802 HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 37, PTCCAUILLY, W. 



5918 BAIKIE (James, f.b.as.) Through the Telescope, ivith ^2 plates and 2^ other illustrations, 

 8vo. cl., Zs Qd (p. 55 nett) 1906 



An excellent popular manaal of descriptive astronomy. 



5919 BAILY (Francis, of the Stock- Ex-Aa age, f.r.s.) Astronomccal Tables and Formula, with a 

 Variety of Problems explanatory of their Use and Application ; with the Elements of the Solar 

 System, 8vo. calf, newly rebacked [scarce], 85 Qd 1827 



5920 Another Cop^, with the Appendix, dated Jan., 1829, 8vo. new buckram, with inscr. to 



Adml. W. H. Smyth, F.R.S. , \0s 6d 



A collection and reprint of those astronomical tables most often used (some rare and difficult to obtain), and all revised 

 or re-computed. 



'His revision of .star-catalogues alone entitled him, in Sir John Herschel's opinion, to rank among the greatest 

 benefactors to astronomy.'— £). N. B. 



5921 The Catalogue of Stars of the British Association for the Advancement of 



Science : containing the mean Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of 8,377 

 Fixed Stars, reduced to Jan. 1, 1850, with their Annual Precessions, Secular Variations, and 

 Proper Motions, and Logarithmic Constants for computing Precession, Aberration and Nutation ; 

 also Preface on their Construction and Application, 4to. boards, uncut (very scarce), £4. 15* 1845 



The celebrated British Association Star Catalogue, revised, after the author's death, by W. S. Stratford, 

 James Challis, ff.r.s., and others. 



'Still in high repute . . . The value of this catalogue was much enhanced by the uniform system of nomenclature 

 adopted throughout. This material improvement was tlie result of Biily's severe labours in revising the constellations, 

 and marshalling into recognisable order the stars composing them.' — .VfiAs- Arjnes M. Gierke. 



'The materials of its construction are derived from all the trustworthy catalogues that have been executed since the 

 time of Bradley. This catalogue is distingui.shed from the catalogue of the Astronomical Society in two important 

 particulars. In the lirst place, the secular variation of precession, both in the right ascension and declination Is given 

 for each star. Secondly the proper moti >ns of the stars are assigned with as great a degree of nearness to truth, as the 

 existing state of sidereal astronomy allowed. This catalogue has proved of vast service to astronomers in every part 

 of the civilised world.— iVo/. R. Grant. 



5922 Catalogue of Zodiacal Stars, reduced to Jan. 1, 1830, 8vo. (pp. 46), sewn {no title), 4.9 



privately printed, 1827 



5923 On the Circular Micrometer, 8vo. (pp. 4), unbound, }s Qd [1824J 



5924 On the Correction of a Pendulum for the Reduction to a Vacuum, with Remarks on 



some Anomalies observed in Pendulum Experiments, woodcuts, 4to. (pp. 98), sewn, with author's 

 inscr., 5s 6d 1832 



This valuable memoir contains the result of experiments on 86 pendulums of every variety of form and material in a 

 vacuum apparatus ereeted in his house, to revise on Bessel's suggestion the hitherto received ' correction for buoyancy.' 



5925 The Doctrine of Interest and Annuities analytically investigated and explained, with 



several useful Tables, plate, 4to. seivn {scarce), lOs 6d 1808 



a wholly different work from the author's ' Doctrine of Life-Aimuities' (a fact unknown to Lowndes), and one of the 

 most important works on the subject. The table appended is Smart's. 



5926 The Doctrine of Life-Annuities and Assurances analytically investigated and prac- 

 tically explained, with Tables, and Appendix of a new method of Calculating and Arranging 

 such Tables, 3 vols. 8vo. in 1, /if. calf neat (scarce), 16^ 1813 



5927 Another Copy, in 2 vols. A/, calf gilt, \ls ^d 



Best Edition of this celebrated work, comprising chapter XIV. (on the several Life-Assurance Companies), and the 

 Appendix (an exposition of Barrett's mode of computing life-tables), not contained in the i)revious editions or in the 

 reprint of 1864. 



5928 New Edition, from the Original, with the Modern Notation, and enlarged both in the 



Extent of the Treatise, as well as in the Variety of Tables, including a Table of Deferred Annuities 

 on Single Lives, Carlisle 4%, and several others on the English Life Table, by H. Filipowski, 8vo. 

 cL, Is Qd (p. £2. 2.s) Liverpool, or, London, 1864 



5929 Another Copy ; with the Doctrine of Interest and Annuities analytically inves- 

 tigated and explained, with several useful Tables; new Ed., with an extensive Collection of 

 Formul.'e in Compound Interest and liife Assurance from various Authors, by H. Filipowski, 

 plate— 2 vols. 8vo. c/., with bookplate of William Spottiswoode, F.B S., £1. Is (p. £4. 4*) 



Liverpool, ISQi—Edin., '66 

 ' Baily's merits as a writer of life-contingencies were undoubtedly very great. The subject was by him first presented 

 in a symmetrical form ; a uniform system of notation was introduced ; and to a perspicuous and comprehensive view of 

 the labours of his predecessors the results of much original research were added.' — D. N. B. 



6930 On the Mercurial Compensation Pendulum, with plate, 4to. (i)p. 42 >, sewn, 4* 1824 



5931 Meridian Ephemeris of the Sun and Planets, for 1836, roy. 8vo. sewn, with inscr. to 



W. V. Harcourt, pr., F.R.S. {father of Sir Willia7n Harcourt, M.P.), 5s 1835 



5932 On the New Method of Determining the Longitude by the Culmination of the 



Moon and Stars, with Appendix, and List of Stars applicable to the purpose for 1825, 4to. (pp. 50). 

 sewn, Ss Qd 1824 



5933 On a New Method for Determining the Time by Means of Altitudes taken near the 



Prime Vertical, 4to. (pp. 11), unbound, 2s 1824 



5934 Report on the New Standard Scale of the Royal Astronomical Society, with 



woodcuts, 4to. (pp. 152), sewn, 4* 1S36 



5935 On the Solar Eclipse which is said to have been predicted by Thales, 4to. (pp. 24), 



seivn, with author's inscr., 3s ■ 1811 



' His tlrst essay in astronomy, which proved him a skilled computist.'— Z>. N. B. 



6936 On the Solar P^clipse of Sept. 7, 1820, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, 2s 1821 



6937 : Herschel (Sir John Frederick William, f.r.s.) Memoir of FRANCIS Baily [with 



Bibliography (pp. 8)], post Svo. (pp. 50), seivn {scarce), 5s Qd 1845 



The chief authority on Baily's life, 



V. Flamsteed, and Lalande, post. 



