158 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, \V. 



8164 MXJSSCflENBROEK (Pieter van ; f.r.s.) Elementa Physics, conscripta in Usus Academicos } 

 with numerous plates, 8vo. old mottled calf {fine copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, 

 F.R.S. , 55 Lugd. Bat., 1734 



3165 Elements of Natural Philosophy, trans, by John Colson, pr., f.r.s., with 26 plates, 



2 vols. 8vo. sound copii in old calf, with Lord Stanhope^s bookplate, Qs &d 1744 



8166 . EssAi de PfiVsiQUE, avec une Description de nouvelles sortes de Machines Pneumat- 



IQUES, et nn Reciieil d'Experiences par J [an] v[an] M[usschenbroek], traduit par Pierre 

 Massuet ; ivith S32}lcites, thick 4to. old calf gilt {joints cracked), with Lord Stanhope's bookplate, 

 12s 6d Ley den, 1739 



' C'est le plus vaste recueil de ce qu'on connaissait alors en physique : il contient beaucoup de recherches particuliferes 

 a I'auteur sur les frottements, la roideur et la force des cordes, I'electricite, la cohesion des corps, etc' — Biogr. Gen. 



3167 =- Physics Experimentales et Geometric^ Dissert ationes ; with 28 plates and large 



chart, thick 4to. old calf gilt, with I^ord Stanhope's bookplate, 10* Qd ibidem, 1729 



' On y trouve d'excellents travaux sur I'aimant, sur les tubes capillaircs, sur la cohesion de la force des corps, et de bonnes 

 observations m^teorologiques appliqu^ea meme a la medicine '.—Biogr. Gen. 



3168 Tentamina Experimentorum Naturalium captorum in Academia del Cimento, ex 



Italico in Latinum conversa ; quibus Commentarios, Nova Experimenta, et Orationem de Methodo 

 Instituendi Experimenta Physica addidit ipse ; luith 32 copperplates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt 

 {rare), 15* Viennm, 1756 



Containing 'Experimenta in Ainbra aliisque Corporibus Virtutis Electricse ', etc., but of special importance as including 

 the tirst description of the author's pyrometer— the first ever invented. 



The author Avas also the inventor of the Leyden Jar in conjunction with Cunaeus, his assistant, who was felled to the 

 ground on its unexpected discharge ; and with his teacher 's Gravesande is regarded as the regenerator of experimental 

 physics. 



3169 MYDORGE (Claude) Prodromi Catoptricorum et Dioptricorum sive Conicorum Libri IV 

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' One who treated conies still by ancient methods, but who succeeded in greatly simplifying many prolix proofs of Apol- 

 loiiius, was Claude Mydorge.' — Prof. Cajori. ' 11 fit tailler a Paris d'excellents verres, qui furent au philosoi^he d'une grande 

 utilite pour etudier les proprietes de la nature dela lumiere'.— /j'iofir?'. Gen. 



3170 Examen du Livre des Recreations Mathematiques : et de ses ProblI^ivies en 



Geometric, Meclianique, Optiqne, et Catoptrique ; oil sont aussi discut^es et restablies plusieurs 

 Experiences Physiques proposees, premiere edition ; with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 

 laroje 12mo..^ne copy in contemporary limp vellum, \2s 1630 



This was a reconstruction, with great improvements, of the Becreatioii viatli^inatlque of Jean Leurechon, s.j. (v. No. 

 1193, ante.) 



3171 MYTHOGRAPHI LATINI : C. Jul. Hyginus, Fab. Planciades Fulgentius, Lactan- 

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3172 NAGHE.ICHTEN von der koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der 

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NADAE. : A Terre et en I'AiR— i;. Tournachon (F.), post. 



3173 NAPIER (James, F.c.s.) Manual of Dyeing Receipts, with numerous samples of dyed cloth 

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3174 Manual of Electro-Metallurgy : including its Applications to Manufacturing 



Processes, 3rd Ed., enlarged, with 53 woodcuts, post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d 1857 



3175 NABBIEN (John, f.r.s.) Analytical Geometry, with the Properties of Conic Sections, 

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3176 Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Astronomy, 5 plates illustrating 



the ancient systems, 8vo. scored russia gilt, with author's inscr. to Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., and the 

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' a work of considerable merit and research \— Agnes M. Gierke. ' The chapters on the Hindu and other Asiatic systems 

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3177 NASMYTH (James; inventor of the steam-hammer), and James CARPENTER, F.R.A.s. : 

 The Moon : considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, first edition, with 24 fine 

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First and best edition, with superior impressions of the beautiful plates, ' consisting of photographs of carefully con- 

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3178 : James Nasmyth, Engineer : an Autobiography, edited hy Samuel Smiles ; Library 



Edition, with fine etched portrait by Rajon {on India paper), and numerous illustrations, 8vo. cl., 

 65 (p. 165) ' 1883 



Including a chronological list of the author's numerous mechanical inventions. 



3179 New Edition, with portrait, and numerous other ivoodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 65) 1885 



3180 NATURE : a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science, containing Articles and 

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3181 NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE RUNDSCHAU : Woclientliche Berichte iiber die 

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 £2. ]0s (p. M. 200. unbound) Braunschweig, 1894-1905 



