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



13225 PHILLIPS (John Arthur; f.r.s.) Manual of Metallurgy, or Practical Treatise on the 

 Chemistry of Metals, with 215 woodcuts, thick post 8vo. cl., 2s Qd 1852 



13226 Another Copy, hf. morocco {stamp on title), 3s 



13227 Second Edition, enlarged, with 218 woodcuts, thick post 8vo. hf. morocco {stamp on 



title), 3s 6d 1854 



13228 Another Copy, cl., 3s 



13229 The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver, with front., 7 plates, 84 woodcuts, 



and map, sq. roy. 8vo. hf. morocco {scarce), 12s (p. £1. lis 6c?) 1867 



13230 Note on the Composition of certain Mine Waters, 8vo. (pp. 4), sewn, ivith author's 



inscr.. Is 1874 



13231 Treatise on Ore Deposits, with 95 woodcuts, and map, roy. 8vo. cl., 8s (p. £1. 5s) 1884 



13232 , and John DARLINGTON: Records of Mining and Metallurgy ; or Facts and 



Memoranda for the Mine Agent and Smelter, with full-page and other woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. 

 {scarce), 6s 1857 



Including a valuable ' Historical Notice ' (pp. 40), ' the result of a considerable amount of research, and presenting in 

 a tabular form a large collection of analyses of various auoi-^nt alloys.'— Prc/«ce. 



This work was unknown to the author's biographer in IJ. X. B. 



13233 PHILLIPS (Sir Ricliard ; publisher ; Radical ; Sheriff of London ; paradoxer ; more than a 

 match for George Borrow) Essays on the Proximate Mechanical Causes of the General 

 Phenomena of the Universe, with diagrams, 12mo. boards {rare), 8s 6rf 1818 



'A pretentious volume on the principle of universal causation, which provoked De Morgan's anger. . . . Christopher 

 North called Phillips ' a dirty little Jacobin ', with no literary ability and absurd scientific views.'— 7). N. B. 

 Readers of ' Lavengro ' will recall the wicked publisher's successful exploitation of his redoubtable author. 



13234 Twelve Essays on the Proximate Causes of the Material Phenomena of the 



Universe, Avith illustrative Notes, with 4 folding copperplates, besides diagrams, 8vo. boards, 

 uncut (scarce), 16s Qd 1821 



a greatly enlarged edition of the above Essays. 



' Phillips was not only an anti-Newtonian but carried to a fearful excess the notion that statesmen and Newtonians 

 were in league to deceive the world. . . . The schoolmen, and the ' philosophical trinity of gravitating force, projectile 

 force, and void space ' were the bogies of his life. ... He had four valuable qualities : honesty, zeal, ability, and courage. 

 He applied them all to teaching matters about which he knew nothing, and gained himself an uncomfortable life and a 

 ridiculous memory.' — Prof, de Morgan. 



13235 [ ] The Wonders of the Telescope ; or a Display of the Starry Heavens and of the 



System of the Universe : calculated to promote and simplify the Study of Astronomy ; neAv 

 Edition, with \^ folding plates, cr. 8vo. boards, 4s 1809 



Including a good folding view of Sir William Herschel's 40-feet reflector with its cumbrous staging. 



13236 PHILLIPS (Richard, f.r.s., p.c s.) Researches on the Chemical Equivalents of certain 

 Bodies, 4to. (pp. 6), sewn, 3s Qd 1839 



Written in support of Front's theory that all atomic weights are simple multiples of that of hydrogen. The author 

 gives here the atomic weights of H, O, N, and Cl as 1, S, 14, and 36. 



13237 PHILLIPS (Samuel E., f.c.s.) An Attempt to Understand the Material Nature of 

 Electricity, 8vo. (pp. 8), sewn. Is Qd 1887 



Interesting as one of the hypotheses preceding the electron theory. 



13238 PHILLIPS (William ; f.r.s. ; bookseller, George Yard, Lombard St.) Description of the OxYD 

 of Tin, the Production of Cornwall, of the Primitive Crystal and its Modifications, in- 

 cluding an Attempt to ascertain with Precision the Admeasurement of the Angles by Means of 

 the Reflecting Goniometer of Dr. Wollaston, with a Series of its Crystalline Forms and 

 Varieties, 12 copperplates containing 235 diagrams, 4to. (pp. 41), seivn, 5s 1814 



' Though actively engaged in trade, he devoted his leisure to the pursuit of natural science, and attained a high 

 position as a mineralogist, in which study he made great use of the goniometer, then recently invented by W. H. 

 Wollaston, his success with it being mentioned by William Whewell in his History of the Iiuluctivr Sciences.' — D. iv. B. 



13239 Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy, with the Places and 



Circumstances in which Minerals are found, and especially the Localities of British Minerals, 

 3rd Edition, enlarged, with numerous woodcuts, large post 8vo. boards, uncut, 3s 182.3 



13240 Fourth Edition, considerably augmented by Robert Allen, f.r.s. e., icith numerous 



woodcuts, thick post 8vo. boards, uncut, 4s 1837 



13241 Fifth [last] Edition, with extensive Alterations and Additions, by H. J. Brooke and 



W. H. Miller, ff.r.s., with 647 woodcuts, large post 8vo. (pp. 712), cl., 5s 1852 



' An extraordinary treasure of crystallographic facts.'— I'a-. IF/i^j'-eL'. 'A monument to Miller's name, though he 

 almost expunged Phillips's name from it.'— Pro/. Story Masktli/m, F.R.S. 



13242 Outlines of Mineralogy and Geology, 3rd Edition, with Additions, 4 plates, post 



8vo. boards, uncut, 2s 1818 



13243 A Selection of Facts from the best Authorities, arranged so as to form an Outline of 



the Geology of England and Wales, with plate and geological map {both coloured and folding) , 

 and large folding table, fcap. 8vo. hf. morocco gilt {scarce). Is 6d 1818 



' His most important contribution to geology, which became the basis of a joint work by the Rev. William Daniel 

 Conybeare and himself, entitled ' Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales'.' — D. N. B. 



13244 PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY of GLASGOW (ROYAL), Proceedings of the, com- 

 plete from 1866-7 to 1911-12 (vv. VI No. 3— XLIII), and Index to w. I— XX, icith 

 maps, and numerous woodcut portraits, 'plates, and diagrams, 18 vols. 8vo.,c?., and the 

 rest in parts, sewn as issued {wanting Vol VIII No. 1), £5. 15s Glasgow, 1867-1912 



13245 Another Set, from 1880 (v. XIII) to 1907-8 (v. XXXIX), 14 vols. 8vo. 



cl., and the rest in parts, sewn as issued, £3. 15^ ihidem^ 1880-1908 



TRANSACTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY— r. Royal Society of London, 



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