HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AXD 43, PICCADILLY, W. 501 



10017 KECK (Wilhelm) Vortrage liber Elasticitats-Lehre, als Grundlage fiir die Festigkeits- 

 Berechnung der Bauwerke ; with 300 diagrams, roy. 8vo. hf. German calf, Es (p. M. 11. 50) 



Hannover, 1893 



10018 KEER (P.) Galvanische Afscheiding van Metalen ; with woodcuts, post 8vo. seivn, 2s 



Haarlem, 1855 



10019 KEESOM (W. H.) IsoTHERMALs of Mixtures of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide, 2 plates, 

 roy. 8vo. (pp. 79), setcn. Is Qd Leiden, 1903 



10020 KEESS (Stephan Edler v.) Darstellung des Fabriks- und Gewerbswesens in seineui 

 gegenwilrtigen Zastaude, vorziiglich in technischer, mercantilischer und statistischer Beziehung, 

 2. vermehrte Ausgabe, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. culf, 5s Wien, 1824 



KE ILL (John, m.d., f.r.s. ; Savilian Prof. Astronomy, Oxon. ; detractor of Leibniz) 



COMMERCIUM EPISTOLICUM— v. NEWTONIANA, post. 



10021 Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth, with Remarks on Mr. 



Whiston's New Theory of the Earth, etc. ; 2nd Edition, with 13 copperplates, 8vo. boards, 

 uncut, 7s 6d Oxford, 1734 



Disproving Burnefs and Wliiston s hypotheses, and refuting Descartcs's theory of * vortices '. The author applies in 

 this work Huygens's theorem of centrifugal force to explain the figure of the earth. This edition contains a ' Dissertation 

 on the Different Figures of the Ca'lestial Bodies, with a Summary Exposition of the Cartesian and Newtonian Systems,' 

 by Mauperti'is, then staying in England. 



10022 INTRODUCTIO ad Veram Astronomiam, seu Lectiones Astronomicao habitse in Schola 



Astronoiuiea Academite Oxoniensis, editio princeps; with 2 lunar maps by M. Burghers, 

 woodcuts, and diagrams, Svo. old calf, newly rebacked {fine copy), 8s 6d 



ibidem, e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1718 



10023 Another Copy, contemporary calf, with numerous MS. notes by Richard 



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10024 Editio Secunda, multo auctior et emendatior ; with 2 j^^ates, and numerous woodcuts 



and diagrams, 8vo. old calf {joints cracked), 5s Londini, 1721 



10025 Another Copy, contemporary panelled calf {nice copy), Qs 



10026 Introduction to the True Astronomy : or Astronomical Lectures read in the Astro- 

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 old calf gilt, 5s 1730 



10027 Sixth Edition, corrected, with 26 copperplates and 2 lunar maps, 8vo. sound and clean 



copy in old rough calf, 5s 1769 



' (Consisting of liis Savilian lectures, and giving a sketch of the history of astronomy. He reprinted it in English with 

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10028 Introduction ad Veram Physicam: seu Lectiones Physicre habitse in Schola 



Naturalis Philosophia? Academijc Oxoniensis, quibus accedunt Theorematum Hugenianorum de 

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10029 Editio Sexta, ab aliarum Editionum Mendis purgata ; with 12 copperplates, large Svo. 



boards, uncut, ivith auto, and Calgarth Park booklabel of Bp. Watson, 7* Qd Cantabrigice, 1741 



10030 Introduction to Natural Philosophy : or Philosophical Lectures read in 1700, with 



Demonstrations of Huygens's Theorems, concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion, 

 trans, from, the Latin ; 3rd Edition, loith woodcuts and diagrams, 8vo. old calf, 5s 1733 



' It was considered his best performance, and generally welcomed as an excellent introduction to Newton's PriiicipiaJ 

 —D. N. B. 



10031 Trigonometric Planc et Sphcricc Elementa ; with 4 folding plates, Svo. sewn, 



Ss Oxonii, 1806 



V. EucLiDis Elementa, Nos. 1211-12, 1221, anrf 7628-9, ante. 



10032 KEIR (James, f.r.s.) Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic Acid : Beddoes 

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 plate, 4to. (pp. 30), sewn, 10* 6rf 17S7 



Bennet's memoir contains his discovery of the principle of doubling in electricity, afterwards utilised by Nicholson in 

 his ' revolving doubler.' 



10033 [(KEIR W.)] Summons of Wakening ; or the Evil Tendency and Danger of Speculative 

 Philosophy, exemplified in Mr. Leslie's Inquiry into the Nature of Heat and Mr. 

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 and Law, with 2 folding plates, Svo. contemporary hf. calf gilt {fresh copy) ; RARE, 15* 



Hawick, 1807 

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destroy the fear of God in the minds of men, and to overturn both the established religion and government of this 



kiDKdom ' (p. 3). 



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name on title. The authorship was unknown to Halkett and Laing. 



10034 KELLAND (Philip, pr., F.R.S., Prof. Math., Edin. Univ.) Theory of Heat, Svo. boards, 2s 



Cambridge, 1837 



10035 , and Peter Guthrie TAIT; f.r.s. e. : Introduction to Quaternions, with numerous 



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10036 Second Edition, with diagrams, post Svo. cl., 3* 6c? (p. 7* 6c?) 18S2 



The author, who was a member of Queen's Coll., Cantab., Senior Wrangler in 1834, and the teacher of James Clerk 

 Maxwell, was the first Englishman witli a wholly English education who was admitted to a chair in the University of 

 Edinburgh, and was one of the founders of the Life Association of Scotjanil., > > > ' >'•',' 



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