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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    414 416 417 418 420 494 425 427 428 429 BIOT (Jean Baptiste, de l'Institut) TRAITH de PHYSIQUE expérimentale et mathématique, with plates, 4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf (back of v. IT. damaged), 7s 6d 1816 ‘Cet ouvrage est un des meilleurs qui aient été écrits sur la physique; il est trés-important, surtout par l’application du calcul aux phénomenes et aux expériences ’.—Biogr. Gén. LEHRBUCH der EXPERIMENTAL-PHYSIK, 2. Auflage, mit den neuern Entdeckungen von GUSTAV THEODOR FECHNER; with portrait and plates, 5 vols. 8vo. boards, 6s 6d Leipzig, 1828-9 , et Dominique Francois Jean ARAGO: RECUEIL d’ OBSERVATIONS GKODESIQUES, ASTRO- NOMIQUES, et PHYSIQUES, exécutées par ordre du Bureau des Longitudes de France, pour déter- miner la variation de la pesanteur et des degrés terrestres sur le prolongement du Méridien de Paris; with 2 folding plates, 4to. cl., 15s 1821 The above contains the results of the authors’ meridian-measurement in Spain, and as far North as the Shetland Islands, and in connexion with it, Biot’s determination of the seconds’ pendulum at the various stations of the are between Dunkirk and Formentera, of which the results obtained were pronounced by Prof. Grant (History of Physical Astronomy) ‘The earliest data of this kind which fully deserved the confidence of astronomers.’ BIRCH (Thomas, D.D., F.R.S.) The History of the RoyAL Society of LONDON, in which the most considerable of those papers, which have hitherto not been published, are inserted in their proper order, as a SUPPLEMENT to the PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, with folding plates on copper, and woodcuts, 4 vols. 4to. old calf, backs damaged, 10s 6d 1756 BIRINGUCCIO (Vanoccio) De la PrRoTECHNIA, dove si tratta non solo di ogni sorte e diversita di MINIERE, ma anchora quanto si ricerca intorno a la prattica di quelle cose di quel che si appar- tiene a l’arte de la FUSIONE over GITTO de METALLI, ecc., primera edizione ; with woodcut title and numerous fine woodcuts representing metallurgical processes, etc., sm. 4to. old limp vellum, with some contemporary MS. notes (A VERY FINE AND UNUSUALLY TALL COPY) ; RARE, £1. 12s 6a Venetia, 1540 ‘La premiére édition de 1540 est la plus belle.’—Brunet. ‘Tl fut le premier, parmi ses compatriotes, qui écrivait sur Vart de fondre les canons, de fabriquer la poudre, et de préparer les feux d’artifice.’--Biogr. Gén. It moreover contains able degree the contemporary metallurgical processes, : TERZA EDIZIONE ; with numerous woodcuts, sm.4to. parchment cover, taken from old print (last leaf wanting, and some ll. water-stained), 15s tbidem, 1558 QUARTA EDIZIONE, nuovamente corretta, et ristampata, con TAVOLA; with numerous woodcuts, thick 12mo. old limp vellum (corner water-stained, and back of cover slightly damaged), 15s ibidem, 1559 BIRKBECK (George, M.D., founder of the Birkbeck Institute, etc.)—v. DUPIN, post. BIRKS (Thomas Rawson, pr., Prof. Moral Philos., Cantab.) On MATTER and ETHER, or the Secret Laws of Physical Change, large post 8vo. el. (scarce), 5s 1862 BISCHOF (Karl Gustav) Ueber die MITTEL ein GASVOLUMEN mit der griéssten GENAUIGKEIT ZU MESSEN, Svo. (pp. 39), sewn, 5s o. O. [1824] An important early contribution on gasometry by this distinguished chemist, more especially known for his important experiments on inflammable gases in coal-mines, and on the safety lamp. BISCHOFF (0. A., Polytechnikum, Riga) MATERIALIEN der STEREOCHEMIE, in Form von Jahresberichten, 1894-1902, mit systematischem Inhaltsverzeichnis und alphabetischem Sach- register, 2 vols. large 8vo. sewn, unopened, £2. 17s 6d (p. M. 90.) Braunschweig, 1904 Intended as a supplement to Bischoff and Walden’s ‘ Handbuch der Stereochemie,’ the ‘ Chemisches Zentralblatt’ (q. v. post), and to the ‘Jahresberichte iiber die Fortschritte der Chemie.’ BISHOP (George, F.R.S.) ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at the Observatory, South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, 1839-51, with lithographic view of the Observatory, 4to. boards, with inser. “J. R. Hind, Esqr. [F.R.S., Director of Mr. Bishop’s Observatory] with the Author's respects’ (SCARCE), £1. 1s 1852 ‘He published in 1852 Astronomical Observations, including a catalogue of double stars observed by Dawes and Hind, with valuable historical and descriptive notes by the latter, observations of new planets and comets, and of the temporary star discovered by Hind in Ophiuchus 27 April, 1848, besides a description of the observatory, etc.’—Miss A. M. Clarke. BITO: de CONSTRUCTIONE BELLICARUM MACHINARUM—v. MATHEMATICI VETERES, post. BLACK (Frederick A.) TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM, and its Causes, front., 8 plates, etc., 8vo. cl., 3s (sells 6s) 1905 MANUSCRIPT : BLACK (Joseph, M.pD.): An ABSTRACT of Doct’. BLACK’s LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, a neatly written Manuscript on 18 ll., giving a resumé of 10 Lectures at Edinburgh U niversity, 8v0. con- temporary hf. calf, £1. 10s : [e. 1 7704 An interesting relic of this celebrated chemist, the founder of quantitative analysis and of pneumatic chemistry, treating more fully ‘Of the more general Effects of Heat’ and all the more valuable from the scarcity of his writings, which, besides his graduation thesis, consist only of his posthumous ‘ Lectures’ published in 2 vols. in 1804. His definition of chemistry in the above MS. is interesting: ‘the study of the effects of heat and mixture upon all bodies, whether natural or artificial.’ He also states that ‘ French and German Chemists are more numerous than the English.’ BLACK (William, practical brewer) PRACTICAL TREATISE on BREWING, based on Chemical and Economical Principles, with Formule for Public Brewers, and Instructions for Private Families, 3rd [last] Ed., much enlarged, with plate of a ‘new improved saccharometer,’ 8vo. cl., newly re- backed, 6s 6d 1844 This work claims to be the first to treat brewing from a scientific stand point. ————— _——— _ Reprint of the above (without the plate), 8vo. cl., (out of print), 5s (p. 10s 6d) 1875 BLAKE (John Frederick) AsTtronomicaAL Myrus, based on Flammarion’s ‘ History of the Heavens,’ with plates and numerous woodcuts (many from old prints), and chart, large post 8vo. cl. (scarce), 7s 6d 1877 Collodion Process), with woodcuts, 12mo. el. (scarce), 6s 6d : * 1863 An early treatise, describing processes no longer in use, and especially interesting for its long list of Photographic Apparatus, etc. (pp. 112).
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