HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 199 



3930 REDDIE (James, Hon. Mem. Dial. Soc., Edin. Univ.] CURRENT PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY 

 critically examined and CONFUTED : I. Vis Inertiae Victa ; or Fallacies affecting Science. II. The 

 Mechanics of the Heavens. III. Victoria toto Coelo ; or Modern Astronomy recast, with diagrams, 

 8vo. cl. (scarce), with author's inscr., 10s Qd 1865 



This curious work is fully discussed in Prof, de Morgan's Budget of Paradoxes, pp. 371-2, and 477-490. 



REGIUS (Henricus) PHILOSOPHIA NATURALIS (1661) v. ROY, post. 



3931 REGNAULT (Noel, s.J.) ENTRETIENS PHYSIQUES d'ARiSTE et d'EyDOXE, qui renferment ce 

 qui s'est decouvert de plus curieux et de plus utile dans la Nature ; with numerous copperplates, 

 3 vols. 12mo. old calf gilt (nice copy], with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 8s Qd 1729 



'Get ouvrage eut uu grand succes.' Querard. 



3932 L'ORIGINE ANCIENNE de la PHYSIQUE NOUVELLE, 3 vols. 12mo. old calf gilt, with Lord 



Stanhope's bookplate, \QsQd 1734 



1 L'auteur y revendique en faveur de 1'antiquite un grand nombre d'inventions ou d'idees nouvelles*. Mogr. Gen. 



3933 _ PHILOSOPHICAL CONVERSATIONS : or, a New System of Physics, by Way of Dialogue* 



trans., with Notes, by THOMAS DALE, M.D., with numerous copperplates, 3 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt, 

 WsQd 1731 



This early treatise on physics contains many interesting experiments. 



3934 REICHENBACH (Karl Freiherr v.) RESEARCHES on MAGNETISM, ELECTRICITY, HEAT, 

 LIGHT, CRYSTALLIZATION, and CHEMICAL ATTRACTION, in their relations to the Vital Force, 

 trans, and ed., with Notes and Appendix, by WILLIAM GREGORY, M.D. , 3 folding plates, 8vo. 

 cl., 4s Qd 3850 



The author is best known as the discoverer of creosote and paraffin. 



3935 REID (David Boswell, M.D., F.R.S. Edin.) ELEMENTS of PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY: a Series of 

 Experiments, with Directions for performing them, and for the Preparation and Application of the 

 most important Tests and Reagents, 122 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. cl., uncut, Qs Edin., 1830 



3933 _ ILLUSTRATIONS of the THEORY and PRACTICE of VENTILATION, with Remarks on 

 Warming, Exclusive Lighting, and the Communication of Sound, front., and numerous woodcuts 

 and diagrams, 8vo. cl., uncut (stamp on title) ; SCARCE, 15s 1844 



' The book attracted general notice, and his system was adopted by Sir Charles Barry in the new Houses of Parliament. 

 Reid was engaged for five years upon this work. His method was also applied more fully to St. George's Hall, Liverpool.' 

 D. N. B. It was the parent of the many schemes for making the House of Commons warm and cosy, which, with the 

 organization of the Kitchen Committee, have swallowed up so much national time and money during successive Tory and 

 Radical majorities for sixty years. 



3937 REID (Henry, C.E.) PRACTICAL TREATISE ON CONCRETE, and how to make it ; with the Uses 

 of Cements, Limes, and Mortars, 2nd Ed., with 5 plates, post 8vo. hf. green morocco (stamp on 

 title), 3s 1873 



3938 PRACTICAL TREATISE on NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL CONCRETE : its Varieties and 



Constructive Adaptations ; new Ed., with 4 plates (3 coloured), and 59 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., with 

 author's inscr. (out of print), 7s Qd (p. 15s) 1879 



3939 - ANOTHER COPY, hf. morocco neat (stamp on title), 8s 



3940 - PRACTICAL TREATISE on the MANUFACTURE of PORTLAND CEMENT, with Translation of 

 A. LIPOWITZ'S WORK, describing a New Method adopted in GERMANY, 6 plates, and woodcuts, 

 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. calf (stamp on title), 3s Qd 1868 



3941 - The SCIENCE and ART of the MANUFACTURE of PORTLAND CEMENT, with Observations 

 on some of its Constructive Applications, 2 portraits and 66 woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl. (out of print), 

 8s Qd (p. 18s) 1877 



3942 - ANOTHER COPY, hf. morocco gilt (stamp on title), 9s 



3943 REID (John, surveyor) The YOUNG SURVEYOR'S PRECEPTOR, ARCHITECT'S and BUILDER'S 

 GUIDE : a clear and comprehensive Analysis of Architectural Mensuration, 2nd [last] Ed., revised, 

 with 16 plates, 4to. hf. morocco gilt, 5s 1859 



3944 REID (Thomas) TREATISE on CLOCK and WATCH MAKING, theoretical and practical, first 

 edition, with 20 folding plates, roy. 8vo. (pp. 476), hf. calf (scarce), 1. Is Edin., 1826 



3945 SECOND EDITION, with engraved title, and 20 folding plates, roy. Svo. hf. morocco gilt, 



15s Glasgow, [1846] 



3946 - ANOTHER COPY, handsomely bound in hf. blue morocco gilt, t. e. g. (FINE COPY), 1. Is 



3947 - SEVENTH EDITION [with Preface; revised by WILLIAM AULD], engraved front., and 20 

 plates, roy. Svo. cl., 12s Qd ib., 1859 



3948 ANOTHER COPY, hf. morocco gilt, 15s 



' A most excellent work.' Nelthropp's Treatise on Watchwork. ' Excellent ouvrage '. Moinet. It is of special value for 

 giving the author's rules for finding the number for teeth of wheels, and leaves of pinions. 



3949 REID (Major-Gen. Sir William, R.E., F.R.S.) ATTEMPT to develop the LAW of STORMS by 

 means of FACTS, arranged according to Place and Time ; and hence to point out a CAUSE for the 

 VARIABLE WINDS, with the view to Practical Use in Navigation, first edition, with 10 large 

 folding charts, besides fine woodcuts by W. J. LlNTON, and diagrams, impl. Svo. cl., uncut, with 

 author's inscr. (fresh copy), 1. Is 1838 



3950 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf, 15s 



3951 THIRD [LAST] EDITION, with 12 charts (10 folding), woodcuts by W. J. LINTON, and 



diagrams, impl. Svo. cl., uncut (fresh copy), 15s 1850 



3952 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf, 12s Qd 



'The work laid down, for the guidance of seamen, those broad and general rules which are known as the 'law of 

 storms.' Col. Vetch. 



The book is no less interesting for containing some of the earliest work in wood-engraving, representing ships in 

 distress, by WILLIAM JAMES LINTON. 



