HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 587 



11798 METCALFE (Eng. Commander H. W., r.n.) Elementary Steam Engineering, with 

 144 diagrams, 8vo. cL, 4s (p. Is Qd nett) 1905 



11799 METCALFE (Capt. Henry, U.S. Army) Course of Instruction in Ordnance and 

 Gunnery; 2nd Edition, thick cr. 8vo., with Atlas, containing 39 plates, atlas 4to. — 2 vols, c/., 

 {o. p.), lOs 6d New York, 1891 



11800 METEORS and SUNSETS, observed by the Astronomers of the Lick Observatory, 

 1893-5, ivith 17 plates, 8vo. c/., 3* 6d Sacramento, 1895 



11801 METITJS (Adrianus; recte Adriaen Adriaenszoon, nicknamed Metius) Arithmetice 

 et GeometrI/E Practica, editio princeps ; with fine portrait of General Count Tilly, by 

 L. Kilian, 1621 (added), folding plate, woodcuts, and folding sexagesimal table, 4to. old boards 

 {somewhat browned, otherwise a large and fine copy) ; rare, £1. 5* Franequerce, 1611 



' There is no prolixity about this book. Sexagesimal fractions are taught, but not decimal ones.' — Prof, de Morgan. 

 The above edition is very rare, and was unknown to Prof. M. Cantor and Poggendorff (who both mention the edition of 

 ltJ2o as the first>, and to Prof, de Morgan and G. Libri, who only knew those of lt)40 and 1646 respectively. 

 The last chapter treats of the making and use of the author's measuring staft'C visier-roed '). 



11802 Maet-constigh Liniael, ofte Proportion alen Ry ende Platten Passer, als mede 



de Sterckten-Boinvinghe, ofte Fortificatie, onlanghs uyt het Latijn in onsen Nederlandtschen 

 Sprake overghe.set door Petrum Uaardt, by den Autheur vele vermeerdert ; with 2 folding 

 plates, woodcuts, and numerous diagrams, 2 vols. sni. 4to. in ), boards [rare), 16s Qd ibidem, 1626 



An early variety of the slide rule, which differed somewhat from that of Edmund Gunter, published a few years later 

 (<•. So<. 8745-50, ank). 



' Statt der beyden Schenkel des galiliiischen Proportionalzirkels auf deren jedem eine Linie der Abaicht naoh gctheilt 

 ist, braucht er nur Pine Platte mit solchen getheilten Linieii, legt an solche eine andre Linie in gehi>rigen Winkel und 

 verrichtet, was die beyden Schenkel dcs Proportionalzirkel geben.' — A. G. Kiistner. 



11803 Primum Mobile, Astronomice, Sciographice. Geometrice, et Hydrographice, nova 



Methodo explicatum, Editio nova, Instrumentis Mathematicis aucta a Guil. Bl.'eu, 

 Ainsterdaini, G. Bloiu, 1633-2, 4 vv. : De Theoria et MOTU SOLIS, ib., a. c, '33—5 vols. 4to. 

 in 1, with very numerous woodcuts and diagrams; old vellum (rare), £1. 2* 6rf 



Amsterdami, Guil. Blaen, 1633-2-3 

 These works have as collective title ' Opera omnia astronomica ', and contain illustrations of scientitic instruments of 



the author's own invention. 



Vol. 1 of the first work treats of the ' Doctrina Sphaerica', pp. 100-142 of which deal with Dialling ; v. H. contains the 



Astrolabe, with a Canon of trigonometrical functions, v. Ill ' de Historia Astronomica', and v. IV ' de Astronomica 



Geometrica', containing on pp. 186-215 further chapters on Dialling. 



11804 MEUSEL (Eduard) Die Zusammensetzung der chemischen Elements theoretisch und 

 experinientell unter Beweis gestellt, 8vo. sewn, with inscr. to Sir E. Thorpe, F.R.S., 2s Qd 



Liegnitz, 1902 



' Diese Schrift will gegeniiber den 76 Blemeuten der Chemie den Beweis fiir die Einheitlichkeit des Stofls erbringen.'— 



I'oru-ort. 



