26 NOVEMBER 1864, Page 23

. e Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building

Pwposes. Bf Fairbairn, C.E., F.R.S., F.G.S. ThirdEdition. (Longman and This valuable work, which has been some time out of print, is now tdered to the architect and engineer in an improved form, the chapter on wrought-iron bridges especially having been enlarged, and formulas given from which to calculate the position and strains on the strata and tension-bars of bridges on the lattice principle. The author is in favour of a more extensive use of wrought iron in fireproof build- ings. At present it seems that most of what are called fireproof buildings are really only partly so.