Longmans 2.50
Power Plant Testing. Meyer. McGraw-Hill 4.00
Specifications and Contracts. See pages 25-45.
Steam Boiler Economy. Kent. Wiley 4.50
Steam Boilers. Miller and Peabody. Wiley 3.75
Steam Engine. Creighton. Wiley 5.00
Steam Engine Theory and Practice. Ripper. Longmans 2.50
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 59 Steam Power Plant Piping Systems. Morris. McGraw-Hill. .$ 5.00
Steam Tables and Diagrams. Marks and Davis. Longmans. . 1.00
Steam Turbines. Moyer. Wiley 4.00
Steam Turbines. Stodola. Van Nostrand 5.00
Theory of Heat Engines. Inchley. Longmans 2.25
Thermodynamics. Goodenough. Holt 3.50
Valves and Valve Gears. Furman. Vol. I. Wiley 2.50
Valves and Valve Gears. Furman. Vol. II. Wiley 2.00
5 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Analysis of Dyestuffs. Green. Lippincott & Co. 1915 3.00
By-Products of Coal-Gas Manufacture. Lunge. Scott, Green- wood & Son. 1915 2.00
Celluloid: Its Manufacture, Applications and Substitutes. Mas-
selon. C. Griffin & Co. 1912 7.50
Cement, Concrete and Bricks. Searle. D. Van Nostrand.
1914 3.00
Chemical Calculations. Ashley. Van Nostrand. 1915 2.00
Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes. Lewkowitsch. Macmillan & Co. 1913-15. 5th Edition.
3 vol 18.00
Chemistry of Paints and Painting. Church. Seeley, Service
& Co. Fourth Edition. Macmillan. 1915 2.50
Coal Tar and Ammonia. Lunge. D. Van Nostrand. 1909.
Fourth Edition. 2 vol. . . 15.00
A Bibliography on "English for Engineers" 61
Commercial Organic Analysis. Allen. P. Blakiston's Sons.
1909-13. Fourth Edition $ 5.00
Dictionary of Applied Chemistry. Thorpe. 5 vol. Longmans. 60.00
Electrochemical Analysis. Smith. Blakiston. 1911 2.50
Electro-Metallurgy. Kershaw. Van Nostrand. 1908 2.00
Engineering Chemistry. Stillman. Chemical Pub. Co. 1910.
Fourth Edition 5.00
Explosives. Marshall. Blakiston's Sons & Co. 1915 8.50
Farbstofftabellen. Schultz. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung.
1914
General and Industrial Organic Chemistry. Molinari. P.
Blakiston's Sons. 1913 6.00
Handbook of Sugar Analysis. Browne. Wiley. 1912 6.00
Industrial Chemistry. Rogers & Aubert. D. Van Nostrand Co.
1915 5.00
Industrial Organic Chemistry. Sadtler. Lippincott Co. 1912.
Fourth Edition 5.00
Lubrication and Lubricants. Archbutt. C. Griffin & Co. 1912.
Third Edition 7.50
Manufacture of Organic Dyestuffs. Wahl. G. Bell & Sons.
1914 1.60
Petroleum. Redwood. C. Griffin & Co. 1913. 3 vol 15.00
Technical Chemists9 Handbook. Lunge. Van Nostrand. 1908. 3.50
Technical Gas and Fuel Analysis. White. McGraw-Hill Book
Co. 1913.. 2.00
A Bibliography on "English /W Engineers" ':- 63
Textile Fibres. Matthews. John Wiley & Sons. 1907 $ 4.00
Volumetric Analysis. Sutton. Blakiston. 1911 5.50
Wood Pulp. Cross, Bevan and Sindall. D. Van Nostrand. 1915 2.00
6 VALUATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Engineering Valuation of Public Utilities and Factories.
Foster. Van Nostrand 3.00
Principles of Depreciation. Saliers. Ronald 2.50
Public Utilities. Pond. Bobbs-Merrill 6.00
Regulation, ' Valuation, and Depreciation of Public Utilities.
Wyer. Sears and Simpson 5.00
Public Utilities. Hayes. Van Nostrand ^ 2.00
Valuation of Public Service Corporations. Whitten. Banks.
2 vol . 11.00
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