152 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., UO, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



3046 MONATSBERICHT der konigl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 

 1876-81, 6 vols. 8vo. : Sitzungsberichte der kgl. Pr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 18S2-1903, 

 4to. with numerous plates and other illustrations ; in parts as issued, £4. 10* Berlin, 1876-1903 



Wanting 18S9 all after part 38, 1890, 1891 all before pt. 25, 1S92 all after pt. 40, and 1893. 



3047 (Bibliograpiiischer) liber neu erschienene Schul- und Universitatschriften 



(Dissertationen, Programniabhandlungen, Habilitationsschriften, etc.), herausgegeben von der 

 Zentralstrelle fiir Dissertationen und Programme, III. — XVII. Jahrgang, mit Sachregistern zu 

 Jg. 4-13. 15-17, 8vo. sewn {wantinj xii. Nos. 7-8, xiii. 9, xiv. 4. 5. 8. 9, xv. 2. 3, xvii. 7. 11), 

 £1. 155 Leipzig, 1892-1906 



Valuable for containing a large number of scientific monographs, none of which are included in the German book 

 catalogue. Vol. Ill is out of print and very scarce. 



3048 MONGE (Gaspard) Application de I'Analyse k la G^ometrie, 5^ [dernifere] Ed., revue, 

 corrigee et annotee par J. Lionville ; with fine portrait by Tavernier, and 5 plates, 4to. hf. calf, 

 with Sandhurst College bookplate (very scarce), £2. 17* 6c? 1850 



* He introduced into analytic geometry the methodic use of the equation of a line. He made important contributions to 

 surfaces of the second degree, and discovered between the theory of surfaces and the integration of partial differential 

 equations, a hidden relation which threw new light upon both subjects. He gave the differential of curves of curvature, 

 and applied it to the ellipsoid,' etc. etc. — Prof. Cajori. 



3049 Geometrie Descriptive, 5« Ed., augment^e d'une Th^orie des Ombres et de la 



Perspective, extraite des Papiers de I'Auteur, par M. Brisson ; with 28 plates, 4to. hf. russia, 

 9s , 1827 



3050 SixiEME Edition ; with 28 plates, 4to. hf. calf, lOs Qd 1838 



The work which created descriptive geometry. 



' He was the first who proved that the square of any surface is equal to the sum of the squares of its projections on the 

 3 co-ordinate planes.'— Po^fs Euclid. 



3051 Traite Elementaire de Statique, 7« Ed., revue par J. N. P. Hachette; with 5 



plates, 8vo. hf. calf, Ss ' 1835 



3052 MONNET (Antoine Grimoald) Trait6 de la Dissolution des M6taux, 12mo. old calf extra 

 {title slightly defaced), Is Qd Amsterdam, 1775 



' Ouvrage estime *. — Biogr. Gen. 



3053 MONTANAKI (Geminiano ; Univ. Bologna) Discorso sopra la Tromba Parlante. con 

 Trattato postumo del Mare Adriatico, e sua Corrente esaminata, co la J^aturalezza de Fiumi 

 scoperta, e con Nove Forme di Ripari corretta ; with plate, large 12mo. boards, lOs Venetia., 1715 



3054 ;— Le Forze d'EoLO : Dialogo fisico-matematico sopra gli Eftetti del VoRTiCE, h sia Turbine, 



detto negli Stati Veneti la Bisciabuova, che il 29 Juglio 1686 lia scorso, e flagellato molte Ville, 

 e Luoghi di Mantova, Padova, Verona, ecc. : ivith 2 plates, 16mo. fine copy in old vellum, I5s 



Parma, 1694 



3055 Pensieri Fisico-Matematici sopra alcune Esperienze intorno diversi Effetti 



de' LiQUiDi in Cannuccie di Vetro, ed altri Vasi ; with plate, sm. 4to., fine copy in boards, 

 vncut, with auto. ' Robertus Bannerman, Scotus, Consiliarius Bibl. Britanice, 1674' on title (rare), 

 £1. Bologna, 1667 



This classic work contains investigations on capillarity, to which very little was added up to the end of the XVlIIth 

 Century. The author was also the discoverer of the variability of /3 Persei. 



MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL MAGAZINE-v. Symons, post. 



3056 NOTICES of the ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, containing Papers, 



Abstracts of Papers, and Reports of the Proceedings of the Society, complete from Nov., 1867 to 

 April, 1900 (Vols. 28-00, No. 7), tvith numerous plates, woodcuts, and maps, 32 vols, and 7 parts 

 8vo., the first 27 vols, in cl., and the rest sewn, £8. Ss 1867-1900 



3057 Another Set, from Nov. 1874 to Nov. 1897 (Vols. 35-57), with numerous illustrations, 



2.3 vols. 8vo., vv. 35-50 uniformly bound in hf. calf gilt, and vv. 51-7 in hf. red roan, £6. 65 1874-97 



3058 MONTI (Ermenegildo, sacerdote bolognese) La Quadratura Geometrica del Circolo e de' 

 suoi Settori Lineare e Numerica; with ^folding plates, 8vo. sewn, 85 Bologna, 18.30 



Apparently verv rare, being unknown to Poggendorff, and having escaped even the watchful eye of Prof, de Morgan. 



3059 [MONTMORT (Pierre Remond de, f.r.s.)] Essay d'ANALYSE sur les Jeux de Hazard-, 

 with fine engraved vignettes of Gamblers, and tables, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (rare). IO5 6c? 1708 



An important work on the theory of probability, which greatly influenced de Moivre (v. No. 3029). A full ace nmt of it 

 will be found in Todhunter's History of the Theory of Prohabillty, pp 7S-134. 



3060 MONTUCLA (Jean iltienne, de VInstitut) Histoire des M athematiques, leur Progres jusqu'a 

 nos Jours, le D^veloppement des principales Decouvertes, les Contestations qui se sont eleveesentre 

 les Math^maticiens, et les principaux Traits de la Vie des plus celebres ; nouvelle [2^6] Ed., 

 consid^rablement augment^e et prolongee jusque vers TlCpoque actnelle, achev^e et publi^e par 

 Jerome de Lalande ; with 2 fine portraits by St. Aubin, etc., and 45 folding plates, 4 vols. 4to. 

 sound copy in contemporary Italian white vellum gilt (RARE), £5. 15* Qd An VII [1799] -1802 



3061 Another Copy, 4 vols, tree-calf gilt, newly and handsomely rebacked (fine copy), £6. 6.* 



Still a work of great value, indispensable to tlie historian of mathematics, and containing much interesting information 

 not elsewhere to be found. 



3062 [ ] Histoire des Recherches sur la Quadrature du Circle ; Ouvrage propre a instruire 



des decouvertes reelles faites sur ce probleme c616bre, et k servir de preservatif contre de nouveaux 

 efibrts pour le resoudre : avec une Addition concernant les Problemes de la Duplication du 

 Cube et de la Trisection de I'Angle ; with 8 folding plates, 12mo. fine copy in contemporary 

 mottled French calf extra, Qs Qd 1754 



3063 Nouvelle [2de] :^dition, revue et corrigee [par S. F. Lacroix] ; with 4 folding plates, 



8vo. sewn, uncut, \2s 1831 



' This is the history of the subject . . . Montucla is an admirable historian when he is writing from his o^vn direct 

 knowledge.'— Pro/, de Morgan. 



