Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:: 20th century

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/112

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

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$221 999 a aed 223 t t nse 997 a 226 229 230 232 233 234 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W:C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. BADDELEY (P. F. H.) Wuirtwinbs and Dust-Srorms of INDIA: an Investigation into the Law of Wind and Revolving Storms at Sea, with 2 transparent wind cards, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s 1860 BAEHR (G. F. W.) Sur Jes ForMULES pour la MULTIPLICATION des FONCTIONS ELLIPTIQUES de la premitre Espéce, roy. 8vo. (pp. 52), sewn, 1s 6d [c. 1840] BAEYER (General Joseph Jacob) ASTRONOMISCHE BESTIMMUNGEN fiir die EUROPAISCHE GRADMESSUNG, 1857-66, 4to. Af. cl., 5s 6d (p. M.9. sewn) Leipzig, 1873 The author was the first to propose a geodetic survey comprising the whole of Central Europe, the results of which are embodied in the above volume. : BAGAY (Valentin) NouVELLES TABLES ASTRONOMIQUES et HYDROGRAPHIQUES, contenant un Traité abrégé des Cercles de Ja Sphere; la Description des Instruments X Réflexion ; diverses Méthodes pour obtenir les Latitudes et les Longitudes terrestres; une nouvelle Table de Logarithmes, des Sinus, ete. etc., de Seconde en Seconde, pour les 90° du quart du Cercle; with 5 Jolding plates, 4to. (pp. 832), sheep (VERY SCARCE), £2. 2s Didot, 1829 ‘Computers have always preferred Bagay’s Nouvelles Tables (1829), which also contains a complete logarithmic canon to every second. The change in the column is very clearly marked by a large black nucleus, surrounded by a circle, printed instead of zero. Bagay’s work has now become very rare.’—J. W. L. Glaisher, F.R.S. BAILEY (R. D., F.c.s.) NOTES on BREWING [with Typical Analyses], post 8vo. cl., 2s 1889 BAILEY (William) The ADVANCEMENT of ARTS, MANUFACTURES, and COMMERCE; or Description of the UseruL MAcuHINEs and MopEts contained in the Repository of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, with the Discoveries and Improvements promoted by the Society, 4to., and folio ATLAS, comprising 55 fine copperplates— 2 vols. old calf, with old bookplate of Dundas of Arniston, 16s 6d AT72 The machines described and depicted include Hydraulic Machines by Wirtz and Merryman, a Machine for ventilating Mines by Keane Fitzgerald, r.r.s., Pinchbeck’s Crane, Standfield’s Saw Mill, ete. ete. BAILLAUD (Benjamin, de [Observatoire de Toulouse) Cours d’ASTRONOMI®, Ie Partie: Quelques Théories applicables & l'étude des Sciences expérimentales ; with diagrams, roy. Svo. seun, 4s (p. F. 8.) 1893 BAILLY (Jean Sylvain) HistTorrE de l’ASTRONOMIE; with plates, COMPLETE in 5 yols. 4to. uniformly bound in contemporary French calf gilt, £2. 2s 1779-87 ConTENU :—HisTorrE de l'AsTRONOMIE ANCIENNE depuis son origine jusqu’a l’établissement de 1’Ecole d’ Alexandrie, 2¢ 6d. ; with plates, 81: Histoire de ]’AsTRONOMIE MopERNE depuis la foudation de l’Ecole d’Alexandrie jusqu’en 1730 ; with plates, 3 v., 79-82: Trarré de l’ ASTRONOMIE [NDIENNE/\et ORIENTALE, ’87. Although of little value now as a history of the science, the work is still in much demand for the large amount of valuable original information it contains. : rim : : ; : HIsTOIRE de 1] ASTRONOMIE ANCIENNE depuis son origine jusqu’h V’établissement de PEcole d’Alexandrie, 4to. old hf. calf, 5s 6d : — 1775 HIsTorrE de l ASTRONOMIE MODERNE depuis la fondation de l’Ecole d’Alexandrie jusqu’en 1782, 2° éd.; with 18 folding plates, 3 vols. 4to. contemporary calf gilt, 15s 1785 “On préfere la seconde édition, parce qu'elle contient des augmentations,’—DBrunet. TRAITE de l’ ASTRONOMIE INDIENNE et ORIENTALE, 4to. contemporary mottled French calf extra (FINE COPY); rare, £1. 1s 1787 ‘ Rempli de recherches d’¢rudition fort instructives, ct qu’un astronome seul pouvait faire.’—Biogr. Unie. s BAILY (Francis, F.R.s.) ASTRONOMICAL TABLES and FORMUL&, with a variety of Problems explanatory of their Use and Application ; with the Elements of the Solar System, 8vo. Af. calf (scarce), 10s 6d = P82, A collection and reprint of those astronomical tables most frequently used (some rare and difficult to obtain), and all revised or re-computed. The above copy contains the AprENDIXx, dated Jan, 1829. ‘His revision of star-catalogues alone entitled him, in Sir John Herschel’s opinion, to rank among the greatest benefactors to astronomy.’-—D. N. B. The CATALOGUE of STARS of the BRITISH. ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE: containing the mean RIGHT ASCENSIONS and NorTH PoLar DISTANCES of 8,377 TIIxep STARS, reduced to Jan. 1, 1850, with their Annual Precessions, Secular Variations and Proper Motions, and Logarithmic Constants for computing Precession, Aberration and Nutation ; also Preface on their Construction and Application, 4to. boards, uncut (VERY SCARCE), £7. 1845 — ANOTHER Copy, calf gilt (nice copy), £7. 7s The celebrated Britis AssocraTion STAR CATALOGUE, revised, after the author’s death, by W. 8. SrratrorD, JAMES CHALLIS, FF.R.S., and others. ‘ ‘Stillin high repute... The value of this catalogue was much enhanced by the uniform system of nomenclature adopted throughont. This material improvement was the result of Baily’s severe labours in revising the constellations, and marshalling into recognisable order the stars composing them.’—Miss A. M. Clerke. ; fp ‘The materials of its construction are derived from all the trustworthy catalogues that have been executed since the time of Bradley. This catalogue is distinguished from the catalogue of the Astronomical Society .(q. v. infra) in two important particulars, In the first place, the secular variation of precession, both in the right ascension and declination is given for each star. Secondly the proper motions of the stars are assigned with as great a degree of nearness to truth, as the existing state of sidereal astronomy allowed. ‘his catalogue has proved of vast service to astronomers in every part of the civilised world.’—Prof. k. Grant. ¢ £ 7 4 : The Doctrine of INTEREST and ANNUITIES analytically investigated and explained, with several useful Tables connected with the Subject, plate, 4to. Af. calf (joints cracked) ; SCARCE, 12s 6d 1808 A wholly different work from the author’s ‘Doctrine of Life-Annuities’ (a fact unknown to Lowndes), and one of the most important works on the subject. The table appended is Smart's. - ANOTHER Copy, Af. calf, uncut (2 ll. mended), £1. 1s ae This would seem to have been the author's own copy; it contains a large number of MS. corrections and additions apparently by him. i 3 ——— The Doctrine of Lire-ANNUITIES and ASSURANCES analytically investigated and prac- tically explained, with TABLES, and APPENDIX of anew method of Calculating and Arranging such Tables, 3 vols. 8vo. in 1, Af. calf (SCARCE), £1. 5s } aed BES. Best Epitron of this celebrated work, comprising chapter XIV. (on the several Life-Assurance Companies), and the Appendix (an exposition of Barrett’s mode of computing life tables), not containcd in the previous editions or in the reprint of 1864.$

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