HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 435 



8564 GkiTTLINQ (Johann Friedrich August; Univ. Jena) Chemische Versuche iiber eine 

 VERBESSERTE Methode den Salmiak zu bereiten, nebst Vorschlage diese Bereitung fabrik- 

 raassig zu betreiben, und Beschreibung einiger chemischer Produkte, so rait einer solchen Fabrik 

 zu verbinden sind, 12mo. sewn, uncut, 5s 6d Weimar, 1782 



An early attempt to make sal ammoniac synthetically, till then it having been got almost exclusively from soot. 



8565 Handbuch der theoretischen und praktischen Chemie, 3 vols. 8vo. old hf. calf, 7s 6d 



Jena, 1798-1800 



Vol. Ill was published separately as 'Handbuch der Phamiazie chemisch bearbeitet.* 



8566 GOULD (Benjamin Apthorp; f.r.s.) Cordoba Photographs : Photographic Observations of 

 Star Clusters, from Impressions made at the Argentine National Observatory, measured and 

 computed with Aid from the Argentine Government [Text in English and Spanish on i)arallel 

 Columns], with 37 charts {many folding), 4to. sewn, 12s &d Lynn, Mass., 1897 



* Through Dr. Gould's unceasing labours during his 15 years' residence at Cordoba, a detailed acquaintance with Southern 

 stars was brought about.*— i/is« A. M. Gierke. 



8567 The Transatlantic Longitude, as determined by the U.S. Coast Survey Expedition of 



1886, 4to. (pp. 101), sewn, Zs Qd [Washington], 1869 



8568 GOWEB (Alfred Roland) Elementary Text-Book of Practical Metallurgy, with 32 

 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cL, 2s 1888 



8569 GOWEB. (Richaxd Hall, H.E.I.C.'s Sea Service; naval architect; designer of the 'Transit') 

 Narrative of a Mode pursued by the British Government to effect Improvements in Naval 

 Architecture, with 3 plates of H.M.S. * Transit ', and woodcuts, 8vo. hf calf (scarce), I2s 6d 181 1 



Gower at twenty years' old invented one of the earliest anticipations of the Patent Log, and in 1800 had built at 

 Itchenor in Chichester Harbour the 'Transit,' 'a ship of remarkable speed, four-masted, with sails of peculiar character, 

 which beat the governnieut sloop Osprey out of all comparison in a trial of speed ; and became almost the ablest ship and 

 yacht designer of his day, besides an inventor of many valua ble n aval appliances.' 



8570 GBAINGER (Tliomais), and John MILLER, c.ee. : Report relative to the Proposed 

 Railway to connect the Clydesdale, or Upper Coal Field of Lanarkshire, with the City of 

 Glasgow, and the East and West Country Markets, urith two folding maps, 4to. (pp. 17), seum 

 {scarce), Bs Edin., 1828 



Grainger was one of the earliest Scottish railway engineers, and built the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee and the 

 Arbroath and Forfar lines, and also the original main line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. He was killed in a 

 railway accident. 



8571 GRAMBERG (Anton, Danzig) Technische Messungen, insbesondere bei Maschinenunter- 

 SUCHUNGEN ; with 18 woodcuts, 8vo. d., Ss (p. M. 6.) Berlin, 1905 



8572 GRANDGEORGE (Gaston) Les Industries Textiles en France, etles Mati^res Premieres 

 qu'elles transforment (1889), irapl. 8vo. (pp. 65), sewn, Ss Qd Imprimerie Nationale, 1890 



8573 LTndustrie Textile en France en 1898, impl. 8vo. (pp. 138), sewn, 3s 6d 



apud eandem, lfc99 



8574 , et Leon TABOURIER : Les Industries Textiles en France en 1892, impl. 8vo. 



(pp. 102), sewn, Ss a. e., 1893 



8575 GRANDI (Guide, Abate Camaldolese; Italian mathematician, opponent of Alessandro 

 Marchetti), VlTA di, da un suo DISCEPOLO [GIOVANNI MARIA Ortes ; con Bibliografia] , sm. 4to. 

 old boards, uncut, Ss 6d Venezia, 1744 



' Grandi avait avanc6 dans sa ' Quadrature du Cercle et de I'Hyperbole ' {iio. 1022 ante) que 0+0 + k 



I'infini donne une quantity finie. Celle idee 6tait Strange ; Marchetti la trouva impie, et en demanda la suppression. 

 Grandi ecrivit un dialogue mordant contre Marchetti, et la dispute dura deux ans, et aurait dur6 plus longtemps encore 

 sans la mort de Marchetti. Celui-ci, dit Montucla, avait d'autant plus tort de faire k Grandi une querelle th^ologlque 

 au sujet de son id^e, qu'au contraire d'autres ont era y trouver I'explication du mystere de la creation '.—Biogr. Gin. 



8576 GRANGER (Albert, Sdvres) La C6ramique Industrielle : Chimie et Technologie ; with 179 

 illustrations, 8vo. cL, 9s (p. F. 17 nett) 1905 



8577 P'abrication et Emploi des Mat^riaux et Produits R^fractaires utilises dans 



rindustrie ; with 172 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. d., 8s (p. F. 15 nett) 1910 



8578 GRANT (Robert, f.r.s.) Catalogue of 6,415 Stars, for the Epoch 1870, deduced from 

 Observations at Glasgow University Observatory, 1860-81, with Synopsis of the Annual 

 Results of each Star arranged in the Order of Right Ascension, thick roy. 4to. d., 16s 

 (p. £1. Us 6c?) Glasgow, 1883 



' Of sterling value.'— -4 ^nes M. Clarke. 



8579 History of Physical Astronomy, from the Earliest Ages to the Middle of the XlXth 



Century, with detailed Account of the Establishment of the Theory of Gravitation by 

 Newton, and its Development by his Successors ; with the Progress of Research in Celestial 

 Physics, thick 8vo. hf calf, or, cl., (scarce) 10s 1852, or n. d. 



Still one of the best histories on the subject. Its merits were acknowledged by the Royal Astronomical Society by 

 awarding the author its gold medal. 



8580 The Transit of Venus in 1874, with front, and diagrams, sq. 12mo. d., with author's 



inscr., 2s Glasgow, 1874 



8581 GRANTHAM (John, m.i.c.e.) Grantham's Steam Car for Tramways, unth 2 folding 

 plates of the car and sections, 8vo. (pp. 15), sewn (scarce). Is 6d 1874 



8582 GRANVILLE (Augustus Bozzi, m.d., f.r.s.) The Royal Society in the XIXth Century: 

 a Statistical Summary of its Labours during the last 35 Years, with many Original Tables and 

 Official Documents (never before published), and a Plan for its Reform, 8vo. d. (cover damaged) ; 

 scarce, Is 6d 1836 



The author was son of the postmaster-general of Milan, a physician and Italian patriot, and a remarkable 

 man. He brought warning of Napoleon's expected escape from Elba, introduced iodine, offered the crown of luly to the 

 Duke of Sussex, gave prussic acid for chest affections, advocated the establishment of a Kingdom of Italy, and the 

 treatment of Thames sewage, and criticised the constitution of the Royal Society. Though he gave much offence be 

 helped to secure reforms in the mode of electing fellows and publishing papers (D. N. B.). See Babbage {No. 5893 ontt) 

 for another attack on the Royal Society. 



