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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    1247 EULER (Leonhard) ELEMENS d’ALGEBRE, traduits de ?Allemand [par DANIEL BERNOULLI], avec Notes et Additions [par JoSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE], 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary French calf gilt, 10s 6d ) 1774 First Frencu Epirion. ‘The first volume treats of determinate algebra. This contains one of the earliest attempts to place the fundamental processes on a scientific basis. This work also includes the proof of the binomial theorem for an unrestricted index .. . The second volume treats of indeterminate or Diophantine algebra. This contains the solution of some of the problems proposed by Fermat, which had hitherto remained unsolved.’—W.. W. R. Ball. r ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA, trans. from the French [by FRANCIS HORNER, M.P.], with the Notes of DANIEL BERNOULLI, the Additions of J. L. LAGRANGE, Original Notes, Life, ete. [by F. HORNER], with bust-portrait by WILLIAM BLAKE (foxed), 2 vols. 8vo. old calf, 12s 1797 1249 ——— ANOTHER Copy, old calf, cl. backs (wanting the portrait), 9s First ExGuisH EpIrion. 1250 FourRTH EDITION, carefully revised and’ corrected, by JOHN HEWLETT, B.D., 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, 5s 1828 ‘ Meritorious as one of the earliest attempts to put the fundamental processes on a sound basis.’—Prof. Cajort. INSTITUTIONES CALCULI DIFFERENTIALIS, cum ejus Usu in Analysi Finitorum ac Doctrina Serierum, 2 vols. 4to. boards, uncut, £1. 10s Ticini, 1787 SEconpD Epit1on, preferable to the first of 1755, being enlarged by FREDERICO SpERONI from MS. notes by the author. ‘The first text-book on the differential calculus which has any claim to be regarded as complete, and it may be said that many modern treatises on the subject are based on it.’—W. W. R. Lall. INSTITUTIONES CALCULI INTEGRALIS, in quo Methodus Integrandi a primis principiis usque ad Integrationem A‘quationum Differentialium primi gradus pertractatur, cum Supple- mento; with 3 plates, 4 vols. 4to. old hf. russia (Supplement sewn), £2. Petropoli, 1768-1845 1253 EDITIO TERTIA [ULTIMA] ; with 3 plates, 4 vols. 4to. el. (sound copy), £2. 5s 2b,, 1824-45 ‘They were the most complete and accurate works on the calculus at that time, and contained not only a full summary of everything then known on this subject, but also the 6 and y Functions, and other original investigations.’—Prof. Cajori. INTRODUCTIO in ANALYSIN INFINITORUM, Editio nova; with plates, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, hf. cl., uncut, 12s Lugduni, 1797 ‘A work that caused a revolution in analytical mathematics, a subject which had hitherto never been presented in so general and systematic manner.’—Prof. Cajori. 1255 MECHANICA, sive Morus SCIENTIA analytice exposita; with 32 plates, 2 vols. 4to. Af. calf, 12s 6d ; Petropolt, 1736 The first work which apphed analysis to the study of mechanics. ‘He worked out the theory of the rotation of a body round a fixed point, established the general equations of motion of a free body, and the general equation of hydrodynamics. He solved an immense number and variety of mechanical problems which arose in his mind on all oceasions.’—Prof. Cajort. ak ys kes : Ps METHODUS INVENIENDI LINEAS CuURVAS Maximi Minimive proprietate gaudentes, sive Solutio Problematis Isoperimetrici; with folding plates, 4to. old hf. mottled calf extra, 10s 6d Lausanne, 1744 ‘This work, displaying an amount of mathematical genius seldom rivalled, contained his researches on the calculus of variations (a subject afterwards improved by Lagrange), to the invention of which Euler was led by the study of isoperimetrical curves, the brachiostrochone in a resisting medium, and the theory of geodesics ’.—Prof. Cajori. NEW PRINCIPLES of GUNNERY—v. BROWN, ante. 1257 ScIENTIA NAVALIS, seu Tractatus de Construendis et Dirigendis Navibus; with 65 folding plates, 2 vols. 4to. contemporary hf. calf, £1. 1s Petropoli, 1749 This work first expresses mathematically the resistance meeting a ship on its path through the water. 1248 1251 1252 1254 1258 — THEORIA Motuum LuN&, nova Methodo pertractata, cum TABULIS ASTRONOMICIS, unde ad quodvis tempus Loca Lune expedite computari possunt; with plate, 4to. old hf. calf, 16s 6d ibidem, 1772 ‘He was one of the first to take up with success the theory of the moon’s motion by giving approximate solutions to the problem of three bodies. He laid a sound basis for the calcylation of tables of the moon. The researches on the moon’s motion, which captured two prizes, were carried on while he was blind, with the assistance of his sons and two of __ his pupils ,—Prof. Cajort, : : 259 THEORIA MoTUUM PLANETARUM et COMETARUM, continens Methodum facilem ex aliquot Observationibus Orbitas cum Planetarum tum Cometarum determinandi, etc., ete.; with plates, 4to. boards, 7s 6d Berolini [1744] 1260 EVANS (Sir Frederick John Owen, F.R.S.) On the PRESENT STATE of our KNOWLEDGE respecting the MAGNETISM of IRON SHIPS, and the Treatment of their COMPASSES; with the Magnetism of lron and Ironclad Ships, plates, etc., 8vo. cl., 3s 1872 , and Archibald SMITH, r.r.s.: ADMIRALTY MANUAL for ASCERTAINING and APPLYING the DEVIATIONS of the CoMPASS caused by the IRON in a Suip, first edition, with plates and charts, roy. 8vo. cl. boards, with auto. of Archibald Smith, F.H.S., on Jiyleaf, 5s 1862 1261 1262 SECOND EDITION [enlarged], with 6 plates and 3 charts, roy. 8vo. el, boards, 5s 1863 This edition has ‘ History and Present State of the Deviation of the Compass,’ by A. Smith (pp. 17). 1263 THIRD [LAST] EDITION [greatly enlarged], with 6 plates and 3 charts, roy. 8vo. cl. boards, 7s 6d 1869 ‘His most important work. It has become a standard text-book, having been translated and adopted by all the great maritime nations.’—Pvrof. W. J. Harrison. 1264 EVANS (Thomas J.), and W. W. F. PULLEN: TREATISE on PRACTICAL PLANE and SoLip GEOMETRY, numerous illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 9s) 1897 1265 EVERETT (Joseph David, F.R.s.) ILLUSTRATIONS of the C.G.S. System of UNITS, with — Tables of Physical Constants, er. 8vo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 5s) 1891 1266 VIBRATORY MOTION and SounD, 4 plates and 48 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (owt of print), 4s 1882 ‘The first English treatise dealing with vibratory motion as a special and separate subject.’ thencewm. 1267 EVERTS (A., Jonkheer) Het ELECTRO-MAGNETISMUS T@GEPAST op de Vervaardiging van TIJDWIJZERS of UURWERKEN ; with 2 folding plates, imp]. 8vo. sewn, 3s 6d niet in den handel, ’s-Hage, 1872 |
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