194 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLV, W. 



3857 PXJCKLE (G. Hale, Windermere Coll.) Elementary Treatise on Conic Sections and 

 Algebraic Geometry, 4th Ed., enlarged, diagrams, post 8vo. cl , 3s (p. 7s 6o?) 1870 



3S58 PUISSANT (Louis) Recueil de diverses Propositions de Geometrie, r^solues et demontrees 

 par r Analyse Alg^brique, precede d'un Precis du Leve des Plans, 3® [derniere] Ed., augmentee ; 

 with Q folding plates, Svo. hf. calf gilt, 5s 1824 



3859 Traite de Geodesie, oh Exposition des Metliodes Trigonometriqnes et Astronomiques, 



applicables a la Mesure de la Terre, et h la Confection des Canevas des Cartes et des Plans Topo- 

 graphiques, 2^ Ed. ; with 11 fine folding plates on copper, chiefly of Geodetic Instruments, 2 v.; 

 avec le Supplement — 3 vols. 4to. hf. calf, with inscr. * Given to the Duke of Gloucester at 

 Paris by Prince Taleyrand [sic]. Feb^ 1819 ' on flyleaf of v. I, and Sandhurst College bookplate 

 (scarce), £I. 10s 1819-27 



' Puissant avait une predilection toute particuli^re pour la g6cdesie,dont on pent dire qu'il fut pendant un demi-siecle le 

 rcprcsentant le plus eminent.'— ^iog^r. Gen. He was the first to point out the errors in Delambre and Mechain's Base du 

 Systeme metrique decimal {q. v. ante). 



3860 PTJLSIFEB. (William Henry, St. Louis) Notes for a History of Lead ; and an Inquiry into 

 the Development of the Manufacture of White Lead and Lead Oxides, roy. 8vo. cl., i. e. g., 

 9s (p. £1. 5s) New York, 1888 



• The history of lead seems to have been neglected, and I have been unable to find a work devoted to this subject, or 

 even a satisfactory historical sketch.' — Preface. 



PUTEO (Augustinus a) —v. Pozzo, ante. 

 3S61 dUADBI (Giovanni Lodovico) Tavole Gnomoniche per le Ore Oltramontane, con altre 

 Tavole appartenenti alia Construzione degli Orologj a Sole, e per altri Usi, con la Descrizione 

 di uno Strumento per osservare con Esattezza quanto I'Ago calamitato declini dalla Meridana ; 

 with 2 folding plates and 3 other engravings on copper by the Author, 4to. boards, uncut, \5s 



Bologna, 1743 

 ^Mentioned by Montucla in his list of the principal works on dialling. 



3862 aUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB, Journal of the; from its beginning in 1868 to 1891, 

 with numerous plain and COLOURED PLATES, and woodcuts, 10 vols. Svo. hf calf gilt {vv. 1-2 

 newly bound), £2. 15s 1868-91 



3863 Q,UET (Jean Antoine) De I'Electricit^, du Magn6tisme et de la Capillariti^ ; illustrated, 

 impl. Svo. sewn [scarce), 5s 6d Imprimerie Imperiale, 1867 



3861 aUETELET (Lambert Adolphe Jacques) Sur 1' Homme et le Developpement de ses 

 Facultes, ou Essai de Physique Sociale ; with plates, 2 vols. Svo. sewn, 6s Qd 1835 



Applying the theory of probabilities to the phenomena of physical and social life. ' Get ouvrage acheva de placer son 

 auteur tres haut dans I'opinion du raonde savant. 11 fut traduit en anglais et en allemand, et eut I'honneur d'une contrc- 

 faqon a BruxcUes.' — E. MaiUy. 



3865 , et Jean Guillaume GABNIEB : Correspond ance Mathematique et Physique ; 



with numerous /olding plates. Vols. 1-10 (out of 11), Svo. contemporary hf. calf neat (3 plates 

 apparently wanting) ; very scarce ; cheap, £5. 5s Gand, 1825— Bruxelle^, 1838 



Tiiis important work contains many original contributions by Quetelet. 



3366 : Mailly (Edouard) EssAi sur la Vie et les Ouvrages de L. A. J. Quetelet, post Svo. 



sewn, 2s Bruxelles, 1875 



3867 R. (J. A.) Comets' Tails no longer a Mystery ! and a few Questions, 5 plates, and wood- 

 cut, oblong 12mo. (pp. 30), cl., 5s 1873 



The author's theory is that ' the Nuclei of Comets are entirely surrounded by an atmosphere' (p. 19). 



3868 RADATJ (Rodolphe) L'Acoustique, ou les Phdnombnes du Son ; with 5 plates and 109 wood- 

 cuts, cr. Svo. sewn [scarce), Zs 1867 



3869 Tables Baromi^triques et Hypsomt^triques pour le Calcul des Hauteurs, cr. Svo. 



sewn, \s Qd 1881 



3870 RADCLIFFE CATALOGUE (Second) : containing 2386 STARS, deduced from Observations, 

 1854-61, at the Kadcliffe Observatory, Oxford, and reduced to 1860, under the Superintendence of 

 KOBERT Main, pr., f.r.s., roy. Svo. cl., Qs (p. 15*) Oxford, Parker, 1870 



3871 OBSERVATORY, Oxford, Astronomical and Meteorological Observations at 



the, under the Superintendence of Manuel J. Johnson and Robert Main, pr., ff.r.s., from 

 1858 to 1880 (Vols. 19-38), 20 vols. roy. Svo. cl., £2. 10* ibidem, 1858-80 



This series includes ' a valuable series of double-star measures with the heliometer.'— vlf/wes M. Gierke. 



3872 RAETMAKER (Jean) Traicte d'ARiTHMETiQUE, contenant les qvatre Especes, auec la Regie 

 de Trois, et la Practique. Tres-prouli table et vtile a la leunesse, et autres desireux d'apprendre la 

 dite Science, reveue et corrige de plusieurs fautes, 16mo. parchment cover from an old musical 

 MS., £1. Is S. Omer, 1634 



Very rare, and unknown to Graesse, Brunet, and other bibliographers ; while Prof, de Morgan only knew the edition 

 of 1662 {Arithmetical Books, p. 105). The lirst edition was apparently published in 1596. 



3873 RAILWAY (Great Northern) : General Instructions and Regulations for the 

 Executive Department, 5th Ed., with woodcuts of signals, 12mo. leather, 35 1853 



An interesting little book, dating soon after the opening of the line through to Doncaster. Danger-signals and dogs, 

 ' long sidings ' and London luggage, follow more or less in succession, time signalling is the only system, block working 

 unknown, and interlocking undreamt of. 



3874 RAILWAYS, A Practical Enquiry into the Laws of Excavation and Embankment upon : 

 an Attempt to develop the Natural Causes which affect the Progress of such Works, and to point 

 out the Means by which the greatest Expedition and Economy in Execution may be obtained, with 

 Appendix, etc., by a Resident Assistant Engineer, with 3 folding lithographs {one of the 

 Bredon Cutting in March 1840), Svo. cl., uncut (SCARCE), 15* 1840 



The author claims to be the first to have fully treated the subject of excavations, and to give a correct working 

 formula. 



