HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 153 



3066 MOORE (Sir Jonas, Surveyor-Gen, of Ordnance; Governor of Christ's Hospital; F.R.S.) : 

 MOOR'S ARITHMETICS, treating of VULGAR ARITHMETIC^, with several new Inventions to ease 

 the Memory, by NEPAIRS [sic] RODS, Logarithms, Decimals, etc. and of ARITHEMETICK in 

 SPECIES or ALGEBRA, whereby all difficult Questions receive their Analytical Laws and Resolu- 

 tions [2nd Ed.,] with a new Contemplation Geometrical upon the Oval Figure called the ELLIPSIS, 

 and the two first Books of MYDORGius his CONICAL SECTIONS analized by that reverend Divine 

 MR. W. OUGHTRED, and Englished, the first part in blacfe letter ; with folding plates, 12mo. fine 

 copy in contemporary calf (rare], 12s Qd N. Brook, 1660 



'This is Jonas Moore's first work, and is a very good one. It is very complete in decimals, giving the contracted 

 multiplication and division. It has the use of logarithms (in. which the operations with the negative characteristic are 

 fully given), algebra from Oughtred, etc. etc.' Prof, de Morgan. 



3067 - MODERN FORTIFICATION : or ELEMENTS of MILITARY ARCHITECTURE, and the Manner 

 of Defending and Besieging Forts and Places ; with the USE of the JoYNT-RuLER or SECTOR, for 

 the speedy Description of any Fortification, folding plates, 12mo. fine tall copy in contemporary 

 calf, 8s Qd a. e., 1673 



3068 - - NEW SYSTEME of the MATHEMATICKS, including Trigonometry, Cosmography, Naviga- 

 tion, the Doctrine of the Sphere, Astronomical Tables, Tables of Logarithms, and a new 

 Geography, with engraved front, by Yeates, and numerous plates, maps, and diagrams, 2 thick 

 vols. 4to. contemporary calf (FINE COPY), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S. , 

 17s 6d 1681 



'His principal work. It appeared posthumously in 1681, under the supervision of his sons-in-law, WILLIAM HANWAV 

 and JOHN POTENGER. The sections on Algebra, Euclid, and Navigation were written by PERKINS, master of the 

 mathematical school of Christ's Hospital ; while FLAMSTEED communicated the astronomical tables.' A gnes M. Clerke. 



3069 MOORE (Ralph) The VENTILATION of MINES, with 37 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s Qd Glasgow, 1859 



3070 MORAND (Jean Francois Clement) MEMOIRES sur la NATURE, les EFFETS, PROPRIETES, et 

 AVANTAGES du FEU de CHARBON de TERRE APPRETE, pour etre employe commode'nient, 

 economiquement, et sans Inconvenient, au Chauftage, et a tous les Usages Domestiques ; with 

 4 copperplates of fireplaces: OBSERVATIONS CRITIQUES sur un Ouvrage intitule": EXAMEN de la 

 HOUILLE, considered comme Engrais des Terres, par [JOSEPH] RAULIN. INSTRUCTION sur 

 1'USAGE des HOUILLES d'ENGRAls, et de leurs Cendres. Experiences et Observations sur la 

 Maladie du Seigle, nomme"e Ergot, etc. etc., par L. S. D. L[e] B[run] 2 vols. large 12mo. in 1, 

 fine copies in old calf gilt, 15? 1770-7 



Two early French works on coal. According to the preface of the first work, the use of coal for domestic purposes 

 seems to have been unknown in France, and one fourth of the whole population of Paris is stated to be unable to have fires 

 in the winter owing to the scarcity of wood. 



3071 MOREL (A. M. Th.) TRAITE PRATIQUE des FEUX D'ARTIFICE, pour le SPECTACLE et pour la 

 GUERRE; with 11 folding copperplates, illustrating a great variety of Fireworks, 8vo. old sheep 

 (rare), 10,9 Qd 1818 



3072 MORELOT (Simon, Professeur de Chimie Pharmaceutique a I'Ecole de Medecine de Paris) 

 HISTOIRE NATURELLE appliquee a la CHIMIE, aux Arts, aux differents Genres de 1'Industrie, et 

 aux Besoins personnels de la Vie, 2 vols. 8vo. sewn, 4s 1809 



3073 MOREWOOD (Samuel, Surveyor of Excise) ESSAY on the INVENTIONS and CUSTOMS, of both 

 Ancients and Moderns, in the USE of INEBRIATING LIQUORS [and OPIUM], with interesting 

 Anecdotes illustrative of the principal Nations of the World, and Historical View of the Extent 

 and Practice of DISTILLATION, as to its COMMERCE, and as a SOURCE of NATIONAL INCOME ; with 

 much curious Information respecting the Application and Properties of several parts of the 

 Vegetable Kingdom, woodcuts, 8vo. boards, uncut (SCARCE), 15* 1824 



A rare and interesting work, unknown to Lowndes and Allibone. 



3074 MORFIT (Campbell, Univ. of Maryland, and Clarence) CHEMICAL and PHARMACEUTICAL 

 MANIPULATIONS : a Manual of the Mechanical and Chemico-Mechanical Operations of the Labora- 

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3075 MORGAN (Augustus de) ARITHMETICAL BOOKS', from the INVENTION of PRINTING to the 

 PRESENT TIME : Brief Notices of a large Number of Works, drawn up from Actual Inspection, 

 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), 12s Qd 1847 



3076 - - ANOTHER COPY, with inscription ( Sir W. Rowan Hamilton [inventor of Quaternions] from 

 the Author ', 15* 



A valuable work, containing over 1500 titles, with critical and historical notes, copious introduction, and index. 

 Few contemporaries were as profoundly read in the history of mathematics.' Prof. Cajori. 



' The most worthless book of a bygone day is a record worthy of preservation. Like a telescopic star, its obscurity may 

 render it unavailable for most purposes ; but it serves, in hands which know how to use it, to determine the places of 

 more important bodies.' Preface. 



- The BOOK of ALMANACS, with INDEX of REFERENCE, by which the Almanac may be 

 found for every Year, whether in Old Style or New, from any Epoch, ancient or modern, to 

 A.D. 2000, with Means of Finding the Day of any New or Full Moon from B.C. 2000 to A.D. 2000 ; 

 3rd Ed., by E. J. WORMAN, obi. 8vo. cl., 4s Cambridge, 1907 



3078 : A BUDGET of PARADOXES, reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum 



[edited by his Wife SOPHIA], thick 8vo. cl., uncut (SCARCE), 2. 10s 1872 



One of the most interesting and witty books ever written, and invaluable for its history and bibliography of some 

 scientific fallacies, e. <j. 'circle-squaring'. It contains besides a large number of anecdotes, etc. on inathematical and 

 scientific subjects. ' He had a love of puns, and all ingenious puzzles and paradoxes, which makes his ' Budget of Paradoxes ' 

 as amusing as it is learned.' Sir Leslie Stephen. 



3079 - - The DIFFERENTIAL and INTEGRAL CALCULUS, with Elementary Illustrations, 8vo. 

 (pp. 869), hf. calf, or, calf, 10s Qd S. D. U. K., 1842 



' Still a standard work, and containing much that is original with the author.' Prof. Cajori. 'A work of great ability, 

 and noticeable for the rigorous treatment of infinite series. '-W. W. R. Rail. 



- ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA, preliminary to the Differential Calculus, 8vo. cl, 3s 1835 or '37 



