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140 ARATUS [Solensis : Phenomena, Greece], cum Scholiis, recognovit Immanuel Bekkerus, 

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One of the best editions of St.. Paul's poet. The astronomical system it describes is founded on that of Eudoxus of 

 Cnidi's. 'Tou -yap /cat yeVos ei/xei/ ' will be found at the beginning of the fifth line. 



141 ARBON (J. G.) Verhandeling over de Binomia.\l Coefficienten, benevens eene beknopte 

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142 ABBUTHNOT (F. F.) The Mysteries of Chronology, with Proposal of a New English 

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143 ARCHIMEDIS Opera, qua? quidam e.xtant, Omnia, nunc primum et Gr.Tce et Latine in luccm 

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Tbe first EbiTiox of Arcliimodcs's works. 



144 Another Copy, large sound copy in new hf. vellum antique, £3. 3.s 



145 Opera qute extant, Graece et Latine, novis Demonstrationibus Comnientariisque illustrata 



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calf {back slightly damaged), £1. 5s Parisiis, 1615 



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numbered x)p., whereas Graess^e only mentions 548. 

 146 Opera ; Apollonii Perg^i Conicorum lib. IV ; Theodosii Spha^ica : Method© nova 



illustrata, et succincte demonstrata per Is. Barronv [sacerdotem] , Exprofessorem Lucasianuni 



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altere.' — Montuda. 



148 Monumenta omnia Mathematica quce extant, ex traditione Francisci Maurouci, 



Abbatis S. Mariie a Partu ; with numerous diagrams, folio, sound tall copy (? Large Paper), in 

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149 Opera qu<ie supersunt Omnia, Graece, cum Eutocii Ascolonita' Commentariis, ex recen- 

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150 (EUVRES, traduites litteralement, avec un Comnientaire par FRANCOIS Peyrard, F^uivks 



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150* Works, ed. in Modern Notation, with Introductory Chapters, by T. L. Heath, large 8vo. 



di}). 514), cl. 8s 6d (p. 15s) Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1897 



151 , The Arenarius of, trans., with Notes and Illastrations [by George Anderson, Wadhani 



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153 ARGELA"NDEIl (Friedrich Wilhelm August) De Stella /3 Lyrae Variabili Disquisitio, 

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The first thorough investigation of the variability of /3 Lync, one of theino.^t interesting stars having variable brightnes-;. 



154 ARISTABGHUS Samius : De Magnitudinibus et Distantiis Solis et LuNJi Liber, nunc 

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Aristarchusof Samos anticipated the Copernican system by asserting that the sun was the centre of the universe. In 

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155 AKISTOTELES : Meteorologica [incipit .] Habes solertissinie lector in hoc codice libros 

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