11805 MEYER (Antoine ; Univ. Liege) Calcul des Probabilites, public sur les Manuscrits de 

 I'Auteur par Francois Folie, roy. 8vo. hf green calf gilt {scarce), 10s Qd [Liege, 1874] 



' Cet ouvrage de Meyer est un resume tres-complet des plus im])ortants travaux de Bernoulli, Moivre, Laplace, Poisson, 

 Gauss, Encke, Bienayme, etc., sur le calcul des probabilites ; et Ton pent hardiment afflrmer qu'il n'existe aucun traits 

 aussi vaste sur la matiere, si Ton excepte la Theorie analytique des probabilites.'— A'di^cto-. 



11806 Quelques Developpements d'ANALYSE Combinatoire ; with folding table, roy. 4tto. 



(jpp. 64), hf bound {scarce), Qs Qd Bruxelles, 1838 



The author's first published work. He introduces in it a new system of symbols for the trigonometrical functions. 



11807 MEYER (Edward) The Structure and Inherent Motions of the Universe, Svo. (pj). 19), 

 sewyi, \s Qd Adelaide, 1901 



11808 MJBYER (Ernst v., Dresden) History of Chemistry from the earliest Times to the present 

 Day, translated, with the Author's Sanction, by George McGowan, thick 8vo. cl., Qs Qd (p. 15* 

 nett) 1891 



The be.st modern history of chemistry. 



11809 MEYER (Heinrich) Das franzosische Decimal-System in Hinsicht auf Miinzen, Maasse 

 und Gewichte, nebst einer griindlichen Anweisung iiber die richtige Berechnung der Miinzsorten 

 gegen einander, 8vo. boards, 3^ Qd Halberstadt, 1808 



The outcome of the proclamation that French weights and measures had hencef.)rward to be used in the newly 

 conquered Kingdom of Westphalia. 



11810 MEYER (J.) Geologische Briefe aus und iiber die SCHWEIZ, Svo. (pp. 366), hf. calf neat, as 

 good as new {last I. stained). As Leipzig, 1858 



11811 ME7ER (Julius; Univ. Breslau) Das Atomgewicht des Fluors; vnth 3 illustrations^ 

 roy. Svo. (pi). 12), senm, \s Hamburg [1903] 



11812 MEYER (Lothar Julius, Univ. Tubingen) Die modernen Theorien der Chemie und ihre 

 Bedeutung fiir die chemische Statik, 2. umgearbeitete Auflage ; with plate, 2 parts Svo. sewn, 2s 

 (p. M. 8.50) Breslau, 1872 



11813 Modern Theories of Chemistry, trans, from the 5th German Edition by P. Phillips 



Bedson and VV. Carleton Williams, with folding chart, thick Svo. cl. {o.])) Ss Qd (p. 18^) 1888 



11814 Another Copy, with the folding chart linen-mounted, hf calf neat {title stamped), 9s 



a standard work of well-known merit, and especially valuable for the chapters on the Periodic Law and the atomic 

 weights of elements, in the investigation of which the author collaborated with Prof. Mendelejeff. 



11815 MEYER (M. Wilhelm) Die Lebensgeschichte der Gestirne in Brief en an eine Freundin ; 

 with 3 p/ates and 46 other illustrations, cr. Svo. sewn, 2s (p. M. 4) Jena, 1887 



11816 MEYER (Oskar Emil, Univ. Breslau) Die kinetische Theorie der Gase, in elementarer 

 Darstellung mit mathematischen Grundsiitzen, 2. umgearbeitete [neueste] Auflage, Svo. boards^ 

 Ss (p. M. 12 unbound) Breslau, 1899 



Latest edition of one of the best modem text-books on the subject. 



