572 HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



11507 MARTIN (Benjamin) Sure Guide to Distillers, and all Dealers in Spirituous Liquors, 

 for discovering the True Proportion of Water and Alchohol in any Proposed Compound, and how 

 to make it exactly Proof by a new-constructed Hydrometer and Scale of Lines, with folding 

 plate, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, 3* 6rf 1759 



The hydrometer was of the author's own constrnction. 



11508 The Theory of the Genuine Hydrometer, farther illustrated, and rendered universal, 



Part II, with folding copperplate, 8vo. (pp. 34), sewn, 3s Qd [1762] 



Intended as a continuation to the ' Sure Guide '. It was unknown to the author's biographer in D. N. B. Appended 

 is a list of ' Instruments invented or improved by B. Martin.' 



11509 The Theory of Hadley's Quadrant demonstrated: its Nature, Construction, and 



Uses, with a Table of the Sun's Declination, with a New Construction of the Quadrant, which, 

 by means of an Artificial Horizon, renders it of universal Use by Sea and Land, ivith folding 

 plate, 8vo. (pp. 26), sewn {rare), 4s Qd n. d. 



Unknown to D. N. B. At end is a priced list of quadrants and other scientific instruments made by the author, 



11510 The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy (the Heavens and of the Atmo- 

 sphere ; Light and Colour, and the Use of Optical Instruments ; Sound, Music, and the Ear), 

 2nd Edition, ivith 54 copperplates {many folding). 2 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt, 5s 1772 



Still interesting for illustrating and describing a large number of contemporary physical apparatus. 



11511 MARTIN (F. P. B.) Memoir on the Equinoctial Storms of March- April, 1850 : an Inquii-y 

 into the Extent to which the ROTATORY Theory may be applied, wdth folding maps, large roy. 

 8vo. cl. {scarce), with author^s inscr. to James Glaisher, F.R.S., and the latter's auto., 9« 



privately printed at the author^ s press, 1852 



An important investisration, pursued with the countenance of the Board of Admiralty, including leave to copy their Logs. 



11512 MARTIN (Geoffrey) Researches on the Affinities of the Elements, and on the Causes 

 of the Chemical Similarity or Dissimilarity of Elements and Compounds, with large 

 folding plate (in pocket), woodcuts, and 14 tables, roy. 8vo. cl., \Qs Qd (p. 165 nett) 1905 



'Containing the first attempt made to systematically collect data regarding the varying in stability of the difterent 

 compounds which an element produces with other eleinents, with the object of discovering the law regulating the 

 chemical attraction the elements mutually exert on each other.'— Prp/ac«. In includes an interesting speculation on dram- 

 drinking as an instinctive preparation for the fall of earth-temperature with the cooling of the sun, when alcohol may 

 take the place of water as the fluid which bathes the tissues of the living organism. 



11513 MARTIN (Henry) Production et Distribution de I'^nergie pour la Traction Elec- 

 TRIQUE ; with 870 illustrations, roy. 8vo. (pp. 749), cl., 8s Qd (p. F. 2.) nett) 1902 



11514 MARTIN (Hugli ; D.D.) Note on Professor Taits' 'Quaternion Path ' to Determinants 

 of the Third Order, cr. 8vo. (pp. 5), sewn, Is M [Edin., c. 1866] 



11515 MARTIN (Kenneth Beacham, harbour master, Ram.sgate) On the Necessity for Harbours 

 of Refuge, and their proved Utility in that Part of the British Channel called ' The Narrows ', 

 8vo. (pp. 44), sewn, 2s Hd 1839 



11516 MARTIN (Thomas, t.c.d.) On the Method of Polar Reciprocation, as applied to 

 Theorems of Quantity. 8vo, ipp. 15), sewn, '2s Universitif Press, Dublin, 1860 



11517 MARTIN (Thoma'* Commerford), and Joseph WETZLER : The Electric Motor and 

 its Applications, with 200 woodcuts {including folding plate), 4to. cl., 3* (p. 15* nett) New Yorky 1887 



Of liistorical interest. There is a chapter on ' Electric Motors in Marine and Aerial Navigation.' 



