HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 219 



4306 SCOTT (Robert, Coxlodge Colliery) TREATISE on the VENTILATION of COAL MINES, with 

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 3s 1868 



4307 SCOTT (Robert Henry, F.R.S.) BAROMETER MANUAL: Board of Trade, with woodcuts and 

 4 charts, roy. 8vo. sewn, 2s 1871 



4308 ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY, 2nd Ed., woodcuts, and 1 1 charts, cr. 8vo. cl. , 2s Qd (p. 5s) 1883 



4309 INSTRUCTIONS in the USE of METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS, with coloured plate of 



Clouds, woodcuts, and folding table (linen- mounted), roy. 8vo. hf. red morocco gilt (title stamped), 



3s Qd 1875 



4310 - WEATHER CHARTS and STORM WARNINGS, 2 full-page and numerous other charts, post 



8vo. cl., 2s 1876 



4311 THIRD [LAST] EDITION, revised and enlarged, with numerous charts (2 full-page), post 8vo. 



cl., 3s Qd 1887 



4312 SCOTT-MONCRIEFF (Col. George Kenneth, R.E.) The PRINCIPLES of STRUCTURAL DESIGN, 

 Part I, with 8 plates, woodcuts, and table, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 105 Qd nett) Chatham, 1897 



SCRIPTORES LOGARITHMICI, 6 vols. (1791-1807) v. MASERES (No. 2377), ante. 



4313 SCROPE (George Julius Poulett, M.P., F.R.S.) The GEOLOGY and EXTINCT VOLCANOES of 

 CENTRAL FRANCE ; 2nd [last] Ed., enlarged, with folding panoramic views, woodcuts, and maps in 

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' The second edition is still carefully read by every geologist who visits Auvergne. Lyell, who reviewed the first edition 

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 Huttonian Theory.' 'Prof. Bonney, F.R.S. 



4314 - VOLCANOES: their Phenomena, Share in the Structure and Composition of the Earth's 

 Surface, and Relation to its Internal Forces, with CATALOGUE of all known VOLCANOES; 2nd Ed., 

 enlarged, with map, coloured front. , and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 9s 1862 



4315 SCULPTURA HISTORICO-TECHNICA : or the HISTORY and ART of ENGRAVING, with a 

 COLLECTION of various MARKS and CYPHERS, and a Chronological and Historical Series of the 

 Painters from the XI. Century ; 4th Ed., with numerous etchings illustrating the various modes of 

 engraving, large 12mo. contemporary tree-calf (corners of some II. and plates torn off, but nice 

 copy) ; rare, 15s 1770 



4316 SECCHI (Angelo, S.J., Observatoire du College Romain) Le SOLEIL : Expose des principles 

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 hf. calf gilt (nice copy], Qs , 1870 



4317 -- - DEUXIEME [DERNIERE] EDITION, revue et augmentee ; with 13 fine plates of solar 

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 roy. 8vo., with Atlas, containing 6 spectrum plates (folding), sq. 4to. - in all 3 vols., handsomely 

 bound in Spanish calf extra (FINE COPY), 1. 7* Qd 1875-7 



' The most complete and beautifully illustrated treatise on the sun which has yet appeared.' Prof. Simon Newcomb. 



4318 SEDGKWTCK (James, H.E.I.C.S.) TRUE PRINCIPLE of the LAW of STORMS, practically arranged 

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In Piddington's Sailor's Horn Book this work is referred to as ' this wretchedly ignorant work, which had been the 

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4319 SEEBECK (Thomas Johann) Tiber die MAGNETISCHE POLARISATION der METALLE und ERZE 

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 AUTHOR'S INSCR. (see below), 2. 2s Berlin, 1825 



'Sr. Hochwohlgeboren Herrn Geheimerath u. Hitter [SAMUEL THOMAS] VON SOMMERINQ vom Verfasser.' Auto, inscr. 

 This important work contains the author's discovery of THERMO-ELECTRICITY, which he obtained by heating a point of 

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4320 SEELIG (Eduard) ORGANISCHE REAKTIONEN und REAGENTIEN, thick 8vo. hf. maroon calf 

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4321 SEGNER (Johann Andreas y. ; F.R.S.) ASTRONOMISCHE VORLESUNGEN : eine deutliche 

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 17 plates, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, old hf. calf, 10s Halle, 1775-6 



The author is best known as the inventor of the water-wheel known by his name -the prototype of the reaction turbine. 



4322 CURSUS MATHEMATICS (Elementa Arithmetic, Geometricse, et Calculi Geometric! : 



Elementa Analyseos Finitorum et Inh'nitorum, 3 v. : Elementa Calculi Integralis, Pars I.); with 

 plates, 5 vols. 12mo. old hf. calf gilt (nice copy), with bookplate of Charles 3rd Earl Stanhope, 

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4323 SEKON [vere NOKES] (George Augustus) The EVOLUTION of the STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, 

 1803-98, with nearly 100 plates and woodcuts of historical or typical English engines, Svo. cl., 2s 

 (p. 5s) 1899 



4324 - A HISTORY of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY ; being the Story of the BROAD GAUGE, 

 with numerous portraits, views, and illustrations of historical engines, 8vo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 7s Qd) 1895 



4325 SEMPLE (George, architect) TREATISE of BUILDING in WATER: the Repair and Re-building 

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 in FRESH and SALT WATER, QUAKING BOGS, and Morasses ; with 12 Practical Propositions, and a 

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 at Low Water, with 63 copperplates, 4to. hf. calf (rare), 15s Dublin, 1776 



' His best known work was Essex Bridge across the Liffey. This was begun in 1752, and completed in 1754, and was 

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