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



'2852 MARTIN (Benjamin) PLAIN and FAMILIAR INTRODUCTION to the NEWTONIAN EXPERI- 

 MENTAL PHILOSOPHY, 5th Ed., with folding plates, Svo. nice copy in old calf, 3s Qd 1765 



2853 - - The PRINCIPLES of PUMP-WORK illustrated, and applied in the Construction of a NEW 

 PUMP without Friction, or Loss of Time, or Water, in Working, proposed for the Service of the 

 British Marine, with 2 plates, Svo. (pp. 33), sewn (rare), 4s Qd n. d. 



This work was unknown to the author's biographer in D. N. B. One plate illustrates the author's ' frictionless ' pump. 



2854 THERMOMETRUM MAGNUM, or GRAND STANDARD THERMOMETER, to which are adjusted 



the celebrated Scales of Sir I. Newton, Fahrenheit, de L'Isle, and Reaumur, with large plate, Svo. 



(pp. 10), sewn (rare), 6s 1772 



Not noticed in D. X. P>. The plate illustrates the five different thermometric scales, which naively indicate tempera- 

 tures below the absolute zero of temperature ( '273 C.), Mercury being 'fixed and malleable' at 440 C. (!). It is 

 interesting for giving the author's own thermometric scale, beginning at (5100 C., 10,000 being C., and 10,100 the 

 temperature of melting wax. 



2855 - - The YOUNG GENTLEMAN and LADY'S PHILOSOPHY, 2nd Ed., corrected, with 71 copper- 

 plates, 3 vols. Svo. nice copy in old calf extra, 8s Qd 1772-S2 



2856 - THIRD EDITION, corrected, 71 copperplates, 3 vols. Svo. old lif. calf, Qs 1781-2 



Still of interest for giving correct illustrations of many contemporary scientific apparatus and instruments. 



2857 The YOUNG STUDENT'S MEMORIAL BOOK, or [Mathematical] Pocket Library, plate and 



ivoodcuts, 16mo. fine, copy in old calf, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.E.S., 

 2s Qd 1736 



2858 - - The YOUNG TRIGONOMETER'S COMPLEAT GUIDE, with plates and numerous diagrams, 

 2 vols. Svo. old calf (fine copy), with Lord Stanhope's bookplate, Qs 1736 



' He was an able writer. He wrote on every mathematical subject (and never otherwise than well, I believe, except on 

 biography), and a complete set of his works is rarely seen '. ProJ. de Morgan. 



2859 MARTIN (F. P. B.) MEMOIR on the EQUINOCTIAL STORMS of March-April, 1850 : an 

 INQUIRY into the Extent to which the ROTATORY THEORY may be applied, with folding maps, 

 lar^e roy. Svo. cl. (scarce), 10s Qd privately printed at the author's press, 1852 



An important investigation, pursued with the countenance of the Board of Admiralty, including leave to copy their Logs. 



2860 MARTIN (Geoffrey) RESEARCHES on the AFFINITIES of the ELEMENTS, and on the CAUSES of 

 the CHEMICAL SIMILARITY or DISSIMILARITY of ELEMENTS and COMPOUNDS, with plate, 

 woodcuts, and 14 tables, roy. Svo. cl., 10s Qd (p. 16s nett) 1905 



Including an interesting speculation on dram-drinking as an instinctive preparation for the fall of earth-temperature 

 with the cooling of the sun, when alcohol may take the place of water as the fluid which bathes the tissues of the living 

 organism. 



2861 MARTIN (Louis Aime") LETTRES a SOPHIE sur la PHYSIQUE, la CHIMIE, et 1'HiSTOiRE 

 NATURELLE, avec Notes, par E. L. M. PATRIN, nouv. Ed., augmentee ; with plates on Natural 

 History (FINELY IIANDCOLOURED), 2 vols. Svo. extra boards, uncut, 10s Qd 1822 



2862 MARTIN (Thomas, c.E.) The CIRCLE of the MECHANICAL ARTS, containing Practical 

 Treatises on the various Manual Arts, Trades, and Manufactures, 2nd Ed., with numerous plates, 

 4to. (pp. 622), boards, uncut, 5s Qd 1818 



Including a chapter on Railways. 



