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



2966 METIUS (Adrianus) PRIMUM MOBILE, Astronomice, Sciographice, Geometrice, et Hydro- 

 graphice; Editio nova, INSTRUMENTIS MATHEMATICIS AUCTA a GUIL. ELJEU, Amsterdami, 

 G. Blcvu, 1633, 4 w.: De THEORIA et MOTU Sous, ib., a. e., '33: De Usu UTRIUSQUE GLOBI 

 Tractatus ; adjecta est nova Sciatericorum, et Artis Navigandi Ratio novis Instrument/is et Inven- 

 tion! bus illustrata, Franekerce, '24 : UNIVERSE ASTRONOMIC^ INSTITUTIO (wanting title ; 

 ? Amsterdam, '30) 7 vols. 4to. in 1, with, very numerous woodcuts and diagrams ; FINE COPY in 

 old vellum (RARE), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 1. 12* Qd 1624-33 



With collective title ' Opera omnia astronomica ' ; containing illustrations of scientitic instruments of the author's own 

 invention. 



2967 [MEURDRAC (Marie)] La CHYMIE CHARITABLE et FACILE, en faveur des DAMES, 3 C Ed., 

 reverie et augmentee de plusieurs Preparations nouvelles et curieuses ; with engraved front, and 

 plate of chemical characters, 16mo. contemporary calf gilt (rare), 15s 1687 



Probably the first lady chemist, but left iu utter oblivion by an uugallant world. As may be expected, the science is 

 reduced to the chemistry of cosmetics. 



2968 MEYER (Ernst v., Dresden) HISTORY of CHEMISTRY from the earliest Times to the present 

 Day, trans., with the Author's Sanction, by GEORGE McGowAN, thick 8vo. cl., 8s Qd (p. 15s 

 nett) 1891 



2969 MEYER (Franz Eduard Moritz) MANUEL HISTORIQUE de la TECHNOLOGIE des ARMES A 

 FEU, trad nit, avec Annotations et Additions, par M. RIFFEL, I e Partie (seule parue), depuis 

 I'lnvention des Armes jusqu'a 1763, 8vo. hf. calf (rare), 10s 1837 



A valuable history of fire-arms, arranged chronologically, with a copious subject-index. 



2970 MEYER (Hans, Univ. Prague) ANLEITUNG zur QUANTITATIVEN BESTIMMUNG tier ORGAN- 

 ISCHEN ATOMGRUPPEN ; with woodcuts, 8vo. cl., \s 6d Berlin, 1897 



2971 MEYER (Lothar Julius, Univ. Tubingen) Die MODERNEN THEORIEN der CIIEMIE und ihre 

 Bedeutung fiir die chemische Mechanik, 4. umgearbeitete Auflage ; with plate, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 

 3s Qd (p. M. 17.) Breslau, 1883 



2972 - - MODERN THEORIES of CHEMISTRY, trans, from the 5th German Edition by P. PHILLIPS 

 BEDSON and W. CARLETON WILLIAMS, with folding chart, thick 8vo. cl. (out of print), 10.? 6d 

 (p. 18*) 1888 



2973 - OUTLINES of THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY, trans, by P. PHILLIPS BEDSON and W. CARLE- 

 TON WILLIAMS, 2 tables, 8vo. cL, 3s (p. 9*) 1892 



2974 MEYER (Oskar Emil, Breslau) Die KINETISCHE THEORIE der GASE, in elementarer Darstel- 

 lung iiiit mathematischen Grundsatzen, 8vo. hf. calf, 4s (p. M. 8. sewn) Breslau, 1877 



2975 MEYER (Victor, Univ. Heidelberg) ERGEBNISSE und ZIELE der STEREOCHEMISCHEN FOR- 

 SCHUNG, 8vo. sewn, 2.? Heidelberg, 1890 



2976 - , und Paul JACOBSON: LEHRBUCH der ORGANISCHEN CHEMIE ; with woodcuts, 2 thick 

 vols. 8vo. in 3, 2 vv. hf. German calf gilt, and 3 parts sewn as issued (a few II. of v. I stained^ ; 

