HENRY SOTHERAxN & CO.. UO. STRAND, W.C. and 37, PICCADILLY. W. 287 



5644 ADAMS (George {the Younger], matheinatical insti-ument maker to His Majesty), Cataloguf 



of Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments, maile and sold l.v, Svo. (nn «) sewn 



(rare), 3s &d ^ vn • /» ^^^^ 



^^^^ r~i — Essay on Electricity, explaining the Principles of that Useful Science, and describing' 

 the Instruments, contrived to illustrate the Theory, or to render the Practice entertainin«' • with 

 Letter from xMr John Birch, Surgeon, on Medical Elkctricitv. 5th Ed., by William'Jonks. 

 tviih 6 folding copperplates, thick Svo. boards, 6s 6d I799 



Chiefly valuable for giving a full account and lUustraUons of Uie electrical nitcJiines then iu use. At end U 'A 

 Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical IiistrumenU*, made and sold by W. and 8. Jone« ' (pp l«i) 



5646 Essays on the Microscope : a praetical Description of the most Improved MicroscoiHis, 



General History of Insects, View of the Organization of Timl»er, and the Conliguration of Salts 

 under the Microscope ; 2nd Edition, with considerable Additions by Frederick Kanmacher, 

 F.L.S., with fine allegorical mezzotint front, (xcaterntainal), thick 4to., boards, uncut ; and Atlasl 

 containing 31 large and fine copperplates, oblong folio, old calf, newly rebaeked (HAUK), £1. U- 1798-87 



5647 Geometrical and Graphical Essays, containing a Description of the Mathematical 



Instruments used in Geometry, Surveying, Levelling and Pei-Ki»ective, witli many new Problems, 

 first edition, with 33 fine folding plates on copper, thick Hvo old calf, newly rebaeked (fine copy), 

 10* 6rf 1791 



5648 Third Edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jonbs, wUh Z5 folding plates on 



copfier, Svo. hf calf Ss 18(X| 



' He wrote largely on the use of mathematical inxtrumentjt, ftod hl« booka on tiiat itutgrct were highly valued.* 



5649 Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays, 2nd Edition, by Wiluam Jonbs, 



3i folding plates on copper [good impressions), 8vo. old calf (joints cracked), 5s 6d 1797 



Interesting as giving minute and accurate illuntrations of the scientific imttrumeuta iu M*e at tho Uin«. At eud i« a 

 ' Catalogue of Oj)tical, Mathematical, and Philosophical InstrumenU, made and sold by W. and 8. Junes' (pp. U). 



ryQ'iO ADAMS (John Couch, f.r.s. ; discoverer of Neptutu] Explanation of the Observkd Irreq- 

 ularities in the Motion of Uranus on the Hypothesis of Disturbancen caused by a more distant 

 Planet, with a Determination of the Mass, Orbit, and Position of the Disturbing Body, lar^^e Svo. 

 (pp. 31), sewn, with inscr. by W. S. Stratford, F.R.S. (very scarce), 10* 6rf 1846 

 This is the important paper on which is based the author's claim to the discovery of Nentunc ' It sUrrad vidanipcwd 

 excitement. A long and oitter controversy ensued. The scientific world iiplit into ^Adamite' and 'ai 



factions.' — Miss A. M. Gierke. 



5651 On the Secular Variation of the Moon's Mean Motion, roy.4to. (pp. 10), sewn, with 



inscr. and letter to H. E. J. Howard, Dean of Lichfield, 12* 6rf 1853 



' Demonstrbting the incompleteness of Laplace's explanation of the phenomenon. This was highly displeasing to 

 French geometers ; but the attacks of Plana, Hansen, and Pont-dcoulant left unshaken conchuionH which were iudepeodeotJy 

 verified by Delaunay, Cayley, ami Sir J. W. Lubbock,'— J^iav* A. M. CUrke. 



