Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/112
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 378 379 380 381 282 383 384 385 386 387 388 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. BERTHOLLET (Claude Louis, Comte) Essay of CHEMICAL STATICS, with copious Explanatory Notes, and Appendix on Vegetable and Animal Substances, faithfully trans. by B. LAMBERT, 2 vols. 8vo. nice copy im contemporary mottled calf gilt (VERY SCARCE), £1. 10s 1804 His chief work, embodying investigations into the laws of chemical affinity, still exercising a most powerful influence on this question. ‘Setting out, like Bergman, with the hypothesis that affinity is identical with gravity, he went on to emphasise the undeniable conclusion that the forces of cheinical affinity, like those of general attraction, must be pro- portional to the masses of the acting substances. The further deductions from his principle he worked out with a masterly clearness in his Essai de Statique chimique.’—Prof. E. v. Meyer. RESEARCHES into the LAws of CHEMICAL AFFINITY, trans. by M. FARRELL, M.D., 8vo. el. (scarce), 10s 6d f 1804 BERTHOLON (Abbé [Pierre]) De PELECTRICITE des METEORES ; with 6 plates, 2 vols. 8vo. old calf, 6s 1787 The author was a friend of Benjamin Franklin, and devoted much time to the study of electrical phenomena. ) BERTIN (L. E.), and Leslie S. ROBERTSON: Marine Borers: their Construction and Working, more especially Tubulous Boilers, with Chapter on ‘Liquid Fuel’ by ENG.-Lr. H. C. ANSTEY, R.N., and Preface by Str WILLIAM WHITE, F.R.S., 2nd. Ed., enlarged, with over 350 illustrations, thick 8vo. el., 15s (sells £1. 1s nett) 1906 BERTIN (Pierre Auguste) RAPPORT sur les Procris de la THERMODYNAMIQUE en FRANCE, impl. 8vo. sewn, 2s Impr. Impér., 1867 BERTRAND (Joseph, de I’ Institut) CALCUL des PROBABILITES, roy. Svo. hf. morocco neat, 8s (p. F. 12. sewn) 1889 With preface (pp. 50) on the laws of chance. ______ THERMODYNAMIQUE ; with diagrams, roy. 8vo. hf. morocco neat, 6s 6d (p. F.10 sewn) 1887 ____ Trairé @ALGEBRE, 5¢ Edition, revue par HENRI GARCET, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. brown morocco neat (partly water-stained), 4s inlets 1867-6 BERTRAND (Louis) DEVELOPPEMENT NOUVEAU de la PARTIE ELEMENTAIRE des MATHE- MATIQUES, prise dans toute son étendue ; with 19 folding plates, 2 vols. 4to. old calf gilt (fine copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 8s Genéve, 1778 BERZELIUS (Jéns Jakob, Baron) TRAITE de CHIMIE minérale, végétale et animale, traduit par ‘A. J. L. JOURDAN et ESSLINGER ; with plates, 8 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt (fine copy), 15s 1829-33 - ANOTHER FINE Copy, but wanting v. VI, new hf. cl. extra, uncut, t. &. g., @s The last volume comprises ‘ Opérations et Appareils chimiques me ‘His multiplied and accurate analyses establish the laws of combination on an incontrovertible basis ; and to him we owe the system of chemical symbols. He discovered the elements selenium, thorium, and cerium, and first exhibited calcium, bariuin, strontium, columbium, silicium, and zirconium in the metallic form.’ SECONDE EDITION FRANCAISE, traduite par MM. EssLINGER et HOEFFER ; with plates and woodcuts, 6 thick vols. 8vo. hf. calf, £1. 5s 1845-50 FixaL Epitton. ‘ Aiong with the absolute thoroughness which we also admire in his experimental work, clearness of description is united in this book with precision of expression. He did not merely confine himself to the simple exposition of known facts, but criticised the experiments from which these were deduced with perfect impartiality. His text-book remained a pattern for others during the succeeding decades.'—Prof. H. v. Meyer. pees ATTEMPT to establish a PURE SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM of MINERALOGY, by the Application of the Electro-Chemical Theory and the Chemical Proportions, trans. from the Swedish by JOHN BLACK, post 8vo. boards, uncut (scarce), 10s 6d — 1814 ‘The first attempt to work out the composition of minerals on the basis of the atomic theory, i.e, with the aid of the law Essal sur la ThkORIE des PROPORTIONS CHIMIQUES et sur VINFLUENCE CHIMIQUE de VPELECTRICITS, traduit sous les yeux de l’Auteur, et publié par lui-méme, 8vo. sewn, 7s 6d. 1819 A table appended (pp. 120) mentions the atomic weights of all elements then known, in addition to a large number of inorganic compounds, and forms the first attempt at giving a complete list of atomic weights. BESANT (Walter Henry, F.R.S.) CONIC SECTIONS treated geometrically, 9th Ed., enlarged, diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s (p. 4s 6d) _ 1895 ___ Notes on ROULETTES and GLISSETTES, 2nd [last] Ed., 5 folding plates, cr. 8vo. el., 2s 6d (p. 5s) Cambridge, 1890 TREATISE on HYDROMECHANICS, 2nd Ed., diagrams, 8vo. el., 3s 6d (p. 10s Gd) «bidem, 1867 BESSEMER (Sir Henry, F.R.S.): an AUTOBIOGRAPHY, with a Concluding Chapter, and a Preface [by his Son], portraits and 50 plates containing 107 figures of his inventions, 4to. buckram, t. e. g., 12s (sells 16s nett) 1905 Written from a scientific standpoint, and containing minute accounts of his numerous inventions. BETTAZZI (Jacopo) EPITOME OPERIS PASCHALIS, proferens in Prooemio N ecessitatem emend- andi Correctionem Gregorianam ; with folding tables: LETTERA intorno ad una Dissertazione stampata: De Recta Festivitate Paschae—2 vols. 4to. in 1, old mottled calf (fine copy), with book- plate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 6s 6d Florentie, 1733-4 An astronomical treatise on the determination of Easter Day, unknown to Poggendorff, etc. > BEUTHER (Friedrich) Ueber Licut und FARBE, die prismatischen Farben und die N ewton’sche Farbenlehre ; with 13 coloured plates, 8vo. sewn, 78 6a Kassel, 1833 BEVAN (B., C.E.) PRACTICAL TREATISE on the SLIDING RULE: an Intro. to its Use, and Formule for Surveyors, Architects, etc., 8vo. boards, 2s 6d 1822 BIANCHINI [hic BLANCHINI] (Francesco) ASTRONOMIC, ac GEOGRAPHICA OBSERVA- TIONES SELECTA; with good portrait and folding map, roy. 4to., LARGE PAPER; old calf (FINE COPY), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 10s 6d Verone, 1737 ‘Ge volume est doublement précieux, et parce quil contient des travaux relatifs au méridien que l’auteur avait eu dessein de tirer au travers de I’Italie, et par les soins que le savant Manfredi prit de l’édition ’.—Biogr. Univ. BIBLIOTHECA MATHEMATICA: JouRNAL @’ HISTOIRE des MATHEMATIQUES publié par GusTAF ENESTROM: Nouvelle Série, Tomes 5 4 7, 3 vols. 8vo, sewn in parts, 4s 6d (p. 12s nett) ee
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