148 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



'2966 METITJS (Adrianus) Primum Mobile, Astronomice, Sciograpliice, Geometrice, et Hydro- 

 «>fraphice; Editio nova, Instrumentis Mathematicis aucta a Guil. Bl^eu, Amsterdami^ 

 G. Blceu, 1633, 4 vv.: De Theoria et MoTU Solis, ih., a. e., '33: De Usu utriusque Globi 

 Tractatus ; adjecta est nova Sciatericorum, et Artis Navi^andi Ratio novis Instrumentis et Inven- 

 tionibus illustrata, Franekerce, '24 : Univers.e AsTRONOMlCE INSTITUTIO {wanting title ; 

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"With collective title ' Opera omnia astronouiica ' ; containing illustrations of scientific instruments of the author's own 

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2967 [MEURDRAC (Marie)] La Ciiymie Charitable et Facile, en faveur des Dames, 3^ Ed., 

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 plate of chemical characters, 16mo. contemporary calf gilt {rare), 15s 1687 



Probably the first lady chemist, but left in utter oblivion by an ungallant world. As may be expected, the science is 

 reduced to the chemistry of cosmetics. 



2968 METER (Ernst v., Dresden) History of Chemistry from the earliest Times to the present 

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 nett) 1891 



2969 MEYER (Franz Eduard Moritz) Manuel historique de la Technologie des Armes a 

 Feu, traduit, avec Annotations et Additions, par M. RiFFEL, I« Partie (seule parue), depuis 

 rinvenmon des Armes jnsqu'a 1763, 8vo. hf calf {rare), 10s 1837 



a valuable history of fire-arms, arranged chronologically, with a copious subject-index. 



2970 MEYER (Hans, Univ. Prague) Anleitung zur QUANTITATIVEN Bestimmung der Organ- 

 isciiEN Atomgruppen ; with woodcuts, 8vo. cl., \s Qd Berlin, 1897 



2971 MEYER (Lothar Julius, Univ. Tubingen) Die MODERNEN Theorien der Chemie und ihre 

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2972 Modern Theories of Chemistry, trans, from the 5th German Edition by P. Phillips 



Bedson and W. Carleton Williams, with folding chart, thick 8vo. cl. {out of print), 10.9 Qd 

 (p. 186) ■ 1888 



2973 ■ Outlines of Theoretical Chemistry, trans, by P. Phillips Bedson and W. Carle- 

 ton Williams, 2 tables, 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 9*) 1892 



2974 MEYER (Oskar Emil, Breslau) Die kinetische Theorie der Gase, in elementarer Darstel- 

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2975 MEYER (Victor, Univ. Heidelberg) Ergebnisse und Ziele der stereochemischen For- 

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2976 , und Paul JAC06S0N: Lehrbuch der Organischen Chemie ; with woodcuts, 2 thick 



vols. 8vo. in 3, 2 vv. hf. German calf gilt, and 3 pai'ts sewn as issued {a few II. of v. I stained < ; 

 scarce, £3. 17* 6<^ Leipzig, 1893-1903 



Inhalt: — I. Allgemeiner Teil. Verbindungen der Fettreihe. II. Cyclische Verbindungen, Naturstotfe, bearbeitet von 

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2977 MICHAELIS (August; Univ. Rostock) Ausfuhrliches Lehrbuch der anorganischen 

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 beitete [NEUESTE] Auflage ; with 4 plates {one coloured), and very numerous woodcuts, 4 vols. 

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P"'orming Vol. II of Graham-Otto's 'Ausfilhrlicnes Leiirbuch der Chemie '. 



2978 MIOHELL (John; pr., Queen's Coll., Cantab., F.R.s.) Conjectures concerniu!? the Cause, 

 and Observations upon the PhvENOMENA, of Earthquakes, particularly the great one of Nov. 1, 

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' Putting forward the theory of their origin through the elastic force of subterraneanly generated steam '.— Z). N. B. 



2979 MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, Journals of the, complete from their beginning in 1853 to 

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Contests:— Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 16 v., 1S53-GS : Monthly Microscopical Journal, 18 v. in 10, 

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2980 MIEGE (Guy; Ambassador-extraordinary to Russia, Sweden, and Denmark) New COSMO- 

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Containing chapters on astronomy and meteorology. 



2981 MIETHE (Adolf, Charlottenburg) Photographische Optik ohne mathematische Entwicke- 

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2982 MILADOWSKI (Michel), et Antoine IZBIOKI: Solution du Probleme de la Quadra- 

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The conclusion arrived at by the autlior is that the ratio of the diameter to the circumference equals 5 : 16, giving 3.2 as- 

 valne for n. The above work was apparently unknown to Prof, de Morgan. 



2983 MILLAR (William J., c.e.) Latitude and Longitude: how to find them, revised Ed., 

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2984 MILLER (John) Andrea Palladio's Elements of Architecture restored to its Original 

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2985 MILLER (Thomas Hugh) Introduction to the Differential and the Integral Calculus, 

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2986 MILLER (William Allen, f.r.s.) Elements of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical, 3r(I 

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 A. W. Williamson, F.R.S., 5s 1863-7 



