HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 399 



7796 FARADAY (Michael, f.f.s.): Gladstone (John Hall, f.r.s.) Michael Faraday, first 

 edition, post 8vo. cl. (scarce), 10* 6c? 1872 



7797 Second [last] Edition [slightly enlarged], vjithfine sted portrait by Jeens, post 8vo. cl. 



(SCARCE), 125 6d 1873 



Containing the author's interesting personal reminiscences. The chapters include: Study of Faraday's Character; 

 Fruits of his Experience ; his Method of Working ; Value of his Discoveries. 



7798 : Jones (Henry Bence, f.r.s.) The Life and Letters of Faraday, 2nd [last] Edition, 



revised, ivith fine sted portrait by Adlard, plates and woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (o.p.), 14s 

 (p. £1. 8*) ' 1870 



7799 Another Copy, A/, broivn calf gilt, uncut, t. e. g., by Riviere, 18* %d 



The standard biography of its subject, containing very copious extracts from Faraday's journals and correspondence. 



7800 : Tyndall (John, F.R.S.) Faraday as a Discoverer, first edition, in large type, with 



2 steel portraits by Adlard, large post 8vo. cl.,\s Qd 1868 



7801 New [2nd] Edition, toith 2 sted portraits by Adlard, large 12nio. cl., 2s 6rf 1870 



7802 FABBEN-INDUSTBIE (Die) : Vierteljahresbericht uber die Leistungen auf dem Gebiete des 

 Steinkohlentheers, tier Chemie der aromatischen Verbindungen, der kiinstlichen Farbstoffe, der 

 Fiirberei, Bleicherei, des Zeugdruckes und der Appretur, im Verein mit fachkundigen Mitar- 

 beitern herausgegeben von E. Sornstein, Heft 1-6 {soweit erschienen), 6 parts impl. %\o.seum, \bs 

 (p. M. 32.50) £eWin, 1889-90 



7803 FABEY (John, c.e.) Treatise on the Steam Engine : Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, 

 with 25 plates of historical steam-engines by Lowry, 4to. (pp. 728), hf. calf, \0s Qd 1827 



The above volume contains an ' Historical Account of the Origin and Progress or the Invention of the Steam Engine, 

 from the Discovery of its Principle, to its present State.' A proposed second volume, containing the practical portion, 

 was never issued. 



7804 FAB.ISH (William, pr., Jacksonian Prof, Cantab.) On Isometrical Perspective, with 

 plate, 4to. (pp. 19), seum, 2s [Cambridge, 1820] 



7805 FABLEY (Richard) Tables of Six-Figure Logarithms, with Formulae for the Solution of 

 Plane and Spherical Triangles, and Table of Constants, post 8vo. cl., Ss 1859 



7806 FAUJAS de ST.-FOND (Barthelemi) Description des Experiences de la Machine 

 A6R0STATIQUE de MM. de Montgolfier, et de celles auxquelles cette ddcouverte a donn6 

 lieu ; suivie de Recherches sur la Hauteur h laq uelle est parvenu le Ballon du Champ-de-Mars, 

 sa route, et les difFerens degr^s de pesanteur de I'air dans les couches de I'atmosphbre ; d'un 

 M^moire sur le gaz inflammable et sur celui qu'ont employe MM. de Montgolfier, I'art de faire les 

 Machines aerostatiques . . . et sur la manifere de dissoudre la ^omme ^lastique, etc. etc., d'une 

 Lettre sur les moyens de diriger ces Machines, etc. etc. , premiere edition ; with fine front, by 

 de Launay of the ascent {slightly stained), and 8 other copperplates, illustrating the balloon, its 



^ fittings, machinery, etc., 8vo. sound copy in old French calf gilt (rare), £1. 15* 1783 



7807 Another Copy, new hf. calf gilt, t. e. g. {last 3 II. slightly stained, and 1 I. containing 



part of the *priviUge ' torn out), £1. IsQd 



The most important work in the history of ballooning, describing the first successful ascent at Annonay (June 178S) 

 of a balloon made of packcloth, and inflated with heated air, as well as the historical ascent from the Champ de Mars on 

 Aug. 27th, 1783, in the presence of 800,000 spectators. The Avork contains moreover a large amount of interesting 

 technical details. At end is a 4-pp Supplement on the ascent of the Marquis d'Arlandes from the Chateau dc la Muette. 



THE COMPLETE WORK: 



7808 Seconde !^DITI0N ; u-ith 9 plates {margin of front, and the first 5 II. slightly damaged) ; 



avec le Supplement : Premiere Suite de la Description des Expi^riences Aerostatiques de 

 MM. de Montgolfier, et celles auxquelles cette d^couverte a donne lieu, contenant les Voyages 

 A^RIENS de la Muette, des Tuileries, de Lyon, de Milan, etc. etc., Plusieurs M^moires sur la 

 MANifeRE de DiRiGER les A^ROSTATES, sur la dilation de I'air et les moyens les plus simples et les 

 moins dangereux d'augmenter ou de diminuer la chaleur a volonte ; difF^rentes mani^res d'obtenir 

 I'air inflammable . . . et M^moire sur la gomme ^lastiq^ue ou caoutchouc, avec la mani^re de faire 

 un vernis k peu de frais, absolument semblable k celui de la gomme dlastique, etc. etc. ; with 5 

 copperplates (3 very fine ones by de Launay, representing the first three Balloon Ascents ; partly 

 water-stained)— 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, old hf calf, £3. \bs 1784 



The supplementary volume is excessively rare, and contains a large amount of additional technical information. 

 No continuation of the above ' Premifere Suite ' has ever been published. 



7809 MiNERALOGiE des VoLCANS, OU Description de toutes les Substances produites ou rejet^es 



par les Feux Sou terrains ; with 3 copperplates, 8vo. contemporary boards extra {nice copy), with 

 auto. ofL.A. Necker on title, 85 6rf 1784 



The author was the flrst to prove conclusively the volcanic origin of basalt. 



7810 FAULHABEB (Johann, Eechenmeister in Ulm) Fama Syderea Nova. Gemein off"entlichea 

 Ausschreiben anlangend den Neuen und durch ein sonderbare Invention lang zuvor prognosticirten 

 Cometstern . . . nun alien Gottliebenden Hertzen zu femerer Nachrichtigung, den Siindlichen 

 Weltburgern, zur ernstlichen Wamung . . . publicirt durch JuliumGerhardinum ; t^>t<A co/?/?er- 

 plate, sm. 4to. (pp.23), sewn {rare), \0s %d Niirnberg [1619] 



Including a long list of the author's writings. 



7811 FAUBE (Giambattista, s. J.) Congetture Fisiche intorno allaCAGiONi de' Fenomeni nella 

 Macchina Elettrica, sm. 4to. boards {rare), \2s 6d Roma, 1747 



Unknown to Riccardi, PoggendorfT, and other bibliographers. 



7812 FAUST (Edwin Stanton ; Univ. Wiirzburg) Die Tierischen Gifte, Svo. seum, \s (p. M. 6) 



Braunschweig, 1906 



7813 FAVABGEB (A., ingenieur) L'Electricit6 et ses Applications k la Chronometrie, 2« 

 Edition, augmentee ; vnth 139 illustrations, roy. Svo. boards, uncut, 5s 1892 



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