HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 441 



8686 GRIBBLE (Theodore Graham, c.e.) Preliminary Survey and Estimates, with 133 

 illustrations (9 beitig plates), 12mo. cL, 2s 1891 



8687 Second Edition [enlarged] , tctYA 133 illustrations (12 being plates), 12mo. cl., 3* 6rf 



(p. 75 6rf) 1897 



Containing at end a valuable glossary of astronomical and geodetic terras (pp. 25). 



8688 [GB-IFFIN (John Joseph)] Chemical Recreations : a Series of Amusing and Instructive 

 Experiments, which may be performed Easily, Safely, and at Little Expense, with the First Lines 

 of Chemistry, and a Minute Description of a Cheap and Simple Apparatus ; 2nd Edition, with 6 

 plates, 18mo. calf extra {scarce), 8* %d Glasgow, 1823 



This early edition of this well-known work was written at the age of 21, and was unknown to D. N. B., where the first 

 edition is dated 1834. ' He devised many new and simple forms of chemical apparatus, and did much in introducing 

 scient ific methods into commercial processes.' — D. N. B. 



8639 GBEFFIN (Robert William; The Parabola, Ellipse, and Hyperbola, treated geometric- 

 ally, with 52 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., with author's inscr., 3s 6d Dublin, 1879 



8690 GRIFFIN (William Nathaniel, pr.) Treatise on the Motion of a Rigid Body, with plate, 

 8vo. boards, or, sewn, 2s Cambridge, 1847 



8691 Another Copy, with Solutions of the Examples, 2 plates, 2 vols. 8vo. boards, Ss 6d 



ib., 1847-8 



8692 GRIFFITH (Alexander, Vicar of Cratfield) The Cycle Calendar (C. C), or 128 Years' 

 Cycle System of Measuring Time, large irapl. 8vo. c/., g. e., vnth inscr. to Dr. A. M. W. Downing, 

 F.RS.,As 1892 



' This system is founded on the fact that the solar year multiplied by 128 produces net days without any odd hours, 

 minutes, or seconds.' — Preface. 



8693 GRIFFITHS (Gapt. Anselm John, r.n.) Observations on some Points of Seamanship ; 

 with Practical Hints on Naval CEconomy, etc. etc., 8vo. contemporary calf gilt {names on title), 

 4s Cheltenham, 1824 



8694 GRIFFITHS (Ernest Howard, F.R.S., Principal Univ. Coll. Wales) The Latent Heat of 

 Evaporation of Water, with 3 plates, 4to. (pp. 81), sewn, 2s 6rf 1895 



8695 The Thermal Measurement of Energy, with 19 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl.. Is 6d 



Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1901 



8696 GRIFFITHS (John) Notes on the Application of the Theory of Elliptic Transformation 

 to the Formation of Semi-Covariants and Semi-Invariants, 8vo. (pp. 18), sewn, 2s Oxford, 1890 



8697 GRIFFITHS (Thomas) Chemistry of the Four Seasons, principally concerning Natural 

 Phenomena admitting of Interpretation by Chemical Science, and illustrating Passages of 

 Scripture, with 68 woodcuts, post 8vo. cl., 3s 6d 1846 



Reprint, with woodcuts, 12mo. cl., 3s 1853 



GRIFFITHS (William) Trusses of Wood and Iron, with complete Working Drawings, 



12 plates, oblomr 12mo. cL, 2s 6d 1886 



8700 GRIMANI (Rafaelo) Pratica Facile, e Breve di Molte Sorti di Horologii Solari in 



questa 2"^'^ Stampa corretta et accresciuta ; with numerous diagrams, sm. 4to. sewn {browned^ 



otherwise a sound copy), £1. Is Viterbo, 1642 



Rare, and not noticed by Brunet, Graesse, Poggendorff, etc. 



S701 GRIMINELLI (Domenico, sacerdote da Correggio) NovissiMA Prattica d'ARlTMETiCA 



Mercantile, 2^^ Edizione, corretta, 16mo. old vellum {partly browned), \Qs 6rf Roma, 1670 



' Contiene alcuni giuochi numerici, curiosi e dilettevoli '. — Riccardi. 



8702 GRIMTHORPE (Sir Edmund Beckett-Denison, first Lord, K.c, f.r.a.s.) Astronomv 

 WITHOUT Mathematics, 6th Edition, revised for the Results of the Transit of Venus, with 

 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., is 1876 



8703 Seventh Edition, revised and enlarged, with woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., is 6d 1883 



8704 Clocks and Locks ; 2nd Edition, with full Account of the GREAT CLOCK at West- 

 minster [*BlG Ben'], with folding plate of- Big Ben\ and 72 woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. {scarce), 6* 



Edin., 1857 

 The redoubtable author, one of the most remarkable personalities of his race or time, was the designer of ' Big Ben '. 

 Alas ! that his self-confidence and wealth prompted him to try to improve St. Alban's Abbey Church as well ! 



8705 Rudimentary Treatise on Clock and Watch Making, with Chapter on Church 



Clocks, and the Proceedings respecting the Great Westminster Clock ['Big Ben'], first 

 edition, unth front., and numerous woodcuts, fcap. 8vo. cl. boards {name cut oft title)', scarce, 

 IsQd I860 



* The best work on the subject probably tx[Ant.'—E)igineering. It contains an interesting account of the Airy-Dent- 

 Vnlliainy controversy concerning ' Big Ben.' 



8706 GRINWIS (O. H. C. ; Univ. Utrecht) Over den Invloed der Massaverdeeling op de 

 Slingerlengte ; with diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, \s Qd Amsterdam, 1886 



8707 De Waarde der WiSKUNDE voor de Beoefening der Physica, 8vo. (pp. 48), sewn, 2s 



Utrecht, 1867 



8708 GROLLIER (Gaspard, Comte de Servi&re) : Recueil d'OuvRAGES CuRiEUX de Mathematique 

 et de Mecanique, ou Description du Cabinet de M. Grollier de Serviere ; with 88 Jine 

 copperplates, illustrating many ingenious water-raising machines, etc. etc., 4to. old calf gilt 

 (RARE), 185 6rf 1719 



8709 Another Copy, contemporary white vellum {large copy), £1. 1* 



8710 GROSHANS(J. A.) Etudes et Considerations sur la Nature des El6mens (Corps non- 

 Decomposes) de la Chimie, 3 parts 8vo. sewn, 3s {Rotterdam, 1866] -7 



8711 GROSS (Edward John) Algebra, Part II ; 3rd Edition, post 8vo. d. {o.p'), is (p. 8* %d) 1884 



a continuation of J. Hamblin Smith's Algebra, which forms Part \. 



8712 GRXJNHTJT (Leo) Die Chemie des Weines, roy. 8vo. seum, 2s Stuttgart, 1897 



