f290 HENHV SOTHfiRAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AifD 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



5703 AJASSON de GRANDSAGNE (J. B. FranQois Etienne), et AcMUe THIRION : 

 Traite Elementaire d'AsTEONOMiE ; avec Extrait de 1' Article sur les Cometes, et Article sur 

 la Lune Rousse par Francois Jean Dominique Arago; vnth 5 folding plates, etc., 24mo. 

 calf gilt, with bookplate of Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., As 1835 



5704 ALBEB.TI (Wilhelm Christoph) Deutliche und Griindliche Anleitung zur Salmiak- 

 Eabrik, welcher dem Egyptisclien an Giite und Preise voUkommen iilmlich ist ; niit Prilfung der 

 bisher vorgeschlagenen Methoden und Materialien, post 8vo. sewn, 6s Berlin, 1780 



Describing a process invented by the, author for producing sal ammoniac chemically. 



5705 ALCAN (Michel) Fabrication des Etoffes : Traite complet de la Filature du Coton, 

 thick 8vo. sewn; with Atlas, containing ^% folding plates, 4to. hf. cl. portfolio — 2 vols., 12s 

 (p, F. 35 nett) 1865-4 



5706 AXCIATO (Andrea; Milanese) LiBELLUS de PoNDERiBUS et Mensuris, item, BuDJii 

 qutedam de eadeni Re, adhuc non visa. Item, Philippi Melanchthonis de iisdem ad Gernian- 

 orum Usura, Sententia. Alciati quoque, et Philippi Melachthonis in Laudem Juris Civilis, Ora- 

 tiones duce elegantissima' ; printed in italics, with title within grotesque woodcut border, including 

 printer's device, woodcut initial tvith portrait, and fidl -page woodcut, 16mo. boards (vi:RY large 

 AND fine copy), £1. 1* [f. 39a :] Venetiis, Melchior Sessa, 1532 



Unknown to Brunet, Graessc, the Biographie Generale, etc., but mentioned in Riccardi's Biblioteca Matematica 

 ItoUana, where hoAvever no collation of the work is given. The author is best known for his Book of Emblems. 



5707 ALDINI (Giovanni ; Univ. Bologna; nephew of Galvani) Saggio di Osservazioni sui Mezzi 

 atti a migliorare la COSTRUZIONE e 1' Illuminazione dei Fari, con Appendice sull' Ulumina- 

 zione dei Fari col Gas ; ivith 7 COLOURED plates {<o folding, including the Eddystone Lighthouse), 

 and map, roy. 8x0. fine copy in the original hf. inorocco qitt, with author's inscr. (as below) ; rare, 

 155 ^ -^ ^ Milam, 1823 



' A Mons. le Comte de La Grange, Secretair [*io] d'Ambassade de la Cour de France . . . de la Cour d'Autriche. 

 Hommage d'estime de rAnteur.'— 7n.<!cr. on flyleaf. 



Interesting as the first original Italian work on gas lighting, as well as on the gas-lighting of lighthouses, which was 

 not practised in England till much later. 



5708 Short Account of Experiments made in Italy and recently repeated in Geneva and 



Paris, for Preserving Human Life and Objects of Value from Destruction by Fire, with 

 front, of a wearer of the author's fireproof mask bending over an open fire, 8vo. (pp. 24), seivn 

 {scarce), with inscr. '■from the author', 8s 6d 1830 



' Ces experiences avaient ete faites avec un appareil de sauvetage en asbestc, raatiere minerale qui resists au feu, et que 

 Ton peut tisser comme du ]in.'—Biogr. Gen. 



5709 ALDIS (William Steadman) Introductory Treatise on Rigid Dynamics, tui*h diagrams, 

 cr. 8vo. cL, '2s (p. 4*) Cambridge, 1882 



5710 Text Book of Algebra [with Answers], tliick postSvo cl., As (p. Is Qd) 



Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1887 



5711 ALDOXJS (John Clement Primrose; pr., Fellow of Jesus Coll., Cantab.), Elementary 

 Course of Physics, edited by, ivith very numerous woodcuts, and coloured plate, thick post 8vo. 

 cl.. As (p. 7.? Qd) 1900 



5712 ALEMBEItT (Jean le Rend d' ; Encyclop6diste, F.R.s.) Traite de Dynamique, dans lequel 

 les Loix de I'Equilibre et du Mouvement des Corps sont rdduites au plus petit Norn bre possible, 

 et, oil Ton donne un Principe general pour trouver le Movement de plusieurs Corps qui agissent 

 les uns sur les autres d'une manihre quelconque, nouvelle Ed., fort augmentee par I'Auteur ; with 

 5 plates, 4to. contemporary French mottled calf gilt {scarce), V2s %d 1758 



Best Edition. ' In this he enunciates the principle known by his name, namely, that the ' internal forces of inertia ' 

 (that is, the forces which resist acceleration) must be equal and opposite to the forces which produce the acceleration . . . 

 The application of this principle enables us to obtain the differential equations of motion of any rigid system.'— 

 W. W. R. Ball. 



6713 Traite de I'Equilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides, pour servir de Suite au Traite 



de Dynamique, nouvelle Ed., revde et augmentee; with 10 plates, 4to. contemporary hf. calf 

 {nice copy) ; rare, \bs 1770 



, The author here applies his principle of equilibriiun to fluid.s. 



5714 [ALENCE (Joachim d')] Traittez des Barometres, Thermom^tres, et Notiometres, ou 

 Hygrometres, par Mr D * * *, premiere edition; with front, by Schoonebeek, and 35 fine 

 copperplates, 12mo. contemporary calf gilt (fine copy) ; RARE, £1. 12* Qd Amsterdam, 1688 



5715 [ ] Nouvelle Impression ; with front., and 35 copperplates, 12mo. old calf (rare), 



£1. 2s Qd ibidem, 1708 



The earliest account dealing exclusively with the subject, and especially valuable as the first work laying down rules 

 for the graduation of the thermometer. The above work was unknown to Poggendorff, Brunet, Graesse. etc. 



The author was the first to start La ComiaUmiice des Temy>s (now issued by the Bureau des Longitudes), the first G vols, 

 of which he published between 167S> and 1084. 



5716 [ ] Trattato Curioso di Matematica, nel quale col Mezzo de tre Instrumenti cioe del 



Barometro, Termometro, ed Igrometro, si pub conoscere, e misurare il Peso, la Leggerezza, il 

 Caldo, il Freddo, la Secchezza e I'Umidith dell' Aria, trad, dal Francese, coll' Aggiunta di alcune 

 Memorie, ecc. ; with front, and 12 copperplates, 8vo. boards, uncut {rare), 12s %d Venezia, 1753 



5717 ALEXANDER (John Henry) Universal Dictionary of Weights and Measures, Ancient 

 and Modern, reduced to the Standards of the United States of America, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s 



Baltimore [1850] 

 This work is alphabetically arranged, and invaluable for historical reference. , 



6718 ALEXANDER (Thomas; Prof Engineering, t.c.d.) Elementary Applied Mechanics, with 

 64 diagrains, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s 60? (p. 4s Qd) 1880 



5719 [ALLAN (Thomas, f.r.s.)] Alphabetical List of the Names of Minerals at present most 

 familiar in English, French, and German, with Tables of Analyses, 8vo., (?) Large Paper ; 

 boards, with insa\ to James Wardrop [Edinburgh ophthalmologist^, Is Qd Edin.f 1808 



