HENRY SOTHERAN .'I' CO.. 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 153 



3066 MOOKE (Sir Jonas, Surveyor-Gen. of Ordnance; Governor of Christ's Hospital; f.r.s.) : 

 Moor's Arithmktick, treating of Vulgar Arithmetick, with several new Inventions to ease 

 the Memory, by Nepairs [sic] Rods, Logarithms, Decimals, etc. and of Arithemetick in 

 Species or Algebra, whereby all difficult Questions receive their Analytical Laws and Resolu- 

 tions [•2nd Ed.,] with a new Contemplation Geometrical upon the Oval Figure called the Ellipsis, 

 and the two first Books of Mydorgius his Conical Sections analized by that reverend Divine 

 Mr. W. Oughtred, and Englished, the first part in blacfe lettei' ; ivith folding plates, 12mo. ftie 

 copy in contemporary calf (rare), Vis 6d N. Brook, 1660 



'This is Jonas Moore's first work, and is a very good one. It is very complete in decimals, giving the contracted 

 multiplication and division. It has the use of logarithms (in which the operations with the negative characteristic are 

 fully given), algebra from Oughtred, etc. etc.'— Pro/, de Morgan. 



3067 Modern Fortification : or Elements of Military Architecture, and the Manner 



of Defending' and Besieging Forts and Places ; with the Use of the JOYNT-RuLER or Sector, for 

 the speedy Description of any Fortification, /o/rf««<7 plates, 12mo. fne tall copy in contemporary 

 calf, Ss %d a. e., 1673 



3068 New Systeme of the Mathematicks, including Trigonometry, Cosmography, Naviga- 

 tion, the Doctrine of the Sphere, Astronomical Tables, Tables of Logarithms, and a new 

 Geography, with engraved front, by Yeates, and numerous plates^ maps, and diagrams, 2 thick 

 vols. 4to. contemporary calf (FINE COPY), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.B.S., 

 ils 6d 1681 



' His principal work. It appeared po.sthumou.sly in 1681, under the supervision of his sons-in-law, William Hanwav 

 and John Potknokr. The sections on Algebra, Euclid, and Navigation were written by Pkrkins, master of the 

 mathematical school of Christ's Hospital ; while Flamstkkd communicated the astronomical tables.'— i4fli/i« M. Clerke. 



3069 MOORE (Ralph) The Ventilation of Mines, with 37 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s Gd Glasgow, 1859 



3070 MORAND (Jean FranQois Clement) M^moires sur la Nature, les Effets, Propri6t6s, et 

 Avantages du Feu de Charbon de Terre Appret6, pour 6tre employ^ commoddment, 

 d(Conomiquement, et sans Inconvenient, au Chauftage, et a tous les Usages Domestiques ; with 

 4 copperplates of fireplaces : OBSERVATIONS CRITIQUES sur un Ouvrage intitul6: Examen de la 

 HouiLLE, considdrde comme Engrais des Terres, par [Joseph] Raulin. Instruction sur 

 r Usage des Houilles d'ENGRAis, et de leurs Cendres. Experiences et Observations sur la 

 Maladie du Seigle, nommde Ergot, etc. etc., par L. S. D. L[e] B[run]— 2 vols, large 12mo. in 1, 

 fne copies in old calf gilt, 15? 1770-7 



Two early French works on coal. According to the preface of the first work, the use of coal for domestic purposes 

 seems to have been unknown in France, and one fourth of the whole population of Paris is stated to be unable to have fires 

 in the winter owing to the scarcity of wood. 



3071 MOREL (A. M. Th.) Traits pratique des Feux d'Artifice, pour le Spectacle et pour la 

 Guerre; ivlth 11 folding copperplates, illustrating a great variety of Fireworks, 8vo. old sheep 

 (rare), 10.9 6 r/ 1818 



3072 MORELOT (Simon, Professeur de Chimie Pharmaceutique a VEcole de Mddecine de Paris) 

 HiSTOiiiE Naturelle appliquee \ la Chimie, aux Arts, aux ditf(5rents Genres de I'lndustrie, et 

 aux Beisoins personnels de la Vie, 2 vols. 8vo. sewn, 4* 1809 



3073 MOREWOOD (Samuel, Surveyor of Excise) Essay on the INVENTIONS and Customs, of both 

 Ancients and Moderns, in the Use of Inebriating Liquors [and Opium], with interesting 

 Anecdotes illustrative of the principal Nations of the World, and Historical View of the Extent 

 and Practice of Distillation, as to its Commerce, and as a Source of National Income ; with 

 much curious Information respecting the Application and Properties of several parts of the 

 Vegetable Kingdom, woodcuts, 8vo. boards, uncut (SCARCE), 15* 1824 



A rare and interesting work, unknown to Lowndes and Allibone. 



3074 MORFIT (Campbell, Univ. of Maryland, and Clarence) Chemical and Pharmaceutical 

 Manipijl.^tions : a Manual of the Mechanical and Chemico-Mechanical Operations of the Labora- 

 tory ; 2nd and enlarged Ya\., with 537 woodcuts, thick roy. 8vo. cl., 3.9 6rf (p. £1. 1*) Philadelphia, 18r)7 



3075 MORGAN (Augustus de) Arithmetical Books', from the Invention of Printing to the 

 Present Time : lirief Notices of a large Number of Works, drawn uj) from Actual Inspection, 

 8vo. cL, uncut (scarce), I2s 6d 1847 



3076 Another Copy, with inscription 'Sir W. Rowan Hamilton [inventor of Quaternions'] from 



the Author ', 15s 



A valuable work, containing over 1500 titles, with critical and historical notes, copious introduction, and index. 

 ' Few conteinpocaries were as i)rofoundly read in the history of niatheiuatics. '—Pro/'. Cajori. 



' The most worthless book of a bygone d»y is a record worthy of preservation. Like a telescopic star, its obscurity may 

 render it unavailable for most purpo.ses ; but it serves, in liands which know how to use it, to determine the places of 

 more important hodiea.'—Fre/n.ce. 



3077 The JiooK of Almanacs, with Index of Reference, by which the Almanac may be 



found for every Year, whether in Old Style or New, from any Epoch, ancient or modern, to 

 A.D. 2000, with"^ Means of Finding the Day of any New or Full Moon from B.C. 2000 to a.d. 2000 ; 

 3rd Ed., by E. J. Worman, obi. 8vo. cl., 'is Cambridge, 1907 



3078 A Budget of Paradoxes, reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum 



[edited by his Wife Sophia], thick 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), £2. 10* 1872 



One of the most interesting and witty books ever written, and invaluable for its history and bibliography of some 

 scientific fallacies, e. g. 'circle-squaring'. It contains besides a large number of anecdotes, etc. on mathematical and 

 scientific subjects. • He had a love of puns, and all ingenious puzzles and paradoxes, which makes his ' Budget of Paradoxes ' 

 as amusing as it is learned.'— Sir Leslie Stephen. 



3079 The Differential and Integral Calculus, with Elementary Illustrations, 8vo. 



(pp. 869), hf calf, or, calf, 10s 6d S. D. U. K., 1842 



' Still a standard work, and containing much that is original with the author.'— Pro/. Cajori. ' A work of great ability, 

 and noticeable for the rigorous treatment of infinite series.' — JT. W. R. Ball. 



3080 Elbmbnts of Algebra, preliminary' to the Differential Caleulus, 8vo. cl, 3* 1835 or '37 



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