HEXRY SOTHERAN & CO., UO, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 115 



2285 KING (Joseph, Liverpool) Interest Tatiles, calculated at 5%, from £1. to £10,000., from 1 to 

 365 Days, improved Ed., with Commission Table, etc. etc., thick 8vo. hf. calf, 2s Qd 1866 



2286 KINGZETT (Charles Thomas) History, Products, and Processes of the Alkali Trade, 

 including the most recent Improvements, with 5 plates and 18 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. {out of 

 print), Qs 1877 



With int«'restiiig historical chapters. 



2287 Nature's Hygiene: the Chemistry and Hygiene of Eucalyptus, Pine, and 



Camphor Forests, and Industries connected therewith, third Ed., 8vo. cl. [out of print), 

 OS 1888 



2288 KINZBRUNNER (Charles) Alternating Current Windings : their Theory and Construc- 

 tion, icith 89 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 2s 6rf (sells 3* 6rf nett) 1906 



2289 Construction of Electric Machines and Apparatus. Part I: Switchboard- 

 Apparatus, 10 plates, folio, sewn, Is 6d (sells 2s 6?^ nett) 1906 



2290 Continuous Current Armatures : their Winding and Construction, with 79 illustra- 

 tions, 8vo. cl., 2s Qd (selh Ss Gd nett) 1906 



2291 The Testing of Alternating Current Machines in Laboratories and Test-Rooms: 



Vol. I: General Tests; Transformers; Alternators, with 141 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s (sells 

 4.9 C)d nett) 1907 



2292 KIPPENBERGER (Karl) Beitrage zur Reinisolirung, quantitativen Trennun-,' und 

 chemischen Charakteristik von Alkaloiden und GLYCOSIDARTIGEN Korpern, Svo. sewn, is 



Wiesbaden, 189t> 



2293 KIRCHER (Athanasius, S.J.) Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, quibus adniirandrp Lucis et 

 Umbraj in Mundo, atque adeb Universa Natura, Vires, Etfectusque uti Nova, ita varia Novoruiu 

 Rcconditiorumque Speciminum Exhibitione, ad varios Mortalium Usus, panduntur, editio 

 princeps ; with engraved title, and numerous other copperplates and diagrams, 2 vols, folio in 1, 

 old calf (jilt (VERY RARE), £2. 5* Itonuc, 1646 



•JJ04 Editio Altera, priori multo auctior ; with fine portrait of Johann Fricdrich Graf 



Waldstein, large Jesuit horoscope, and numerous j)lcitcs and woodcuts, etc., thick roy. folio, hf. el. 

 {partly xvater-staincd, but a sound copy), £1. 5.s Amstclodami, 1671 



One of Father Kircher's most important work.?, containing descriptions of a number of ingenious inventions. lie is the 

 first t« mention in the al)0ve work Huoresconce, and in the secou'l edition gives a copious description of the magic lantern 

 and the sjwaking trumpet, the invention of which has been ascribed to him. 



2295 Ars Magna Sciendi, qua nova et universali Metho.io per Artificiosum Combinationum 



Contextumde Omni Re proposita plurimis et prope Intinitis Rationibus disputari, omniumquo 

 Summaria quondam Co;^nitio comparari potest, editio princeps ; with fine 2iortrait of the 

 Emperor Leopold, 2 engraved titles, plates, and woodcuts, 2 v. : Sphinx Mystagoga, sivc Diatribe 

 Hieroglyphica ; with 2 2)lates, and numerous woodcuts — 3 vols, large folio, old parchment {somewhat 

 foxed, but soxind and tall copies) ; rare, £1. Is Qd ibidem, 1669-76 



2796 • Magnks, sive de Arte Magnetica Opus Tripartitum, quo pra^terquam quod Universa 



Magnetis Natura, ejusque in omnibus Artibus et Scientiis Usus NoVA Metiiodo explicetur, 

 etc. etc., editio princeps ; with engraved title and numerous 2Jlates and woodcuts, tliick 4to. sound 

 copy in old vellum (rare), £1. 10* liomoi, 1641 



Of vahie as containing all that was known on the subject at the time of publication. It contains several original observ- 

 ations, r. g , the influence of volcanic eruptions on the magnetic needle, and .some fanciful subjects as Magnetismus 

 Musiciv, and Magnetismus Anioris. 



The above first e<lition i-j especially rare. 



2297 Magneticum Natur.^<: Regnum, sive Disceptatio Physiologica dc Triplici in Natura 



Renim Magnete, Tnanimato, Animato, Sensitivo, qua occulta^ prodigiosarum quarundam Motionum, 

 Vires, et Proprietates . . . demonstrantur ; with engraved title, 24mo. sound copy in contemjwrary 

 tree-calf extra, \0s Amst. [1667] 



' Kircher expliiiue dans ce livre tons les phcnomenes de la physique et de I'histoire naturelle d'apres le scul et unique 

 principe de Tattraction etde la repulsion.' — Jiiofjr. (len. 



2298 MUNDUS Subterraneus, ([UO Divinum Subterrestris Mundi Opiticium, mira Ergastcrioruni 



Naturje in eo Distributio, Verbo -ravrdfjioptpov Protei Regnum, editio princeps ; with fine por- 

 trait of Pope Alexander VII., and numerous other fine copperplates and woodcuts, 2 vols, large 

 folio, old russia, newly rebacked in calf gilt {engraved title of v. I mounted, othcruise A VERY FINE 

 copy); RARE, £1. 156- ib., 1665 



2299 —Editio Tertia [et optima] recognita, etprioribus emendatior : tum ab Auctore RomA, 



submiKsis variis Observationibus novis([ue Figuris auctior ; with mimeroifs plates and woodcuts, 

 2 vols, large folio in 1, soujid and tall copy in old stamped vellum, £2. 2s ib., 1678 



' C;.'t cuvrage contient la relation d'un grand noi'nbre de faits fabuleux ou controuves, tcls que dcs recits sur les gennts, 

 lc8 dragons et autres animaux chimeiiques. L'auteur y annonce aussi qu'ilpossede le .secret de faire revivre dans leurs 

 forme primitive les cendres d'une plante, resultat qn'il pouvait semblcr obtenir an moyen des miroirs convenablenient dis- 

 jM)se8. Le chapitrc concernant la ti-ansmutation des metaux a etc reimprim^ dans la Bibliotheca Chimica de Manget.' — 

 Biogr. Gen. 



• Dans son Mundus svbterraneits il fait une rude guerre aux alchimistes, ce qui lui attira de nombreux ennemis parmi lea 

 adeptes. '— //oc/cr. 



2300 ;- Musurgia Universalis, sive Ars Magna Consoni et Dissoni qua Universa Sonorum 



Doctrina et Philosophia, Musica^que tani Theorica?, quam Practical Scientia, summa Varietate 

 traditur, etc. etc., editio princeps ; copiously illustrated with fine copperplates, woodcuts, and 

 music, 2 vols, folio, large and sound copy in old black morocco {rubbed) ; VERY RARE, £3. 10* 



Romw, 1650 



The author was the first to ascertain— in the above work— the transmission of sound in solid bodies. The work is 

 moreover of great value for describing and illustrating a large number of old musical instruments. 



: Pantometrum KiRCHERiANUM,'hoc est, Instrumentum Geometricum Novum a a. K. 



ante hac inventum— v. Schott (Ka^spar), post. 