Adiled is a very interesting autot.raph lettkr from the author (pp. 4), dated Feb. 1(J, 1883, to Dean Uovard, on Sir 

 R. S. Ball's great tidal wave theory of the origin of the moon. 



505^ ADAMS (William Bridges) English Pleasure Carriages : with the Construction of 

 Common Roads and Hailroads, and the Public Vehicles used on them, also DESCRIPTIONS of 

 New Inventions, with numerous plates and woodcuts, Svo., c/., unad (scarce), 17* 6rf 1837 



' He was an ingenious and prolific inventor in the early days of railroatls. The invention by which be is best known Is 

 the flshjoint for the rails of railways, still universally used. Adams abto originated many valuable iniprovemenU in ruUinK 

 stock, and did much to reduce the inordinate weight of the earlier locomotives. . . . Beaidea patent* connected wilU 

 railways he patented improvements in carriages for common n«ds, iu ship nropuUion', etc. etc.—/). .V. B. 



5653 ItOADS and Kails, and their Sequences, Physical and Moral, large post Svo. c/., d* 1882 



fk>ntaininK much interesting historical matter in connexion with early railway engineering. 



5654 ADAMSON (William) The Discovery of the Universal Principle of Dividing the CiB- 

 CUMFKRENCE of the CIRCLE, or any Part of it, into a given Numl>er of Equal Parts, by a New 

 Instrument called the Cyclometer, with plate, Svo. (pp. 44), sewn, 6* 1815 



' The discovery of the principle of the instrument aroee from the idea that a circle can be truly maaaorad bjr a drela 

 only.'— P. 3 The work is rare, and unknown to Watt, Lowndes, or AUibone. 



66.55 ADCOCK (Henry, c.E.) Kules and Data for the Steam Engine, both Stationary and Loco- 

 motive, and for Railways, Canals, and Turnpike-Roads: the nioHt recent Conatruction, and the 

 Errors of Patentees from their not being acquainted with the Practical Department* of 

 Enjjineerin*;, fcap. Svo. boards, 5* IKW 



5656 ADHi:BIAB (Jo»eph Alphonae) Trait*:: coraplet d'ABiTHMifcTiQUK. 2« Ed., '84: Prony 

 (Baron de) Instruction sur I'Usage des Tables de Logarithmbs : Chevalier (Au^ta) 

 Traite ^l^mentaire de MliCANlQUE, 2« Ed. ; with plate*— 3 vols. 24mo. in 1, ctdfgUt, with book- 

 plate of Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., 5* 1834 

 5857 A^ROSTATE, Description de 1', de rAcADi^.MiE de Dijon, contenant le Detail des PROctote, 

 la Theorie des Operations, les De-ssins des Machines et les Precis- Verl»aux d'Expi^RiENcn. 

 Le tout extrait du Compte Rendu k cette So(iet<i par 1X)UI8 BSRTBAND Guvton de Morveau, 

 Francois de Chaussier, et I'Abbh: Hertrand, nuivi d'un EssAl sur I'Application de la 

 DtcouvERTE de MM. de Montgolfikr, a I'Extr.vction des Eaux den Mines; wUh 4 folding 

 copperplates illustrating the construction ajid filling of Balloons, Svo. (pp. 23-2), sewn (very BARE), 

 £2. 12* 6^ Dijon, 17S4 



This very rare work, which waa unknown to llatton Turnor, waa mainly compo«««I by Gn)-ton de Moryaau, tlia oala* 

 brated rhemist and collaborator of IjivoUler, whoM pwearclien, aa embodied In the above volume, caoaed the aangulna 

 French Ooverninent to form a ' corps d'atroatlem mllltalrea.' 



• Guvton ^tait mont^ k plusieurs repriaea avec I'abb* Bertrand dans le ballon 4 gaz Inflaramable conatnilt par lea aoina 

 de 1' Academic de Dijon. 11 avait fait cnnstrulre, poureaaayer de le diriger, on* machine aniiee d« qnatre immea. Au 

 moment du depart, un coup de vent endommagea Vappareil et mit drux ramen hon* de wrvice. Cepeodaat, Gayt^iU awure 

 avoir produit avec les deux rames qui resUient un efret aenaible »ur les monvemrntu <ln ballon. —flto^.O^n. 



Guyton de Morveau therefore appears to be the first to suggeat the di^' ••»■''• '-i"- •• nnd to bave fouad the weather 

 as unsiwrtsmanlike as it is to^lay. 



A full account of this ascent is given in the above work. ^ 



