HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 4?, PICCADILLY, W. 535^ 



10741 [LESLIE (Sir Joha ; f.r.s.e. ; Univ. Edhi.)] Aerostatiox : an Article contributed to the 

 ' Encyclopiedia Britannica,' 4th Edition, Supplement, with copperplate, 4to. (pp. 12), unhounrl, 

 6^6^ [1815] 



10742 Description ot Instruments designed for extending and improving Meteorologica i* 



Observations, with front, and woodcuts, 8vo. c/., 65 6c? Edin., 18'20 



10743 Elements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Plane Trigonometry, Avitli- 



Appendix, Notes, and Illustrations, 2nd Edition, enlarged, i^'/^A diagrams, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 8* «6., 181 1 



' a work conspicu HH for freshness and orioinality of treatment. It attracted considerable attention, and had an 

 article (by John Playfair) devoted to it in the Edinburgh Review.'— D.>i\iR. 



10744 Elements of Natural Philosophy, Vol. I [all published], includin^^ Mechanics and 



Hydrostatics, first edition, with IC folding plates, 8vo. boards, uncut, with auto, of George 

 liennie, F.ll.S , 6? ib., 1823 



10745 Another Copy, hf calf gilt, 6s 



1074g Second Edition, coirecte(l and enlarged, M?i7^10;?/a^6.?,thick8vo.6oarfl?5,?/ncw<, 7* 16., 1829 



In tliis work the author 'has given the first correct explanation of the rise of a liquid in a tube by considering the 

 effect of the attraction of rhe solid on the very thin stratum of li(inid in contact with it.'—./. Clerk Maxwell. 



10747 Geometrical Analysis, and Geometry of Curve Lines, being Vol. II of a Course 



of Mathematics, and designed as an Introduction to the Study of Natural Philosophy, with 2i 

 folding plates, 8vo. boards, uncut, 45 ib., 1821 



10748 The Philosophy of Arithmetic, exhibiting a Progressive View of the Theory and 



Practice of Calculation, with Tables for the Multiplication of Numbers to 1000, 2nd Edition, 

 improved and enlarged, with very large folding table, and diagrams, 8vo. hf. morocco neat {nice 

 cojn/). Is 6d ' ib., 1820' 



•Containing an elaborate diRCusalon of fundamental principles and much interesting information on the history of the 

 8ub.jert.'-/>.V B. 



' In his Fhil-ysophy of Arithnutic he has entered incidentally into much of its history. He was. by taste, a searcher of 

 old books ; and various dates, etc. occur, winch shew that he had more knowledge of books than can be got from cata- 

 lojjues,'— /'id/, de Morgan. 



10749 Short Account of Experiments and Instruments, depending on the Relations of 



Air to Heat and Moisture, with plate, 8vo. old hf. calf {back damaged), Is 6g? ib , 1813- 



10750 Another Copy, boards, uncut, 8s Qd 



• In 1810 he successfully applied the absorbent powers of sulphuric acid to freeze water under the receiver of the air^ 



riump. This i« the first record.nl achievement of artificial congelation. 'A Short Account of Experiments an<l 

 hstruments' (1S13) contains a <lescription of this experiment, and is full of important and ori;^lnal work.'— D.AT. B. Ib 

 also contains his invention of thedry-and-wet-bulb thermometer, first suggested by James Hutton (v. Nos. 9ofi7-S, at.te). 



10751 LE SOURD (Paul) Traite Pratique des Vins, Cidres, Spiritueux, et Vinaigres, publi6 

 avec la Collaboration de J. Desclozeaux, A. M. Desmoulins, Ed. Delle, et H. Ferrand, 3° 

 [derniere] Edition, entierement refondue et consid^rablement augment^e; with 82 woodcuts, thick 

 roy. 8vo. hf. black morocco {o. p.), 8s [1892} 



lit752 LETOTJzi: (P.), et P. LOYEATJ : Traite Pratique des Travaux en Asphalte ; with ft 

 foldina plates, and 54 woodcuts, 8vo. sewn, with M. Letouze's inscr., 4s 6c? (p. F. 10 nett) 1897 



1(1753 LETTS (Edmund Albert; f.r.s.e.) On Phosphorus-Betaines, with plate, 4to. (pp. 51), 

 sewn, 3.9 Qd {Edin., 1881] 



10754 On Thetines and their DERIVATIVES, with woodcuts, 4to. (pp. 42), sewn, '6s Qd 



ibidem, 1878 



10755 , and Robert Frederick BLAKE, f.lc. : The Carbonic Anhydride of the 



Atmosphere, vithS folding plates, and woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 164), sewn, 2s 6d Dublin, 190O 



10756 , and John Norman COLLIE, f.r.s. : On the Action of Phosphide of Sodium on. 



Haloid Ethers and the Salts of Tetrabenzyl-Phosphonium, 4to. (pp. 35), sewn. 3s 6c? 



[Edin., 1881] 



10757 LEUCHS (Johann Carl) Allgemeines Erfindungs-Lexikon, oder a b c'sche Angabe der 

 Ertindungen, Entdekungen, Gewohnheiten, Verirrungen und Fortschritte, bis auf unsere Zeiten,. 



2. Ausgabe, 8vo. sewn, 3s Niirnberg [1851J 

 Int"^ resting as an early example of pan-Germin enthusiasm, claiming as German inventions, inter alia, that of the 



steam engine, steam navigation, telegraphy, the telescope, electro-magnetism, galvanism, gas lighting, the lightning 

 conductor, logarithms, rockets, etc. etc., &s well as the Discovery of America. 



10758 [ ] Dreihundert Entdekungen und Beobachtungen in der Farberei, dem farbigen 



Druk und der Farbkn-Bereitung, 1828-31, 8vo. sewn, Is ibidem [1831) 



10759 [ ] POLYTECHNISCHE BuCHER-KUNDE, oder beurtheilendes Verzeichniss der vorzuglichsten 



l^iicher iiber Cheniie, Technologie, Fabrikwissenschaft, Mechanik und einzelne Gewerbszweige,. 



3. ganz unigearbeitete Ausgabe, post 8vo. sewn, 2s 6d ib., 184? 



10760 [ ] Sam.mlung neuer Entdekungen und Verbesserungen in der Farberei, 



ORTLICHEN Drukerei, und Farben-Bereitung, vjith woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 166), sewn, 4s ib., 1828 



10761 VOLLSTANDIGE Oel- und Fett-Kunde, oder theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zur 



Bereitung, Gewinnung, etc., der fetten Oele, des Talges, des Thrans, des Wachses und aller 

 andern Fettarten, niit Angabe verbesserter Warmevorrichtungen, Oelmiilen, Pressen u. a. 

 Gerjithe : with 16 woodcuts, 8vo. sewn, Ss ib., 183i 



10762 LEVE AU (G.) Sur la Comete P^riodique de d'Arrest, et son prochain Retour en 1883, roy. 

 4to. (p\K 7), sewn, 2? [1877] 



10763 LEWES (Vivian Byam, f.lc, R.K. Coll., Greenwich) Explosives and their Modern 

 Development (Cantor Lecture), with diagram, roy. 8vo, (pp. 37), sevn, 2s ISP.S 



10764 Liquid and Gaseous Fuels, and the Part they play in modern Power Production, with. 



54 illustrations, 8vo. cl., As (p. 6s nett) 1907 



10765 The Use of Gas for Domestic Lighting (Cantor Lecture), roy. 8vo. (pp. 29), cl , 



2s 1897 



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