HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 147 



2946 MENELAI Alexandria! SPH^RICORUM Libri III [cura EDMUNDI HALLEY, S.R.S.] ; with 

 diagrams, sm. 8vo. old calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 10s 



[Londini, 1707] 



This was tliQ ORIGINAL EDITION, without title or preface, which was never published, but only given by Halley to his 

 friends. It was eventually published by Co.stard in 1758. 



' Never published. MAHON. Given me February 10, 1708'. MS. note by Lord Stanhope. 



' ... In it are also found the theorems that the sura of the three sides of a spherical triangle is less than a great circle, 

 and that the sum of the three angles exceeds two right angles.' Prof. Cajori. 



MERCATOR (Nikolaus) LOCARITHMOTECHNIA, etc. v. KAUFMANN, ante. 



2947 MERRETT (Henry S.) PRACTICAL TREATISE on LAND and ENGINEERING SURVEYING, 

 LEVELLING, ESTIMATING QUANTITIES, etc., with the various INSTRUMENTS required, etc., Fifth 

 [LAST] EDITION, with Appendix by GEORGE W. USILL, 42 plates, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s Qd (p. 12s Qd) 1897 



One of the best treatises on the subject. 



2948 MERRIFIELD (Charles Watkins, F.R.S.) TECHNICAL ARITHMETIC and MENSURATION, with 

 39 diagrams, cr. Svo. cl., Is Qd 1872 



2949 MERRIFIELD (John, F.R.A.S.) TREATISE on NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, ivith 70 diagrams, cr. 

 Svo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 7s Qd) 1886 



2930 - , and Henry EVERS : NAVIGATION and NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, with front, and 

 74 woodcuts, Svo. cl., uncut (out of print), 6s (p. 14s) 1868 



2951 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf gilt, 6s 6d 



One of the best handbooks on the subject. 



2952 MERRILL (Lt.-Col. William Emery, U.S. Army) IRON TRUSS BRIDGES for RAILROADS: 

 Methods of calculating Strains, with a Comparison of the most prominent Truss Bridges, Bridge 

 Computations, and the Economical Angles for Struts and Ties, 2nd Ed., with 9 lithographs, and 

 20 diagrams, 4to. hf. calf, 7s Qd (p. 1. 5s) New York, 1870 



2953 MERRIMAN (Mansfield, Lehigh Univ.] ELEMENTS of the METHOD of LEAST SQUARES, 

 diagrams, post Svo. cl. (out of print], 5s 1877 



2954 TEXT-BOOK on the METHOD of LEAST SQUARES, diagrams, Svo. cl., 4s Qd (p. 8s Qd nett) 



1885 or '86 



2955 METCALFE (Capt. Henry, U.S. Army) COURSE of INSTRUCTION in ORDNANCE and GUNNERY, 

 3rd [last] Edition, thick post Svo., with ATLAS, containing 30 plates, folio 2 vols. cl., 13s Qd 

 (p. 1. Is nett) New York, 1894 



2956 METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE'S DAILY WEATHER REPORTS, complete from 

 March 21st, 1872 to Dec. 31st, 1894,45 vols. folio and 4to. hf. Irown calf (SOUND 

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An invaluable body of meteorological information of which probably only a very few complete sets now remain. 

 A FINE COMPLETE SET TO DATE : 



2957 - SOCIETY'S PUBLICATIONS (as under), complete from the beginning in 

 1861 to 1906, copiously illustrated with places -(including portrait*), woofcuts, and 

 charts, 63 vols. in 29 (58 roy. Svo. and 5 Svo.) cl. (FINE SET), 15. (p. 45. unbound) 



1861-1906 



CONTENTS : PROCEEDINGS of the BRITISH MKTEOROLOOICAL SOCIETY, 5 v. Svo., '61-71 : QUARTERLY JOURNAL of the [later 

 ROYAL] METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, ed. by JAMES GLAISHER, K.R.S., 32 v. roy. 8vo. in 18, 71-1900: The METEOROLOGICAL 

 RECORD: Monthly Results of Observations at the Stations of the Meteorological Society, with Remarks on the Weather, 

 by WILLTAM MARRIOTT, 25 v. roy. Svo. in 5, 'Sl-190(i: R.M.S.'s LIBRARY CATALOGUE, '91. 



Complete sets as above are very seldom met with, the earlier volumes being out of print and SCARCE. 



2958 - - ANOTHER SET, COMPLETE to 1904, comprising the PROCEEDINGS, 5 v. Svo. : QUAR- 

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 parts, sewn as issued, 9. 95 1861-1904 



2959 QUARTERLY JOURNAL, edited by JAMES GLAISHER, F.R.S. , from the beginning in 



1871 to 1899, illustrated, 25 vols. roy. 8vo. the first 10 v. cl., and rest in parts as issued (wanting 

 Qparts\'3. 15s 1871-99 



2960 - - (SCOTTISH), JOURNAL of the, COMPLETE from 1864 to March 1905 (New Series, 

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 as issued, 6. 6s (p. 19. Is Qd) Edin., 1864-1905 



2961 - - RECORD (The) : MONTHLY RESULTS of OBSERVATIONS at the Stations of the Royal 

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 from the beginning in 1881 to June 1892 (Vols. I XI, and v. XII, pts. 1 and 2), 46 parts roy. Svo. 

 seivn, 1. Is (p. 3. 4s) 1881-92 



- v. SYMONS'S MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL MAGAZINE, post. 



OBSERVATIONS at STATIONS of the SECOND ORDER for 1878, published by Direction 

 of the Meteorological Council, roy. 4to. sewn, 6s (p. 1.) 1880 



2963 - , RESULTS of, made at the MAGNETICAL OBSERVATORY, TORONTO, 1854-62, 2 vols. 

 4to. hf. bound (back of 1 v. damaged), 7s Qd Toronto, 1864 



2964 METHOD of SCIENCE, LECTURES on the, edited by THOMAS BANKS STRONG, Dean of Christ 

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Consisting of contributions by Proff. T. Case, F. Gotch, C. S. Sherrington, and W. F. R. Weldon, W.' McDougall, 

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2965 MEZ (C., Univ. Bretlau) MIKROSKOPISCHE WASSERANALYSE : Anleitnng zur Untersuchung des 

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 ivoodcuts, Svo. sewn, 12s Qd (p. M. 20.) Berlin, 1898 



