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



4078 ROSCOE (Sir Henry Enfield, F.R.S.), and Arthur HARDEN : NEW VIEW of the ORIGIN of 

 DALTON'S ATOMIC THEORY, with Letters and Documents concerning Dalton's Life, now first pub- 

 lished, with steel portrait of Dalton byJeens, and Q plates andfss., 8vo. buckram, 4s (p. 6snett) 1896 



4079 , and Carl SCHORLEMMER, F.R.S. : TREATISE on CHEMISTRY, with steel portrait of 



Dalton, and numerous woodcuts, 3 vols. 8vo. in 9, cl., 3. 10s (p. 8. 17*) 1877 93 



CONTENTS : I. Non-Metallic Elements : II. Metals, 2 v. : III. Organic Chemistry, 6 v. Two volumes are now out of 

 print and scarce. 



' Forming the most extensive, and at the same time readable, text-book on the subject. I). N. B. 



4030 , The LIFE and EXPERIENCES of, written by HIMSELF, with numerous portraits of the 



author and celebrated chemists of his time, and plates, thick 8vo. cl. 8s (p. 12s nett) 1906 



4081 ROSE (Gustav) ELEMENTS der KRYSTALLOGRAPHIE, nebst einer tabellarischen Ubersicht der 

 Mineralien nach den Krystallformen, 2. Auflage ; with 10 copperplates, 8vo. boards, with auto, of 

 Prof. Alex. W. Williamson, F.R.S. , 4s Berlin, 1838 



The author was the discoverer of polymorphism in crystallography. The above was the first text- book on the 

 subject published. 



4082 ROSE (Thomas Kirke, Assaijer of the Mint) The METALLURGY of GOLD, with 69 woodcuts, 

 thick 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 1. Is) 1894 



Containing a long bibliography at end, which includes many interesting works of historical interest. 



4083 ROSENBERG (E.) ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING : an Elementary Text-Book, trans, by W. W. 

 HALDANE GEE and CARL KINZBRUNNER, with front, and 263 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 6s) 1903 



ROSENBERGER (Ferdinand) ISAAC NEWTON und seine PHYSIKALISCHEN PRINCIPIEN 

 v. NEWTONIANA (No. 3300), ante. 



4084 RdSLING (Christian Lebrecht) KRITISCHE PRUFUNGEN und BERICHTIGUNG der bisherigen 

 ELEKTRICITATSLEHRE, durchgangig auf Experimente gegriindet, als Vorbereitun^ einer kimftig 

 aufzustellenden richtigern Theorie vom Galvanismus; with plate, 8vo. hf. calj (joints cracked), 

 Is 6d Ulm, 1823 

 A laborious recapitulation of the knowledge on electro-magnetism gained since 1820 by Oersted, Ampere, Biot, Arago, etc. 



4085 ROSS (Alexander, Vicar of Carisbrooke) The NEW PLANET no PLANET : or the EARTH NO 

 WANDRING STAR ; except in the WANDRING HEADS of GALILEANS. Here out of the Principles 

 of Divinity, Philosophy, Astronomy, Reason, and Sense, the EARTH'S IMMOBILITY is ASSERTED ; 

 the true sens of Scripture in this point, cleared ; the Fathers and Philosophers vindicated ; divers 

 Theologicall and Philosophicall points handled, and COPERNICUS his OPINION, as erroneous, 

 ridiculous, and impious, fully REFUTED, sm. 4to. hf. white vellum extra (title soiled, corners of a 

 few II. damaged, and some II. water-stained) ; VERY RARE, 1. 10s J. Young, 1646 



4086 The PHILOSOPHICALL TOUCH-STONE : or Observations upon SIR KENELM DIGBIF/S 



DISCOURSES of the nature of Bodies, and of the reasonable Soule [v. No. 1053]. In which his 

 erroneous PARADOXES are REFUTED, the Truth, and ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY VINDICATED, 

 the immortality of mans Soule briefly, but sufficiently proved, and the weak Fortifications of a 

 late Amsterdam Ingeneer, patronizing the Soules mortality, briefly slighted, sm. 4to. calf gilt 

 (water-stained, othenvise a sound and very large copy) ; VERY RARE, 2. 2s apudeundem, 1645 

 The author was immortalised by Butler in Hudibras : 



' There was an ancient sage philosopher 



That had read Alexander Ross over.' 



He was chaplain to Charles I., and was buried in Eversley Church, after leaving legacies to All SS.', Southampton, 

 Carisbrooke Parish, Aberdeen University, and the University Libraries at Oxford and Cambridge. 



4087 ROSS (Rear-Adml. Sir John, arctic explorer) TREATISE on NAVIGATION by STEAM ; com- 

 prising a HISTORY of the STEAM ENGINE, and an ESSAY on a System of the NAVAL TACTICS 

 peculiar to STEAM NAVIGATION, as applicable to Commerce and Maritime Warfare, etc. etc., with 

 engraved front, (foxed) of 'the James Watt, steam packet, propelling against a storm ', and numer- 

 ous woodcuts and diagrams, 4to. boards, uncut (SCARCE), 10s Gd 1828 



4088 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf (sound copy), with, author's inscr. on title, 12s 60? 



With appendix (pp. 68) : Chronological Account of Discoveries and Improvements on the Steam Engine, including 

 ABOUT 400 PATENTS, with Indexes. 



4089 R[OSSJ (W[illiam] ) The NEW ASTRONOMER : or Astronomy made easy by such Instruments 

 that readily shew by Observation the Stars, or Planets Places, either in the Equator or Ecliptick, 

 or of Luna in her proper Orb, in any Part of the World ; they also take the Latitude, find the 

 Variation of the Needle, and the True Hour of the Day, etc. etc., with diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 96), 

 sewn (plates wanting); rare, 5s printed for the author, 1735 



4090 ROSS (Lt.-Col. William Alexander, R.A., F.G.S.) The BLOWPIPE in CHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, 

 and GEOLOGY, containing all known Methods of Anhydrous Analysis, etc., enlarged Ed., with 

 plates and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 3s 1884 



With dedication, in German, to Prof. Bruno Kerl. 



4091 PYROLOGY, or FIRE CHEMISTRY, with 4 COLOURED PLATES, 2 charts, and numerous 



woodcuts, impl. 8vo. cl. (scarce), 14s 6d (p. 1. 16s) 1875 



The preface includes an attack on LAVOISIER, ' who seems to have been a clever man utterly devoid of honourable 

 principle, with about as much candour as a cat surprising mice '. 



4092 ROSS (Major William Gordon, R.E., R.M.A., Woolwich), MANUAL of PRACTICAL SOLID 

 GEOMETRY, 26 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl. (out of print) 2s 1887 



4093 ROSSI (Gaetano) SOLUZIONE esatta e regolare del Difficilissimo Problema della QUADRATURA del 

 CIRCOLO, con molte Corollarj, non che di molte altre importanti Dimostrazioni cernenti al 

 Soggetto ; with portrait by Charles Knight (imitator of Bartolozzi), and folding table, 8vo. sewn 

 (rare), 10s Qd Londra, 1804 



Interesting for a list of subscribers, including many English names, and headed by the Prince of Wales (with 

 10 copies), which would make it appear that the circle-squarers of the time were largely depending upon their English 

 patrons. The preface is signed by the author in MS. 



