Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:: 20th century

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$623 624 625 626 627 630 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. — BROWN (Richard) History of ACCOUNTING and ACCOUNTANTS, with 23 plates of portraits, fss. of old accounts and titles of old works on book-keeping, thick roy. 8vo. cl., 7s 6d Edin., 1905 | Including a bibliography of works on book-keeping in all European languages to 1800. BROWN (Samuel; M.D.) LECTURES on the Atomic THEORY, and Essays, Scientific and Literary, 2 vols. post 8vo. cl., 5s Edin., 1858 BROWN (Theodore) STEREOSCOPIC PHENOMENA of LIGHT and SIGHT, 16 plates, and over 100 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 2s 1903 BROWNING (Henry B.) ALGEBRA of RATIOS, founded on simple and General Definitions, with a Theory of Exponents extended to Incommensurable Ratios, ete. ete., 8vo. boards, 3s Cambridge, 1849 BROWNING (John, F.R.A.S.) How to WoRK with the SPECTROSCOPE, 2 plates (1 coloured), and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 1s [1882] PLEA for REFLECTORS: a Description of New Astronomical Telescopes with Silvered-Glass Specula, and Instructions for adjusting and using them, 5th Ed., coloured front., plates and woodcuts, 8vo. sewn, 2s 1872 BRUCKE (Ernst) Die PHysIoLoGi der FARBEN; with 30 woodcuts, Svo. hf. calf gilt, 3s 6d Leipzig, 1866 BRUHNS (Karl Christian) NEw MANUAL of LOGARITHMS to Seven Places of Decimals, roy. Svo. cl., 3s 6d Leipzig, 1870 BRUNEL (Georges) FORMULAIRE des NOUVEAUTES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES ; with 145 woodcuts, er. 8vo. cl., ls 6d 1896 BRUNEL (Isambard Kingdom, C.£., F.R.S.), Lire of, by his Son ISAMBARD BRUNEL, Chan- cellor of the Diocese ot Ely, with steel portrait, 5 steel plates by Adlard, and 22 woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl. (scarce), lds i= TSAO The only biography of its subject, one of the most fascinating characters in the history of his great profession. It contains a copious account of his achievements, including his own share in the Thames Tunnel (1829-31), Clifton Suspension Bridge (35-64), Hungerford Bridge (741-5), the Docks of Bristol, Cardiff, ete., the Great Western, the first Atlantic steamer ( 38), and the Great Britain, the first ocean serew-steamer (745), and of course the GREAT WESTERN RaILWway, and his last work, the Great HASTERN STEAMSHIP. BRUNEL (Sir Mare Isambard, F.R.S.), MEMOIRS of the LIFE of, by RICHARD BEAMISH, F.R.S., 2nd Ed., revised, with fine steel portrait by Adlard, 8 plates, and 8 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (scarce), 10s 6d 1862 Sir M. I. Brunel, father of his yet more distinguished son IsAMBARD Krincpom BrRuNEL, creator of the Great Western Railway, will always be remembered as the engineer of the THAMES TUNNEL (1825-43), of which, as well of his many inven- tions and constructions, the above work—his only connected biography—contains full descriptions. BRUNNOW (Franz Friedrich Ernst) Lenrpucn der SPHARISCHEN ASTRONOMIE, mit Vor- wort von J. F. ENCKE; with folding plate, 8vo. hf. bound, 3s (p. M. 12. sewn) Berlin, 1851 First Edition of this well-known text-book. BRYAN (Margaret) COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM of ASTRONOMY, in a Course of Familiar Lectures, also Trigonometrical and Celestial Problems, with Key to the Ephemeris, and Vocabulary, 2nd Ed., with fine portrait of the Authoress and her two Daughters by W. NUTTER (fine impression), — besides numerous plates, 8vo. contemporary scored calf gilt, 10s 6d 1799 Chiefly valuable for the fine portrait executed in Bartolozzi’s stipple manner. LECTURES on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with Appendix, containing Astronomical and Geographical Problems, Tables, and Vocabulary, with fine portrait by Heath after Kearsley, and — numerous copperplates, 4to. contemporary dark purple scored calf extra, g. e., 10s 6d 1806 BUCHAN (Alexander, Sec. Scot. Met. S.) HANDY Book of METEOROLOGY, 2nd [last] Ed., numerous woodcuts, and 8 charts, post 8vo. hf. calf (out of print), 3s 6d Edin., 1868 BUCHANAN (Robertson, C.E.) PRACTICAL ESSAYS on MILL Work, and other Machinery, with Notes and Additional Articles, containing new Researches on various Mechanical Subjects by THoMAS TREDGOLD, 8rd Ed., with Additions, by GEORGE RENNIE, F.R.S., numerous woodcuts and diagrams, roy. 8vo., and Atlas, with over 70 fine steel plates, roy. folio—2 vols. hf. roan, 10s 6d (p. £2. 10s) 1841-50 Last Epition, containing an interesting preface (pp. 38), a life of Buchanan, an criginal essay by JAmEs NasmytH, the inventor of the Steam Hammer, ‘ Remarks on the Introduction of the Slide Principle in Tools and Machines,’ ete. ete. BUCHANAN (W. M.) Dicrionary of SclENCE and TECHNICAL TERMS, with Supplement, ed. by James A. SmiTH, thick post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 6s) 1884 BUCHNER jun. (Ludwig Andreas) Ueber den ANTHEIL der PHARMACIE an der ENTWICK- LUNG der CHEMIE, 4to. (pp. 20), sewn, 1s 6d Muinchen, 1849 BUCK (George Watson) PRACTICAL and THEORETICAL ESSAY on OBLIQUE BRIDGES, 2nd Ed., with Diagrams for facilitating their Construction, by W. H. BarLow, with 13 folding plates, and 631 682 633 ‘The standard work for all engineers regarding skew arches. It would be impossible to consult a better.’— Engineer. BUCKLAND (William, F.R.s., Dean of Westminster) GEOLOGY and MINERALOGY considered with reference to Natural Theology ; new Ed., with Additions by SiR RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S., JOHN PHILLIPS, F.R.S., and ROBERT BROWN, F.R.S., and Memoir by FRANCIS TREVELYAN [‘ FRANK’] BUCKLAND, steel portrait, and 90 plates (including \ large folding coloured geological table), 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 10s 6d 1858 . Best Epition ot this celebrated ‘ Bridgewater Treatise’, ‘a compendium of geological and paleontological science up to the date of its publication, enriched by numerous reflections of a highly philosophic character ’.— Rk. Hunt, F.R.S. BUDD (Thomas Hayward, F.R.A.S.) The TRANSIT of VENUS: its Meaning and Use, plate, 12mo. sewn (out of print), 1s 6d coy iiemiiei& BUEL (A. W.), and C.S. HILL: REINFORCED CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION : Methods of Caleu- lation, Representative Structures, Methods of Construction, with 311 woodcuts, Svo. el., 14s (sells £1. 1s nett) 1905$

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