»j92 HENRY SOTHERAN cK: CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 

 13830 RAGONA (Domenico, Direttore, Osservatorio di Palermo) Ossekvazioni sulla Seconda 

 COMETA del 1854 : Osservazioni e Risultati, 4to. (pp. 31), sewn, 2s Qd Palermo, 1854 



£3831 Sulla Terza Cometa del 1854 : Osservazioni e Risultati, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, 2s ibidem, 1858 



13832 RAHNENFUHRER (Friedrich ; Sternv-arte Konigsherg) Die Polhuhe von Konigsberg : 

 Resultate der von H. Struve und F. Rahnenfuhrer in 1899/1900 und 1905/1907 nach der 

 Horrebowmethode angestellten Beobachtungen, roy. 4to. (pp. 30), sevm, 3s Konigsherg, 1908 



13833 RAIL-WAY, Observations on a General Iron : showing its great Superiority, by the 

 General Introduction of Mechanic Power, over all the present Methods of Conveyance by 

 Turnpike Roads and Canals ; fourth Edition, considerably improved, vHth large folding frontis- 

 piece, shoifing steam-coaches and goods-waggons attached to Blenkinsop engines, with engine-drivers 

 and guards in top-hats, and 4 other plates [one folding), 8vo. (pp. 143), sewn (VERY SCARCE), loith 

 uuto. of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., on title, £1. 5s 1823 



' 111 a treatise entitled Observation.'^ on a General Iron Rail-vjoy (4th edition, London, 1823) it is proposed to employ 

 Blenkinsop's engines and rack rail, of which views are given. The author exhibits the utmost confidence in regard to 

 the future of the locomotive engine. . . . The pamphlet was published anonymously, but is stated to be from the pen 

 of Thom.vs Gray, a native of Leeds ('Railways, .Steamers, and Telegraphs', by George Dodd, 1S68, p. 15). ... He would 

 appear to have been the earliest to propose the construction of the Manchester and Liverpool railway— as a locomotive 

 line.'— Galloii-ay's Steam Engine, p. 216. The construction work was largely to be done by the forced labour of the varied 

 criminal class with which England then swarmed. 



13834 RAILWAY "KAGAZINE (The), 8 numbers in 1 vol. (all published), with plates and folding 

 imips, '35 : with the New Series: The Railway Magazine, and Steam Navigation Journal, 

 containing copious Accounts of all Railways at Home and Abroad, Notices of Inventions, and 

 Scientific Discoveries, by John Herapath^ with maps and numerous woodcuts, '36-9, 6 vols. — in 

 all 7 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt (very scarce), with auto, of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S.^ on title 

 cfv.L,£5.5s 1835-9 



a complete set ok the orioinal publication, which is now very difticult to get, especially with the volume of the 

 original series. Only 1 vol. of this, and 6 of the new series, were published. The publication was continued after 

 ISa!) as ' Herapath's Railway and Commercial Journal,' a weekly paper in quarto. The social as well as the scientific 

 interest of the above volumes is very great, as the first fragmentary openings of most of the original English as well as 

 Continental lines are recorded as they happened, with many details and comments of tlie most naif kind. 



The above copy belonged to George Renme, c.e., r.R.s., a frequent contributor to the journal. 



13835 PROSPECTUSES, etc., An Interesting Collection of, as under, orioinal ly collected 



by Sir John and George Rennie, ff.r.s., folio, in sheets (very scarce), £5. 1830-6 



Contents: — Basing to Newbury Railway, '34: Commercial Railway to Blackwall and the East and We.st India 

 Docks, icith '2 maps and views, n.d.: Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Leith Railw.'Vy, 2 sch.ezD.es. with maps, '31-5 : Forest 

 of DE.A.N, Case of the Opponents to a Fourth Railway in the, n-ith coloured map, it-.d. : Grand Junction Railway, Aston 

 Park lease against, luith coloured map and and view ['34] : Grand Southern Railway [Dorking and Horsham route to 

