HENMIY SOTFIERAN .^' CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and :J7. PICCADILLY. W. 299 



5862 ATHERTON (Charles, m.i.c.e.) Marine Engine Construction and Classification, with 

 2 copperjilates and 4 woodcuts, 8vo. cl.. As 1851 



Presentation Edition, with author's inscription. 



5863 ATKINSON (Capt. E. H. de V., R.E.) Text-Book of Practical Solid Geometry, etc.. 

 IQ/oldinfj plates, 8vo. cL, Ss (p. 7* 6d) 1899 



5864 ATKINSON (Henry, of Newcastle-on-Tyne) On ASTRONOMICAL and other Refractions ; with 

 a connected Inciuiry into the Law of Temperature in different Latitudes and at different Alti- 

 tudes, with plate, 4to. (pp. 124), scion (rare), Rs 6rf 1825 



' This paper elicited very hijjh enc(kin!unis from several of the most learnetl mon in Europ**.* — D. H. Ji. 



5865 On the Utility and prohable Accuracy of the Method of Determining the Sun's 



Parallax l»y Observations on the Planet Mars near his Opposition, 4to. (pp. 10), seum 

 2* 6^; 1824 



5866 ATWOOD (Edward L., M.LN.A.) War-Ships: their Construction, Protection, Stability, 

 Tiirnin*,', etc., leith 209 woodcvts and diagrams^ 8vo. cl.y 5* (p. 10« 6rf nett) 1904 



5867 ATWOOD (George, f.r.s. ; Fellow of Trinity) The Construction and Analysis of Geo- 

 metrical Propositions, determining the Positions of Homogeneal Bodies whicit float 

 freely, and at Rest, on a Fluid's Surface ; also determining the STABILITY of Ships, and of other 

 Floating Botiies, with A folding plates, 4to. (pp. 85), sewn^ 7« Qd 1796 



This nieMioir, which was awarded the Copley Medal, first contains the formula known by the author's name for 

 ascertaininK the cnrve of stability of ships. 



5868 Investigations, founded on the Theory of Motion, for Determining the Timrs of 



Vibration of Watch Balances, with 2 folding plates by Basire, 4to. (pp. 50), sewn, 4* 6d 1794 



5H69 -— - — Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion and Rotation of Bodies, viih Description of 

 Original Experiments on the Subject, 8 folding plates by Basire, roy. 8vo. ,fine copy in contemporary 

 tree ■ calf qilt (very SCARCE), £1. 15* CambridgCt 1784 



5870 Another Copy, boards, uncut, £1. 10j» 



' In this work occurs (p. 298) the tlrst description of the ingenious apparatus since so woU known as 'Atwood's 

 Machine ', for exhibiting and verifying the accelerative action of gravity '.—/). 3^. li. 



5871 AUBEBGIER (— , de V Ecole de Phartnacie de Paris) NOUVELLE Methode de ViNIFICATION : 

 Ouvrage qui traite de la Culture de la Vigne. de la Theorie de la FERMENTATION ViNKUSE, de 

 I'Art de faire, par un Nouveau Procede Viniticateur, le meilleur Vin jwssible, de le conserver et 

 de le coller; suivie de la Th^orie de I'Acetification et d'Experiences sur la DISTILLATION des 

 Eaux-de-Vie de Marc, etc. ; with folding plate, 12mo. hf calf {scarce). Is Qd 1825 



5872 AUBUISSON de VOISINS (Jean FranQois d') Trait6 d'HYDRAULlQUE, h I'Usajfe des 

 Ingdnieurs ; 2« Ed., considdrablement augmentde ; with 5 folding plates, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 4* 1840 



5873 fAUDOT (Louis Eustache)] L'Art de Faire, a peu de Frais, les Feux d'Artifice pour lea 

 r^tes de Famille, 3« Ed., with 10 plates, fcap. 8vo. sewn, 6s 1826 



a risky book for the holidays. 



5874 AUEKBACH (Felix) Das Zeisswerk und die Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung in Jena ; vnth 78 illvi- 

 trations, 8vo. sewn, \s Jtna^ 1903 



a iiionumont of a thoroughgoing science and energy which would ensure success under any fiscal system. 



5875 AUEB.BACH (O.) Anthracen : its Constitution, Properties, Manufacture, and Derivatives. 

 including ARTIFICIAL ALIZARIN, Anthrapurpurin, etc., with their Applications in DVEINO and 

 Printing, trans, and ed. from the revised MS. by Sir William Chookes, f.r.s., 8vo. cL 

 (scarce). Is Cid 1877 



5876 AUGU3TIN (Frielrich Ludwig) Versuch einer vollsUindigen systeniatischen Gi-»CHICHTK 

 der Galvanischen Electricitat und ihrer medicinischen Anwendung ; \cith foldinQ plate, 8vo. 

 sewn, %s Berlin, 180.3 



5877 AULDJO (John, f.g.s.) Sketches of Vesuvius, with its principal Eruptions, from a.d. 79, 

 16 lithoqrfiphic plates (some folding), and coloured map, 8vo. cl., 6* 1833 



5878 AUSTIN (William, M.D.) Experiments on the Analysis of the Heavy Inflammable Air, 

 4to. (pp. 22), sewn, 3* 1789 



Th*' author was the first to institute regular chemical lectures at • Bart'i*,* which had hitherto) got on without them. 



5879 AVEBURY (Sir John Lubbock, Lord, f.r.s.) Fifty Years of Science : Addre«i to the 

 British Association at York, 1881, 2nd Ed., 8vo. c/., U 6d 1882 



5880 AVELINO (Edward, d.sc.) Mechanics, as required for the Matriealation Examination of 

 London I'niversity, with 185 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s (p 5j») 1888 



5881 AVELING (Edward Bibbins), and John BOWICK: Mechanics, and Light and Heat, 

 wif/) 200 vnodrufs, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 6s) [1888] 



5882 AVEZAC (Marie Amand Pascal d\ de VInstitut) Coup d'(Kil Hi-STORiQUEsurla Projection 

 des Cartks (le (;i^;ograI'HIE ; with folding table, 8vo. sewn (scarce). As 1863 



5883 AYRTON (William Edward, f.r.s.) Practical Electricity: a Laboratory and Lecture 

 Course, new [last! Ed., completely rewritten, Vol. I (all pub.) : Current, Preainre, llesifltance. 

 Enerey, Power, and Cells, 247 woodcuts, post 8vo. d., 3» 6rf (p. 9*) 1896 



5884 AZIJNI (Domenico Alberto) Dissertazione sulP Orioine della Bussola Nautica, 2* 

 Edizione, aumentata, 8vo. (pp. 71), sewn (title soiled) ', rare, 10* W Venczia, 1797 



' Laut^ur essaie de ir.ontrer que la bocssole t'tait inconnue des anciens, et que les Fran^ais en ont les premiers fait 

 usage a I'eixMiue des croisades '. — liiogr. Oin. 



5885 BAADEB (Joseph, Univ. Munich) Sur I'Avantage de substituer des CUEMINS DE Fer d'une 

 Construction Amelior6e h plusieurs Canaux Navioables projet^ en France; Svo. sewn 

 (scarce), 7s 6d 1829 



' Instead of which ' the Canal Fallacy became rampant in France to the permanent burdening o« the budget with 



millions a vear in interest. 



