140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, \V. 467 



HEY (WiUiam, f.r.s. ; friend of Dr. Priestley) Account of some Luminous Arches— 

 V. BUGGE, no. 6596, ante. 



9260 HIBBERT [-WARE] (Samuel, M.D., f.r.s.e. ; historian of Manchester) History of the 

 Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied, on the Lower Rhine, with % folding plates ofvieics, 

 woodcuts, and 2 coloured maps, 8vo. cl., uncut, Ts 6d Edin., 1832 



9261 HICKS (William Mitchinson, f.r.s.) Elementary Dynamics of Particles and Solids, 

 with front., and numerous diagrams, post Svo. cl., 2s (p. 6* 6c?) 1890 



9262 Another Copy, cl., ivith interesting auto, letter from the author to F. J. Jervis-Smith, 



pr., F.R.S., 35 Qd 



9263 [Fourth (and latest) Edition, with Corrections and Appendix], with front., and 



numerous diagrams, Svo. cl., 'is Qd (p. 6* 6d) 1897 



9264 HIGGINS (Bryan, m.d.) Experiments and Observations relating to Acetous Acid, Fixable 

 Air, Dense Inflammable Air, Oils, and Fuel ; the Matter of Fire and Light, Metallic Reduction, 

 Combustion, Fermentation, Putrefaction, Respiration, and other Subjects of Chemical Philo- 

 sophy, Svo. nice copy in old calf {rare), I5s 1786 



' His best-known work, which appears also to have formed the subject of some of his lectures. He was more successful as 

 a speculator than as an experimentalist, and many of his views are, for their time, remarkable for their acuteness and 

 generalising character '.— D. N. B. All his experiments and views are still based on the phlogiston theory. 



9265 Experiments and Observations made with the View of Improving the Art of 



composing and applying Calcareous Cements, and of preparing Quicklime : Theory of these 

 Arts ; and Specification of the Author's cheap and durable Cement, for Building, Incrustation, 

 or Stuccoing, and Artificial Stone, first edition, Svo. boards, uncut, 12s 1780 



9266 [Second Edition, revised], Svo. hf. red morocco, t. e. g. {stamp on title). 10s Qd 1780 



An account of the author's patented invention of a new and cheap cement. The work was translated into Italian. The 



second edition is unknown to bibliographers. 



9267 [- ] Minutes of the Society for Philosophical Experiments and Conversations, 



ivith ^folding copperplates, Svo. sewn, uncut (RARE), 155 1795- 



9268 Another Copy, old calf 16* 



An account of Dr. Higgins's lectures and experiments during 1794 before the Society, which included Earl Stanhope, 

 F.-M. Conway, the Hon. Daines Barrington, Sir Frederick Eden, and Thomas Young, m.d., f.r.s., who acted as 

 assistant experimenter. He charged Dr. Priestley with having plagiarised some of his experiments on air. 



9269 : Syllabus of Dr. Higgins's Course of Philosophical, Pharmaceutical, and Technical 



Chemistry, Svo. (pp. 112), sewn. Is M [c. 1795] 



Bryan Higgins was the inventor of the chemical harmonica, and the first to produce in a pure state fulminate of gold. 



9270 HIGGINS (William ; f.r.s., nephew of the above) Essay on the Theory and Practice of 

 Bleaching, wherein the Sulphuret of Lime is recommended as a Substitute for Pot- Ash, Svo. 

 (pp. 103), sewn, 85 6c? 1799 



In the preface (pp. 32), which forms an interesting contribution to the phlogiston controversy, the author claims as 

 his own two discoveries ascribed respectively to Fourcroy and Vauquelin. 



9271 — Experiments and Observations on the Atomic Theory, and Electrical Phenomena, 



orig-inal Irish edition, Svo. original boards, uncut {very scarce), £1. Is Dublin, 1814 



' To the Right Honbie the Earl of Chichester from the Author '.—Inscr. on flyleaf. 



9272 The Same, with the London Imprint, Svo. original boards, uncut {sound copy), 14* 1814 



' An unworthy attack upon Dalton, in which Higgins set forth his superior claims to be considered the author of the •- 

 atomic theory '. — D. N. B. Higgins's claim was siipported by Sir Humphry Davy. 



' Higgins certainly expressed opinions which, on a superficial glance, appeared similar to those of Dalton, stating as he 

 did that the smallest particles combine in simple numerical proportions to form chemical compounds. But these views • 

 were brought forward without any internal organic connection, and, moreover, they were not founded on experiment.'— 

 Prof. E. V. Meyer. 



9273 HIGGINS (William Mullinger, f.g.s.) Mosaical and Mineral Geologies illustrated and 

 compared, Svo. hf. cl., or, cl.. As 1833 



9274 Kesearches in the Solar Realm, ivith 4 tinted plates, and diagrams, fcap. Svo. cl., 



2s 6rf 1852 



9275 HIGGS (Paget) Electric Light in its Practical Application, ivith 94 woodcuts, Svo. cl., or, 

 hf. calf 2s 1879 



^^ Of historical interest. 



9276 HIGHTON (Edward, c.e.) The Electric Telegraph : its History and Progress, with wood- 

 cuts and diagrams, fcap. Svo. cl. {scarce), %s 1852 



Historically interesting for illustrating various early apparatus and accessories. He incidentally mentions the Interest- 

 ing fact that the semar/hore telegraph was still in use between Liverpool and Holyhead. 



9277 Another Copy ; also, Harris (Sir William Snow, f.r.s.) Rudimentary Magnetism, 



Parts I— III, first edition, with front., and 153 woodcuts— A^ vols. fcap. Svo. in 1, hf. morocco neat, 

 9« 1852-60 2 



9278 , and Henry, pr. ; friend of Dr. Arnold and enemy of Dean Stanley), Specifi- 

 cation of the Patent granted to, for Improvements in Electric Telegraphs, sealed Jan. 

 25, 1S4S, with 2 folding plates {soiled), Svo. hf calf, ivith author's inscr. {scarce). Is Qd [1848] 



The author's scheme of ' Telegraphy without Insulation ', which got the silver medal of the Society of Arts. 



9279 HILBEB.T (David, Univ. Gottingen) The Foundations of Geometry, translated by E. J. 

 TOWNSEND, with 52 diagrams, cr. Svo. cL, ivith bookplate of Prof . II. W. Lloyd Tanner, F.R.S., 

 a? (p. 45 Qd nett) Chicago, 1902 



9280 HILDEBBANDT (Alfred Louis Heinrich) Airships Past and Present, with Chapters 

 on the Use of Balloons in Connexion with Meteorology, Photography, and the Carrier Pigeon, 

 translated by W. H. Story, with 222 illustrations, Svo. cl., Qs (p. lOs Qd nett) 1908 



9281 HILL (Arthur Croft, m.d) Reversibility of Enzyme, or Ferment, Action, Svo. (pp.21), 

 seivn, IsQd 1903 