11518 MARTIN (Thomas Henri ; Univ. Rennes) Textes Anciens sur les Verres Comburants 

 par Refraction, 4to. (pp. 4), sewn, 2s Qd [Rome], 1868 



11519 Sur I'i^poQUE de I'AuTEUR du pretendu xve LiVRE des Elements d'EucLiDE, roy. 



4to. (pp. 4), sewn (torn), 2s [ibidem], 1874 



11520 MARTIN (Oapt. W.R., Royal Naval Coll., Greenwich)T rkatiseou Navigation and Nautical 

 Astronomy, with 8 plates, movable compass card, and diagrams, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s 6d (p. 18^) 1888 



11521 MARTI NE (George, m.d.) Essays and Observations on the Construction and Graduation 

 of Thermometers, and on the Heating and Cooling of Bodies, second Edition, ivith folding 

 plate giving 15 different thermometric scales, 12mo. original calf {rare), 10* M Edin., 1772 



11522 Another Copy, t6'i7Ajo/a^e o/ Me Reaumur thermometer {inserted), sm. 8vo. original 



calf {one johit cracked, hut nice copy), with auto, and MS. notes by Alex. Keith, friend of Sir 

 Walter Scott {rare), I2s 



Valuable for the plate of thermometric scales. According to Prof. Preston, who only quotes a French translation of 

 the above work, the author was the first to find the law of the cooling of a body for diff'erences exceeding 40° or 50° C. The 

 author died of fever in 1741 while attached to the Carthagena expedition under Admiral Vernon, the inventor of grog. 

 At end is an ' Essay towards a Natural and Experimental History of the various Degrees of Heat in Bodies '. 



11523 MARTINO (Pietro di ; Univ. Naples) Nuove Istituzioni d'ARiTMETiCA Pratica, in 

 questa nuova Impressione migliorate, ed accresciute, e da infiniti Errori che nelle passate 

 Edizioni erano scorsi esattamente corrette, sni. 8vo. old vellum, 8s Qd Napoli, 1786 



' Questo buon corso di aritmetica elementare e con lode registrato dal Torre '.—lUccanH. It was unknown to Prof, de 

 Morgan, nor was there a copy of any edition in the Libri Collection. 



11524 MARXJM (Martinus van): [UiscouRS prononcd au Premier Congres des Natiiralistes et 

 Medicinsdes Pays-Bas], par J. Bosscha, large impl. 8vo. (pp. 22), sewn, 8s Haarlem, 1899 



' Prof. [Sir] T. E. Thorpe with kind regards from the Author \—Ivscr. on title. 



According to the author, Martinus van Marum (a.d. 1750-1S38) was the first to liquefy ammonia— the first known 

 liquefaction of any gas— a fact not mentioned by Faraday in his account of the experiments of his predecessors. 



11525 MARY ( — , inqeaieur des ponts et chaussces) Notice sur les VoiTURES a Vapeur 

 employees en Angleterre sur les Routes Ordinaires ; with folding plate containing con- 

 structional details, 8vo. (pp. 2.3), sewn (scarce), 8s %d ' 1833 



An interesting account of the steam-carriage of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney, which ran in 1831 for three months with 

 passengers between Cheltenham and Gloucester ; of Hancock's steam-omnibuses, which plied between London and 

 Brighton, carried from 14 to 16 passengers, and attained a speed of 10 or 12 miles per hour, atid Gibbs and Alexander 

 Gordon's steam-carriages (w. No 8524 ante). It is a curiosity of invention that while England was the pioneer of steam 

 locomotion not only on railways but on common roads, France after seventy years was the perfecter of road-locomotion 

 by the Internal combustion engine. 



