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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    945 DALLMEYER (Thomas RB., F.R.A.S.) TELEPHOTOGRAPHY : the Construction and Application of the Telephotographic Lens, 26 plates, and 66 diagrams, cr. 4to. cl., 8s (p. 15s nett) 1899 946 DANIELL (Alfred, School Med., Edin.) Text Book of the PRINCIPLES of PHYSICS, dlustrated, 8vo. cl., 7s (p. £1. 1s) 1884 Excellent as a work of reference, and paying special attention to medical physics. 947 DANIELL (John Frederic, r.p.s.) ELEMENTS of METEOROLOGY ; being the THIRD [LAST] ED., revised and enlarged, of Meteorological Essays, woodcut, front., and folding maps and charts, 2 vols. 8vo. el., uncut (scarce), 12s 6d 1845 . ‘The first attempt to collect scattered facts on the subject, and to explain the main phenomena of the atmosphere by * physical laws. He insisted on the paramount importance of extreme accuracy in meteorological observations, and himself kept a model record of atmospheric changes.’—D. N. B. INTRODUCTION to the Stupy of CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY, 2ND [LAST] Ep., enlarged, with numerous woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl. (SCARCE), 9s 6d 1843 ANOTHER Copy, with Dr. Muspratt’s auto., 10s 6d ‘The most original book on the subject published at that period.’—D. N. B. On VOLTAIC COMBINATIONS, with ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS (Philos. Trans.), 2 plates, 4to. (pp. 25), sewn, with author’s inscription, 10s 6d 1 The first printed account of the author's discovery of the first constant cell (zine and copper), known by his name, for which he received the Copley medal, He also invented a hygrometer, a new pyrometer, and wrote many important papers on electrolysis. 951 DANTI (Egnatio, o.p.) TRATTATO del Uso et della FABBRICA dell? ASTROLABIO, con il Planisferio del Roias, primera edizione; with numerous woodcuts, sm. 4to. old Italian vellum gilt (RARE), 17s 6d Fiorenza, t Giunti, 1569 ‘Son Traité de l’ Astrolabe renferme une remarque capitale, dont les meilleurs auteurs ont 4 tort fait honneur & Tycho Brahé, savoir la diminuation de l’obliquité de l'écliptique, déduite de la comparaison des anciennes observations avec les modernes.’— Biogr. Gén. SECONDA EDIZIONE, primo libro nuovamente ristampato, et accresciuto in molto luoghi, con l’aggiunta del Uso et Fabbrica di nove altri IsSTROMENTI ASTRONOMICI ; with numerous wood- cuts ofastronomical and geodetic instruments, besides diagrams, Firenze, Giuntd,’78: TRATTATO della DESCRITTIONE della SFERA CELESTE in piano di CL. TOLOMEO d’HERCOLE BOTTRIGARO, tradotto in parlare Italiano, et molti luochi corretti . . . aggiontovi la ragionevole confirmatione d’alcune demonstrationi, et tutte ’OCCORRENTI OPERAZIONI NUMERALIT, ecc. ; with diagrams, Bologna, 1572—2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, FINE COPIES in old white parchment (RARE), £1. 8s 6d 1572-8 ‘Edition plus compléte que celle de 1569’.—Brunet. 953 DARIOT (Claude) INTRODUCTION conducing to the JUDGEMENT of the STARS, wherein the whole ART of JUDICIALL ASTROLOGIE is briefly and plainly delivered: By which a determinate Judgement may be given upon any Question demanded, much inlarged by N. 8. With a briefe TREATISE of MATHEMATICAL PHYSICK by G. C., and divers Observations of AGRICULTURE and NAVIGATION, very usefull both for Merchants and Husbandmen, by N. S., with astrological figures, am. 4to. calf (title mounted and a few wormholes, but a large and sound copy), with auto. of Joseph Harrison, agriculturist, on flyleaf, £1. 5s 1653 954 DAUBENY (Charles Giles Bridle, m.pD., F.R. S.) INTRODUCTION to the ATOMIC THEORY, com- prising the Opinions of the most distinguished Ancient and Modern Philosophers, with respect to the Constitution of Matter, first edition, 8vo. sprinkled calf gilt (as good as new), 6s Oxford, 1831 The first history of the Atomic Theory, including a letter on the work from Dalton, to whom it is dedicated, and a Table of Atomic Weights. On OZONE, 2 woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 28), sewn, with author’s inser., 1s 6d 1867 948 949 950 955 S and Horner’s Theorems, and Practical Examples, 8vo. sheep (binding damaged), 2s 6a New York, 1860 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE: its Logic and Utility, with Explanations and Illustrations of the best Methods of Instruction, dlustrations, 8vo. (pp. 151), sewn, 2s 6d [e. 1850] , and William G. PECK: MATHEMATICAL DICTIONARY and CYCLOPEDIA of MATHE: MATICAL SCIENCE, numerous diagrams, roy. 8vo. hf. bound (scarce), 10s 6d New York, 1855 959 DAVIES (David Christopher) TREATISE on EARTHY and other MINERALS and MINING, 2nd Ed., 76 woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 12s 6d) 1888 957 958 960 init bat on METALLIFEROUS MINERALS and MINING, 148 woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 12s 6 ; 80 961 THIRD EDITION, carefully revised, 148 woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., 5s 6d (p. 12s 6d) 1886 One of the best text-books on the subject. At end is a glossary of Mining Terms. DAVILER (Augustin Charles)—v». AVILER, ante. 962 DAVIS (William Morris), L. G. SCHULTZ, and R. de C. WARD: INVESTIGATION of the SEA-BREEZE, 12 plates, roy. 4to. cl., 5s : Cambridge [Mass.], 1890 963 DAVISON (Simpson) DiscovERY and GEoGNosy of GoLD DEPOSITS in AUSTRALIA, compared with those of California, etc. etc., and Disquisition on the Origin of Gold in Placer-Deposits and Quartz-Veins, coloured map, 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), 10s 6d 1860 964 DAVY (Sir Humphry, P.R.s.) COLLECTED WorkKS, edited, with LIFE, by his Brother JOHN, F.R.s., portrait and fs., 9 vols, 8vo. el. (SCARCE), £2. 2s (p. £4. 14s 6d) 1839-40 ANOTHER SET, v. 1 Af. calf, und wv. 2-9 el. (back of v. V slightly damaged) ; cheap set, £1. 10s AccouNnT of EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS on the CONSTITUENT PARTS of certain ASTRINGENT VEGETABLES, and on their Operation in TANNING, 4to. (pp. 41), cl. cover, with name, etc. on title (rare), 10s 6d 1803 ‘For Sir H. C. Englefield Bart. with the affe, respects of the Author.’—Jnscr. on title. 4 966
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