310 HENRY SOTHEEAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AXD 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



6076 BEAUMONT (Joseph, JiercAa/i/) :NL\thematical Sleaing [i.e. Sleaving]-Tables : or the 

 Great and only Misteky of Weaving Linxkx-Cloth explain'd ; by which the most ijmorant 

 "Weaver is infallibly directed how to adjust the Reed to the Yam ; and the Buyer truly shewn 

 •whether the Cloth be wrought to its due Perfection : taken from Geometrical Proportions, and 

 fitted to the meanest Capacity, with Abstract of all the Statutes now in Force, relating to the 

 Linnen Manufacture, 12ma oid hf. morocco {title mended and some IL uxiter-stained) ; rare, 

 £1. Is Dublin, 1712 



Dedicated to the Trustees for the Improvement of the Linen Manu&ctore of Ireland. 



6077 BEAVAN (Arthur H.) Tube, Train, Tram, and Car : or Up-to-Date Locomotion, with 

 Intro, bv Llewellyn Preece, m.i.e.e., vnth front, and 36 other illustrations, 8vo. cl., 

 2s (p. 6s) . 1903 



6078 BECCASIA (Giovanni Battista, delle SewjU Pie ; F.R.S.) Dell' Elettmcismo Artificiale 

 e Natukals libri II, 4to. boards, mead, St 6d Torino, 1753 



* n J Mik M Iwuere tak tteorie do FkHBklui, ct wajgw «■ gnad Booitare d'ezpeneBoes, sar I'electricite atmospheriqae. 

 Oes prewieres obaerratiotts soBt eompletees par Dcir MUt^ridswta, l7oS.'—Bicfr. Gen. 



6079 Lo Stesso : DelP Elettricismo : Lettere al Sign. Giacomo Bartolomeo Beccari, coll' 



Appendice di un Nuovo FOSFORO— 2 vols. 4to. in l,jine copies in white Italian vellum, lis 6d 



ibidem, 1753 — Bologna, 17-58 



6080 Elettricismo Artificiale, al Duca di Chablais ; with U folding plates on copper, 4to 



^ne copy in white Italian veiiwm, I2s 6d [col. :] ib., Stamperia Beale, 1772 



6061 Elettricismo Atmospkrico, Edizione 2», 4to., Large Paper ; contemporary Italian 



veUttm g^dt {Jine copy), lOs Bologna, 1758 



Father Beccaria was the first to notice the phenomenon known as electric distillation. 



6082 BEUHKit (Jdhann Joachim, m.d.) Chymischer Glucks-Hafen, oder: Grosse Chymische 

 Concokdantz und Collection, von 1500 Chymischen Processen, aus den besten MSS. und 

 Laboratoriis zusamnien getra<:en ; nebet einer neuen Vorrede, und Bedencken von der GOLD- 

 Macherey von Georg Ern^t Stahl, verbesserte Aosgabe; icith portrait by Kriigner, 4to. hf. 

 mottled calf extra (rare), £1. 1* Leipzig, 1755 



In the above work the author was the first to mention the combustibility of coal gas. 



6083 Institutiones Chimicje Prodrome, i.e., Oedipus Chlmicus : Obecuriorum Terminorum 



et Principiorum Chimicorum, Mysteria aperiens et resolvens, etc. ; with finely engraved front, on 

 copper, and plate, ISxno. old eaif, rebaekm {niee copy), 10s 6d Amstelodami, 1664 



One of the best chemical aiaBoals m a snail compass publLsheii during the XVII. century. 



6064 Physica Subterranea, profundam Subterraneomm Genesin e Principiis hucusque 



ignotis ostendens, Ed. novi«»sima, cum Indice locupletissimo ; edidit et Specimen Beccheiianum 

 snbmnxit G. £. Staul ; ewrioms embiematieJronL, 4to. atmnd copy «t old vdiwm^ lis 6d Lipsice, 1738 

 'Hk rtj iica Suttmmma^ warn tte tnt attanpt Made to Ixiag vkjaicB and itiiwiilij mto elow relaUon'. It alMj 

 coBtaiMtkeaiitkaratkeafToftkvwcwtkiorvkickaniKi^BpnebodieaaktmldeaMiBfc, via. the Mncorial, the vitreous, 

 aad tte c n i l—tiM i (innra j p iaf ■> »). OsmkhmHam ke cxfhiMi cm. tiw — iwipthM tkrt vftn •abstancea were borped or 

 mi^\i I ■ Iritd. tt» mm rimgmu tanyei. Staitia^ &«■ Am eoBceplioa Ghmo Kkxr Stahl, the editor of the abore, 

 derdofied the Fmuxasnai Thxokt, whidh ao saeceoftally hiadered'the progresa of dtemis^ in the XYIIIth Century. 



