HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, AV.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 397 

 7753 FAIRBAIRN (Sir William, f.r.s.) Remarks on Canal Navigation, illustrative of the Ad- 

 vantages of the Use of Steam as a Moving Power on Canals, with Appendix of Experiments, Tables, 

 etc., also Plans and Descriptions of certain Classes of Steam Boats, etc. etc. y with 5 folding litho- 

 graphic plates of early Steamboats, 8vo. boards, uncut (very SCARCE), with inscr. as below, £1. 1* 1831 

 ' From the Author to J. W. S. Gardiner, March 1831.'— Znscr. on title. 

 This work was uuknown to Lowndes or AUibone. It contains a number of original experiments on steamboats. 



7754 Treatise on Iron Ship Building : its History and Progress, with fine steel front, of 



H.M.S. ' Warrior' by Adlard, 3 plates, and 127 woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (o. p.), Ss 6rf 1865 



Including an inquiry into the then [absurd and almost Noachian] and prospective state of the Navy, with experimental 

 results on the resisting powers of armour plates and shot at high velocities. 



' Fairbaim was amongst the earliest of the iron shipbuilders ; his plan of using iron boats on the Forth and Clyde 

 Canal being the first suggestion in this direction ; and in their construction he originated various improvements.' — D. 

 Kinnear Clark, M.I.C.E. 



7755 Useful Information for Engineers, with the Results of Experimental Inquiries into 



the Strength of Materials, the Causes of Boiler Explosions, etc., first edition, vnth 6 

 plates (b folding), besides woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl. {cover stained), Zs 6d 1856 



7756 Fourth Edition, with 8 steel plates, woodcuts, and diagrams; also Second Series, 2nd 



Edition, vnth plates, and numerous woodcuts — 2 vols, post 8vo. cl.. Is 1864-7 



7757 Another Copy, with the Third Series, with 2 plates, and 53 woodcuts—^ vols, post 8vo. 



cL, \2s 1864-7-6 



7758 , The Life of, partly written by himself ; edited and completed by William Pole, f.r.s., 



with fine steel portrait by Adlard, 8vo. new hf calf gilt (o. p.), 85 6c? 1877 



7759 Another Copy, d., with inscr. * Dr. John Percy, F.E.S. with kind regards from the 



Author. Jany. 1877,' Is 



7760 FAIBLEY (Thomas, f.r.s.e.) The Early History of Distillation, with illustrations from 

 old prints, etc., 8vo. (pp. 24), seion, 2s [1907] 



7761 — ^ — Notes on the History of Distilled Spirits, especially Whisky and Brandy, with 

 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. (pp. 14), sewn, 2s [1905] 



7762 FATRLIE (Robert Francis, c.e. ; inventor of the Fairlie Engine) Railways or No Railways : 

 Narrow Gauge, Economy with Efficiency v. Broad Gauge, Costliness with Extravagance, with 

 10 plates of Fairlie engines and ^folding diagrams, 8vo. cl., bs 1872 



' Fairlie's principle was to use a narrow-gauge line— from 1 ft. 10 in. to 3 ft. 4 in.— and to employ the whole weight of 

 the fuel and water, as well as of the engine itself, to increase the adhesion to the rails.'— D. N. B. This uncomfortable- 

 looking but effective machine, the double-ended, double-boilered engine, is still in use on the tremendous curves and 

 inclines of the old Mexican Railway. 



7763 FALCONER (William, author of * The Shipfwreck ') New and Universal Dictionary of the 

 Marine : a copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases usually employed in the 

 Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as well as Naval Operations of 

 Ships ; with Astronomy, and Navigation useful to Practical Navigators, and VOCABULARY of 

 French Sea Phrases and Terms of Art ; [Last Edition] modernized and much enlarged 

 [with Memoir of the Author], by WiLLlAM BuRNEY, LL.D., with ^ fine plates (^folding), 4to. cl., 

 uncut, 12* Qd (p. £4. 14* 6o?) 1830 



' A grand national work, comprehending everything relating to the Marine of this country : a performance which dis- 

 plays great industry, sagacity, and precision, and is indispensable to everyone concerned in maritime affairs.'— (?«nf. Mag. 



7764 FALK (M.) On the Integration of Partial Differential Equations of the n^^ Order with 

 One Dependent and Two Independent Variables, 4to. (pp. 40), sewn, 3* Upsala, 1872 



7765 [FANTUCCI (Alessandro)] : Arimmetica Pratica, divisa in XV Trattati, composta dal P. 

 AXESSANDRO DELLA PURIFICAZIONE ; 2^ Edizione ; with diagrams, thick 4to. hoards, uncut 

 (RARE), 15* Romu, 1749 



' £ uno dei migliori e piili estesi trattati di aritmetica pratica, poco noto agli storici della scienza. Nell' ultimo libro 

 si occupa della cronologia. '—iJiccardi. 



' This book is very scarce, and probably on that account escaped the researches of Prof, de Morgan.'— If. lAbri, who 

 did not know the author's name. 



7766 FARADAY (Michael, f.r.s.) Chemical Manipulation ; being Instructions to Students in 

 Chemistry, on the Methods of performing Experiments of Demonstration or of Research, with 

 Accuracy and Success, first edition, with woodcuts, 8vo. boards, uncut {scarce), lOs 6d 1827 



7767 Second Edition [with many Corrections and Alterations], with woodcuts, 8vo. boards, 



uncut ; or, hf. bound, Ss 6df 1830 



7768 Third [last] Edition, revised, with woodcuts, 8vo. original d., uncut {scarce), 1-5* 1842 



' Even now a very valuable book of reference.' — Prof. Tait. 



7769 Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics, reprinted from the Philo- 

 sophical Transactions, 1821-57, the Journal of the Royal Institution, the Philosophical Magazine, 

 and other Publications, with 3 plates, and woodcuts, 8vo. original cl. (fresh copy) ; very scarce, 

 £\.\2s%d 1859 



Containing his discoveries or investigations of new compounds of chlorine and carbon (1821), alloys of steel ('22), com- 

 pounds of hydrogen and carbon, announcing the discovery of benzol ('25), action of sulphuric acid on naphthaline ('26), 

 decomposition of hydrocarbons by expansion ('27), his very valuable experiments on the manufacture of optical glass ('29- 

 30), the liquefaction of gases, acoustic figures ("31), vibrating clastic surfaces ('31), relations of gold to light ('57), the con- 

 servation of force ('57), etc. etc. etc. 



7770 On Fluid Chlorine ; and on the Condensation of several Gases into Liquids, 4to. 



(pp. 18), sewn, with inscr. as below, 10* 6rf 1823 



' Right Honb>«. George Knox Esq. with the Author's respects.' — Inter, on title. 



This memoir is of importance as the first to show, by liquefying chlorine gas under pressure, the erroneous conception 

 of a permanency of gases hitherto prevailing. 



7771 On the Liquefacjtion and Solidification of Bodies generally existing as Gases, unth 2 



woodcuts, roy. 4to. (pp. 23), sewn, with inscr. to E. Solly, F.B.S., 5s 1845 



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