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6562 BRtJNNOW (Franz Friedrich Ernst) Lehrbuch der spharischen Astronomie, mit Vor- 

 wort von J. F. Encke ; with folding plate, 8vo. calf gilt, Ss 6d (p. M. 12 sewn) Berlin, 1851 



First Edition of this well-known text-book. 



6563 ZWEITE VERMEHRTE AuFLAOE ; with diagratns, Svo. sewn, Zs ib., 1862 



6564 Spherical Astronomy, trans, by Robert Main, pr., f.r.s., Radcliffe Observer, Part I 



[all pub.] , including the Chapters on Parallax, Refraction, Aberration, Precession, and 

 Nutation, plate, 8vo. hf. maroon morocco {scarce), 6s , Cambridge, 1860 



6565 Traite d'ASTRONOMiE Spherique et d'AsTRONOMiE PRATIQUE, Edition fran^aise par 



E. Lucas et C. Andre, avec Preface de C. Wolf ; toith woodcuts and diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. 

 calf gilt, or, hf. morocco neat {fine copies) ; SCARCE, £L 5s 1869-72 



' La theorie des instruments, qui ne se trouve exposee dans aucun autre ouvraye didactique, forme ici une partie 

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6568 BBYAN (George Hartley, F.R.S.) On Certain Applications of the Theory of Probability 

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6567 Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of Thermodynamics, Part II, 8vo. 



(pp. 43), sewn, \s 6rf 1894 



6568 The Waves on a Rotating Liquid Spheroid of Finite Ellipticity, 4to. (pp. 33), 



sewn, \s 6d 1889 



6569 , and Robert Hamilton PINKERTON : Elements of the Geometry of the Conic, 



with the Geometry of Certain Curves occurring in Applied Mathematics, 145 diagrams, cr. 8vo. 

 cl., 2s 1907 



6570 BRYAN (Margaret) Co.mpendious System of Astronomy, in a Course of Familiar Lectures; 

 also Trigonometrical and Celestial Problems, with Key to the Ephemeris, and Vocabulary, 2nd 

 Ed., icith fine portrait of the Authoress and her two Daughters bxj W. Nutter {fine impression)^ 

 besides numerous plates, Svo. contemporary/ tree-calf gilt, I0s6d 1799 



Also valuable for the tine portrait by Nutter, executed in Bartolozzi's stipple manner. 



6571 Third Edition, with 17 plates (3 folding), 8vo. contemporary russia extra {one joint 



cracked), '^Qd 1805 



6572 BXJCOI (Antonio) Saggio sopra il Flogisto, le different! Specie d' Aria, edilCALORE; 8vo. 

 (pp. 84), seivn, 6s Faenza, 1783 



One of the la.st defences of the expiring phlogiston theory, with sjtecial reference to Dr. Priestley's work. 



6573 BUOHAN (Alexander, Sec. Scot. Met. Soc.) Handy Book of Meteorology, 2nd [last] 

 Edition, with numerous woodcuts and 8 charts, post 8vo. cl. {scarce), 6s Edin., 186S 



One of the best smaller English works on the subject. 



6574 BUCHAN (William Paton) Plumbing ; with Chapters on House Drainage, embodying 

 the Latest Improvements, 4th Ed., enlarged, with 330 woodcuts, fcap. 8vo. hf. calf neat, 2s 6d 1883 



6575 Ventil.vtion : with Chapter on Air Testing, 170 woodcuts, fcap. 8vo. hf morocco neat, 



2s 6d 1891 



6576 BUCHANAN (John Young, f.r.s.) Tlie Meteorology of Ben Nevis in Clear and Foggy 

 Weather, with 8 j^^^tes, 4to. sewn, As 6d Edin., 1899 



6577 BUCHANAN (Robertson, C.E., Glasgow) Essay on the Shafts of Mills, with their De-scrip- 

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 Improvement of Mill work, 3 copperplates, 8vo. hf calf gilt, 5s 1814 



6578 Practical and Descriptive Essays on the Economy of Fuel, and Management of 



Heat, with 2 copperplates, 8vo. hf. calf; or, boards, 6s Glasgow, 1810 



Containing the Effects of Heat, Means of measuring it, Fuel, etc. ; Heating Mill«, Dwelling- Houses, and Public 

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(3579 Practical Essays on Mill Work, and other Machinery, with Notes and Additional 



Articles, containing new Researches on various Mechanical Subjects by THOMAS Tredgold ; 

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La.st Editiox, containing an interesting preface (pp. 38), a life of Buclianan, an original «s.say by Jameh Nasmyth, the 

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6580 : Practical ExAMPLESof Modern Tools and Machines, by Messrs. Maclea and March, 



of Leeds ; Messrs. Whitworth v*s: Co., of Manchester; and Messrs. Carmichael, of Dundee, edited 

 by Geor(;e Rennie, f.r.s., 8vo., and Atlas, with 18 fine steel plates, roy. folio— 2 vols, boards, 

 Ss 6d 1842-52 



6581 Atlas only, unth 18 plates, roy. folio, boards, 6s 1852 



Forming a Supplement to the foregoing work, and an early example of English proficiency in Machine Tools. It 

 includes Sir Josepn Whitworth's Perfect Planing Machine. 



6582 Practical Treatise on Propelling Vessels by Steam, etc., with 16 copperplates 



{slightly foxed), Svo. hf calf (rare), with auto, of Thomas Telford, f.r.s., £1. 5* Glasgow, 1816 



Interesting as the first treatise on steamboats, and for containing copious descriptions of early steam vessels and con* 

 temporary inventions and improvements in connexion with them. The above copy has several MS. notes in the text, 

 apparently by Telford. 



6583 BXJCKLAND (William, f.r.s., Dean of Westminster) Description of an Insulated Group 

 of Rocks of Slate and Greenstone in Cumberland and Westmoreland, with coloured plate, 4to. 

 (pp. 12), sewn, with itiscr. to Thomas Allan, F.B.S., 3s 1816 



6584 Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology, unth 87 plates, 



2 vols. Svo. cl., 5s 6d 1836 



FIR.ST Edition of this celebrated ' Bridgewater Treatise ', ' a compendium of geological and palieontological science up to 

 the date of its publication, enriched by numerous reflexions of a highly philosophic character .—iZ. Hunt, F.R.S. 



6685 ViNDiCLE Geologic.^, or the Connexion of Geology with Religion explained, 4to. (pp. 38), 



sewn, with inscr. to Thomas Allan^ F.R.S. ^ 3s Oxford^ 1820 



