HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C... and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 147 



•J94(i MENELAI Alexandrini Sph.eiucorum Libri III [cura Edmundi Hallkv, >.i:.s.j; with 

 diagrams, sra. 8vo. old calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip '2nd Earl Stanhope, F.H.S., \0s 



[Londini, 1707 J 

 This was the Original Edition, without title or preface, which was never published, but only given by Halley to his 

 5 friends. It was eveiitualiy published by Costard in 1758. 



i * Kever published. Mahon. Given me February 10, 1708'. — US. note hy Lord Stanhi'ji-. 



' ... In it are also found the theorems that the sum of the three sides of a spherical trian^'l.' is l.ss iIihh a tji-cat circle, 

 and that the sum of the three anjrles exceeds two ri^jht angles.' — Prof. Cujori. 



MERCATOB. (Nikolaus) Logarithmotechnia, etc.— v. Kaufmann, ante. 



2947 MERRETT (Henry S.) Practical Treatise on Land and Engineering Surveying, 

 Levelling, Estimating Quantities, etc., with tlie various Instruments required, etc.. Fifth 

 [LAST] Edition, with Appendix by George \V. Usill, 42 plates, roy. 8vo. cl., Qs i^d (p. I2s 6d) 1897 



One uf the best treatises on the subject. 



2948 MERRIFIELD (Charles Watkins, f.r s.) Technical Arithmetic and Mknsl i;atu».n, uith 

 39 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., \s r.// 187*2 



2949 MERRIFIELD (John, i.i:.a.s.) 1ki;\ii-i mi Naiih al ASTRONOMY, with 70 diagrams, cr. 

 8vo. cl., 35 6f/ (p. 75 Qd) 1886 



2950 , and Henry EVERS : Navigation and NAUin \i. A-ikonomv, nitJi front, and 



74 woodcuts, 8vo. cl , uncut [out of print), &j (p. 14*) 1868 



2951 Another Copy, hf calf gilt, 6« 6rf 



One of the best handbooks on the subject. 



2952 MERRILL (Lt.-CoL William Emery, U.S.Armv) Iron Truss Bridges for J^ailroads: 

 Methods of calculating Strains, with a Comparison of the most prominent Truss Bridges, Bridge 

 Computations, and the Economical Angle? for Struts and Ties, 2nd Ed., w^th 9 lithographs, and 

 20 diagrams, 4 to. hf calf, 7s 6d (p. £1. 5s) New York, 1870 



2953 MERRIMAN (Mansfield, Lehigh Univ.) Elements of the Method of Lea.st SiR'arks. 

 diagrams, post 8vo. cl. [out of print), 5s 



2954 Text-Book on the Method of Least St^UARES, diagrams, Svo. cl., -is (id i 



18S0 or '86 



2955 METCALFE (Cap t. Henry, U.S. .L-m//) Course of Instruction in Ordnance and Gunnery, 

 3rd [last] Edition, thick post 8vo., with Atlas, containing 30 plates, folio — 2 vols, cl., ISs Qd 

 (p. £1. Is nett) New York, 1894 



2956 METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE'S DAILY WEATHER REPORTS, complete from 

 March 21st, 1872 to Dec. 31sfc, 1894,45 vols, folio and 4to. hf. brown calf (sound 

 library set), £16. 16*- 1872.94 



An invaluable body of meteorological information of which probably only a very few coiniilftc sets now remain. 

 A FINE COMPLETE SET TO DATE : 



2957 SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS (as undsr), complete from tho beginning in 



1861 to 1906, copiously illustrated with plates {including port rait i), wuoicuts, and 

 charts, 63 vols, in 29 (58 roy. Svo. and 5 8vo.) cl. (fine set), £15. (p. £45. unbound) 



1861-1906 



CoNTKNTs :— Proceedings of the British Meteorological Societv, o v. Svo., '61-71 : Quahterlv JoiRNALof the [later 

 Royal] Meteorological Society, ed. by James Glaisher, f.r.h., 32 v. roy. 8vo. in 18, 'TM'.iOO: The Meikobolo<jical 

 Record: Monthly Results of Observations at the Stations of the Meteorological Society, with Kcmark.s on the Wt-ather, 

 by WiLHAM Marriott, 25 v. roy. Svo. in A, '8l-190(>: R.M.S.'s Library Catalooue, '91. 



Complete sets as above are very seldom met with, the earlier volumes being out of print and s< aiuk. 



I'lioS Another Set, compl?:te to 1904, comprising the Proceeding.s, 5 v. Svo. : (^M aij- 



TERLY Journal, w. 1-30, roy. 8vo., and Library Catalogue, roy. 8vo.— tojrether 3G vols, in 

 parts, sewn as issued, £9. 9* 1 SGI -1904 



2959 • QUARTERLY JOURNAL, edited by James (iLAiSHER, F.11.S., from thf l.('-iiinin<,' in 



1871 to 1899, illustrated, 25 voIh. roy. Svo. the first 10 v. cl., and rest in 2fnrts as issued [wanting 

 G parfs\ £'6. los 1871-99 



2960 (Scottish), Journal of the, complete from 1864 to March 1905 (New Senes, 



No. 1 to III. Series, No. 21), with illustrations, maps, and charts, 12 voIh. and 1 part impl. Svo. setcn 

 as issued, £6. Qs (p. £19. Is (id) Edin., 1864-1905 



2961 RECORD (The) : Monthly Results of Observations at the Stations of the Royal 



Meteorolo<,dcal Society, with Remarks on the Weather, by William Marriott, with jnaps, 

 w from the beginning in 1881 to June 1892 (Vols. I— XI, and v. XII, pts. 1 and 2), 46 parts roy. 8vo. 

 i sewn, £l.ls (p. £3. 4*) 1831-92 



fe V. Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine, post. 



2962 OBSERVATIONS at Stations of the Second Order for 1878, published by Direction 



of the Meteorological Council, roy. 4to. sewn, 6s (p. £1.) ^^f^ 



2963 , Results of, made at the Magnetical Observatory, Toronto, 1854-62, 2 vols. 



4to. hf. bound {back of 1 v. damaged). Is 6d Toronto 1864 



2964 METHOD of SCIENCE, Lectures on the, edited by Thom.vs Banks Strong, Dean of Christ 

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Consisting of contributions by Proff. T. Ca.se, F. Gotch, C. S. Sherrington, and W. F. R. Weldon, W. 3IcDougall, 

 A. 11. Fison (Evolution of Double SUr.-j), Sir R. C. Temple, W. M. Flinders Petrie, and the Editor. . j 



2965 MEZ (C, Univ. Breslau) Mikroskopische Wasseranalyse : Anleitung zur L ntersuchung dea 

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 woodcuts, Svo. sewn, \2s Qd (p. M. 20.) Berlin, 1893 



