HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., UO, STRAND, W.C, and 37, PICCADILLY, W. 295 



5793 APJOHN (James, m.d., m.r.i.a.) Analysis of a Meteoric Stone, which fell near Adair, Co. 



Limerick, 4to. (pp. 14), sewn, 2s Dublin, 1837 



5794 APOLLONIUS Pergseus : Conicorum Libri VIII, et Sereni Antissensis de Sections 

 Cylindri et CoNi Libri II [ex Codd. MSS. Cr.Tcis ediditEoMUXDUS H alley, s.k s.]; with /rout, 

 and vignette by Burghers, and numerous diagrams, roy. folio, Large Paper; old calf gilt, netclt/ 

 rebackcd (fine copy) ; RARE, £3. 15* Oxoniw, e Theatre Sheldoniano, 1710 



' The first complete edition, including a masterly restoration of the lost ei^'hth book.*-/>. A'. 7.'. This splemli.l 

 edition comprises the Greek t«xt with a Latin translation, as well aa the commenUry of Eutocius, and the lemmata of 

 Pappus. It is uniform with Torelli's edition of Archimedes {q. r. pwt), and like the latter htill forms the standard wiition 

 of its author. 



5795 , A Restitution of the Geometrical Treatise of. on Inclinations ; also the Theory 



of Gunnery; or the Doctrine of Projectiles in a Non-resiBting Medium, by Reuukx Hurrow, 

 2 folding copperplates, 4 to. setvn {plates and some II. mended), Ss 6d ' 1779 



' Hurrow in his preface speaks severely of Up. Horsley's restitution (./. r, in/i-n, m«i. S7«») m clumay and tniiduviog 

 quasialgebraical mcthotls ; and claims with justice nuich ;;reater simplicity and directue** for bia owu work'.—/*. A. it. 



.')796 De Sectione Rationis Libri II, e.\ Arabico MS. I^utine versi ; accedunt ejuwi. do 



Sectione SPATli libb. Ilrestituti; prji'mittitur Pappi Alexandrini Prii'fatio ad VII. libniui 

 Collectionis Matlieniaticie, nunc primum Grsece edita: cum LemmatibuH ejusdem Pa|>pi ad hoH 

 Apollonii Libros, Opera et Studio Edmundi H ALLEY ; tcith numerous diagrams, H\o. Jtne copy in 

 contemporary white vellum (rare), \2s Qd Oxoniif 1706 



5797 Another Copy, old calf, 10a 



This is the first published edition of ' de sectione rationia', transUted from an Arabic MS. <liii00T«r«(l hj Il«rMrd in 



the Bodleian Library. The * sectio .sj«itii ' is an attempted restoration of thia Inat work. 



.-,798 Two Books concernin<? Tangencies, a8 restored by Franciscus Vieta and Mabinus 



GiiETALDUS [trans.], with Supplement, by John Lawson, U.D., 2nd ¥A., with Second Supple- 

 ment, l)eing Fermat's Treatise on Spherical Tangencies, 7 folding plates, 71 : Two HooKS 

 concerning Determinate Section, as restored by Willeiibordus Snkllius [trans.] by John 

 Lawson, b.d., with the same two books by William Wales, 5 folding plates, •72—2 vols. 4t«> in 

 1, seiV7i (rare), lOs Gc? 1771-*^ 



5799 Another Copy of Both Works : also, Ikclinationum Libri II; restituelmt Samuel 



IIorsley, r.s.s. [Episc. Asaphensis] ; ivith folding plates, Oxonii, Typ. Clarend., 1770: 

 [Qiannini (Pietro)] De Sectione Determinata [r'armae, '73]— 4 vols. 4U). in 1, hf. calf gilt, 

 £1. Is 1770-3 



The ' Determinate Section ' was unknown to Lowndes and the tnnslator'a bioKrtpber in D.N.B. 



5800 : Ghetaldi (Marino) Apollonius Redivivus, seu Restituta Apollonii Perpn'i de 



Inclinationum Geometria : Variorum Problematum Collectio— 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, u-ith 

 diagrams ; old limp vellum (rare), \2s 6rf Venetiis, apud Bern. Juntam, 1607 



The above copy belonged to REvi: Franjois de Sluzk, the celebrated mathematician. an«l beam hi* autoKraph oii 

 flyleaf. The second work is interesting for solving probleroa geometrically, which Regiomontanminnd ha conteni|Jorari« 

 could only solve by algebraical means. 



