^00 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



13971 REAUMUR (Rene Antoine Ferchault de, de VAcadeniie : F.R.S.) L'Art de CONVERTIR le 

 Fer Forge en Acier, et I'Art d'Adoucir le Fer Fondu, ou de faiie des Ouvrages de Fer Fondu 

 au.-isi finis qui de Fer Forge ; with 17 folding plates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (back slightly 

 ilamaged) ; RARE, £2. 25 1722 



13972 The ^xy^E. {luanting plate 14 and pp. 449-56), old calf {hack damaged), \bs 



' The art of converting bar-iron into steel is well described by Reaumur in 1722, in his admirable treatise . . . He made 

 an extensive series of experiments on the subject, of whi(fh the records are worthy of being perused at the present day. 

 His work is illustrated with engravin<?s, in which cementation is represented similar in all essential respects to those which 

 have so long been in operation at Sheffield ', etc. etc. etc.— Jo/in Percy, F.R.S. 



It is also valuable for the plates illustrating contemporary apparatus and methods for converting iron into steel. 



13973 RECORDS of the School of Mines, Vol. I, Parts I and II, vith plate, coloured map, and 

 nmtberous icoodcuts, 2 parts impl. 8vo. cL {scarce), \2s 6d 1852-3 



Containing contributions by Sir H. T. de la Beche, Lord Playfair, Edward Forbes, Robert Hunt, Sir A. C. Ramsay, 

 ttir W. W. Smyth, J. Beete Jukes (On the Geology of the South Staffordshire Coal Field, pp. 187), and .John Percy, kf.r.s. 



13974 REDDIE (James, Hon. Mem. Dial. Soc. Edin. Univ.) Annual Address at the first General 

 M-eetin.ic of the Victoria Institute, May 27th, 1867. 8vo. (pp. 30), seion, 2s [1867] 



13975 The Mechanics of the Heavens, and the New Theories of the Sun's Electro-Magnetic 



and Repulsive Influence: being an Essay on Revolving Bodies and Centripetal Forces, with 

 Postscript, 8vo. (pp. 20), sewn, with author's inscr. pasted on, 35 6rf 1862 



Mainly an attack on Newton's P/'i?icipi«. 'There is no mathematical demonstration which even attempts to show 

 rigidly how a gravitating body could revolve round a centre of attraction. The point has been taken for granted by 

 Sir Isaac Newton.' — p. 10. 



13976 [ ] SciENTiA Scientiarum, being some Account of the Origin and Ob-jects of the 



Victoria Institute, by a Member, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, 3* 1865 



An attack on the Geological Society, and Professor Sedgwick, its piesident. 



13977 Victoria toto Ca<:LO ; or Modern Astronomy Recast : a Paper on tlie Theoretical 



Motions of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Planets, 8vo. (pp. 64), sewn, 45 1863 



Another attack on the Prmcijrki by tliis sturdy paradoxer, submitted to tlie Newcastle Meeting of the British 

 Association, but unaccountably rejected, 



1897S Vis Inertia Victa, or Fallacies affecting Science : an Essay towards increasing our 



Knowledge of some Physical Laws, and a Review of certain Mathematical Principles of Natural 

 Philosophy, ivith numerous diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 65), sewn, with author's inscr., 4s 1862 



• The laws of the universe are chemical rather than mechanical, and an equally constant and universal repulsive 

 influence must operate to counterbalance any force of gravitation, if gravitation be universal.' — p. ^)4. 



