842 HENRY SOTflERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., and 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



Astronomy and Geodesy, continued: — 



16837 CHAUVENET (William, Washington Univ., St. Louis) Manual of Spherical and 

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 Edition, revised and corrected, with 15 plates and numerous illustrations, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. cl., 

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' The most complete and exhaustive treatise on the subject which has yet appeared.'— Pro/. Simon Newcomb. 



16838 CHEYNE (Charles Hartwell H:orne,;?r., Westminster School) Elementary Treatise on 

 the Planetary Theory, 3rd [last] Edition, edited by A. Freeman, pr., f.r.a.s., with diagrams, 

 post 8vo. cl., uncut {o. p.), 5s 1883 



16839 DIEN (Charles) Atlas Celeste, rectifie etaugmente de Cartes nouvelles : ,Etoiles doubles, 

 multiples, coloriees, nebuleuses, et Groupes stellaires, Mouvements propres des Etoiles. etc. par 

 Camille Flammarion, \0^ Edition; with 29 plates {some folding), atlas folio, handsomely bound 

 inhf. black morocco, cl. sides, t. e. g. {fine copy), £1. 55 (p. F. 40 nett sewn) 1897 



16840 FAYE (Herve, de VInstitut) CoURS d'AsTRONOMiE de PEcole Polytechnique ; vnth numerous 

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CoNTENU :— I. Astronomie spherique ; Description des Instruments ; Theorie des Erreurs ; Geodesie et Geographie 

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16841 Lecons de Cosmographie ; with \5 folding plates, 8vo. cl., 4? 1854 



16842 ELOTOW (Albrecht v., GeoddHscher Institut, Potsdam) Einleitung in die Astronomie, 

 large cr. 8vo. cl., 4s 6c? (p. M. 7) Leipzig, 1911 



16843 FRISCHAUF (Johannes; Prof. Mathernatlcs, Graz) Grundriss der theoretischen 

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 illustrations, 8vo. buckram, uncut, t. e.g., 4s (p. M. 5 sewn) Leipzig, 1903 



16844 GARGET (H.) Lemons de Cosmographie, nouvelle Edition parCn. Simon ; with 3 plates and 

 98 text-illustrations, 8vo. buckram, 'ds 1896 



16845 GAUSS (Johann Karl Friedrich; f.r.s.) Theorie der Bewegung der Himmelskorper 

 welche in Kegelschnitten die Sonne umlaufen, ins Deutsche iibertragen von Carl Haase, mit 

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The German translation of the Latin original of this classic work, which introduced the principle of curvilinear 

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16846 GODrilAY(Hugh, St. John's Coll., Cantab.) Elementary Treatise on the Lunar Theory, 

 with brief Sketch of the History of the Problem before Newton, 3rd [last] Edition, with diagrams, 

 cr. Svo. cL, 3s (p. 5s 6^^) 1871 



16847 Treatise on Astronomy, for Colleges and Schools ; 2nd Edition [enlarged], with plates 



and numerous illustrations, Svo. buckram, 4s 6c? (p. 12s 6c?) 1874 



16848 Fifth [last] Edition, ivith numerous illustrations, 8vo. buckram, uncut, 7s 



(p. 12s U) 1894 



16849 GORE (John Ellard, m.r.i.a., f.r.a.s). Astronomical Essays, historical and descriptive, 

 with 6 plates, cr. Svo. cl., 3s (p. 6s) 1907 



16850 The Visible Universe : Chapters on the Origin and Construction of the Heavens, with 



16 plates {many folding) of stellar photographs, etc., and other illustrations, S\o. cl., uncut, t. e. q.. 

 Is 6c? (p. 16s) ' 1893 



'A very good and lucid summary and discussion of the recent theory regarding the construction of the heavens.'— 

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16851 GRETSCHEL (Heinrich) Lexikon der Astronomie, mit Beriicksichtigung der astrono- 

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16852 GtJNTHER (Siegmund, Technische Hochschule, MUnchen) Vergleichende Mond- und 

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 As (p. M. 5 sewn) Braunschioeig, 1911 



16853^ HALE (Georg: EUery, Director, Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory) The Study of Stellar 

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' Describing a connected series of investigations, laying special stress on the observational methods employed, in the 

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16854 HEIS (Eduard, Univ. Milmter) Atlas Coelestis Eclipticus, continens VIII Tabulas ad 

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16855 Atlas Ccelestis Novus: Stella3 per Mediam Europam solis Oculis conspicuse 



secundum veras Lucis Magnitudines e Coelo ipso descript<i3, post Svo., with Atlas, containing 12 

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_ ' Besonders beiiihmt ist sein Atlas ccelestis novus, in welchem alle m'it blossem Auge sichtbaren Sterne aufgenoramen 

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