 SCARCE, 3. 17s 6d Leipzig, 1893-1903 



INHALT: I. Allgemeiner Teil. Verbindungen der Fettreihe. II. Cyclische Verbindungen, Natnrstoffe, bearbeitet von 

 C. Harries und A. Rcissert. 1. Einkernige isocyclische Verbindungen. 2. Die Gruppe der mehrkernigcn Beuzolderivate. 



2977 MICHAELIS (August; Univ. Rostock) AUSFUHRLICHES LEHRBUCH der ANORGANISCHEN 

 CHEMIE, auf Grand von OTTO'S ansfiihrlichem LEHRBUCH der Chemie neu bearbeitet, 5. umgear- 

 beitete [NEUESTE] AUFLAGE ; with 4 plates (one coloured), and very numerous woodcuts, 4 vols. 

 Svo. in 6, 2 vols. hf. cl., and the rest sewn, 3. 10s (p. M. 110. unbound) Braunschweig, 1878-89 



Forming Vol. II of Graham-Otto's ' Ausfuhrlicnes Lehrbuch der Chemie '. 



2978 MICHELL (John; p,\, Queen's Coll., Cantab., F.R.s.) CONJECTURES concerning the CAUSE, 

 and Observations upon the PHENOMENA, of EARTHQUAKES, particularly the great one of Nov. 1, 

 1755, at Lisbon, etc., plates, 4to. (pp. 71), sewn, 4s 1760 



' Putting forward the theory of their origin through the elastic force of subterraneanly generated steam '. 1). X. H. 



2979 MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, JOURNALS of the, COMPLETE from their beginning in 1853 to 

 August, 1892, with numerous plates (many coloured), and woodcuts, 48 vols. Svo. in 40, hf. brown 

 calf gilt, cl. sides, and 4 parts, sewn (A FINE SET), 14. 1853-92 



CONTENTS : Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 16 v., 1853-08: Monthly Microscopical Journal, IS v. in 10, 

 '(3U-77 : Journal of The Royal Microscopical Society, '78 August, 1892, 14 v., and 4 parts. 



2980 MIEGE (Guy; Ambassador-extraordinary io Russia, Sweden, and Denmark) NEW COSMO- 

 GRAPHY, or Survey of the Whole World, with P new Project for bringing up Young Men to Learn- 

 ing, plate, 12mo. contemporary calf, 10.? Gd 1682 



Containing chapters on astronomy and meteorology. 



2981 MIETHE (Adolf, Charlottenburg) PHOTOGRAPHISCHE OPTIK ohne mathematische Entwicke- 

 lungen : with 2 plates, and 72 woodcuts, roy. Svo. hf. calf, 3s Berlin, 1893 



2982 MILADOWSKI (Michel), et Antoine IZBICKI : SOLUTION du PROBLEME de la QUADRA- 

 TURE du CERCLE ; with folding plate, roy. 4to. (pp. 18), sewn (scarce), 7s Qd [1850] 



The conclusion arrived at by the author is that the ratio of the diameter to the circumference equals 5 : 16, giving 3.2 as 

 value for TT. The above work was apparently unknown to Prof, de Morgan. 



2983 MILLAR, (William J., C.E.) LATITUDE and LONGITUDE: how to find them, revised Ed., 

 diagrams, post Svo. cl., Is Qd 1903 



2984 MILLER (John) ANDREA PALLADIO'S ELEMENTS of ARCHITECTURE RESTORED to its Original 

 Perfection, with a GEOMETRICAL EXPLANATION of the true PRINCIPLES of PERSPECTIVE, shewn 

 in a more Easy and Familiar Manner than in any Work yet made Public, etc. etc., with 28 copper- 

 plates, 4 to. sewn (side lines cut into), Is 1759 



2985 MILLER (Thomas Hugh) INTRODUCTION to the DIFFERENTIAL and the INTEGRAL CALCULUS, 

 diagrams, cr. Svo. cl., 2s 1891 



2986 MILLER (William Allen, F.R.S.) ELEMENTS of CHEMISTRY, Theoretical and Practical, 3rd 

 Edition, with Additions, numerous woodcuts, 3 vols. Svo. cl., with pres. inscr., and auto, of Prof. 

 A. W. Williamson, F.R.S., 5s 1863-7 