1:3979 REDDINGTON (William, of Windsor, brewer) Practical Treatise on Brewing : con- 

 taining various InstDictions and Precautions, Useful and necessary in the Exercise of the Art ; 

 2nd Edition, sm. 8vo. old calf {cracked), nithhookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S., IsQd 1780 



13980 REDFERN (Peter, Univ. Aberdeen) On the Nature of the Torbanehill and other 

 Varieties of Coal, yrith 3 coloured plates, roy. 8vo. (pp. 25), sewn, 2s [1854] 



D3981 REDGRAVE (Gilbert Richard, m.i.c.e.) Calcareous Cements: their Nature and Uses, 

 with Observations on Cement Testing, with mimerous diagrams, cr. 8vo. cU, 3« 6c? (p. 856c?) 1895 



a;3982 REDTENBACHER (Jakob Ferdinand, Karlsruhe) IJas Dynamiden-System : Grundziige 



•einer mechanischen Physik ; with plate, 4to. hf. cl., 3s 6d Mannheim, 1857 



The iJ^iuuiiiiJeu-Si/sterii, ai'i elaboration of the atomistic conceptions of Dalton, Fresnel, Ampere, Poisson and Cauchy, 



was invented by the author as a substitute for the dynamic theory, which he declares to be ' quite useless for the 



mathematical and practical treatment of physics.' 



1L3983 Result ate fiir den Maschinenbau, 2. erweiterte AuHage ; with Atlas, containing 44 



plates, 2 vols. sq. 8vo. hf. morocco, with auto, of Prof . Hilary Bauerman, F.G.S., 3s ibidem, 1852 



a39s4 REDWOOD (Sir Boverton ; f.r.s.e.) the Transport of Petroleum in Bulk, with 

 Abstract of the Discussion, edited by James Forrest, with 4 folding plates {one coloured), and 

 diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 86), sewn, 3s " Inst. C.E., 1894 



1.3985 — ^ — , and George T. HOLLO WAY : Petroleum: a Treatise on the Geographical 

 Distribution and Geological Occurrence of Petroleum and Natural Gas ; the Physical and Ohemical 

 Properties, Production, and Refining of Petroleum and Ozokerite ; the Characters and Uses, Test- 

 ing, Transport, and Storage of Petroleum l^roducts, etc.; with Description of Shale Oil and 

 Allied Industries, luith 17 folding plates and maps, and 327 noodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., \5s 

 (p. £2. 5«) 1896 



The standard work on the subject. 



13986 REECE (Richard, m.d., Medical Hall, Piccadilly) The Chemical Guide, or Complete 

 Companion to the Portable Chest of Chemistry, cr. 8vo. old sheep gilt {back damaged), 3s 1814 



' He was consulted by Joanna Southcott, who was then 04, as to the possibility of her supernatural pregnancy.'— 



13987 REED (Sir Edward James, f.r.s.. Chief Constructor to the Navy) Shipbuilding in Iron and 

 Steel : a Practical Treatise, giving full Details of Construction, Processes of Manufacture, and 

 Buildinj,' Arrangements : with Results of Experiments on Iron and Steel, and on the Strength and 

 Watertightness of Riveted Work, vith 5 plates by Lowry, 266 woodcuts, and folding table, thick 

 Svo. cl. {o.p.), 10s 6c? (p. £1. \0s) ' 1869 



Containing a full description of the Bellerophoii and her sister ships. ' With Heed's appointment as Chief Constructor 

 a new epoch of naval construction l)egan. The earliest ironclads were very long and unhandy ships, mounting all their guns 

 on the broadside. His object was to produce shorter ships of great handiness, and to develop their end-on lire without 

 sacrificing tlieir weight of broadside. . . . The Bellerophou, the first ship designer! by Reed after he took office, was 

 typical of many others that followed, and juarked a great advance towards the realisation of the desire-; qualities. . . . 

 •Structurally also the BeUerophon was an important ship, for in lier Reed introduced a new system of framing, known as 

 the longitudinal and bracket Irame system, which was better suited than the old method to the use of iron, which was 

 still quite a novel material for the hulls of men-of-war.'— 7>. -V. B. 



L3988 REES (George Owen, m.d., f.r.s.) On the Chemical Analysis of the Contents of the 

 Thoracic Duct in the Human Subject, 4to. (pp. 5). sew7i, with inscr. ' B. Phillips, Esq. [F.E.S.] 

 icnth the best wishes of his obliged young friend the Aui 



cthor ', 3s Qd 1842 



