HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. ^25 



4431 SMEATON (John, builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse) Description of a New Pyrometer, 

 with a Table of Experiments made therewith, copperplate, 4to. (pp. 16), setun, 3s [1754] 



4432 Sl^IEE (Alfred, f.r.s. ; Surgeon to the Bank of England ; author of 'My Garden') ELEMENTS 

 of Electro-Biology, or the Voltaic Mechanism of Man ; of Electro-Pathology, especially of 

 the Nervous System, and of Electro-Therapeutics, with woodcuts, 8vo. c/., 7* Qd 1849 



4433 Another Copy, hf green morocco gilt {title stamped), 8s Qd 



' a pioneer excursion into the territory of electrical physiology.'— D. N. B. 



The author was the inventor of the galvanic battery known by his name (zinc and silver in sulphuric acid), for which he 

 received the Isis medal of the Society of Arts. 



4434 Elements of Electrometallurgy ; 2nd Ed., considerably enlarged, wUh 5 specimens 



of electrotype, and 37 woodcuts, Svo. cl. (scarce), I2s 1843 



' An impK)rtant work, dealing with the laws regulating the reduction of metals in diflerent s^^tes, as well as a description 

 of the processes for platinating and palladiating, so that reliefs and intaglios in gold can be readily obtained. Smee was 

 also the Hr»t to discover the means by which perfect reverses in plaster could be made by rendering the plaster non- 

 absorbent.'—/). N. B. 



4 435 The Eye in Health and Disease, with Account of the Optometer, for the Adaptation 



of Glasses, 2nd Ed., with Paper on the Stereoscope and Binocular Perspective, ^plates and 

 48 woodcuts, 8vo. c^., 5* Qd 1854 



4436 Instinct and Reason : deduced from Electro-Biology, with 10 plates {mostly col- 

 oured), and 65 ivoodcuts, Svo. cl., uncut, Qs 1850 



A popular adaptation of his ' Elements of Electro-Biology ', and one of the first works on electrical physiology. 



4437 Principles of the Human Mind deduced from Physical Laws, with the Lecture on 



the Voltaic Mechanisnj of Man, woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 3* 1849 



A sequel to Elements of Electro-Biology. 



4438 SMILES (Samuel, ll.d., vjhen Sec. Leeds and Thirsk Ry.) RAILWAY Property : its Condition 

 and Prospect;*, 8vo (pp. 64), sewn {scarce). Is 6d [1849] 



A counterblast to the fall in stocks following the Railway Mania. 



4439 Industrial Biography : Iron Workers and Tool Makers, post 8vo. cl.,2s (p. 6s) 1863 



4440 Lives of the Engineers, with an Account of their chief Works, and History of Inland 



Communication in Britain, 3 v. : Lives of BouLTON and Watt, principally from the Original Soho 

 MSS., with History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam-Engine— 4 vols. 8vo., 

 Library Editions, with steel portraits and numerous pretty ipoodcut illustrations; cl., uncut 

 {out of print), £1. 5s (p. £4. 46-) 1862-5 



Including Brindley, Vermuyden, Myddleton, Perry, Smeaton, Rennie, Metcalfe, Telford, and Geoi-ge and Robert 

 Stephenson. 



4441 Cabinet Edition, revised, with steel portraits, and numerous woodcuts, 5 vols, large post 



8vo. cl., 15s (p. £1. lis 6rf) 1874 



4442 SailTH (Alexander, Univ. Chicago), and Edwin Herbert HALL, Harvard Univ.: The 

 Teaching of Chemistry and Physics in the Secondary School, woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., 

 4.S fp. 6.S nett) 1902 



4443 SMITH (Charles, Master of Sidney Sussex Coll.) Elementary Treatise on Solid Geometry ; 

 2nd Ed., diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 4.s (p. 9s Qd) 1886 



4444 Solutions of the Examples in a Treatise on Algebra; 2nd Ed., cr. Svo. c/., 5* 



(p. 10s 6c/) 1890 



4445 SMITH (David, pattern dyer, Halifax) The English Dyer, with Instructions how to dye 150 

 Shades on Cotton Yarns in the Hank, 50 Shades on Cotton Wool, 150 Shades on Worsted Yarns, 

 100 Shades on Animal Wool, and 50 Shades on Silk in the Skein, also other valuable Information, 

 with 550 dyed specimens, thick 8vo. hf. morocco neat, £1. .5s (p. £4. 4.?) Manchester, 1882 



With each of the shades a dyed pattern and a Kfiuuine receipt is jrivcn ; also receipts for making all the dye spirits used 

 in the work ; and the best mode of extracting burrs from wool, and cotton from rags. 



4446 SMITH (Edward, m.d., f.r.s.) Handbook for Inspectors of Nuisances, illustrated, post Svo. 

 hf morocco gilt, 3s 1873 



4447 SMITH (George) Treatise of Comets: the various Appearances of the late Comet, the 

 History of Comets, with the Nature and Design of Saturn's King, and their Distance, Velocity, 

 Size, Solidity, and other Properties, and the wonderful Phajnomenaof their Tails and Atmospheres 

 accounted for, 2 copperplates, 8vo. hf bound {last I. mended) ; rare, 10s 6d 1744 



4448 SMITH (Georg-e, of Kendall in Westmorland) Compleat Body of DISTILLING, explaining its 

 Mysteries in a most easy and familiar Manner, containing an exact and accurate Method of 

 making all the COMPOUND Cordial-Waters now in Use, with their several Virtues; also 

 Instructions for learning the Distiller's Art, with Computation of the original Cost of the 

 Ingredients, and the Profits, 2nd Ed., with front, of Uill, 8vo. old sheep, newly rebacked {a few 

 II. wormed) ; rare, \2s 6d MDDCLXVl [sic ; recte 1776J 



Containing 'an account of several rich cordials, not mcntion'd in any treatise of distilling extant.' — Preface. 



4449 SMITH (Godfrey) The Laboratory; or School of Arts : exhibiting curious and valuable Exper- 

 iments in Kelining, Calcining, Melting, Assaying . . . Choice Secrets for Jewellers . . . The 

 Art of making Glass, etc. etc. etc., compiled from German, and other foreign Authors, 4th Ed., 

 with Additions, 17 copperplates, 8vo. hf bound, \2s6d 1755 



ScAKCK, and unknown to Watt, Lowndes, and AUibone. The work contains a number of curious recipes, culled from 

 a great variety of sources. 



•4450 SMITH (Robert Angus, F.R.S.) AiR and Rain : the Beginnings of a Chemical Climato- 

 logy, with plates, charts, and woodcuts, thick Svo. cl., uncut (scree), I2s Qd (p. £1. 4.9) 1872 

 Largely a collection of the author's important papers on hygienic chemistry, describing his methods of determining the 

 amount of oxygen, carbon dioxide, etc. in the air. 



•As the chemist of sanitary science, Smith worked alone.'— Dr. Thorpe. 'Less attention has been paid to this work 

 than it deserves.'— D. N. B. 



