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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    1288 FARADAY (Michael, F.n.s.) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES in CHEMISTRY and PHYSICS, reprinted from the Philosophical Transactions, 1821-57, the Journal of the Royal Institution, the Philosophical Magazine, and other Publications, with 3 plates, and woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (VERY SCARCE), £1. 10s 1859 Containing his discoveries or investigations of new compounds of chlorine and carbon (1821), alloys of steel (’22), com- pounds of hydrogen and carbon, announcing the discovery of benzol (25), action of sulphuric acid on naphthaline (26), decomposition of hydrocarbons by expansion (27), his very valuable experiments on the manufacture of optical glass ((29- 30), the liquefaction of gases, acoustic figures (31), vibrating elastic surfaces (’31), relations of gold to light (’57), the con- servation of force (57), ete. etc. etc. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES in ELECTRICITY, reprinted from the Philosophical Transac- tions, 1831-52, with other Electrical Papers from the Proceedings of the Royal Institution, the Quarterly Journal of Science, and the Philosophical Magazine (vol. I., 2nd Ed.), original issue, with 17 plates, and woodcuts, 3 vols. 8vo. in 2, hf. calf gilt (SCARCE), £3. 3s 1849-4-55 ‘The great work of his life. Fully to understand all the discoveries contained in that extraordinary series of papers would need a knowledge of all that has been discovered during that time as to electricity, magnetism, electro-magnetism, and diamagnetism,’—Prof. Tait. They contain his discoveries of induced electricity (‘ Faradic curreut’), 1831; the electro- tonic state of matter, ’31; identity of electricity from different sources, ’83; equivalents in electro-chemical decom- position, '34; electrostatic induction, ’38 ; hydro-electricity, 43; diamagnetism, ’46; relation of gravity to electricity, 51 ; atmospheric magnetism, *51, and many others. 1289 1290 ———— FACSIMILE REPRINT, with plates and woodcuts, 3 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (some Ul. of vol. I pencilled), £2. 5s [Rep. of | 1839-55 1291 ——— Vous. I AND II, original issue, with 13 plates, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut, with Prof. William- son’s auto., £1. 10s 1839-44 Including all the author’s discoveries on the subject to 1843. 1292 ——— Vol. I only, with 8 plates, original issue, 8vo. c., uncut, 18s 6d 1839 Containing all the author’s papers on electricity published in the Philosophical Transactions of 1831-8. 1293 ——— THE First NINE SERIES, with copperplates, 8 parts 4to. in one vol. cl., with author’s presentation inscriptions (VERY SCARCE), £2. 2s - 1882-5 The rare original memoirs as contributed to the ‘ Philosophical Transactions ’, containing the first printed account of some of Faraday’s most important discoveries and researches, e.g., induced electricity (his magnum opus); the electronic state of matter ; identity of electricity from different sources ; and equivalents in electro-chemical decomposition. 1294 ———- OBSERVATIONS on MENTAL EDUCATION, post 8vo. (pp. 52), sewn, with author’s inscr. (with MS. notes etc.), 6s 6d n. da. On the EXISTENCE of a LIMIT to VAPORIZATION (Philos. Trans.), 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, with author’s inscription, 6s 1826 On the MAGNETO-ELECTRIC SPARK and SHOCK, and on a peculiar Condition of Electric and Magneto-Electric Induction ;. with ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS (Philos. Magazine), 8vo. (pp. 7), sewn, 4s | SE882 Six LECTURES on the CHEMICAL HISTORY of a CANDLE; with LECTURE on PLATINUM, ed. by SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, first edition, with 38 woodcuts, feap. 8vo. cl. (scarce), 10s 6d 1861 Srx LECTURES on the VARIOUS Forces of MATTER, and their Relation to each other, ed. by Str WILLIAM CROOKES, 2nd Ed., with 59 woodcuts, feap. 8vo. hf. calf gilt (scarce), 10s 1860 1299 —_— TurrD EDITION, with 59 woodcuts, feap. 8vo. cl., 8s ~ 1861 ‘A simple work, but in reality most profound, even in its slightest remarks.’—Prof. Tait. The last lecture deals with ‘the Correlation of the Physical Forces.’ Both editions also contain a supplementary chapter on ‘ Lighthouse Mlumination by Electric Light.’ 1295 1296 1297 1298 1300 : JONES ([Henry] Bence, F.R.Ss.) The LirE and LETTERS of FARADAY, with fine steel portrait by Adlard, plates, and woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (SCARCE), 16s 1870 1301 ——— ANOTHER Copy, Af. calf gilt, 18s 6d . 1302 : TYNDALL (John, F.R.S.) FARADAY as a DISCOVERER, first edition, in large type, with 2 steel portraits by Adlard, large post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d 1303 SECOND EDITION, with 2 portraits, large 12mo. cl., with author’s inscription and auto. letter to Dean Farrar, 12s 6d 1870 1304 - FourRTH EDITION, with 2 portraits, large 12mo. cl., 2s 1884 1305 FAREY (John) GENERAL VIEW of the AGRICULTURE and MINERALS of DERBYSHIRE, Vol. I: The Surface, Hills, Valleys, Rivers, Minerals, Mines, Collieries, Mining Processes, ete. ete., with 2 coloured folding plates, and map, 8vo. boards, 6s 6d : 1815 1306 FAUJAS de ST.-FOND (Barthélemi) DrEscRIPTION et EXPERIENCES de la MACHINE AEROSTATIQUE de MM. DE MONTGOLFIER, et de celles-auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu ; suivie de Recherches sur la Hauteur & laquelle est parvenu le Ballon du Champ-de-Mars, sa route, et les differens degrés de pesanteur de l’air dans les couches de l’atmosphére; d’un Mémoire sur le gaz inflammable et sur celui qu’ont employé MM. de Montgolfier, Part de faire les Machines aérostatiques ... et sur la maniére de dissoudre la gomme Elastique, etc. etc., d’une Lettre sur les moyens de diriger ces Machines, etc. etc., premiere édition; with fine front. by de Launay of the ascent of the Montgolfier (stained), and 8 other copperplates, wlustrating the balloon, tts fittings, machinery, etc., 8vo. hf. bound (back damaged), WITH INSCR. TO MARSIGLIO CONTE LANDRIANI, and auto. of HATTON TURNOR (VERY RARE), £2. 5s 1783 1307 - ANOTHER Copy, contemporary calf gilt (sound copy), £2. 10s ; This edition contains a 4 pp. Supplement on the ascent of the Marquis d’Arlandes in the ‘Muette’, which is not comprised in the 2nd edition. SECONDE EDITION ; with front. by de Launay (fine impression), and 8 copperplates, 8vo. boards, uncut (corner of a few pp. slightly water-siained, otherwise an unusually FRESH COPY), £1. 15s 1784 ANOTHER Copy, having the front water-stained, sewn, uncut, £1. 5s . The most important work in the history of ballooning, describing the first successful ascent at Annonay (June 1783) in a balloon made of packcloth, and inflated with heated air, as well as the historical ascent from the Champs de Mars on Aug. 27th, 1783, in the presence of 300,000 spectators. The work moreover contains a large amount of interesting technical details. : 1308 1309
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