X LIST OF PLATES. 



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XOVIII. LoHNEYSs's Bericht vom Bergwerck (1619) : specimen plate .... 532 



XCIX. London's Catalogue of Books in England (1658) : title and 3 specimens of text 533 



0. Masterson's Arithmeticke (1592) : ^eY/e awc2s/jeciWwjoZ«#e .... 580 



CI. Meibom's Antiquse Musicae Auctores (1652) : title and specimen of text tvith 



musical notation 581 



CII. Melanchthon's DoctrinsB Physicae Elementa (1550) : title and specimen of 



text 596 



cm. Portrait of Sir Samuel Morland 597 



CIV. Murdoch's Letter to a Member of Parliament (1809) : title and specimen of text. 



Account of the Application of Gas (1808) : first page. 



Itemarks upon the Bill . . . (1809) : title 614 



CV. Napier's Kabdologia (1617) : title and 2 specimens of plates .... 615 



CVI. ^WNTOi^'^Vi\\\Q,\YVis.{lQ^'l): title of the first issue of the first edition . . 626 



CVII. Opticks (1717) : page 382, tvith additions in Neivton's handturiting . 627 



QYIII. Commercium Epistolicum (1712) : title and address to the reader . 628 



CIX. Norton's Gunner (1628): woodcut title and table of contents . . . 629 

 ex. Papin's Maniere d'amolir les (3s (1682) : plate showing his digester . . 644 



QXI. Nouvelles Machines et Inventions extraordinaires (1698) : 2 plates 



shoioing his steam-engine and centrifugal pump 645 



CXII. Pascal's Triangle Arithmetique (1665) : text and plate of the arithmetical 



triangle 660 



CXIII. Pasi's Tariffa de Pesi e Mesure (1603) : title with large woodcut and specimen 



of text 661 



CXIV. Pathway to Knowledge (1696) : title 676 



CXV. Porta's Magise Naturalis Libri IV. (1668) : title. 



Libri XX. (1589) : tvoodcut title . . . .677 



CXVI. Rail- Way, Observations on a General Iron (1823): frontispiece showing 



steam-coaches, etc., with engines 692 



CXVII. Reisch's Margarita Philosophica (1512) : looodcut title and specimen woodcut 693 

 CXVIII. Riese's Rechnung auff der Linien und Fedem (1605) : title with portrait, 



and specimen of text 708 



CXIX. Rowe's All Sorts of Wheel-Carriages improved (1734) : specimen plate, and 



illustration of a '■ rolling cart ' 709 



CXX. Stephenson's Safety Lamp (1817) : 4 specimens of plates .... 758 

 CXXI. Stofflkr's Calendarium Romanum Magnum (1518) : specimen of text ivith 



woodcuts 769 



CXXII. Sutherland's Britain's Glory (1729) : portrait of George I., surrounded by 



the 257 ships of the Rogal Navy 770 



CXXIII. Taisnier's De Natura Magnetis (1562) : title, portrait, and 2 specimens of 



text with illustrations 771 



CXXIV. Triewald's Eld- och Luft-Machin (1734) : plate showing the first steam- 

 engine in Stveden 774 



CXXV. Veranzio's Machinse Novae (c. 1695): plate giving the first illustration of a 



parachute 776 



CXXVI. Bayer's Uranometria (1603) : specimen plate of the first star-atlas with 



Greek lettering 786 



CXXVII. Brunswyg's Buch zu Distillieren (1519) : 5^ec^me7^J9/afe ?mYA ?roo6?cMi . . 787 