6801 APPARATUS and INSTRUMENTS, Explanatory Dictionary of the, employed in 

 various Operations of Philosophical and Experimental CHEMISTRY, by a PRACTICAL CHEMIST. 

 iclth 17 folding copperplates, besides woodcuts, 8vo. sewn, 5s 1824 



5802 APPELL (Paul, de VInstitut) Traite de MficANUiUE Rationnelle, Tomes I et II : Statique, 

 Dynamique du Point, Dynamique des Systemes, M6canique Analytique ; with 277 icoodcuU and 

 diagrams, 2 vols. roy. Svo. hf. red morocco gilt (fine copy), with bookplate of Vrof. II. H . Li. 

 Tanner, F.Ii.S., 17* 6d (p. F. 32 nett unbound) '8»3^ 



5803 Tome I: Statique; Dynamique du Point; with nvmerous diagrams, roy. 8vo. 



sewn, 6s 6d (p. ¥. 16 nett) . . 'y* 



5804 ARAGO (Francois Jean Dominique; FR.s.) (EuvRES Completes, publiees d'apres son Ordre 

 sous la Direction de J. A. Barral [avec Introduction par Alex. DE HUMBOLDT] ; ^^P^^^^> 

 and 24 plates, woodcuts, and maps, COMPLETE in 17 vols. Svo. hf. calf neat, content* *'***^ /"*2 

 set), £2. 15.V (p. F. 1.35 sewn) ^. ., ^. l»|-02 



The only complete edition of the author's works, comi>ri8ing : Aatronomie p«.nuUlre, 4 v. : NoUc*a W«««raph»qu«i, s v.. 

 Notices scientiliques, 5 v.: Voyages scientillquea: Memoirea 8clentin.|uei«, 2 v.: Melange* : Ttblwi aiulylUjaea, tv 

 iJoonmentH importantu. ^_j « «#• Um 



' Arapo made several important diHCoveries in electro-maKneliHm— esjieclally the phCTOBxaon fJiratatotw * *#" ***?*% ^ 

 may be aaid to have proved the relation l»etween the anrora borealis and magnetic vvlraOM. m ^^tjUS^^ftUM 

 acceptance of the undulatory theory of light, and made imjwrUnt advances in the doetrfM <* w t*"'?^'*^TJ^i«I 

 Other minor achievements were made in the department of photon etric mrMurementa of tli« brigliUiciw or UM nun, w 

 elastic force of ateam and other gases, etc. etc.* • « « \i' i* L:.....Ft* 



5S05 Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men, translated by Adml. >> . H. hM\TH, 



Prof. Baden Powell, pr.,and Robert Grant, fp.r.8., with woodcuts, Svo. d., uncut («»fcf;. 



10* 6d **'' 



Containing Railly, Sir W. Ilerschel, I^place, J«>»eph Fourier, Camot, Malua, Freanel, Thomaa Young, •'»<*-f "».^ '5*JJ; 



also a Note by Sir W. Fairbaim, r.R.s., protentlng against Aragos nngeneroua belittling of Watt* meriU In ttvour « dm 



owu countrv-man Denis Papin. . * ^i » f ^Q^tn »■!.«%.« 



6806 The Comet : Scientific Notices of Comets m general, in particular of that of IU.JA Mno«e 



Revolution is of 6i Years' Duration; trans, by COL. Charlf^ Gold, R.A., front., fcap. 8vo. ct.. 



3* 6d 

 5807 Popular Treatise on Comets, trans, and ed. [with Appendix] by Adml. W. H. Smyth, 



F.R s. and Robert Grant, f.r.s., with 5 plates and 6 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s Jw>i 



6S08 ARCANA of Science and Art : or Annual Register of Useful Inventions and Improvement*, 



abridged from the Transactions of Public Societies and Scientific Journals, Bntisa and *<»»'«»g5» 



Fourth Year, with steel plates and woodcuts, post 8vo. hf bound, 7» 6rf Ti.-i~wi 



Chiefly interesting for an account of the Liveriwol and Manchester Railway, with 2 plates: Entrance to Liverpool 



Station, and Braithwaite and Ericson's new locomotive engine ' William IN .' 



