HENPwY SOTHERAN & CO., 140. STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 231 



4557 STAMMESHAUS (W.) Darstellung der Dioptkik des normalen menschlichen Auges, 

 zugleich eine Einfiihrung in das Studium derselben ; with 66 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. bound, '6s 

 (p. M. 7.) Oberhausen, 1877 



4558 STANHOPE (Charles 3rd Earl, F.R.S., when Viscount Mahon) Principles of Electricity, 

 contaiuinj^ divers New Theorems and Experiments, with an Analysis of the superior Advan- 

 tages of high and pointed [Lightning] Conductors ; also an Explanation of an Electrical 

 Returning Stroke, by which Fatal Effects may be produced, even at a vast Distance from 

 the Place where the Lightning falls, vnth 6 copperplates, 4to. old calf gilt, newly rebacked (rare), 

 £1. 1* 1779 



This work was the first to make known the principle of tlie return stroke of lightning. ' He contended that when a 

 large cloud is charged witli electricity it drives out a considerable jHjrtion of the electricity in its neighbourhood, which 

 often returns to its original position with such violence and in such quantity as to destroy life.' — W. P. Coiirttiey. 



Many books in the present catalogue are from the author's library, and bear either his own bookplate, or that of his 

 father, Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, k.r.s. 



4559 STANLEY (Anthony Dumond, Yale Coll.) Tables of Logarithms of Numbers, and of 

 Logarithmic Sines, Tangents and Secants, to 7 Places of Decimals, with other Tables in frequent 

 Use, roy. 8vo. cL, 5s New Haven, 1849 



• Prized for their accuracy.* 



4560 STANLEY (William Ford, f.r.a.s.) Descriptive Treatise on Mathematical Drawing 

 Instruments, with Hints on Drawing and Colouring ; 2nd Ed., with numerous woodcuts, post 8vo. 

 hf. calf gilt, 2s 1868 



4561 Sixth Edition [enlarged] , woodcuts, post 8vo. cL, 2s Qd 1888 



4562 Experimental Researches into the Properties and Motions of Fluids, with Theo- 

 retical Deductions therefrom, woodcuts, lar^e 8vo. cL, 5s (p. 15s) 1881 



4563 Notes on the Nebular Theory in relation to Stellar, Solar, Planetary, Cometary, and 



Geological Phenomena, 3 plates, and woodcuts, 8vo. cl. {out of print). As (p. 9*) 1895 



4564 Surveying and Levelling Instruments, theoretically and practically described, 3rd 



[last] Ed., with 372 woodcuts, large cr. 8vo. cl.. As (p. 7* 6rf) 1901 



4565 STANSBIE (John Henry, f.i.c.) Iron and Steel, with 87 illustrations, 8vo. cl.. As 6d (sells 



6* nett) 1907 



4506 STAE.K (Johannes, Gbttingen) Die Dissoziierung und Umwandlung chemischer Atome, 



8vo. sewn, \s Braunschweig, 1903 



4567 STARRAT (William) The Doctrine of Projectiles, with the Description and Use of a New 

 Mathematical Instrument, and several curious Properties of Projectiles never l>efore publish'd, 

 with folding plates, 8vo. old calf {fine copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 

 [rare), 8s Hd Dublin, 1746 



The author claims that his instrument ' solves any Problem in Gunnery, also, with a small addition, measures the 

 Heif,'ht, or Distance of any Object on any Plane accessible, or inaccessible, together with the Ascents, or Descents of 

 those Planes.' 



4568 STAS (Jean Servais) O^uvres Completes, avec Notice Biographique par W. Spring ; 

 publiees sous la Direction de W. Spring et J, B. Depaire ; with 3 fine heliogravure portraits, 

 plates and woodcuts, 3 thick vols. 4to. sewn, £1. 10* Bruxelles, 1894 



Containing the author's 'cla.ssical researches on the atomic weights of oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen, 

 sulphur, silver, otc. In Sbas's case the extreme limit of accuracy was reached which was possible with the means at 

 comma nd.' — Prof. E. v. Meyer. 



4569 STAUEFEJEl (David McNeely, m.i.c.e.) Modern Tunnel Practice, illustrated by Ex- 

 amples from actual Recent Work in U. S. A. and Foreign Countries [including the Simplon 

 Tunnel ; with Glossary], 13S woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl., \As (p. £1. 1* nett) ' 1906 



4570 STEAM HEATING PROBLEMS, or Questions, Answers, and Descriptions relating 

 to Steam-Heating and Steam-Fitting, from the 'Sanitary Engineer', tvith 109 illustrations, 

 8vo. hf morocco neat, 3s Qd • New York, 1886 



4571 NAVIGATION : Vessels of Iron and Wood ; the Steam Engine ; and on Screv/ 



Propulsion, by Sir William Fairbairn, f.r.s., Messrs. Forrester, of Liverpool, John 

 Laird, m.p., Oliver Lang, etc. etc., with Results of Experiments on the Disturbance of the 

 Compass in Iron-built Ships, by Sir G. B. Airy, f.r.s., woodcuts, 4to. ; with Atlas, contain- 

 ing 15 fine folding plates by Le Keux, Lowry, etc., impl. folio— 2 vols, hf.cl. {fresh copy), \5s 

 (p. £2. \2s Qd) 1858 



Valuable for the early history of steam navigation and especially screw-propulsion. It contains plans of the 'Glow- 

 worm ', ' Rainbow ', ' Fulton ', ' Firebrand ', ' Nevka ', ' Cyclops ', * Isis ', • Orion ', and ' Great Britain '. 



4572 STEEL (James) Selection of the Practical Points of Malting and Brewing, and 

 Strictures thereon, for the Use of Brewery Proprietors ; with 10 folding plates, 4to. cl. {out of 

 pnnt). Is Qd (p. £1. 10*) 1881 



Treating the subject wholly from a practical standpoint, which, as the author avers, has been unduly neglected in 

 nearly all works on brewing. 



4573 STENSEN [Latine STENO] (Nicolas) Elementorum Myologl?5 Specimen, seu Musculi 

 Descriptio Geometrica, cui accedunt Canis Carcharia? Dissectum Caput, et Dissectus Piscis ex 

 Canum Genere ; with 7 plates, and numerous diagrams^ 4to. old ccUf gilt (FINE COPY) ; RARE, unth 

 bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., £1. 5s Florentice, 1667 



In this work the author was the first to recognise the muscles as the only active organs of animal motion, thus pre- 

 paring the way for G. A. Borelli (q. v. ante). 



4574 De Solido intra SoLlDUM naturaliter contento ; with 1 plate, 4to. vellum (excessively 



RARE), £3 10* ibidem, 1669 



FiR-sT Edition of this important work, the first treatise dealing with, and creating. Crystallography. The author 

 therein also first points out the true origin of fossil animals, and explains the origin of the earth, indicating the stratifica- 

 tion of rocks, and distinguishing between volcanic, chemical, and mechanical modes of originatiou. 



4575 Facsimile Reprint, %oith plates, 4to. sewn, IQs Qd 1904 



