138 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., UO, STRAND, W.C, ANB 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



2770 MACPHERSON (Hector, Jun.) A Century's Progress in Astronomy, 8vo., cl., 4* (sells 

 65 nett) Edin., 1906 



2771 MAEDLER (Johann Heinrich) Populare Astronomie, 4. vollig umgearbeitete Auflage, 

 8vo. hf. hound {wanting Atlas), 2s Berlin, 1849 



2772 MAGAZINE of SCIENGE (The), and School of Arts : illustrating the most Useful, Novel 

 and Interesting Parts of Natural History and Experimental Philosophy, Artistical Processes, 

 Ornamental Manufactures, and the Arts of Life, with hundreds of tcoodcuts, 7 vols. roy. 8vo. 

 hf. calf, \0s Qd 1840-6 



2773 "MAGELLAN [or MAGALHAENS] (Joao Hyazinthe de, f.r.s.) Description of a Glass- 

 Apparatus for making in a few Minutes, and at a very small Expense, the best Mineral 

 Waters, with Description of Two New Eudiometers, 3rd Ed. enlarged, with Examination of 

 T. Cavallo's Strictures on these Eudiometers, /ron^., 8vo. (pp. 88), sewn, 5s 1783 



2774 MAGINI (Giovanni Antonio) Nov^ Coelestium Orbium Theoric^ congruentes, cum 

 Observationibus N. COPERNICI ; udth engraved title, and numerous woodcuts, 4to. old limp 

 vellum, 16s Venetiis, 1589 



The author rejected the Copernican system, fearing the penalties of the Inquisition. All his ^vritings have become 



VERY RARE. 



2775 De Planis Triangulis Liber; ejusdem de Dimetiendi Ratione per Quadrantem, et 



Geometricum Quadratum Libri V; with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4to. sound copy in 

 contemporary limp vellum, £\. 6s ibidem, 1592 



' Mag'ini a rendu de veritables services a I'astronomie, a la geographie et k I'optique.'— Biogrr. Gen. 



2776 MAGNAGHI (G. B., Capitano di fregata) Gli Strumenti a RiFLESSiONE per MisURARE 

 Angoli ; with 82 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, 5.9 (p. L. 10. nett unbound) Milano, 1875 



2777 MAGNUS (Sir Philip, m.p.) Lessons in Elementary Mechanics, with numerous Exercises, 

 illustrated, post 8vo. cl.. Is Qd 1885, or '89 



2778 MAHISTKE (A., Lille) Cours de Mecanique Appliquee ; illustrated, 8vo. hf. morocco gilt 

 {slightly water -stained) ; scarce, 6s 6d 1858 



MAHON (Viscount) Principles of Electricity (1779)— v. Stanhope (Charles 3rd Earl)— ^)os^ 



2779 MAIGNAN (Emanuel, Ord. Min.) Perspectiva Horaria, &ive de Horographia Gnomonica 

 tum Theoretica, tum Practica . . . prfecipuam admirationem habet Thaumantias Catoptrica 

 atque Dioptrica, id est refiexus, ac refractus a Speculo Cylindrico Solaris Radius, etc. etc. etc. ; 

 with numerous copperplates {some folding), besides several hundred diagrams, thick folio, fine copy 

 in contemporary Italian vellum {a few II. mended or stained, otherwise a LARGE and FINE copy) ; 

 VERY RARE, £2. 2s Bomae, 1648 



Containing the fir.st theory of the reflection of light. 



2780 MAIN (Robert, pr., f.r.s.; Radcliffe Observer [and Philip Thomas]) Practical and 

 Spherical Astronomy, with diagrams, 8vo. cl., As (p. 14*) Cambridge, 1863 



' Including all the mathematical processes which will enable the reader to understand the operations of a modern 

 Observatory furnished with the ordinary meridional and extrameridional instruments.' — Prejace. 



2781 MAIBAN (Jean Jacques d'Ortous de) Lettre a Mme. * * * [du Chatelet] sur la Que.stion 

 des Forces Vives : L'Estimation et la Mesure des Forces Motrices des Corps ; with plate : 

 Deidier (Abbe) Nouvelle Refutation de 1'Hypotese des Forces Vives— 3 vols. 12mo. in 1, 

 fine copy in old calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.E.S., Is 6d 1741 



2782 Traite Physique et Historique de I'AuRORE Boreale, 2^ Ed., revue et augment^e de 



plusieurs Eclaircissemens ; with 17 plates, 4to. old calf gilt, 16s 6d Imprimerie Royale, 1754 



Best Editiox of the earliest exhaustive treatise on the aurora borcalis, the height of which he estimates as above 100 

 geographical miles. 



2783 MAJOCCHI (Giovanni Alessandro) SuU' Incertezza della Meteorologia sulla Necessita 

 e sul Modo di stabilire i Fatti per isciogliere il Problema dell' Utilith, dei Paragrandini, 8vo. 

 (pp. 40), sewn, 5s Milano, 1824 



2784 MAJOB (Frederick) Spacial and Atomic Energy : Part III, Heat, thick 8vo. sewn, 3s 6d 

 (p. Is 6d) 1891 



2785 MALBY'S Telescopic Companion, or Celestial Globe- Atlas, exhibiting the whole of the 

 Stars in the Catalogues of Piazzi, Bradley, Hevelius, Mayer, Lacaille, and Johnson ; the Double 

 Stars marked from Herschel and Struve corrected from Rally's Edition of Flamsteed's British 

 Catalogue, Avitli Additions from the most esteemed Astronomers, and the Nebula observed by 

 Sir W. and Sir John Herschel, Messier, and Dunlop, 21 beautifully engraved folding maps by John 

 Addison, all finely COLOURED, folio, hf. morocco neat (scarce), 15* 1859 



2786 MALCOLM (Alexander, teacher of the Mathematicks at Aberdeen) New System of 

 Arithmetick, Theoretical and Practical, wherein the Science of Numbers is demonstrated in a 

 Regular Course from its First Principles ; the Practice and Application to the Affairs of Life and 

 Commerce being also fully explained : making the Whole a Comidete System of Theory, for Men 

 of Science and Business, 4to. old calf, IQs 1730 



* One of the most extensive and erudite books of the XVIII. century.'— Prf/. de Morgan. 



2787 MALFATTI (Gianfrancesco, Univ. Ferrara) EsSAi Analytique sur I'Integration de deux 

 FORMULES Differentielles, et sur la Somme gen^rale des Series Harmoniques k Termes 

 rationnels, 4to. (pp. 60), sewn, is ' [Turin, 1790] 



The author was the originator of the geometrical problem named after him. 



2788 MALHAM (John, pr.) The Naval Gazetteer ; or Seaman's Complete Guide : a full alpha- 

 betical Account of the several Coasts in the Known World, with Sailing Directions for the different 

 Ports, etc. etc., numerous charts, 2 vols. 8vo. old hf. calf gilt. Is 6d 1795 



The author taught navigation at Plymouth, and obtained a Dorsetshire vicarage ; when having written a pamphlet to 

 prove that country clergymen need never reside on their livings, he moved to London and wrote for the booksellers— 

 another characteristic of the good old times before the Oxford Movement so feelingly lamented by the Bishop of Carlisle. 



