258 HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



5068 VIEILLE (Jules, EcoU Normale) CouRS CompliSmentaire d' Analyse et de Mecanique 

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5069 VIGNOLA [recte BAROZZI] (Giacopo) : Regola delli CiNQUE Ordine d'ARCHlTETTURA di 

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IRoma] ,' G. M. Paluzzi [c. 1670] 

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5070 Reigle des Cinq Ordres d'ARCHiTECTURE ; with woodcut title with portrait, and 35 other 



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' Traite le plus celebre et le plus utile qui ait jamais ete public sur I'architecture.' — Blogr. Gen. 



5071 VIGNOLES (Charles Blacker, c.e. ; f.r.s., m.r.i.a.) Statements respecting the Method cand 

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The turf is specially prepared by being subjected to steam in an apparatus constructed by the author. The work i-s 

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 promoters. 



5072 , Life of : Soldier and Civil Engineer : a Reminiscence of Early Railway History, by 



his Son Olinthus John Vignoles, pr., St. Peter's, Vere St., with fine portrait, 19 woodcuts, 

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C. B. Vignoles introduced the flat-footed rail, generally known as the Vignoles, and patented, with John Ericsson, a 

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' With C. B. Vignoles the romantic era of modern engineering may be said to have passed away '. 



5073 VIGNOLI (Giuseppe), et Fran9ois JACdUIER: Disquisitiones Statico-Mechanic^ ; 

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5074 VliiLE (Georges) Recherches Exp^rimentales sur la V6g6tation ; with 2 large plates and 

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 (out of print), 10.9 Qd 1853 



' Ce volume a pour objet de mettre en Evidence I'absorption de I'azote de I'air par les plantes et de faire connaitre les 

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5075 VILLEMOT (Abbe Philippe) NouvEAU Systeme, ou Nouvelle Explication du Mouvement 

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The author tries to explain the movement of the solar system on the basis of Descartes's theory of vortices. In the 

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5076 VILLI6 (E., Lille) Compositions d'ANALYSE, Mecanique, et Astronomie, donnees h la 

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6077 VIMERGATO (Giovanni Battista, Monaco di Certosa) Dialogo [della Descrittione Teorica 

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Vinegia, Gabriel Giolito de' Ferrari, 1566 

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5078 VINCE (Samuel; Archdn. of Bedford; Plumian Professor, F.R.S.) Complete System of 

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5079 The Elements of the Conic Sections, adapted to the Use of Students in Philosophy, 



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5080 Fifth Edition, 3 plates, 8vo. sewn, 2s ib., 1817 



5081 On the Motion of Bodies affected by Friction, plate, 4to. (pp. 25), sewn, 2s 6d 1784 



With ' Observations and Experiments on the Light of Bodies in a State of Combustion ', by G. C. Morgan, f.r.s. 

 (pp. 23), 1784. 



5032 New Method of Investigating the Sums of Infinite Series, 4to. (pp. 22), sewn, 2s 1791 



5083 Observations on the Hypotheses which have been assumed to account for the Cause 



of Gravitation from Mechanical Principles, with diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 26), sewn (scarce), 5* 



Cambridge, 1806 



5084 Plan of a Course of Lectures on the Principles of Natural Philosophy, 8vo. sewn, 



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5085 On the Precession of the Equinoxes, plate, 4to. (pp. 5), sewn, Is M 1787 



5086 The Principles of Fluxions, for Students in the University, 3rd Ed., enlarged, loith 



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5087 Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged, with diagrams, 8vo. boards, uncut, 3s ib., 1812 



6038 Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, with Intro, on the Nature and 



Use of Logarithms, 3rd Ed., corrected, with 2 plates, 8vo. sewn, 2s 6d ib., 1810 



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6089 Treatise on Practical Astronomy, with 8 plates, 4to. hf. calf, 4s ib., 1790 



Explaining the construction and use of astronomical instruments. 



