m HENRV SOTHERAN & CO., UO, strand, W.C, and 37, PiCCADtLLV, W. 



6586 BUCHNER (Johann Peter) Tractatus Puysiologico-Patiiologicus de Visione SimplicI 

 et DuPLici, ex Principiis Optices Methodo Euclidea deductus, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, 5s 



Argentorati, 1753 



6587 BUCK (George Watson, m.i.c.e.) Practical and Theoretical Essay on OsLKiUE Bridges, 

 ivLth 12 plates {chiefly folding), 4to. cl. {cover damaged), 4* 1839 



The fruit of the autiior's experience as resident engineer on the construction of the London and Birmingham Railway, 

 between London and Tring, 



6588 Third Edition, revised by hia Son, J. H. Watson Buck, ^vith the Addition of Descrip- 

 tion to Diagrams for facilitating their Construction, by W. H. Barlow, toith l'^ folding plates, and 

 diagrams, iuipl. 8vo. cl., Qs (p. 12^) 1880 



' The standard work for all engineers regarding skew arches. It would be impossible to consult a better.'— 7vn(/iiieer. 



6589 BUCK (J. H. Watson, m.i.c.e.) The Construction of Large Tunnel Shafts, with S folding 

 plates, roy. 8vo. cl. {soiled), 5s (p. 12.9) 1880 



6590 BUCK (John, Queen's Coll., Cantab.) New, General, and Algebraical Solution of the Higher 

 Orders of Equations, to the Tenth Degree inclusive, 8vo. (pp. 106), sewn, Ss 6d 1823 



6591 BUCKLE (J. G., a.r.lba.) Theatre Construction and Maintenance: useful Hints on 

 Planning, Construction, Lighting, Fire-Prevention, and the general Structural Arrangements of a 

 Model Theatre ; including the Metropolitan Ptegulations and a Model Set of Kules, ivith folding 

 front., roy. 8vo. cl., 4? ' 1888 



6592 BUCKLEY (Arabella Burton ; Mrs. Fisher, secretary to Sir Charles Lyell) Short History 

 of Natural Science, and the Progress of Discovery from the Greeks to the present Day, 2nd 

 Ed., with Additions, with coloured plate, and 74 woodcuts, or. 8vo. cl. {out of print), ^s Qd 1879 



An excellent popular history of science. 



6593 BUCKLEY (W. J.) Electric Lighting Plants : their Cost and Operation, with 20 folding 

 plates {linen -mounted), and numerous cuts, cr. 8vo. hf. morocco, 2s 6c? (p. \0s) Chicago, 1894 



6594 BUCKNILL (Lt.-Col. John Townsend, r.e.) Submarine Mines and Torpedoes, as 

 applied to Harbour Defence, with 116 woodcuts {including 2 folding plates), 8vo. cl., Qs 

 (p. 126- M) 1889 



6595 BUFF (Heinrich, Univ. Giessen) Lehrbuch der physikalischen Mechanik ; with 378 wood- 

 cuts, 2 v. : Liibsen (H. B.) Einleitung in die Mechanik ; ivith 162 diagrams— 'd vols. 8vo. in 1, 

 cl., with bookplate of Dr. Emil Reich, 5s (p. M. 28.50) Braunschiceig , 1811-3— Leipzig, '66 



6596 BUGGE (Thomas, f.r.s., Univ. Copenhagen) Astronomical Observations on the Planets 

 Venus and Mars, with a view to determine the Heliocentric Longitude and Annual Motion of 

 their Nodes, and the greatest Inclination of their Orbits, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, 3s 1789 



With 'Account of some Luminous Arches' by William Hev, f.r.s. (pp. 11). 



6597 Determination of the Heliocentric Longitude of the Descending Node of Saturn, 



ivith plate : Baxter (Alexander) Description of a Set of Halo's and Parhelia, seen in 1771, 

 in N. America— 4to. (pp. 10), sewn, 2s Qd 1786 



6.598 The LATITUDES and Longitudes of several Places in Denmark, calculated from the 



Trigonometrical Operations, with plate, 4to. (pp. 4), sewn, 2s 1794 



6599 BUIJS BALLOT (Christoffel Hendrik Diederik, Univ. Utrecht) Het Karakter der Rede ; 

 uitgedrukt in de Wiskunde, 8vo. (pp. 64), sewn, 3s Rotterdam, 1847 



6600 [ ] Suggestions on a Uniform System of Meteorological Observations, with the 



Sequel, 2 parts roy. 8vo. sewn, Qs Qd Utrecht, 1872-3 



The author is well-known in meteorological science as the originator of the * Law of the Winds ' known by his name, as 

 the inventor of the aeroklinoscope, and, in the above work, as the originator of international uniformity in meteorological 

 observations, 



6601 BUILDER'S PRACTICAL DIRECTOR (The), of Plans, Sections, and Elevations for 

 Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Schools, etc., with Detailed Estimates, Quantities, 

 Prices, etc., with SuDplement, with 186 horrible plates {many coloured), and numerous diagrams, 

 2 vols. 4to. in 1, hf. calf gilt. Is 6d (p. £1. 16^) 1856-8 



6602 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, Notes on, Parts I— III, toith 800 woodcuts, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. 

 hf calf {used copy), (is (p. £2. 2*) '1875-9 



6603 Notes on Stairs : a Reprint from the above, ivith 40 ivoodcuts, Svo. hf. calf, 2s 



Chatham, 1885 



0604 BUIST (George; f.r.s.) Report on the Meteorological Observations made at Colaba, 



Bombay, from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1842, with General Notice of the Weather for 18¥2, a lithographic 



facsimile, with charts, 4to. sewn, 5s [.^ Bombay, 1843] 



The author, who began life as a Scottish journalist, was editor of the Bombay Times for twenty years, during which he 



was also unpaid inspector of the Government astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observatories of Bombay. 



BULLIALDUS (Ismael, f.r.s)— v. Boulliau, ante. 



6605 BULLOCK (John, c.E.) The American Cottage Builder : Designs, Plans, and Specifications, 

 from $200 to ^20,000, for Homes for the People, revised Ed., with 22 plates, beMdes woodcuts, post 

 8vo. hf. morocco {foxed, and binding damaged), 3s New York, 1854 



6606 BUNSEN (Robert Wilhelm v. ; f.r.s.) Flammenreactionen, 2. Auflage ; ivith plate, 8vo. 

 boards, 2s Heidelberg, 1886 



6607 Gasometrische Methoden, 2. [neueste] umgearbeitete Auflage ; with 70 woodcuts, Svo. 



hf. German calf gilt r with auto, of Prof . A. Marfadyen, M.D., 5* Braunschweig, 1877 



Gasometry, comprising the leading Physical and Chemical Properties of Gases, trans, by 



Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe, f.r.s., with 60 illustrations, 8vo. cl. {scarce), IQs Qd 1857 



Bunsen was the founder of the analysis of gases, the inventor of the burner and galvanic cell named after him, and the 

 discoverer— with Kirchhoff— of spectrum analysis. 



'For the best methods of collecting gases from mineral springs and waters, from volcanic lakes, geysers, or boiling 

 springs, from openings in rocks, clefts of glaciers, furnaces, tissures in volcanic craters, etc., reference may be made to 

 Bunsen's Gasometry, tianslated by Roscoa.'—Chambera'e Ency. It is still a standard work on the science which it created. 



