HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 237 

 [STXJBBE (William)] Clamor, Rixa, Joci, etc.— v. Hobbes, ante. 



4665 STUKELEY (William, m.d., f.r.s., Eector of St. George's, Queen Square) The Philosophy 

 oi Earthquakes, Natural and Religious; or an Inquiry into their Cause and Purpose, 2 vols. 

 8vo. in 1, old calf, lOs 6d 1750 



4666 STURGEON (William, Addiscombc) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES, Experimental and Theoretical, 

 in Electricity, Magnetism, Galvanism, Electro-Magnetism, and Electro-Chemistry, 

 with 19 copperplates, 4to. cl. (SCARCE), £1. 5* published bif subscription, Bury [^Lancs.'], 1850 



a rpprint of the complete works of the Inventor of thk Dynamo-Elkctri'c and the Magneto-Electrical Machines, 

 as contributed t<i various scientific journals, and completed only a few weeks before his death. They include a description 

 of ' Sturgeon's disk ', the ignition of gunpowder by electrical discharge, his important discovery of the electro-magnet, 

 kite experiments, the action of magnets oa non-ferruginous metals, on Marine Lightning Conductors, and his ' Exi)eri- 

 mental Researches ', describing the process of amalgamating the zinc plate of an electric battery with a film of mercury. 



4667 Three Accounts of Aurora Borealis ; and of the Formation of Clouds, as observed 



in tiie Locality of Kirkl)y Lonsdale, Svo. (pp. 20), sewn, 2s Qd Manchester, 1848 



4668 STURM (Jacques Charles Francois, de VInstitut) COURS de MiiiCANlQUE, public d'apres le 

 V(ca de I'Auteur par E. Prouhet ; with 191 diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf calf gilt, '6s 6rf 1861 



4669 On the Solution of Numerical Equations, trans, by W. H. Spiller, 4to. sewn 



(scarce), 8s 6d 1835 



Containing the author's celebrated theorem determining the number and situation of roots of an equation comprised 

 between given limits. The work was awarded the prize of the Paris Academy. 



Spiritu Naturae .... disseritur : ©AYMANTfAAOS Waymasia, sive IRIDIS Admiranda sub 

 Rationis accuratius examen revocata ; with 6 plates, and very numerous engravings on copper, 

 4 vols. 4to. in 1, old calf with curious engraved French scientific bookplate of G. Fage (ca. 1780), 

 also bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, FM.S. (rare), j£1. 5s Norimberga;, 1701-1685-99 



Containing a description of the chief discoveries of the time, and of the differential thennometer, the author's invention, 

 as well as an interesting account of the aerostatic projects of Fbancksco Lana. («/. t'. ante), which he followed up by similar 

 experiments. 



4671 Mathesis Enucleata, cujus pr.Tcipua Contenta sub finem Priefationis, uno quasi 



obtutu spectanda, exhibentur ; [Ed.] II., niulto emendatior, thick large 12mo. old calf, 4s ib., 1695 



4572 Mathesis Enucleata : or the Elements of the Mathematicks, made English by 



J[?OSEPH] R[? APHSON], A.M. and R.S.S., with plates, Svo. fine copy in contemporary panelled 

 calf, 8s 6d 1700 



' Arithmetic and Algebra are here very nearly separated.'— 7'ro/. de ^Torgan. 



4673 Mathesis Juvenilis : a Course of Mathematicks for Young Students, made English by 



George Vaux, m.d., numerous platen, 3 vols. Svo. old panelled calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 

 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.E.S., 9s 1709-8 



' The best collection of useful and entertaining things I have ever seen.'— John Uurris, F.R.S. 



4674 STTJBM (Leonhard Christoph; son of the above) Der Wahre Vauban, oder der von den 

 Teutschen uiid Holliindern verbesserte Franzosische Ingenieur, worinnen die Arithmetic 

 Geometric, oil- und delfensiv- Kriegs-Bau-Kuns-t, nach den Grundsiitzen von Vauban, deutlicli 

 erkliiret : nebst einer ganz neuen Methode zur irregulairen FORTIFICATION; with engraved 

 front., and numerous folding plates and plans, cr. 4to. contemporary pressed pigskin, 8s Qd 



2^ Urn berg, 1737 

 'Ses ecrits, qui roulent sur toutos lea parties da I'architecturc, ont beaucoup contribue ^ faire avancer en Allemagnc la 

 pratique de cet art.'— Biogr. Gen. 



r. Strauch (Aegidius), ante. 



STURMITJS (Joannes)— V. Storms, ante. 

 4075 STURMY (Capt. Samuel) The Mariners Magazine, stor'd with these Mathematical Arts: 

 Navigation and Geometry; Mathematical Instruments; the Doctrine of Triangles; the Art of 

 Navigation; Surveying, Gauging, Measuring, Gunnery and Artificial Fire-Works; Astronomy; 

 the Art of Dialling; with Tables of Logarithms, the Suns Declination, etc. etc., also the 

 Penalties and Forfeitures relating to the Customs, and to Navigation, 2nd Edition, diligently 

 revised and carefully corrected, by John Colson, with fine portrait by A. Hertocks, engraved 

 title in compartments by T. Cross, and numerous plates and engravings on copper {some with 

 moveable slips), besides diagrams, folio, old calf, newly rebacked {portrait slightly mended, other- 

 wise a large and sound copy) ; VERY RARE, £3. 15* Printed by Anne Godbid, 1679 

 This e<lition was unknown to I>owrdes, who only mentioii.s those of I6C9 and 1G84. It contains an appendix, 'Com- 

 pendiunj of Fortification, both geometrically and instrumentally by a Scale, by Philip Stavnkkd, 1678'. 



4676 Fourth Edition, with useful Additions, engraved title, numerous plates, and engravings 



on copper {some with moveable slips), and diagrams, folio, old panelled calf, newly rebacked {one I. 

 mended, and library stamp on title, otherwise a LARGE AND SOUND COPY) ; VERY RARE, £2. 2* 



E. Mount, at the Postern on Tower- Hill, 1700 

 Tlie above Cflition (apparently the last issued) was unknown to Lowndes, Watt, and Allibone. There was no copy of 

 any edition in the Soott .sale. 



4677 SUEVUS {? gcrmanice SCHWABE] (Sigismund) Arithmetica Historica. Die Lobliche 

 liechenkunst durch alle Species und furnembste Kcgeln, n)it schonen gedenkwirdigen Hlstorien 

 und E.xempeln . . . der lieben Jugend zu gutte erkleret . . . Aus vielguttenUiichern und Schriftten 

 mit tleis zjisammen getragen, thick cr. 4to. old vellum {one I. of preface missing, and another 

 mended), £1. 1* Bresslaw, 1593 



Very rare, and unknown to bibliographers. The only reference to the autlior's name is in Prof, de Morgan'.s ' Arith- 

 metical Books ', where it is missiwlt Sueuius. 



