HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 615 



12346 NAIBOD [sive NABOD] (Valentin) Astronomicarum Institutionum Libri III, tjuibus 

 Doctrine Sphaeric.e Elementa Metiiodo Nova, facili, et ad Captum Tyronuni aptissima 

 traduntur ; with woodcuts and numerous diagrmns^ 12mo. old vellum extra {wormed on blank 

 margin, and some II. browned, otherwise a fine copj/) ; RARE, 155 Venetiis, 1580 



Tlie author was professor of mathematics in the Uuiversity of Cologne, and according to AUgenuiiie Deutache BuKjtuphie, 

 an adept in astrology, who had found a new m*ithod of casting the horoscope. 



Towards the end uf his life he never left his room for fpar of meeting a violent death elsewhere. Curiously enough his 

 decaying body was found after all in his room, he having been murdered there in spite of all his precautions. 



12347 NAaUET {Alfred, M.D.) Considerations on the Two Memoirs of Sir B. C. Brodie on the 

 Calculus of Chemical Operations [with Notes by Sir B. C. Brodie, f.r.s.], 8vo. (pp. 15), 

 sewn, with Sir B. C. Brodie' s inscr., 2s , 1879 



12348 Principes de Chimie fondee sur les Theories Modernes, 2^ Ed., considerablenient 



augmentee, Tome II : Chimie Organique ; irith 16 woodcuts, thick cr.Svo. sewn, 2s Gd 1867 



12349 Principles of Chemistry, founded on Modern Theories, translated by William 



CoRTis, revised by Sir Thomas Stevenson, m.d., with 51 woodcuts, thick 8vo. c/., 6* Qd 

 (p. £1. 55) 1868 



Naquet's work is valuable in connexion with the doctrine of valency. He and Wnrtz maintained that many elements 

 had a varying valency, against the views of Kekule. that the valency was as unalterable as the atomic weights. Naijuet 

 also held that the atoms were ' furnished with small hooks by which they catch hold of one another' (Prof. E. v. M«ycr). 



12350 NARRIEN (John, F.R.S.) Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of Astro- 

 nomy, with 5 plates illustrating the ancient systems, 8vo. calf gilt {scarce) j 8s Qd 1833 



12351 Another Copy, c/. {slightly soiled) cheap), Qs 



12352 Reprint, toith 5 platen, Svo. c/., with bookplate of G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S, Is 6d 1850 



' a work of considerable merit and research.'— J//.s.s- Agne^ M. Clerke. 'The chapters on the Hindu and other Asiatic 

 systems are imrticularly valuable, and embody much matter that is nowhere else accessible to the English reader." 



12353 Practical Astronomy and Geodesy, including the Projections of the Sphere and 



Spherical T\\<io\\o\v\etTy,with diagrams, Svo. c/. {rubbed), As (^. lAs) 1845 



12354 NASINI (Raffaello, direttore) Ricerche Sperimentali, esiguite nell' Anno 1892, nell' 

 IsTiTuro di Chimica Generale, della R. Universita di Padova, 15 parts in 1 vol. impl. Svo. 

 sewn, with author's inscr., is Padova, 1893 



Including contributions by G. Carrara, F. Zecchini, V. Anderlini, A. Volpi, A. Ghira, and other.s. 



Anno 1893, 8vo. sewn, with editor's inscr., Qs Qd ibidem,, 1894 



12355 ANNO 1894-5, roy. Svo. sewn, with editoi''s inscr. to Sir E. Thorpe, 



F.R.S. , Qs 6rf lb., 1896 



12356 Anni 1898-1900, Svo. scm?71, trith inscr. to the same, 6s 6d ib., 1901 



12357 , e T. COSTA: Sulle Variazioni del Potere Rifrangente e Dispersivo dello 



Zolfo, nei suoi Composti, roy. Svo. setvn, with Prof. Nasini's inscr. to Sir E. Thorpe, 5s 



Roma, 1891 



12.358 NASKE (Carl) Die Portland-Cement-Fabrikation : ein Handbuch fiir Ingenieure und 



Cementfabrikanten ; with 3 folding plates, and 183 other illustrations, roy. 8vo. sewn, os 



(p. M. 10) * Leipzig, 1903 



12359 NASMYTH (James ; inventor of the steam-hammer) On tlie STRUCTURE of tlie LUMINOUS 

 Envelope of the Sun, vnth plate, Svo. (pp. 5), sewn {scarce), 4s6rf 1861 



The account of the author's supposed discovery that the luminous stratum of the sun consists of numberless 

 elongated stripes, crossing each other, and shaped like willow leaves, which were placed over a darker background. It 

 gave rise to a prolonged controversy. 



12360 , and James CARPENTER, f.r.a.s. : The MooN : considered as a Planet, a 



World, and a Satellite, first edition, with 24 fine plates {one coloured), and numerous 

 woodcuts, 4to. cl., t. e. g., with AUTO, letter FROM Nasmyth to Edward Whyynper, \4ts 

 (p. £1. lOs) ' 1874 



First and best edition, with superior impressions of the beautiful plates, ' consisting of photographs of carefully c/ni- 

 structeil models placed in strong sunlight, which give a better idea of the telescopic aspect of the moon than photographs 

 taken direct.'— jD. N. B 



12361 Second Edition [unchanj^ed], with 24 fine plates (1 coloured), and numerous woodcuts, 



4to. cl., t. e. g. {worn), with bookplate of Prof. Lloyd Tanner, F.R.S., \0s 6d (p. £1. lOs) 1874 



12362 Popular [Fourth] Edition, with 26 plates and numerous diagrams, large or. Svo. 



cl., t. e. g., Ss 6d (\). 5s nett) 1903 



12363 : James Nasmyth, Engineer : an Autobiography, edited by SamuelSmilks; Library 



Edition, with fine etched portrait by Rajon {on India paper), and numerous illustrations, Svo. cl., 

 5s (p. 165) 1883 



Including a chronological list of thr author's numerous mechanical inventions. 



12364 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (The) : (iuide to the Mineral Gallery, with Student's 

 Inde.x : — Collection of Meteorites ; Fossil Fishes ; Department of Geology and Palaeonto- 

 logy, etc. etc., illustrated, in 1 vol. Svo. cl., 3* 1881-5 



12365 REVIEW (The), and Quarterly Journal of Science, edited by W. H. 



» Harvey. Samuel Haughton, pr., Arthur R. Hogan, pr., E. Percival Wright, and other.s, 

 vv. I — VII, with numerous plates {some COLOURED), maps, and woodcuts, 7 vols. Svo. hf. calf gilt, 

 £2. 10s Dublin, and London, 1854-60 



The above series embraces the Transactions of the Belfa.st Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Cuvierian 

 Society. Dublin N.H.S , Dublin University Zoological Association, and the Literary and Scientilic In.stitution of Kilkenny. 

 2366 NAUMANN (Carl Friedrich) Elemente der Mineralogie, 8. vermehite Aufiajje; vnth S36 

 woodcuts, large Svo. cl., 'Is Qd (p. M. 10 sewn) Leipzig, 1871 



12367 Zehxte giinzlieh neubearbeitete AuFLAGE von Ferdinand Zirkel; with 891 woodcuts, 



Svo. hf. calf. As (p. M. 14 sewn) ibidem, 1877 



12365 NAVILLE (Ernest ; Univ. Geneva) Modern Physics : Studies Historical and Philosophical, 

 translated by Hlnry Downton, pr., post Svo. cl., 2s Qd (p. 56-) Edin., 1884 



