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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    967 968 969 970 $77 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. DAVY (Sir Humphrey, P.R.s.) The BAKERIAN LECTURE on some CHEMICAL AGENCIES of ELEctTRIcITY (Phil. Trans.), with copperplate by Basire, 4to. (pp. 56), with author’s inscr. (RARE), £1. ls - 1807 ‘Right Honble C, F. Greville [author of the ‘Memoirs’] from the Author with his best resp[ects] ’.—Inscr, on title. ‘In 1806 he made the important discovery [here first described] that the combinations and decompositions by electricity are referable to the law of electrical attractions and repulsions, and thus demonstrated the intimate connection between electricity and chemistry’.—R. T. Thomson, F.R.S. On a CoMBINATION of OXYMURIATIC GAS and OXYGENE GAS (Phil. Trans.), 4to. (pp. 8), 1811 sewn, 4s 6d ’ “CONSOLATIONS in TRAVEL; or the Last Days of a Philosopher, first edition, 12mo. boards, uncut (with some pencil-marks), 5s 1830 Edited by Dr. John Davy, Sir Humphry’s brother, who states in the preface that the work ‘ was concluded at the very moment of the invasion of the author’s last illness’. ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCHES on the DECOMPOSITION of the EARTHS; with Observ- ations on the METALS obtained from the ALKALINE EARTHS, and on the AMALGAM procured from AMMONIA (Phil. Trans.), 4to. (pp. 38), sewn, with author’s inscr. (rare), 13s 6d 1808 The first account of the author’s discovery, by electrolysis, of calcium, barium, strontium, magnesium, and boron. ‘For Thomas Allan Esqre. [F.R.S., mineralogist] from the author ’.—Inscr. on title. ELEMENTS of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, first edition, with copperplates, 4to. original boards, uncut (back slightly damaged), 12s 6d 1813 TutRD EDITION, with folding plates on copper (foxed), 8vo. hf. calf, 7s 6a 1821 __ Firru EpItion, with folding plates on copper, 8vo. original hf. cl., uncut, 5s 1836 ELEMENTS of CHEMICAL PHILOSOPHY, Part I. Vol. I [all published], first edition, with 10 plates, Svo. (pp. 511), original boards, uncut (name on title), 10s 6d 1812 ANOTHER Copy, Af. brown calf (one joint cracked), 8s Perhaps the first connected treatise on Physical Chemistry, as known at the date of its publication, and incorporating the results of the important discoveries made by the author. Pp. 1-60 contain an interesting ‘Historical View of the Progress of Chemistry ’. : 14. : : <i __- FRAGMENTARY REMAINS, Literary and Scientific, with Sketch of his Life, and Select Correspondence, ed. by his Brother JOHN, F-R.S., Svo. cl. (scarce), 7s 6d 1858 This work is not included in the edition of his ‘Collected Works’, and should be added as a supplement. On the SAFETY LAMP for preventing EXPLOSIONS in MINES, Houses lighted by Gas, Spirit Warehouses, or Magazines in Ships, ete., with some RESEARCHES on FLAME, copper-plate, 8vo. original boards, uncut (SCARCE), £1. 1s 1825 Containing an account of the Davy Lamp, the author's best known invention. The above is the second edition, to which are added ‘additional paragraphs, containing some new facts and some practical results connected with the Safety Lamp; most of the last occurred to me during journeys that I have made, for the purpose of introducing this invention into the principal mines of Europe, in which inflammable air is found,’—Advertisement. CHLORINE, 4to. (pp. 8), sewn, with author’s inscr., 38 1812 979 ACCOUNT of some EXPERIMENTS on the COMBINATIONS of different METALS and CHLORINE, 4to. (pp. 36), sewn, 5s 6d 1812 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 ‘For T[homas] Allan [F.R.s., mineralogist (1777-1833)] Esqre, from his sincerely obliged friend the author.’—Inscr. on title. DAWSON (Commr. Llewellyn Stiles, R.N.) MEMOIRS of HYDROGRAPHY, including. brief Biographies of the principal Officers who have served in H.M. Naval Surveying Service, 1750-1885 : Part I: 1750-1830, portraits, cr. 4to. cl., 4s Eastbourne. [1883] DAY (Henry George, vr.) PROPERTIES of CONIC SECTIONS PROVED GEOMETRICALLY: Part I: the ELLIPSE, numerous diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 2s 1868 DAY (Henry Noble, p.p.) LoGicaL PRAXIS, with exercises for practical application, post 8vo. cl., 2s 6d New York, 1876 DEALTRY (William, F.R.s.; Archdn. of Surrey) The PRINCIPLES of FLUXIONS, 2nd Ed., enlarged, with numerous diagrams, large 8vo. boards, uncut (scarce), 10s 6d 1816 ‘A useful manual for students.’—D. N. B. DECHALES (Claude Francois Milliet, s.J.)—v. DESCHALES, post. DECKER (General Karl v.; fic E.) TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE d’?ARTILLERIE, traduit, avec Notes et Additions relatives 4 l’Artillerie francaise, par J. RAVICHIO DE PERETSDORF et A. P. F. NANCY, 8vo. Af. calf (stamp on title), 38 6d 1825 DECREMPS (Henri) DIAGRAMMES CHIMIQUES, ou Recueil de 360 Figures qui expliquent suceinctement les expériences par Vindication des Agens et des Produits & coté de VAppatei et qui rendent sensible la Théorie des Phénoménes, et représentent le JEU des ATTRACTIONS par la CONVERGENCE des LIGNES ; with 112 copperplates, roy. 4to. sewn, uncut, 12s 6d 1823 , “A Monsieur de la Ville de la part de l’auteur.’—Inser. on title. This curious work includes a chemical glossary in six anguages. ; DEIDIER (Abbé N.) L’ARITHMETIQUE des GEOMETRES, ou Nouveaux Elémens de Mathé- matiques: La SCIENCE des GEOMETRES, ou la Théorie et la Pratique de la Géométrie—2 vols. 4to., with plates ; contemporary calf gilt, with bookplate of Edward 12th Duke of Norfolk, 12s 6d 1839 ——— La M&CHANIQUE GENERALE contenant la Statique, VAirométrie, |’Hydrostatique, et VHydraulique ; with numerous folding plates and vignettes, 4to. old French mottled calf gilt ( copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 10s | - La ScIENCE des GiomETRES, ou la Théorie et la Pratique de la Géométrie ; with numerous folding plates, 4to. old calf, with bookplate of Edward 12th Duke of Norfolk, 7s 6d 1739 ‘Ses ouvrages lui assurent une place distinguée parmi les mathématiciens de son temps.’—Biogr. Gén. nett) 1906 ~e oe” 2S
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