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



7859 FEBGUSON (James, f.r.s. ; peasant philosopher) Essays and Treatises, viz., Easy Intro- 

 duction to Astronomy, The Art of Drawing in Perspective, Introduction to Electricity, Select 

 Exercises, and Tables and Tracts, with Appendix, relative to Electricity, Galvanism, and Electro- 

 Magnetism, by Sir David Brewster, f.r.s. ; new Edition, with 14= folding plates by Lizars, 8vo. 



boards, uncut {scarce), Qs 6d ^ ^ ^ ^ c . .u q i c ^f^'' ^^-? 



7860 An Idea of the Material Universe, deduced from a Survey of the Solar System, ivtih 



2 copperplates, post Svo. (pp. 31), sewn {rare), 6s printed for the author, 1754 



' It was with the greatest difficulty that we secured a copy of this pamphlet.'— Dr. E. Henderson. 



7861 Select Mechanical Exercises : shewing how to construct different Clocks, Orreries, 



and SUN-DlALS, on Plain and Easy Principles ; with Miscellaneous Articles, and New Tables, 

 1. for expeditiously computing the Time of any New or Full Moon, etc., II. for graduating and 

 examining the usual Lines on the Sector, Plain Scale, and Gunter ; and Life, 2nd Edition, unth 

 fine portrait by T. Cook, and 9 folding plates on copper, Svo. old sheep, IQs 6d 1778 



7862 Third Edition, with ^folding copperplates, Svo. old sheep {joints cracked), 5s 1790 



' His scattered papers were collected into a volume entitled, ' Select Mechanical Exercises ' (4th ed. 1823), the partial 

 autobiography prefixed to which is the chief source of information regarding his early life.'— Mss Agnes M. Gierke. 



7863 Tables and Tracts, relative to several Arts and Sciences, with 2 copperplates and table, 



Svo. calf, 6s 6d 1767 



7864 Second Edition, with Additions, with 2 plates and table, Svo. old calf, 5s 1771 



7865 , The Use of a New Orrery, made and described by, with folding front, on copper, post 



Svo. (pp. 42), sewn (RARE), 12s 6d printed for the author, 1746 



7866 Another Copy, sewn {wanting frontispiece), Qs 



The author's first work. * This tract is now exceedingly rare. We have obtained our copy after a search of several 

 years.'— Dr. E. Henderson. 



7867 The Young Gentleman and Lady's Astronomy, familiarly explained, with the 



Description and Use of the Globes and Armillary Sphere ; 6th Edition, with S folding plates, Svo. 

 old calf, 6s Dublin, 1778 



•It is written with such clearness that, as Mme. de Genlis remarked, 'a child of 10 years old may understand it 

 perfectly from one end to the other'.' — D. N. B. 



7868 : Henderson [Jr.] (Ebenezer, ll.d.) Life of James Ferguson, f.r.s., in a brief 



Autobiographical Account, and further extended Memoir, with numerous Notes, steel portrait, 

 and numerous woodcuts, Svo. cL, 6s Edin., 1867 



' Ferguson's * Short Account' of his earlier years (1710-43), here reprinted with notes and illustrations, is supplemented 

 with an • Extended Memoir,' giving all available details of his circumstances and inventions to his death.'— D. N. B. 



7869 FEKNBACH (R. Livingston) Glues and Gelatines : a Practical Treatise on their Testing 

 and Use, with woodcuts, Svo. cl., 7s (p. 10s 6rf nett) 1907 



7870 [FERONI (Marchese Silvio)] Ragionamenti intorno alio Stato del Fiume Arno, e dell* 

 Acque della Valdinievole ; printed on thick paper, with fine vignettes and initials on copper, 4to. 

 contemporary Italian vellum, Ss Qd Colonia, 1732 



7871 Lo Stesso, 4to. contemporary Italian vellum, with inscr. {as below), 10s 



' Dono del Sige. Marchese Silvio Feroni credusone I'Autore. 26 Febbraro I73f. '-Iwscr. an flyleaf. 

 'Ce livre, attribu^ tantdt a Ed. Corsini tantot au P. Grandi, est du Marquis Silvio Feroni.'— Groess*. 



7872 FEKBEKS (Norman Macleod, d.d.. Master of Caius Coll., Cantab., F.R.S.) Elementary 

 Treatise on Spherical Harmonics, and allied Subjects, post Svo. cl., uncut {fresh copy) ; 

 SCARCE, 15s 1877 



An elementary treatise on Laplace's functions of well-known excellence. 



7873 Elementary Treatise on Trilinear Co-ordinates, the Method of Reciprocal Polars, 



and the Theory of Projections, 2nd Edition [enlarged], with 24 diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d 

 (p. 6s 6^ 1866 



7874 , and J. Stuart JACKSON : Solutions of the Cambridge Senate-House Problems 



for 1848-51, with 4 folding plates, Svo. cl., 4s Cambridge, 1851 



7875 FERRY (Ervin Sydney, Purdue Univ.), and Arthur Taber JONES : Manual of Pract- 

 ical Physics, Vol. I. : Fundamental Measurements and Properties of Matter : Heat, 

 with 112 woodcuts, large post Svo. cl., 5s (p. 7s 6d nett) New York, 1908 



7876 FEUILLEE (Louis, Ueligieux Minime) Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathema- 

 tiques, et Botaniques, faites par I'Ordre du Roy, sur les Cotes Orientales de I'Amerique 

 Meridionale, et dans les Indes Occidentales, 1707-12; avecle Supplement; unth Unfolding 

 and other plates {including 100 of Plants), and 14 maps and plans, besides text-illustrations, 

 3 vols. 4to. old calf {joints iyracked), 15s 1714-25 



' Cette relation est fort interessante, et pent etre citee comme modele aux voyageurs, sous le rapport des descriptions 

 des plantes, et du dessin delicat de ces dernieres.'— Qwemrd. 



' Le 3e volume, contenant I'Histoire des plantes medicales en usage au P^rou et au Chili, manque souvent ; ce qui 

 reduit alors le prix des exemplaires.'— jBrunef. Vol. II contains ' Tables des Declinaisons du Soleil pour tons les Degrez et 

 Minutes de I'Ecliptique ' (pp. 49). 



7877 FIAMMEIiJ^I (Giovanni Francesco, Fiorentino) La Riga Mathematica ; dove si tratta del 

 MisURARE con la Vista di Lontano senza Strumenti, ciofe con una sola Riga, e levar Piante 

 di Cittk, di Eserciti, d'Armate di Mare, e Profonditk di Fiumi ; s'insegna ancora adoperare gU 

 Strumenti di piu Sorti, con la Composizione d'un NUOVO Strumento, il quale serve per tutti gli 

 Strumenti: e con un Nuovo Modo di Misurare Terra, e un Ordine di levar Piante senza essare 

 eonosciuto quello si vuol fare se I'huomo fosse preso da nimici ; with numerous woodcuts and 

 diagrams, sm. 4to. fine copy in contemporary Italian limp vellum {a few II. slightly foxed) ; VERY 

 RARE, £1. 10s '^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ -^ ^ ^J Roma,\m5 



'Questo raro libretto 6 notato dal Colombo, e dal Gamba. La Hign del nostro autore e un rozzo stromento di 

 agnmensura che poteva dare qualche buon risultato solonei rilievi approssimativi oa visia, pergliusi militari. '—JBiccardi. 

 .»,vi^^i^'' ^^ unknown to Brunet, Graesse, or Poggendortfj nor was there a copy in the Libri Collection. 



FIBONACCI-v. Leonardo Pisano, post. 