2863 MARTIN (Capt. W. R., Eoyal Naval Coll., Greenwich) TREATISE on NAVIGATION and 

 NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, with 8 plates, movable compass card, and numerous diagrams, roy. Svo. 

 cl., 6s Qd (p. 18s) 1S88 



2864 MARTIN (William, of Waifs-End, Northumberland) NEW SYSTEM of NATURAL PHILO- 

 SOPHY, on the Principle of Perpetual Motion ; with a Variety of other USEFUL DISCOVERIES : 

 patronised by His Grace the DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, with fine portrait by Lambert, Svo. 

 boards, uncut (VERY SCARCE), 1. Is Newcastle, 1821 



Containing, besides a description of his perpetuum mobile, which he ' sold in 1810 to a person in London where it remains 

 moving to this day ' (p. 89), a ' refutation' of Sir Isaac Newton, with a new system of the world, also accounts of his 

 numerous inventions, e.g. a Safety Lamp, a Ventilator for Coal Mines, and ' for preserving Seamen's Lives.' 



The author was brother of John Martin, the painter of Miltonic mythology, and of Jonathan Martin, the firer of York 

 Minster. 



' Despite his quackery and buffoonery, he possessed much ingenuity as a mechanician, and in 1814 was presented with 

 the Isis silver medal by the Society of Arts.' D. N. B. 



2865 MARTINE (George, M.D.) ESSAYS and OBSERVATIONS on the CONSTRUCTION and GRADUATION 

 of THERMOMETERS, and on the HEATING and COOLING of BODIES, third Ed., with folding plate 

 giving 15 different thermometric scales, sni. Svo. original calf (rare), 10s Qd Edin., 1780 



Valuable for the plate of thermometric scales. According to Prof. Preston, who only quotes a French translation of the 

 above work, the author was the first to find the law of the cooling of a body for differences exceeding 40 or 50 C. Tiio 

 author died of fever in 1741 while attached to the Carthagena expedition under Admiral Vernoi>. 



2866 MARTINELLI (Domenico, Spoletano) HOROLOGI ELEMENTARI fatti con FAcQUA, con la 

 TERRA, con 1'ABIA, col Fuoco ; alcuni Muti, ed alcuni col Suono, tutti facili, e molto commodi ; 

 with 16 etched plates illustrating the mechanism of many curious clocks, sm. 4to. old hf. vellum 

 (RARE), 1. Is Venetia, 1669 



Unknown to PoggcndorfF. ' A curious work, describing various methods of ' elemental clocks ', i.e. clocks which were 

 set going by earth, air, fire, and water ; some of which could be made to show the time of day, the days of the week and 

 month, the courses of the moon and planets, with the Epact.' Wood' s Curiosities of Clocks, where the details of construction 

 are described. 



2367 MARTINO (Niccolo) ELEMENTA STATICES ; with 10 plates., thick 12mo. old calf gilt, with 

 bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 4s Neapoli, 1727 



2868 MASCART (^leuthere ; de VInstitut) TRAIT d'ExECTRiciTE STATIQUE ; with 298 woodcuts, 

 2 vols. large Svo. hf. calf gilt (nice copy), 10s Gd (p. F. 30. unbound) 1876 



Still a standard work on the subject. 



2869 TRAITE d'OPTiQUE ; with 2 plates and 395 woodcuts, 3 vols. roy. Svo. hf. parchment, 



morocco labels, r. e., and ATLAS, containing 2 copperplates (1 coloured), folio, sewn (FINE COPY), 

 2. 7s Qd 1889-93 



