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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    586 BRIGGS (Henry; Savilian Prof., Oxon.): TRIGONOMETRIA BRITANNICA: sive de Doctrina Triangulorum, cum Applicatione Canonis in Resolutione Triangulorum ab HENR. GELLIBRAND ; with numerous diagrams, folio, old calf gilt (FINE COPY), with bookplate of Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., and inser. ‘ EX DONO V. CL. HENRICI GELLIBRAND’ on title (RARE), £2. 10s ~ Gouda, 1633 THE FIRST COMPLETE TRIGONOMETRICAL TABLES, containing the natural sines, tangents, and secants to the hundredth part of a degree and to 15 places, which ‘have never been superseded by any subsequent calculations.’ ‘Perhaps the greatest work of this kind, all things considered, that ever was executed by one person.’—Hutton. 587 BRIGGS (William), and G. H. BRYAN: The TuTORIAL ALGEBRA. Pt. IL.: ADVANCED CourRsE, thick cr. 8vo. buckram, 3s 6d (p. 6s 6d) [1898] WORKED EXAMPLES in COORDINATE GEOMETRY, cr. 8vo. cl., 1s 6d [1891] 589 BRIGHT (Charles) SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHS: their History, Construction, and Working, with numerous plates (many folding), woodcuts, and maps, thick impl. 8vo. cl., £1. 10s (p. £3. 3s. nett) 1898 ‘The English classic on submarine telegraphy.’—Hngineer. The author is the youngest son of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, who laid the first Atlantic cable in 1858S at the age of 26. 590 BRIOSCHI (Francesco) THEORIE des DETERMINANTS: leurs principales applications ; traduite par EDOUARD COMBESCURE, 8vo. sewn (out of print), 3s 6d 1856 The first scientific and complete exposition of the theory of determinants. See BALTzmr, ante, 591 BRIOT (Charles) Essals sur la THEORIE MATHEMATIQUE de la LUMIERE; with diagrams, 8vo. sewn (scarce), Ts 6d 1864 592 - Les MEMES; avec THEORIE MECANIQUE de la CHALEUR; with diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. morocco gilt, 12s 1869-4 593 , et Francois BOUQUET: CoMPLEMENT de la GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE ; with diagrams, 8vo. Af. cl. (rare), ds 1864 594 , et E. GOURSAT: Lecons d’AuGépre, I¢ Partie, 14¢ éd.; with diagrams, 8vo. half roan, 3s 1896 595 BRISBANE (Gen. Sir Thomas Makdougall, r.r.s., Govr. of N.S.W.): CATALOGUE of 7385 STARS, chiefly in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, prepared from Observations, 1822-6, at the OBSERVATORY at PARAMATTA, N.S.W.; the Computations made and the Catalogue constructed by WILLIAM RICHARDSON, with front. of Parramatta Observatory (demolished in 1855), 4to. Af. morocco gilt, with author’s inscr. (see below) ; SCARCE, £1. 10s 1835 ‘Presented by the Founder of the Parramatta Observatory to Professor Narrien as a mark of respect and esteem. Makerstoun, 4 January 1841.’—Jnscr. on flyleaf. This important work, generally known as the ‘ Brisbane Catalogue’, procured for its author the Copley medal from the Royal Society. ‘The founder of Australian science.’—Sir John Herschel. s GOOD LIBRARY SET TO 1902: 596 BRITISH ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE, Reports of the, COMPLETE from the beginning in 1831 to 1902, with several hundred coloured and other engravings, 71 vols. 8vo. cl., £16. 1833-1902 597 ANOTHER SET, COMPLETE from the beginning in 1831 to 1890, 59 vols. 8vo., of which 35 are hf. calf gilt and 24 in cloth (FINE SET), £14. 1833-990 ——, STAR CATALOGUE of the—v. BAILY, ante. ) 598 — ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION’S JourNAL, edited by EDWARD WALTER MAUN- DER, F.R.A.S., from its beginning in Oct., 1890 to 1898, with plates and numerous woodcuts, 8 vols. roy. 8vo. Af. brown calf, £1. 12s 6d (p. £6. sewn) 1891-8 RAINFALL—~w. Symons, post. 599 BRITTEN (F. J.) FoRMerR CLock and WATCHMAKERS, and their Work, with the Development of Horological Instruments, with numerous portraits and woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. (scarce), 10s 6d 1894 An exceedingly interesting volume, illustrating the progress of horological invention, as well as describing old examples of clocks and watches. At end is an alphabetical list of 5000 clock- and watchinakers, from the earliest times to 1842, containing in many cases interesting biographical notices, and fss. of Hall and Date Marks. 600 BRODIE (Sir Benjamin Collins, r.r.s.) IDEAL CHEMISTRY: a Lecture, post Svo. cl., 1s 6d 1880 601 BROTHERS (A., F.R.A.S.) PHOTOGRAPHY: its History, Processes, Apparatus, and Materials, 2nd [last] Ed., with 36 plates, illustrating many of the processes described, and numerous other illustrations, large sq. 8vo. cl., 10s 6d (p. £1. 1s) 1899 602 BROUGH (Bennett H.) TREATISE on MINE SURVEYING, woodcuts, post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 7s 6d) 1888 603 BROUGHAM and VAUX (Henry Lord, Lord Chancellor), Tracts, MATIEMATICAL and PHYSICAL, diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 3s 1860 604 BROWN (Ernest William, F.R.s.) INTRODUCTORY TREATISE on the LUNAR THEORY, impl. 8vo. cl., 8s 6d (p. 15s) Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1896 605 BROWN (George E.) FERRIC and HELIOGRAPHIC PROCESSES: plates and woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 1s 6d 1900 606 —-_— FINISHING the NEGATIVE, with Chapter on Films, zllustrated, Svo. cl., 2s 1901 607 BROWN (Hugh) The TRUE PRINCIPLES of GUNNERY investigated and explained, compre- hending Translations of PRror. EULER’S OBSERVATIONS on the NEw PRINCIPLES of GUNNERY, and on the TRACK described by a BoDy in a RESISTING MEDIUM, 5 plates, 4to. old calf gilt (title mended, otherwise a FINE COPY) ; with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 12s 6d 1777 608 BROWN (J.) MATHEMATICAL TABLES, 5th Ed., enlarged by J. WALLACE, diagrams, 8vo. hf. brown calf, 3s ) Edin., 1830 609 BROWN (J. Campbell) On the ARTIFICIAL FORMATION of ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, plate, 8vo. (pp. 10), sewn, Is 1870 610 BROWN (J. T.) PHOTOMETRY and GAS ANALYSIS, 8vo. cl., 2s [1883]
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