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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Sotheraws Brice Current of Literature. No, 666 | BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICO-MATHEMATICA: CATALOGUE OF IMPORTANT WORKS, MANY OLD AND RARE, On MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, and CHEMISTRY, eet A Pet eetiey Ly oy J a OOS OFFERED AT THEIR NETT PRICES BY HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.. (NEAR WATERLOO BRIDGE.) They may also be ordered at their West-End House, 37, PICCADILLY, W. *.* To prevent disappointment, Customers are advised to address their orders to H. S. & Co. direct. No Books, unless under special circumstances, can be sent for inspection ; and none after being ordered are entitled to be returned, except for palpable imperfections. Telegraphic Address: BOOKMEN, LONDON. Codes: UNICODE and A.B. C. Telephone: CENTRAL 1515. CONTRACTIONS :—Bp., bishop ; cl., cloth ; er., crown ; D.N. B., Dictionary of National Biography ; Js., facsimile ; g. ¢., gilt edges ; p., published at; pr., priest ; sm., small ; sq., square ; t.¢. g., top edges gut. Of books not otherwise noted, all in English bear the imprint of London, and all in French, of Paris. 1 AARON (Charles Howard) LEACHING GOLD and SILVER ORES (the Plattner and Kiss Processes) : a Practical Treatise, with plates, 8vo.-cl., 7s6d (p. 18s) San Francisco, 1881 2 ABAT (Bonaventure, Cordelier) AMUSEMENS PHILOSOPHIQUES sur diverses parties des Sciences, et principalement de la PHYSIQUE; 4 plates, 8vo. contemporary calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S. (rare), 12s 6d Amsterdam, 1763 A copious account of this important work, dealing chiefly with the mathematical theory of spherical mirrors, will be found in Montucla’s ‘ Histoire des Mathématiques’, 2¢ éd., v, IIT, pp. 552-8. 3 ABBH ( Ernst) NEVE APPARATE zur BESTIMMUNG des BRECHUNGS- und ZESTREUUNGSVERMOGENS FESTER und FLUSSIGER KORPER ; with plate and 7 woodeuts, 8vo. sewn, 3s ° Jena, 1874 4 Uber VERBESSERUNGEN des MiKROSKOPS mit Hilfe neuer Arten optischen Glases, roy. 8vo. (pp. 24), sewn, 1s 6d ibidem, 1886 The author was the pioneer in the !perfection of optical instruments by putting his vast learning to practical purposes in joining the firm of Zeitz of Jena, now of world-wide renown. ~~ 5 ABBOT (Brig.-Gen. Henry Larcom) PrRoRLEMS of the PANAMA CANAL: its Climatology, Physics, Hydraulics, etc., woodcuts and map, er, 8vo, cl., 4s Gd (sells 6s 6d nett) New York, 1905 6 ABEL (Niels Henrik) (AUVRES, COMPLETES, avec Notes et Développements par B. HOLOMBOK, 2 vols. 4to. Af. cl., 15s 1839 7 ~- NOUVELLE HDITION, publiée, aux frais de l’Ktat Norvégien, par L. SyLow et S. Lig, 2 vols. 4to. sewn, £1. 1s Christiania, 1881 § ABERCROMBY (David, m.p.) ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM : or the Academy of Sciences: being a Short and Easie INTRODUCTION to the Knowledge of the LIBERAL ARTS and SCIENCES, with the Names of those Famous Authors that have written on every particular Science, in English and Latine, 16mo. calf gilt, newly rebacked (title slightly mended, but a sound large copy); RARE, £1. 1s 1687 One of the earliest histories of natural science, written in English and Latin on opposite pages. ‘It is arranged alphabetically from Algebra to Rectiline Trigonometry, and is far ahead of its age’.—Dr. Grosart. The author is also the real originator of the ‘ Philosophy of Common Sense’—distinctly taught in his writings, although it was not brought into general vogue before Thomas Reid, who is generally supposed to have originated it. ~9 ABERCROMBY (Hon. Ralph) WEATHER: a Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day, 96 ilustrations, post 8vo- cl., 3s (p. 5s) 1887 10 ABETTI (Antonio) TAVOLE di RiIDUZIONE delle OsSERVAZIONI all’ EQUATORIALE, impl. 8vo. cl., D5 RR. Firenze, 1896 1-

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