26 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



497 BOUGUER (Pierre; F.R.S.) TRAITE du NAVIKE, de sa CONSTRUCTION, et de ses MOUVEMENS, 

 premiere edition: with Infolding plates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (RARE), Us Qd 1746 



This important work is generally considered to have laid the foundation of the theory of naval architecture. 



498 - - TRAITE d'OPTIQUE sur la GRADATION de la LUMIERE. Ouvrage posthume, public par 

 1'Abbe N. L. DE LA CAILLE ; with 1 folding plates, 4to. contemporary French mottled calf extra, 

 with arms on side (RARE), 1. Is 1760 



'His investigations concerning the intensity of light laid the foundation of photometry; their results were fully em- 

 bodied in his Traite d'Optiqxc, (1760) '. 



499 [BOULANGER (Jean, Lecteur du Rot}'] TRAICTE de la SPHERE et de ses Parties, oil sont 

 declarez les Noms et Offices des Cercles . . . plus le PLANISPHERE UNIVERSEL ou se trouvent 

 facilenient expliquees plusieurs belles et rares propositions ; with fine copperplates by G. HONDIUS, 

 and table, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, old limp parchment (RARE), 15s Rouen, 1651-50 



Unknown to Poggendorff and other bibliographers. 



SCO BOULLIAU [latine BULLIALDTJS] (Isrnael) ASTRONOMIAPHILOLAICA : Opus Novuin, in quo 

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 This important work according to Newton first mentions the sun's attraction, which decreases in inverse proportion to 

 its distance. 



501 - OPUS NOVUM ad ARITHMETICAM INFINITORUM, in quo plura a nullis hactenus edita 

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 F B.S.,andMS. MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS BY HIM, 10s Lutetiw Par., 1682 



502 BOUBDET ( ) TRAITE pratique des DIGUES le long des FLEUVES et des RIVIERES, avec Regies 

 touchant les Epis, Fascinages et Reservoirs ; with 9 plates, 12mo. old hf. calf gilt, with bookplate 

 of Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 5s Berlin, 1773 



503 BOURDIN (Pierre, s.J.) COURS de MATHEMATIQUE, contenant en 100 figures une Id^e gene- 

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 de 1'Optique Dioptrique et Catoptrique, 3 e Ed., with 100 etched illustrations, sm. 4to. old calf (title 

 mounted, and name cut out) ; rare, 10s Qd 1661 



The French edition of this work was unknown to Poggendorff. 



504 BOURDON (Pierre Louis Marie) APPLICATION de I'ALGEBRE a la GEOMETRIE, 4 Ed. ; with 

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505 ELEMENS d'ALGEBRE, 7 e Ed., 8vo. hf. calf, 3s Qd 1834 



' Bourdon was an excellent elementary writer, both on arithmetic and algebra. I began my career as an author, by a 

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506 BOURGEOIS (Leon) REPRODUCTION ARTIFICIELLE des MINERAUX ; with 8 plates (1 coloured), 

 roy. 8vo. sewn, 3s Qd 1884 



507 BOURN (Charles) PRINCIPLES and PRACTICE of ENGINEERING, and Trigonometrical, Sub- 

 terraneous, and Marine SURVEYING, with Appendix, 3rd FA., folding plates and icoodcuts, 8vo. 

 cl. (out of print), 4s 1867 



508 BOURNE (John, C.E.) TREATISE on the SCREW PROPELLER, SCREW VESSELS, and SCREW 

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 287 woodcuts, thick roy. 4to. hf. morocco (scarce], 17s Qd (p. 3. 3s) 1867 



Last edition wholly rewritten and greatly enlarged of the most complete work on the subject ever issued, and a work of 

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509 TREATISE on the STEAM ENGINE, with Investigations on the Motive Power of Heat, Tables, 



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510 BOURNON (Jacques Louis, Comte de) OBSERVATIONS sur quelques-uns des MINERAUX, soit 

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511 BOURQUELOT (Emile) Les FERMENTATIONS ; with 21 icoodcuts, 8vo. cl., 2s 1893 



512 BOUTY (Edmond) NOTES sur les PROGRES REGENTS de la PHYSIQUE ; with woodcuts, large post 

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513 BOUVIER (Hannah M.) FAMILIAR ASTRONOMY, or an Introduction to the Study of the 

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 and 219 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s Qd Philadelphia, 1856 



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514 BOWMAN [the Younger] (John Eddowes, F.C.S.) INTRODUCTION to PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY; 

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515 BOYD (Capt. John M'Neill) MANUAL for NAVAL CADETS, 2nd Ed., with coloured plates, and 

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516 BOYER (Jacques) HISTOIRE de MATHEMATIQUES ; with portraits and fss. , 8\o.cl., 4s 



An excellent short history of the science, consisting of 247 pp. of text, and a copious index. 



517 BRADLEY (Thomas) ELEMENTS of GEOMETRICAL DRAWING ; or Practical Geometry, Plane 

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 obi. impl folio, hf. bound, 8s Qd (p. 1. 12s) [1861] 



518 BRAMER (Benjamin) PROBLEMA : wie auss bekannt GEGEBENEM SINU, eines Grades Minuten | 

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 vieren seye ; with woodcut title, 4to. (pp. 30), sewn (slightly stained and wormed), WsQd Marpurg, 1614 



Chiefly based on JOOST Bt RGI'S invention of the circle of proportion. 



