Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/112
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    178 183 154 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AnD 37, PICCADILLY, W. ATTI della R. ACCADEMIA dei LINCEI: Memorie della CLAssE di ScIENZE FISICHE, MATEMATICHE e NATURALI. Serie III@, v.14, Serie IV, v. 2, 4, 5 (1883-8), 9 v. roy. 4to.: Trasunti. Serie III®, v. 4, 5, 8 (1880-3), 3 v. roy. 4to.: Rendiconti. Serie IV, v. 1-3, 4, parts 1-5 (1884—March, 1888), 3 v. and 5 parts, 4to.—together 15 vols. and 5 parts, with numerous plates, and other illustrations ; sewn, £2. 2s Roma, 1880-8 della R. ACCADEMIA delle SCIENZE di TORINO: CuasseE di ScreNzE FISICHE, MATEMATICHE e NATURALI, Vols. XX—XXXVIII; with plates, 19 vols. roy. 8vo. sewn, as issued, £3-15s Torino, 1884-1903 ATWOOD (George, Mellow of Trinity, ¥.R.S.) TREATISE on the RECTILINEAR MOTION and tOTATION of BopikEs, with Description of Original Experiments on the Subject, 8 folding plates by Basire, large 8vo. very tall copy in old hf. calf (VERY SCARCE), £1. 10s Cambridge, 1784 ‘In this work occurs (p. 298) the first description of the ingenious apparatus since so well known as ‘ Atwood’s Machine’, for exhibiting and verifying the accelerative action of gravity’.—D. N. B. ——— ANALYSIS of a Course of LECTURES on the PRINCIPLES of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, diagrams, Svo. hf. calf, 8s 6d F 1784 ‘Still interesting as illustrating the state of science at Cambridge a century ago’.—D. N. B, AUGUST (Ernst Ferdinand) Uber die ForTscHriTrE der HYGROMETRIE in der neuesten Zeit; with front. of the psychrometer, 4to. (pp. 30), sewn (scarce), 7s 6d Berlin, 1830 Containing a further account of the author's invention of the psychrometer—the wet and dry bulb hygrometer now generally inuse. Added is a 4-p. pamphlet by him, ‘ Neue Einrichtung des Psychrometers ’. AUGUSTIN (A. Dubourg): VERZAMELING van BERIGTEN, DICHTSTUKKEN en ARIA’S, betref- fende de beide LUCHTREIZEN, welke door den Heere Augustin den 3 Sept. en den 1 Oct. 1806, in AMSTERDAM ondernomen zijn; with coloured front. representing the ascent, 8vo. (pp. 34), sewn, £1. 5s Amsterdam, 1806 A VERY RARE WORK, describing the first balloon ascent from Amsterdam. It was unknown to Hatton Turnor, who mentions it neither in the Bibliography nor in the ‘ Roll of the first 500 Aeronauts’ contained in his ‘ Astra Castra’. ‘ AVILER (Augustin Charles d’) Cours d’ARCHITECTURE, qui comprend les Ordres de VIGNOLE, plusieurs nouveaux Desseins, Ornemens et Preceptes, ete. etc., avec Explication alpha- bétique des Termes, 2° Ed., augmentée; with front. and over 100 fine plates, sm. 4to. new hf. brown calf gilt, £1. 10s 1720 ‘Le cours a été pendant prés d'un siecle le meilleur ouvrage de ce genre que l’on etit en France, et il est encore recherché des curieux.’—Brunet. AYRES (John) ARITHMETIC made EASIE, for the Use and Benefit of Trades-Men; 18th Ed., with a Short and Easie Method after which Shop-keepers may State, Post, and Balance their Books of Accompts, by CHARLES SNELL; the Whole perused, and many Errours corrected by E, HATTON, Gent., 16mo., boards (corner cut off title, and some pp. shorn), 6s 6d 1730 _.., |A work of the immediate school of Cocker’.—Prof. de Morgan. AYRTON (William Edward, rF.r.s.) PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY: a Laboratory and Lecture Course, 180 woodcuts, post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 7s 6d) 1887 AYSCOUGH (James, Optician) SHoRT ACCOUNT of the EYE and NATURE OF VISION, chiefly to illustrate the Use and ADVANTAGE of SPECTACLES, 4th Ed., front., 12mo. sewn, 2s wT ie ———— SHoRT ACCOUNT of the NATURE and Use of SPECTACLES, with a Kind of Glass for Spectacles, preferable to any hitherto made use of, 12mo. (pp. 16), sewn, 2s 1750 AZEMAR (L. P. V. M.) TrIsECTION de VANGLE, avec Recherches analytiques sur le méme sujet, par J. G. GARNIER; with 3 folding plates, 8vo. sewn, 3s 6d 1809 BABBAGE (Charles, F.R.S.) CALCULATING ENGINES: a Collection of Papers relating to them, their History and Construction [ed. by his Son GENERAL HENRY P. BABBAGE], with portrait and 15 plates (some folding), large 4to. cl. (scarce), £1. 1s 1889 - Including articles on Mr, Babbage by Gen. Menabrea and Sir G. G. Stokes, andthe Royal Society's reports on the ngines. - : BABBAGE’S CALCULATING MACHINE; or Difference Engine, exhibited in the S. Kensington Museum [by B. HERSCHEL BABBAGE], front., roy 8vo. (pp. 8), sewn, 2s 1872 > ‘The essential novelty of Babbage’s design consisted in setting wheelwork to develop the numerical consequences of the law of any given serics, thus ensuring the accurate calculation of an entire table without any further trouble of the operator than a few original adjustments. The mathematical principle selected by him as the basis of his invention was the “method of differences,’ by which it appears that the numbers composing nearly all arithmetical series can be formed by the repeated addition to fundamental numbers of a common difference or ‘element ’—a process eminently capable of being performed by a machine.’—-Miss A. M. Clerke. : ——— On the Economy of MACHINERY and MANUFACTURES, 2nd Ed., enlarged, with vignette portrait of Koger Bacon, 12mo., hf. bound, 3s 6d 1832 THIRD EDITION, enlarged, vignette portrait, 12mo. cl., 4s 6d ‘An admirable little treatise, of which the merit was attested by translation into 4 languages, and by reprints in America,’—D. N. B. EXAMPLES of the SOLUTIONS of FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS, plate, 8vo. (pp. 42), sewn, 8s [1820] —— v. PEACOCK, post. ’ ——— The NInTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE: a Fragment, woodcuts, Syo. cl., uncut, 5s 1837 SECOND EDITION, 8vo., hf. calf gilt (nice copy), 7s 6d 1838 ANOTHER Copy, cl., with AUTHOR’S INSCR. AND AUTO. LETTER TO WILLIAM SMEE, F.R.S., 10s 6d __ In the auto, letter the author expresses his gratitude to Mr. Since ‘ for the information you haye so kindly assisted him in obtaining’ [for the above work]. ‘A work nobly planned, remarkable as one of the earliest attem pts to reconcile breaches of continuity with the govern- ment of the universe by law, which vindicated the serviceableness of mathematics to religion.’—D. N. LB. ; ; ——— PASSAGES from the LIFE of a PHILOSOPHER, with front. of the author's invention, the ‘ Difference Engine (No. 1),’ 8vo. cl., 8s 6d 1864 Largely autobiographical, and containing a copious account of his inventions, including his calculating machine, which cost the nation £17,000, and himself 19 years’ unpaid work, and is now preserved in an unfinished state in the South Kensington Museum.
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