Sales catalogue 666: Henry Sotheran & Co

Date:: 20th century

Reference:: WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/112

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

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902 CROOKES (Sir William, r.r.s.) On ATTRACTION and REPULSION resulting from RADIATION (from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soe.), with plates and woodcuts, COMPLETE in 6 parts in 1 vol. roy. 4to. cl. (SCARCE), £1. Is 1873-8 The first account of the author’s invention of the Radiometer, and establishing his theory of radiant matter. 903 ——, PARTS 2-4, and 6; with the following PAPERS: on THALLIUM [discovered by the author], 63: RESEARCHES on the ATOMIC WEIGHT of THALLIUM, 4 plates, °72: On the ILLUMINA- TION of LINES of MOLECULAR PRESSURE, and the Trajectory of Molecules [containing ¢mport- ant investigations on radiant matter], plate and woodcuts, °79: On the Viscosiry of GASES at Hicu ExHAvsSTIONS, plate, woodcuts, and 3 folding charts, ’81: CONTRIBUTIONS to MOLECULAR Puysics in HiaH Vacua, woodcuts, °79: On RADIANT MATTER SPECTROSCOPY, coloured plate and woodcuts, °83: On the SUPPOSED ‘NEW ForcE’ of J. THORE, woodcuts, ’87—in 1 vol. 4to. buckram, £1. ds 1863-87 PRACTICAL HANDBOOK of DYEING and CALICO-PRINTING, with 11 plates, 47 specimens of dyed and printed fabrics, and 38 woodcuts, thick 8vo. el. (out of print), 15s (p. £2. 2s) 1874 : One of the best text-books on the subject. 905 ———- SELECT METHODS in CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (chiefly Inorganic), THIRD [LAST] ED., rewritten and enlarged, woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl., 14s (p. £1. 1s nett) 1894. , and Ernst ROHRIG: Practica, TREATISE on METALLURGY, adapted from the last German Edition of Pror. KERL’S METALLURGY, with 625 woodcuts, 3 thick vols. 8vo. el., uncut (scarce), £2. 2s (p. £4. 19s) 1868-70 907 ——— ——— Vo. II ONLY: CopPER and IRON, with 273 woodcuts, thick 8vo. el., 15s (p. £1. 16s) 1869 : v. MITCHELL, and WAGNER, post. 908 CROSS (C. F.) The INDUSTRIAL USES of CELLULOSE (Cantor Lectures), roy. 8vo. sewn, 1s 1897 909 CROSSLEY (Edward), Joseph GLEDHILL, and James Maurice WILSON, Canon of Worcester, FF.R.A.S.: HANDBOOK of DOUBLE STARS, with CATALOGUE of 1200 DoUBLE STARs and extensive Lists of Measures, and additional Notes bringing the Measures up to 1879, for the Use of Amateurs, with plates and diagrams, 8vo. cl., t. e. g. (scarce), 17s 6d 1879 The only handbook on the subject. ‘There does not exist any work which gives information sufficiently detailed to be of yalueto any one who seriously takes up this study. He must hunt through scores and hundreds of volumes if he wishes to get an accurate and complete list of the previous measures of any particular double star.’—Preface. 910 CROUSAZ (Jean Pierre de) COMMENTAIRE sur ANALYSE des INFINIMENTS PETITS; with 4 plates, 4to. fine copy in old calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 5s 1721 911 - REFLEXIONS sur PUTILITE des MATHEMATIQUES, et sur la Manieére de les étudier ; front. 16mo. old calf, with Lord Stanhope’s bookplate, 3s Amsterdam, 1715 912 —_—- TRAITE de ALGEBRE ; with plates, sm. 8vo. nice copy in old calf, with Lord Stanhope’s - bookplate, 3s 6d 1726 913 CUMMING (Alex., r.r.s.) The ELEMENTS of CLOCK and WATCH-WoRK, adapted to Practice, with 16 large copperplates, 4to. hf. bound, 10s 6d 1766 One of the best old treatises on the subject. 914 OBSERVATIONS on the EFFECTS which CARRIAGE WHEELS, with Rims of different Shapes, have on the ROADS, with plate, 4to. sewn, with long author’s inser. to Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, FLRS,, 5s 1799 Advocating the use of cylindrical wheel rims, instead of ‘ tapering rims now universally used’, 915 CUMMING (James, F.R.S.) MANUAL of ELECTRO DyNamics, chiefly translated from the ‘Manuel d’Electricité dynamique’ of J. F. DEMONFERRAND, with Notes and Additions, compre- hending the LATEST DISCOVERIES and IMPROVEMENTS, with 7 folding plates, 8vo. boards, uncut, 10s 6d Cambridge, 1827 ‘He constructed most delicate telescopes, and made important modifications and simplifications of eleetrical methods. He was the first to show, that when the temperature of one junction of certain therino-electric circuits was gradually raised, the current gradually rose to a maximum, then fell off, and finally was reversed at a red heat .'—G. T. Bettany. 916 CUMMING (Linnzeus) INTRODUCTION to the THEORY of ELECTRICITY, with numerous Exam- ples, diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 8s 6d) 1876 917 SECOND EDITION, with Corrections and Additions, diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 8s 6d) 1879 918 ——-— TuHiIrD EDITION, with Corrections and Additions, diagrams, post 8vo. el. (cover stained), 4s (p. 8s 62) 1885 919 CURIOSITIES in CHYMISTRY : being NEw EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS concerning the PRINCIPLES of NATURAL BODIES,’ written by a PERSON oF Honour, and published by his Operator, H. G., 12mo. fine copy in hf. morocco neat (rare), 15s 1691 By way of variety from the then prevailing phlogistic theory, the anonymous author originates a still more peculiar theory of his own, as stated in the introduction: ‘The ingenious author has herein laid a great many Experiments and Observa- tions together, in order to prove that Water is the only first Material Principle of Natural Bodies; and that all the other pretended Hypostatical Principles are ultimate and reducible into mere Elementary Water’. . 920 CURLE (J. H.) The GoLD MINES of the WORLD, numerous plates and plans, 4to. cl., 8s 6d (p. 16s nett) 1899 A valuable work which should be read by every investor before risking his neck in the Kaffir Circus. 921 CUTHBERTSON (Francis) EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY, with numerous illustrations, post 8vo. cl., 2s §d 1874 922 CUVIER (Léopold Christian Frédéric Dagobert [ postea Georges] Baron) Essay on the THeorY of the EARTH, with Mineralogical Illustrations by RoBERT JAMESON, 4th Ed., with Additions, 6 plates, 8vo. boards, uncut, 6s : Edin., 1822 ~ RAPPORT HISTORIQUE sur les PROGRES des SCIENCES NATURELLES depuis 1789, et sur leur Etat naturel, nouvelle Ed., 8vo. sewn, 3s 1828 - 924 ——— ANOTHER Copy, Af. el., with Prof. Walliamson’s auto., 3s 6d 1827 923

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