 Shoreham, Brighton, and Southampton], map only, '33 : Limerick and Waterford Railway, '33 : Liverpool and M\s- 

 chester Railway, History of: Bethell's Broad Sheet, c. 1830 (scarce) : London and Brighton Railway, with a Branch 



to Shoreham, 3 different Prospectuses, with 2 maps, '36 : Results of the Evidence before the Commons, n.d. : 



London and Dover R.\ilwav, wi th extraordi nary map, n.d. : London Grand Junction Railway [a very cross letter], '36 : 



: Report of the Directors, iriY/i majy and 2 forlorn views of tlw viaduct ami terminus in Skinner St., '3.5 : Midland 



Counties Railw.w, with map, '33 : Northern and Eastern Railway from London to Cambridge and York, with map 

 ['35]: South-Eastern Railway Co. (with Extract from the Brighton Gazette, Sept. 17, 1835), '35 : York and North 

 Midland Rail way, rnao only, '85. 



13836 RAILWAYS :— A Brief Statement of the Advantages which will result to the Public 

 from the Establishment of a Communication by Railroad between London and Blackwall, 

 with Estimate of the probable Return to the Subscribers, with large folding route-mxip and view 

 of Brunswick Steam Wharf, East India Docks, 8vo. (pp. 42), sewn (scarce), 10* 6c? 1837 



This was an advance prospectus of the Blackwall Railway, the next metropolitan line after the Greenwich Railway. 

 It suggests locomotive traction, although steam rope traction was actually adopted and worked for many years, At end 

 is the engineer's report by Sir William Cubitt, f.r.s., p.i.c.e., the constructor of the South Eastern Railway. 



13837 : Practical Inquiry into the Laws of Excavation and Embankment on Rail- 

 ways : an Attempt to develope the Natural Causes which affect the Progress of such Works, 

 and to point out the Means by which the greatest Expedition and Economy in Execution may be 

 obtained, with Appendix, by a Resident Assistant Engineer, with S folding lithographs, 8vo. 

 cL, uncut (scarce), 15s 1840 



The author claims this to be the first attempt to reduce to formulas the estimating of earthwork, which had hitherto 

 only been done by rule of thumb. ' Few men, not even contractors, make out their estimates of expenditure and time 

 on any fixed principles, . . . and hence doubtless arose the late disastrous effects on the railway system.' The last 

 plate quaintly illustrates ' The Bredon Cutting, as it appeared in March 1840.' 



13838 : Sub-Railways : the Streets of London made Perfect, as they should be, without 



Opening? the Ground for Sewers, Pipes, or any ocher Purpose, with folding plate of a Holborn 

 Viaduct, 8vo. (pp. 20), sewn (very scarce), 12s 6c? Effingham Wilson, 1835 



This is a curious and probably the very earliest adumbration of an underground railway, besides a sewer and pipe 

 subway, which had already been suggested, ' in order to clear the streets from the danger of walking and riding in them 

 from the unusual speed and frequent racing of omnibusses and cabriolets, modern vehicles unknown till within these 

 few years, and to preserve the streets clean from a great proportion of the filth and mud they contain.' No railway of 

 course was yet open in London. The method proposed was cut-and-cover, 



L3839 RAIN :— SoGNO FiLOSOFico intorno alle Cause della Pioggia, di Moderno Autore, 2^^^ 

 Edizione, rivveduta, e diligentemente corretta ; with 2 copperplates, post 8vo. sewn, 5s 



Bologna, 1753 



13840 RALFE (Charles Henry, Caius Coll.) Outlines of Physiological Chemistry, including 

 the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Tissues, Fluids, and ExcretDry Products, with 

 18 woodcuts, 12mo. cl., with author's inscr., and auto, of W. J. Russell, F.R.S. , 2s 6c? 1873 



13841 RAMDOHR (G.) Ueber Styracin und Styron: Inaugural-Dissertation, 8vo. (pp. 40), sewn, 

 2s Marburg, 1857 



i3842 RAMONB (G.) G60LOGIE des INDES Anglaisbs (Stratigraphie et Teetonique), d'apres R. D. 

 Oldham, roy. 8vo. (pp. 93), sewn, 2s 1895 



