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



14963 SMYTH (William Augustus) The Publican's Guide: or Key to the Distill-House : 

 containing an Account of Rum, Brandy, and other Spirituous Liquors, etc. etc., the Discovery 

 of Adulteration, in what is called Genuine Rum, etc. etc., the Use of the Hydrometer, Tables 

 shewing the Price of Liquors, etc. etc., with Anecdotes and Remarks necessary to be known by 

 all Dealers in Spirits, and highly interesting to the Public in general, 8vo. (pp. 86),sew7j, 6* Hd 1779 



Interesting as an exposure of the abominable adulteration of spiritf., especially of rum, in vogue at the time, which 

 with almost universal dramdrinking made England in the later Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries a scandal to the 

 world, 



14964 SNELLEN (Cornelis Tobias) Dissert atio Philosophica de Theoria Pulveris Pyrii ; 

 with copperplate (pp. 36) : Dissertatio Medica de Varia ViT^ Energia (pp. 17)— 2 vols. 4to. in 

 1, old calf gilt (nice copies), ^sQd Lugd. Bat., 1747-50 



14965 SNOW (Walter Bradlee) Steam Boiler Practice : its Relation to Fuels and their Com- 

 bustion, and the Economic Results obtained with various Methods and Devices, with 24 illustra- 

 tions, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 12s 6of nett) New York, 1899 



14966 , and Walter S. LELAND : The Steam Engine : a Practical Guide to the Construction, 



Operation, and Care of Steam Engines, Steam Turbines, and their AQ.(iQ^s,ox\e^,with\o plates, and 

 numerous other illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl-, 2s Qd (p. 4s Qd nett) Chicago, 1908 



14967 SNYDER (Carl) New Conceptions in Science, with Foreword on the Relations of Science 

 and Progress, with 10 portraits, besides woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl., icith inscr. to Herbert 

 Spencer, as below, and the latter^s bookstamp. Is 6d 1903 



' To Herbert Spencer: as an expression of profound respect, for his life and his work. Carl Snyder. London, 

 Julys. 1903.'— Z7i6cr. on flyleaf. 



14968 SNYDER (Harry, Univ. Minnesota) The Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life, with 102 

 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cL, 3s (p. 6s nett) New York, 1903 



14969 SOCIETY of ARTS (Royal) : Transactions of the Society instituted at London for the 

 Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, with the Premiums offered; 

 complete from the Beginning in 1783 to 1837 (Vols. I— LI), with portraits, numerous plat" s (many 

 folding), and woodcuts, 51 vols. 8vo. in 52, old calf gilt, rebacked (backs rubbed), with bookplate of 

 the Earl of Mansfield (sound set), £8. 8s 1783-1837 



14970 Another Set, complete from the Beginning in 1783 to 1828 (Vols. I— XLVI) 



(v. I, 2nd Ed.), wUh over 500 fine copperplates (many folding), including portraits, besides wood- 

 cuts, 40 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt (fine LIBRARY SET), £6. 15s 1789-1828 

 a very important publication, especially in connexion with applied science, containing valuable original contributions 

 by some of the foremost .scientists of the time, e.g., Clkog (8.) Gas Meters, 1808 : Gurney (Goldsworthy) Oxy-Hydrogen 

 Blow-Pipe, '23: Marsh (James) Electro-Magnetic Apparatus, '93: Nicholson (P.) Hand Hails, 14: Sturgeon (W.) Im- 

 proved Electro-Magnetic Apparatus. The descriptions of Inventions which were awarded prizes by the Society are of 

 special importance, though for an amusing /awa; -pas see note to Price on Locks and Keys, no. 13047 ante. 



14971 , Journal of the, and the Institutions in Union; from Nov., 1881 to 1909 



(Vols. 30-57), with numerous illustrations, 28 vols. roy. 8vo., vv. 30-56 in cl., and v. 57 in parts, 

 sewn, £4. 1882-1909 



14972 SODDY (Frederick, f.r.s. ; Univ. Aberdeen) Multiple Atomic Disintegration : a Sug- 

 gestion in Radioactive Theory, 8vo. (pp. 6j, sewn. Is Qd 1909 



14973 Radio-activity : "^an Elementary Treatise, from the Standpoint of the Disintegration 



Theory, with 20 diagrams, and 18 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 6s f>d nett) 1904 



14974 , and Arthur John BERRY: Conduction of Heat through Rarefied Gases, with 



3 diagrams, 2 parts roy. 8vo. (pp. 21 ). sewn. 2s 1910-11 



14975 , and Thomas D. MACKENZIE : The Electric Discharge in Monatomic Gases, 



with 2 diagrams, roy. 8vo. (pp. 18), sewn. Is 6d 1908 



The author, with Sir William Ramsay, made the important discovery that helium was originated by the disintegrating 

 atoms of radium. 



14976 SOLOMON (Henry George) Electricity Meters : a Treatise on the General Principles, 

 Construction, and Testing of Continuous Current and Alternating Current Meters, with 307 illus- 

 ti-ations, large 8vo. cl.. 10s (p. I6s nett) 1906 



14977 SOMERMEIER (E. E., Ohio State Univ.) Coal: its Composition, Analysis, Utilization, and 

 Valuation, laith 8 illustrations, roy. 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 8s Qd nett) New York, 1912 



14978 SOMERSCALES (A. N.) Mechanical and Marine Engineering Science (Essays, Problems, 

 Demonstrations); specially written as a Handbook to the Board of Trade Examinations, for Extra- 

 First-Class Engineers, with 153 woodcuts, 8vo. cl.. Is M (p. 12s 6rf nett) Glasgow, 1909 



14979 SONNET (Hyppolyte) Dictionnaire des Mathematiqu5S Appliquees, comprenant les 

 principales Applications dies Mathematiques , et I'Explication d'un grand Nombre de Ternies 

 Techniques usites dans les Applications ; 1^ Edition ; tvith 1900 woodcuts and diagrams, thick 

 roy. 8v(). (pp. 1475), hf calf gilt, 10s Qd (p. F. 30 nett sewn) 1874 



14980 SOP WITH (Thomas, c.e., f.r.s.) Treatise on Isometrical Drawing, as applicable to 

 Geological and Mining Plans, Picturesque Delineations of Ornamental Grounds, Perspective 

 Views and Working Plans of Buildings and Machinery, and to general Purposes of Civil 

 Engineering; with Details of improved Methods of Preserving Plans and Records of Subterranean 

 Operations in Mining Districts, first edition, with engraved frontispiece, vignette on title, and 

 32 copperplates, 8vo. cl., 10s Qd 1834 



'The book met with a marked success, and it is somewhat a matter of surprise that it has not to this day retained its 

 place as an educational work,' — Sir B. W. Richardson. 



14981 : Richardson (Sir Benjamin Ward, M.D., F.R.S.) Thomas Sopwith, c.e., f.r.s., with 



Excerpts from his Diary of Fifty-Seven Years, with portrait, cr. 8vo. cl. (o.p.), 4s 1891 



14982 SORLEY (William Ritchie) Mining Royalties, and their Effect on Coal and Iron 

 Trades, 8vo. boards (o.p.), Is 6d 1889 



