HEXRY SOTHERAX & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 421 



8258 GALTON (Sir Francis, f.r.s.) English Men of Science: their Nature and Nurture, 8vo. 

 c/., uncut {scarce)^ 85 Qd 1874 



A solemn responsibility indeed— the Nurture of a Man of Science ! 



To some extent a supplement to ' Hereditary Genius ', and attempting to discover by an inductive process the leading 

 conditions that go to the making of a scientist. 



8259 GALTRUCHITJS [recte GAX7LTBUCHE] (Petrus, S.J.) MATHEMATICS totius . . . clara, 

 brevis, et accurata Institutio ; with engraved title and plates, 16nio. contemporary calf {newly 

 rebacked), with auto, of Prof . W. A. Copinger, \Qs Cantabrigue, Jo. Field, 1668 

 This long formed the text-book in use at Cambridge. It includes Astronomy, Dialling, Geography, Optics, and Music. 



8260 GALVANI (Aloisio, sive Luigi) De Viribus Electricitatis in Motu Musculari 

 Comtuentarius, cum Jo. Aldini Dissertatione et NOTIS; accesserunt Epistohie ad. Animalis 

 Electricitatis Theoriani pertinentes ; with ^folding copperplates, roy. 4to. sewn, uncut (rare), £1. Is 



Mutince, 1792 

 Containing the account of the author's experiments on frog's,' l^s, which eventually led to Volta's discovery of 

 ' galvanic ' electricity. 



8261 Abhandlung iiber die Krafte der thierischen Elektrizit.yt auf die Bewegung der 



Muskeln, nebst Schriften von Valli, Carminati und Volta iiber diesen Gegenstand, eine 

 Uebersezung herausgegeben von Johann Mayer ; with 4 folding plates on copper, 12mo. sewn, 

 uncut, 7s 6d Prag, 1793 



The first German translation of the above work. 



8262 GAMAGHES (Etienne Simon de, Chanoine de Ste.-Croix de la Bretonnerie ; de V Academic 

 des Sciences) AsTRONOMiE Physique, ou Principes generaux de la Nature, appliques au Mecanisme 

 Astrononiique, et compares aux Principes de la Philosophic de M. Newton ; with numerous 

 vignettes by Cochin, and 22 folding plates, 4to. old Italian vellum {sound copy), 5s 6rf 1740 



An attempt to reconcile Descartes's theory of vortices with the Newtonian system ! 



8263 GAMBLE (John,' Chaplain-General to the Forces) Essay on the Different Modes of 

 Communication by Signals, containing an History of the Progressive Improvements in this 

 Art, from the first Account of Beacons to the most Approved Methods of Telegraphic Corre- 

 spondence, with 7 copperplates (3 folding), large roy. 4to. (?) Large Paper ; boards, uncut, with 

 author's insci\ to the [absentee'] Bishop of Landaff {Richard Watson, F.B.S.), and the latter' s 

 Calgarth Park booklabel (scarce), £1. Is 1797 



•This contained a number of elaborate and ingenious illustrative plates, and many valuable suggestions.' — D. N. B. 



8264 Observations on Telegraphic Experiments ; or the Different Modes which have 



been, or may be adopted for the Purpose of DISTANT COMMUNICATION, with copperplate, roy. 4to. 

 (pp. 20), unbound {rare), 10s %d [1795] 



' This made some stir in the scientilic world, and encoui-aged the author to produce the more ambitious Essay.'— D. N. B. 



Few now remember to what a considerable extent the semaphore telegraph was in use before the applioation of 



electricity, though many ' Telegraph Hills ' still give a reminder of it, to say nothing of a thrilling scene in ' Monte Cristo '. 



8265 GANOT (Adolphe) Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied, translated 

 and edited by E. Atkinson ; 11th Edition, enlarged, with 5 coloured plates ana maps and 898 

 woodcuts, thick 8vo. tree-calf extra, 4s 1883 



8266 Thirteenth Edition, revised and enlarged, with 9 coloured plates and majjs, and 987 



woodcuts, thick 8vo. cL, 45 Qd (p. 155) 1890 



8267 GANTILLON (Peter John Francis, pr.) Collection of Cambridge Examination Papers 

 in Arithmetic and Algebra, as given at all the Colleges, chiefly for the last Five Years, 8vo. 

 hf. cl., 45 Cambridge, 1853 



8268 GARATTI (Francesco, Veneto) II Divertimento Aritmetico, con diverse Notitie di Monete, 

 Pesi, Misure, et curiose Prattichette di Conteggiare per Aritmetica ordinaria, e per 

 Algebra: Saggio di Scrittura Doppia di Mercantie, e di Cambii, col quale s'insegna con 

 Facility, la vera Maniera di Scritturare conforme 1' Uso praticato al presente da Mercanti, e con un 

 Primordio di Scrittura da Publico Ragionato, e da Fattore— 2 vols. 16mo. in 1, old vellum (rare), 

 £1. 155 Venetia, 1686-8 



' Questo raro libretto [fi Divertimentol contiene le soluzione di parecchi problemi aritmetico-algebrici. '—iJiccardi. 



8269 GABBETT (Captain Hubert J. G., r.n.) Naval Gunnery : a Description and History of the 

 Fighting Equipment of a Man-of- War, with 12 plates, and 113 other illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 

 2s 6d (p. 55) 1897 



8270 GABDINEB (William) Tables de Logarithmes, contenant les Logarithmes des Nombres, 

 depuis 1 jusqu'a 102100, et les Logarithmes des Sinus et des Tangentes, de 10 en 10 Secondes 

 pour chaque Degrd du Quart de Cercle, avec diffe rentes autres Tables ; nouvelle Ed., augment^e 

 des Logarithmes des Sinus et Tangentes, pour chaque Seconde des quatre premiers Degr6s 

 [publides par les PP. E. P^zenas, Dumas, et Blanchard] ; roy. 4to. contemporary hf calf gilt, 

 £1. Is Avignon, 1770 



This very interesting copy belonged to J. P. T. Baron Maubick, who added the following MS. note : ' Cet exemplaire 

 est de la plus rare correction. Feu Mr. Mallet, I'astronome, y avoit corrig6 i la main toutes les fautes connuesa sa 

 mort, arriv6e en 1790 ; et depuis i'y ai corrig^ moi-mSme toutes celles qui ont 6t6 publi^es : je I'ai d'ailleurs collationne 

 avec soin sur celui de Mr. Legendre qui ayant beaucoup calcule i I'aide du sien, se croyoit sCir de n'avoir rien laiss6 

 echapper.— Ensorte que je le crois absolument sang fiLUte.— Maurice (Sbre 1811). En Aoftt j'y ai encore corrige les fautea 

 signalt'cs par Hutton en 1811. En tout j'ai corrige au moins 107 fautes dans les tables & 7 ou 8 dans le discours.' 



8271 GABFOBTH (William Edward, m.i.c.e.) Suggested Rules for Recovering Coal Mines 

 after Explosions and Fires, with Z folding plates, cr. 8vo. leather, 2s (p. 35 6d nett) 1909 



8272 GABNETT (Thomas, m.d., Prof Chemistry and Natural Philosophy, Roy. Inst.) Annals of 

 Philosophy, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine 

 Arts, for 1800, Vol. I (all pub.), urith copperplate, 8vo. contemporary tree-calf gilt, Qs 1801 



8273 GABNETT (W. H. Stuart) Turbines ; 2nd Edition [revised] , with 83 full-page and other 

 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 55 nett) 1908 



