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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    255 258 259 260 261 ~) 26: t 263 264 265 266 274 275 BALL (Sir Robert Stawell, r.r.s.) The Story of the HEAVENS; 3rd Ed., revised, with 16 coloured plates, and 90 other illustrations, thick roy. 8vo. cl., 6s 6d (p. £1. 11s 6d) 1887 NEW AND REVISED EDITION, with 18 coloured plates, and 99 other ill ustrations, thick roy. 8vo. cl., 7s 6d 1890 or ’2 ——— The Story of the Sun, with 11 plates ( plain and coloured), and 82 other illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl. extra, 10s 6d (p. £1. 1s) 1893 — ANOTHER Copy, hf. crushed purple morocco gilt, t.e.g. ( fine copy), 15s BALL (Walter William Rouse) History of the Srupy of MATHEMATICS at CAMBRIDGE, post 8vo. el. (out of print), 5s Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1889 --- SHORT AccouNnT of the History of MATHEMATICS, diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 6s) 1888 BALLO (M.) Das NAPHTHALIN und seine DERIVATE in Beziehung auf Technik und Wissenschaft, Svo. sewn (out of print), 2s Braunschweig, 1870 BALTZER (Richard) Taiorte et APPLICATIONS des DETERMINANTS, avec l’Indication des Sources originales, trad. par J. HOUEL, 8vo. hf. calf (scarce), 45 1861 ——- MEME OUVRAGE, 61: THEORIE des DETERMINANTS et leurs principales applications par F. Brioschi, traduite par EDOUARD CoMmBESCURE, ’56—2 vols. 8vo. in 1, Af. red calf neat, 7s 6d 1861-56 BARBEROT (J. E. C.) TRAITE de CONSTRUCTIONS CIVILES, 3¢ éd., revue et augmentée ; with 1717 illustrations, thick 8vo. cl., 13s (sells F. 20. nett) 1906 BARKER (Arthur H.) GRAPHICAL CALCULUS, with Intro. by Jonny GoopMAN, 2nd Ed., plate, and 61 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 4s 6d) 1902 BARLOW (C. W. C.), and George Hartley BRYAN, r.r.s.: ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICAL ASTRONOMY, with Examples and Examination Papers, diagrams, er. 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 8s 6d) [1892] — SECOND [LAST] EDITION [enlarged], er. 8vo. buckram, 4s [1892] ‘Probably no better description of the methods by which the marvellous structure of scientifie astronomy has been built up could have been given,’—-Athencewim. BARLOW (Peter, r.p.s.) ELEMENTARY INVESTIGATION of the THEORY of NUMBERS, with its Application to the Indeterminate and Diophantine Analysis, the Analytical and Geometrical Division of the Circle, ete. etc., 8vo. boards, uncut (scarce), 8s 1811 The author claims in his preface to have added much original matter, including a demonstration of the impossibility of Fermat's indeterminate equation x» + yn = zn, ——- The ENCYCLopzbIA of ARTS, MANUFACTURES, and MACHINERY, with View of the Prin- ciples of Manufactures, by CHARLES BABBAGE, F.R.S., with 87 steel plates, comprising 650 figures of machinery and tools, thick 4to. cl., 6s | : ——— Essay on MAGNETIC ATTRACTION, and of the LAws of TERRESTRIAL and ELECTRO Maa- NETISM, with Appendix of Experiments made on Ship Board from Lat. 61° S. to Lat. 80° N., 2nd Ed., much enlarged, with 6 plates by Lowry, 8vo. boards, uncut (SCARCE), 17s 6d 1824 ‘Describing a simple method of correcting ships’ compasses by fixing asmall iron plate in such a position as to com- pensate all other attractions. ... In the 2nd edition he succeeded in connecting the whole of his experirental results by a mathematical theory based on afew simple assumptions’.—D. N. B. The author was moreover the first to notice the fact that the strength of the electric current is the same in all places of the conduit—a theorem which enabled Ohin to formulate. his ‘ Law’. NEW MATHEMATICAL and PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY, comprising the Terms and Principles of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, with 13 plutes, and numerous diagrams, thick roy. 8vo. new boards (plates foxed and a few Il. slightly damaged), 5s 1814 TABLES of SQUARES, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, and Reciprocals of all Integer Numbers up to 10,000 [with Preface by AUGUSTUS DE MorGAN], er. 8vo. cloth, 3s (p. 6s) 1875 ‘ Accurate and highly useful numerical information’.—D. N. B. ; ——— TREATISE on the STRENGTH of TIMBER, Cast IRoN, MALLEABLE IRON, and other Mate- rials; with Rules for Application, and Appendix on the Power of Locomotive Engines, ete., 7 folding plates, and woodcuts, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 7s 6d 1837 ‘Supplying, as the results of numerous experiments in Woolwich Dockyard, much-needed data for the calculations of ae. The experiments on the resistance of iron formed the basis of the design for the Menai suspension bridge ’,— BARREME [((Frangois)], L’ARITHMETIQUE de, ou le Livre facile pour apprendre 1’ Arith- métique de soi-méme et sans Maitre; nouvelle Ed., augmentée de pius de 190 pages, on Régles différentes, de la Géometrie, servant au Mesurage et A l’Arpentage, ete. ete.; with engraved title and diagrams, 12mo. old calf gilt, 12s 6d 1740 Best Epirion of the first ready reckoner in France, ed. by the author’s son Nicolas. His works enjoyed there the same popularity as those of Edward Cocker in England, and of Adam Riese in Germany, and his name is immortalised in French as the synonym for a ready reckoner (baréme). ——— Le Livre des Comptes-F airs, ou le Tarif de toutes les Monoyes d’or et d’argent 2 tel prix qwelles soient mises; nouvelle éd., beaucoup augmentée; with engraved title inscribed to Colbert, 12mo. sound copy in old calf, 7s 6d 1708 Prof. de Morgan, who erroneously calls the author ‘ Nicolas Barreme’, knew only the edition of Amsterdam, 1773. Both the other works were unknown to hin. Erreurs d’Impression, et augmenté de plus de 300 Tarifs; with 2 fine engraved titles, 12mo. old calf gilt, 7s 6d 1706 a HYDROGEN-FLAME with various .BoDIES: On SouRCES of ERROR in DETERMINATIONS of the ABSORPTION of HEAT by Liquips: LigutT and SouND: an Examination of their reputed Analogy —3 parts Svo., with coloured front. and woodcuts ; sewn, 4s 1865-8-[? 70] ,and W. BROWN: PracticaL Puysics, Part I. PuysicAL PRocEssEs and MEASURE- MENTS, The PROPERTIES of MATTER, 70 dlustrations, er. 8vo. cl., 2s (p. 4s 6d) - 1892 .
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