60S5 HECKEB (Ernst E. H., Strassbttrg), und Wilhelm VATiENTINEB, Heidelberg : Bestimmung 

 der L VNGENDIFFERENZ zHischen der Sternwarte l»ei Heidelberg und der L'niversitabs- 

 Stemwarte in Strassburg i. E., 1903, nach den Beobachtungen von L. Carnera, L. CoURVOisitR, 

 und W. Valentiner, 4to. (pp. 79), sewn, 5s [p. M. 10) Karlsruhe, 1906 



6066 BSCKMAKN (Johann, Univ. Guttingen) HISTORY of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins 



tnn&by William Johnston, 4th Ed., enlarged by William Francis, and J. W. Griffith, 



ILD^ wHk 2 sieei portraita^ 2 tqIs. post 8vo. cl. (out of primt), 4« 6d 1846 



A work atill »« A Tataad lor its Tcry miscellaueoas iBJHMiliiM eoBTcyed 



rcry miscellaueoas !■§■— liiM eoBveyed in a very reailable .<^yle. 



MS7 BBCQUSBSL (Alexfmdre Edmond ; f.r.s.) DcsEffbts Chlmiques et Electriques prodnits 

 aons rinfluence de la Lumiere Solaire. 4to. (pp. 49), sewn, with inser. to J. A. GuiUemin, Ss 6d 



Didot, 1840 

 - La Lumieee : ses Causes and ses Effets ; with 8 plates {mostly coloured), and numerous 

 woodcttts, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. hf. purple morocco extra {nice copy) ; scarce, £1. 5# a. e., 1867-8 



The anther's best-known wwk, cootainiag bia XMpoctaat naeaii^es on phaBphoreseeiiee and the chemical effect of light. 



De la Pbepakation et de la Oompositioh des Si7i.ruBES Metaluques, 4to. (pp. 40), 



«v», wtk tMser. to J A. Gmllemin, ^Qd a.c., 1840 



6C90 BBOQiUSKEIi (Antoine Cesar; f.e.s.) Elements d'ELECTRO-CHiMiE appliquee aux Sciences 



NatnreOes et aax Aits^ piemiae edition % with Z folding plates, 8vo. ^wn (scarce), 4s 6d 1843 



ascae cfthe ercatcn ofdtectni ihiMhtij.' The above work is especially important on the 



~ KxnBlMESTAL de FElsctbicit^ et dn Magnetisme, et de leurs Rapports avec 



ks PhcMMMMB NatvA : wHk 17 folding plates, 7 Tok. 8yo. in 5, hf calf gilt, I2s 6d 1834-40 



■■r the nnalts of tte foAatfm atpu i tat d iiq w wi ea n deetricity and n:agnetism. The above work is qnite 

 iwktheanlhar'arrwiaid'JfaKricili, yWiihf.il a 3 mia. is lS9d-& 



{ et Alenadre Kdwiwid) EUbiKSTB de Physique Terrestre et de Meteoro- 



LOGIE ; with lAf aiding plates, thick 8vo. sewn, 3* 1847 



C093 B£DDOZS (Tliomaa, ^.\>., father of the poet) ACCOUNT of some Appearances attending the 



Conversion of Cast into Malleable Iron ; also. Further Observations, 2 parts 4to. in 1 



(pp. 21), sewn, 2s 6d 1791-2 



60&4 0BSERVATI05S on thc Afteuty between Basaltes and Granite, 4to. (pp. 23), sewn, 



2r6rf 1791 



With WHmau * Ob the riodttiw ot Amibetgam,' by Wiixi^jt Fawkkjtzb. 



