HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C, AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 84i 

 Astronomy and Geodesy, continued: — 



16817 AMBBONN (Leopold; Prof. Astronomy, Gijttingen) Handbuch der ASTRONOMISCHEN 

 Instrumentenkunde : eine Besehreibiing der bei astronomischen Beobachtungen benutzten 

 Instrumente, sowie Erlauterung der ihrem Bau, ihrer Anwendung und Aufstellung zu Grunde 

 liegenden Principien ; with 1185 illustrations^ 2 vols. roy. Svo. in 1 (pp. 1286), handsomely bound 

 in hf. pigskin, cl. sides, £2. (p. M. 60 in cl.) Berlin, 1899 



The most important and copious work ever written on astronomical instruments. Pp. 1221-76 tveat of the erection of 

 observatories. 



16818 ANDRi: (Charles, Directeur de V Ohservatoire de Lyon) Les Planetes et leur Origine ; with 

 3 plates and 94 text-illustrations, roy. Svo. buckram, t. e. g., Qs (p. F. 10 nett sewn) 1909 



16819 Traite d'AsTRONOMiE Stellaire ; with 5 folding plates {linen-mounted), and 103 text- 

 illustrations, 2 vols. roy. Svo. in 1, handsomely bound in hf. pigskin, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. {nice 

 copy), 14s (p. F. 23 nett sewn) 1899-1900 



16820 ABRHENIUS (Svante August; Director, Fhysico- Chemical Dept., Nobel Inst., Stockholm; 

 F.R.s.) Lehrbuch der koSxMISCHEN Physik ; with 3 plates {2 folding and linen-mounted), and 

 304 text-illustrations, 2 vols, large Svo. in 1, handsomely bound in hf. pigskin, cl. sides, unctit, 

 t. e. g., £1. 8* Qd (p. M. 38 sewn) Leipzig, 1903 



16821 Das Werden der Welten, mit Unterstiitzung des Verfassers iibersetzt von L. Bam- 

 berger ; ivith 60 illustrations, large 8vo. buckram. As ibidem, 1907 



16822 BAILLATJD (Benjamin, de V Observatoire de Toulouse) COURS d'AsTRONOMiE ; with 130 

 diagrams, 2 vols. roy. Svo. in 1, handsomely bound in hf pigskin, cl. sides, ^incut, t. e. g. {fine 

 copy), \os (p. F. 23 nett sewn) ' 1893-6 



16823 BALL (Sir Robert Stawell, F.R.s. ; Royal Astronomer, Ireland) Elements of Astronomy 

 [enlarged Edition], with 130 illustrations, cr. Svo. buckram, 2s Qd (p. 6* 6d) 1903 



An admirable elementary treatise, containing much useful bibliographical information. 



16824 Popular Guide to the Heavens, 83 plates {mostly coloured or tinted), with explanatory 



Text and Index, cr. 4to. cl. gilt, t. e. g., 9* (p. 15* nett) 1905 



16825 Third [latest] Edition, with S'^ plates, cr. 4to. hf. black morocco neat, cl. sides, t. e.g., 



llsQd 1910 



16826 Treatise on Spherical Astronomy, with 122 illustrations, Svo. hf. black morocco 



neat, cl. sides, t. e. g. {nice copy), 95 (p. 12^ nett in cl.) Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1908 



16827 BARLOW (0. W. C), and George Hartley BRYAN, f.r.s. : Elementary Mathematical 

 Astronomy, with Examples and Examination Papers, 2nd [last] Edition [enlarged], with 

 numerous diagrams, cr. Svo. buckram, As (p. 8* Qd) [1892] or 1903 



' Probably no better description of the methods oy which the marvellous structure of scientific astronomy has been 

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16828 BLACK (Frederick A., f.r.s. E.) Problems in Time and Space: Essays relating to the 

 Earth, physically and astronomically, and cognate Matters, with 10 plates and 6^ text-illustrations, 

 large cr. Svo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 6s nett) [1910] 



16829 BRINKLEY (John, Bp. of Cloyne ; F.R.S.) [Elements of Plane] Astronomy, revised and 

 partly re-written, with additional Chapters, by John William Stubbs, d.d., t.c.d., and FRANCIS 

 Brunnow ; with Examination Questions ; 3rd [last] Edition, enlarged, with 48 woodcuts, post 

 Svo. buckram, 3s (p. 6s) 1886 



16830 BRtJNNOW (Franz Friedrich Ernst ; Director, Dublin Observatory) TRAITS d'AsTRONOMiE 

 Spherique et d'AsTRONOMiE Pratique: Edition fran9aise par E. Lucas et C. Andre, avec 

 Preface de C. Wolf ; with woodcuts and diagrams, 2 vols. Svo. hf. brown morocco neat {nice copy) ; 

 SCARCE, £1. Is 1869-72 



' La theorie des instruments, qui ne se trouve exposes dana aucun autre ouvrage didactique, forme ici une partio 

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16831 BtJTRGrEL (Bruno H.) Astronomy for All, translated by Stella Bloch, with over 300 

 plates and other illustrations, thick Svo. cl., t. e. g., 5s 6fl? (p. 10s Qd) 1911 



16832 CAMPBELL (William Wallace, Director Lick Observatory) Stellar Motions, with special 

 Reference to Motions determined by Means of the Spectrograph, with numerous portraits, 

 plates, and other illustrations, Svo. cl., 12s Qd (p. 17s nett) Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 1913 



16833 CLERKE (Agnes Mary ; Hon. M.R.A.S.) Problems in Astrophysics, with 31 plates of star 

 photographs, and 50 text-illustrations, thick Svo. hf black calf neat, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. {fine 

 cojiy), 12s (p. £1. nett in cl.) 1903 



' Representing a sort of reconnaissance, and embodying the information collected by scouts and skirmishers regarding 

 practicable lines of advance and accessible points of attack, with a view to annexing for the realm, of knowledge some 

 further strips and corners from the territory of ignorance.' — Preface. 



16834 The System of the Stars ; 2nd [latest] Edition, with 20 plates and 37 woodcuts, thick 



Svo. handsomely bound in hf. black morocco, cl. sides, uncut, t. e. g. {as good as new), 14s (p. £1. 

 nett in cl.) 1905 



An excellent treatise on Sidereal Astronomy. 



1G835 , Alfred FOWLER; F.R.S., and John Ellard GORE, f.r.a.s. : The Concise 



Knowledge Astronomy, with 102 plates and other illustrations, many from photographs by 

 Loeivy, Puiseux, G. E. Hale, etc., thick large cr. Svo. hf black morocco neat, cl. sides, g e., 3s 1898 

 Miss Agnes M. Gierke was the only honorary woman member of the Royal Astronomical Society besides Mrs. 

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