HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 655 



13090 PEMBLE (William;;jr., Magdalen Hall, Oxon.) A Briefe Introduction to Geography, 

 containing a Description of the Grounds, and Generall Part thereof, very necessary to young 

 Students in that Science, first edition, with woodcuts and diagrams, sm. 4to. (pp. 50), unbound 

 {table and last o II. badly defective, also watemtained) ; rare, 10s 6fl? 



Oxford, John Lichfield for Edward Forrest, 1330 

 First edition of this early University textbook on physical geography, which was often reprinted. It is interesting 

 for still advocating the Ptoleniean astronomy : 'The earth restoth immovable in the midth of the whole world ' (p. 12 . 

 Eijiht i)ai,'es are devoted \n ' proving ' this argument. 



13091 PENGELLY (William ; f.r.s.) The Lignites and Clays of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, 

 vjith portrait {inserted), 2 plates, and coloured 7nap (pp. 20) : Hear (Oswald) Gn the Fossil 

 Flora of Bovey Tracey, vnth 17 tinted lithographs (pp. 48), 2 vols. 4to. in 1, cL, \0s 6d [1862] 



* Pengelly's reputation rests especially on three arduous tasks of scientific exploration undertaken in Devonshire : the 

 examination of the plant-bearing deposit at Bovey -Tracey [the ' Bovey Heathtield ' J, that of Brixham Cave, and that of 

 Kent's Hole at Toniuay. By the first large collections of fossil plants were secured ; these were afterwards examined by 

 Prof. Heer who referred them to the earlier parts of the miocene peiiod, but at i resent they are more generally assigned 

 to the middle eocene.'— I). .V. B. 



13092 PENNA {Gtirola.mo, Bolognese) I Primi Elementi <leir Agrimensura ; with etched title, 

 and 9 plates {some folding), Bologna, 1643: MISURA de' CORPI MiSTi con sue Gravita, della 

 Forma del p : Deposito fabricate di Marmo, Ferro, e Piombo ; with engraved title and folding 

 plate, s. I. ed a. {slightly wormed) — 2 vols, folio in 1, old limp Italian vellum, \Qs Qd Bologna, 1643 



• Raro •— /J(cc'«n?/. 



13093 PENNING (W. Henry, f.g.s.) Field Geology ; with Section on Pal.kontology by A. J. 

 Jukes-Browne, f.g.s., with coloured front., and 23 woodcuts, ci. 8vo. d., 2s 6d (p. «).<?) [18761 



13094 PENNY (Frederick, f.g.s., Univ. Glasgow) On the Composition and Phosphorescence of 

 Plate-Sulphate of Potash, 8vo. (pp. 8), sewn, Is 6d 1855 



13095 On tlie Estimation of Iodine, 8vo. (pp. 4), unbound, with inscr. to Allen Thomson, 



F.B.S., Is 6d [1852] 



I309<) Report on the Experimental Operations at Loch Katrine, 8vo. (pp. 32), seicn. 



Is 6d 1855 



Investigations on the chemical action of water on lead piping, of vital importance where a drinking-water supply is 

 derived frc^n a catchment area of peat. 



13097 On the Valuation and Composition of Protochloride of Tin, 8vo. (pp. 12), 



unbound, Is ad [1851] 



lo098 , and William WALLACE : Notice on Chloride of Arsenic, 8vo. (pp. 6), unbound, 



with inscr. to Allen Thomson, F.E.S., \s Qd [1852] 



13099 PENNY CYCLOPiEDIA (The) of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 

 with numerous woodcuts, 27 vols, folio in 12, cL, ivith bookplate of Prof. Lloyd Tanner, F.R.S. , 

 £1. Is 1833-44 



Charles Kuisht's 'Penny Cyclopaedia' was an fxtraoi-dinary production, as he enlisted as contributors a large pro- 

 portion of the very ablest men of the day, a great number of whose articles may be read to advantage still, in addition to 

 their historical interest. Many of its articles on exact science by well-known writers (e.g. Prof. A. de Morgan) have never 

 been reprinted in any other form. 



13100 PENROSE (Francis Cranmer, f.r.s., f.r.i.b.a., f.r.a.s. ; Surveyor to St. Pauls) On a 

 Method of Predicting by Graphical Construction Occultations of Stars by the Moon, 

 and Solar Eclipses, for any given Place, with more rigorous Methods of Reduction for the 

 accurate Calculation of Longitude ; 2nd Edition, with \ plates, loy. folio, cl. (o.p.), 8* (p. 12* 

 nett) 1902 



The office of architect to St. Paul's Cathedral is only second to the blue ribbon of the profession of Architecture, that 

 of Surveyor to Westmin.ster Abbey, and it is notable that it has so often been combined with proficiency in the exact 

 sciences, and especially astronomy, from Sir Christopher's day until now. 



13101 PEPPER (John Henry ; exhibitor of ' Pijjpers Ghost') Cyclop.4^:d]c Science Slmplified ; 

 with coloured frontispiece and b'Sl woodcuts {including the Ghost), cr. 8vo. cl., g.e., Ss 6d 1869, or, «.</. 



An interesting papular exposition of physics and chemistry, including portions of paieis by Faiaday, Daniell, Wheat- 

 stone, Brewster, Tyndall, etc. etc. 



13102 PEPYS (William Hasledine, f.r.s.) On the Respiration of the Leaves of Plants, with 

 folding plate, 4to. (pp. 4), sewn, with ivscr, to Richard Phillips, F.R.S., 3? 6rf 1843 



From his experiments the author concludes that plants do not produce carbon dioxide when the leaf is in health. He 

 used in these experiments the mercury gasometer, which was Invented by him. 



13103 PERCIVAL (Archibald Stanley, Trinity Coll., Cantab .) Ovncs : a Manual for Students, 

 with 131 diagrams, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 10* nett) 1899 



13104 PERDONNET (Albert Auguste), Gabriel LAME, et Benoit Pierre Emile CLAPEY- 

 RON : Notices sur les Chemins de Fer, 8vo. (pp. 38), sewn {scarce), 6s Qd 1832 



One of the very earliest proposals for constructing a general railway system for France. The first ami larger iMirt is 

 on their advantages in comparison with canals ; the second on their use for national defence. 



13105 PEREGRINXJS (Petrus, de Maricourt, in Picardy ; contemporary of Roger Bacon) and his 

 Epistola de Magnete, by Silvanus P. Thompson, f.r.s., with fs. from 'Bodleian MS. 1Q21, 

 roy. 8vo. sewn, \s 6rf [1906] 



13106 PERING (Richard, Clerk of the Checque of Plymouth Dockyard) Treatise on the Anchor, 

 shewing how the component Parts should be combined to obtain the greatest Power, and most 

 perfect Holding, with a Table of Dimensions, graduated from 1 to 95 Cwt. : and a Schedule of 

 projtortionate Weights of Anchors, suitable to the Tonnage of every Clas-s of Vessel, etc., with 

 some Observations on the Chain Cable, shewing the Proportion it bears to that of Hemp, and 

 to the Weight of the Anchor, with ^folding plates, roy. 8vo. cl., or, sheep (scarce), \Qs 6d 



Plymouth Dock [kodie Devonport], 1819 

 This work claims to be the lir.st practical treatise on the construction of the anchor. It contains an improved anchor 

 and anchor weight of the author's own invention. 

 There was no copy of the work in the Scott Library. 



