HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 237 

 [STTTBBE (William)] CLAMOR, RIXA, Joci, etc. v. HOBBES, ante. 



4885 STUKELEY (William, M.D., F.R.S., Sector of St. George's, Queen Square) The PHILOSOPHY 

 of EARTHQUAKES, Natural and Religious ; or an Inquiry into their Cause and Purpose, 2 vols. 

 Svo. in 1, old caff, 10s 6d 1750 



4666 STURGEON (William, Addiscombe) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES, Experimental and Theoretical, 

 in ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, GALVANISM, ELECTRO-MAGNETISM, and ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY, 

 with 19 copperplates, 4to. cl. (SCARCE), 1. 5s published by subscription, Bury [Lanes.], 1850 



A reprint of the complete works of the INVENTOR OF THE DYNAMO-ELECTRIC AND THE MAGNETO-ELECTRICAL MACHINES, 

 as contributed to various scientific journals, and completed only a few weeks before his death. They include a description 

 of ' Sturgeon's disk ', the ignition of gunpowder by electrical discharge, his important discovery of the electro-magnet, 

 kite experiments, the action of magnets on non-ferruginous metals, on Marine Lightning Conductors, and his ' Experi- 

 mental Researches ', describing the process of amalgamating the zinc plate of an electric battery with a film of mercury. 



4667 - THREE ACCOUNTS of AURORA BOREALIS ; and of the FORMATION of CLOUDS, as observed 

 in the Locality of Kirkby Lonsdale, 8vo. (pp. 20), sewn, 2s Qd Manchester, 1848 



4638 STURM (Jacques Charles Francois, de VInstitut) COURS de MECANIQUE, public" d'apres le 

 Vceu de 1'Auteur par E. PROUHET ; with 191 diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. calf gilt, 3s Qd 1861 



4669 On the SOLUTION of NUMERICAL EQUATIONS, trans, by W. H. SPILLER, 4to. sewn 



(scarce), 8s Qd 1835 



Containing the author's celebrated theorem determining the number and situation of roots of an equation comprised 

 between given limits. The work was awarded the prize of the Paris Academy. 



4670 STURM (Johann Christopli) COLLEGIUM EXPERIMENT ALE, sive CURIOSUM, in quo Primaria 

 Seculi superioris Inventa et Experimenta Physico-Mathematica, spectanda oculis subjecit ; 

 2 v. : Ad HENRICUM MOBUM Cantabrigiensem EPISTOLA, qua de ipsius Principio Hylarchio sen 

 Spiritu Naturae .... disseritur : AYMANTIAAOS fc)AYMA2iA, sive IRIDIS ADMIRANDA sub 

 Rationis accuratius exainen revocata ; with 6 plates, and very numerous engravings on copper, 

 4 vols. 4to. in 1, old calf, with curious engraved French scientific bookplate of G. Fage (ca. 1780), 

 also bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.E.S. (RARE), 1. 5s Norimberga, 1701-1685-99 



Containing a description of the chief discoveries of the time, and of the differential thermometer, the author's invention, 

 as well as an interesting account of the aerostatic projects of FRANCESCO LANA (q. v. ante), which he followed up by similar 

 experiments. 



4671 - - MATIIESIS ENUCLEATA, cujus prrecipua Contenta sub finem Prsefationis, uno quasi 

 obtutu spectanda, exhibentur ; [Ed.] II., multo emendatior, thick large 12mo. old calf, 4s ib., 1695 



4672 - - MATHESIS ENUCLEATA : or the ELEMENTS of the MATHEMATICKS, made English by 

 J[?OSEPH] R[? APHSON], A.M. and E.S.S., with plates, Svo. fine covy in contemporary panelled 

 calf, 8s Qd 1700 



' Arithmetic and Algebra are here very nearly separated.' Prof, de Morgan. 



4673 MATHESIS JUVENILIS : a Course of Mathematicks for Young Students, made English by 



GEORGE VAUX, M.D., numerous plates, 3 vols. Svo. old panelled calf gilt, with bookplate of Philip 

 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., 9s 1709-8 



' The best collection of useful and entertaining things I have ever seen.' John Harris, F.R.S. 



4674 STURM (Leonhard Christoph ; son of the above) Der WAHRE VAUBAN, oder der von den 

 Teutschen und Hollandern verbesserte FRANZOSISCHE INGENIEUR, worinnen die Arithmetic 

 Geometric, off- und deffensiv- Kriegs-Bau-Kunst, nach den Grundsatzen von Vauban, deutlich 

 erkliiret : nebst einer ganz neuen Methode zur IRREGULAIREN FORTIFICATION ; with engraved 

 front., and numerous folding plates and plans, cr. 4to. contemporary pressed pigskin, 8s Qd 



Nilrnberg, .1737 



'Ses ecrits, qui roulent sur toutcs les parties da 1'architecture, ont beaucoup contribu6 a faire avancer en Alleinagne la 

 pratique de cet art.' Biogr. Gen. 



r. STRAUCH (Aegidius), ante. 

 STURMTOS (Joannes) v. STORMS, ante. 



the Art of DIALLING ; with TABLES of LOGARITHMS, the Suns Declination, etc. etc., also the 

 Penalties and Forfeitures relating to the Customs, and to Navigation, 2nd Edition, diligently 

 revised and carefully corrected, by JOHN COLSON, with fine portrait by A. Hertocks, engraved 

 title in compartments by T. Cross, and numerous plates and engravings on copper (some with 

 moveable slips), besides diagrams, folio, old calf, newly repacked (portrait slightly mended, other- 

 wise a large and sound copy] ; VERY RARE, 3. 15s Printed by Anne Godbid, 1679 

 This edition was unknown to Lowndes, who only mentions those of 1669 and 1684. It contains an appendix, 'Com- 

 pendium of Fortification, both geometrically and instrumentally by a Scale, by PHILIP STAYNEED, 1678". 



4676 FOURTH EDITION, with useful Additions, engraved title, numerous plates, and engravings 



on copper (some with moveable slips), and diagrams, folio, old panelled calf, newly rebacked (one I. 

 mended, and library stamp on title, otherwise a LARGE AND SOUND COPY) ; VERY RARE, 2. 2s 



R. Mount, at the Postern on Tower- Hill, 1700 



The above edition (apparently the last issued) was unknown to Lowndes, Watt, and Allibone. There was no copy of 

 any edition in the Scott sale. 



4677 SUEVUS [? germanice SCHWABE] (Sigismund) ARITIIMETICA HISTORICA. Die Lobliche 

 Rechenkunst durch alle Species und fiirnembste Regeln, mit schonen gedenkwirdigen Historien 

 und Exempelii . . . der lieben Jugend zu gutte erkleret . . . Aus vielguttenBuchernund Schrifften 

 mit fleis zusammen getragen, thick cr. 4to. old vellum (one I. of preface missing, and another 

 mended), 1. Is ' Bresslaw, 1593 



VERY RARE, and unknown to bibliographers. The only reference to the author's name is in Prof, de Morgan's 'Arith- 

 metical Books ', where it is misspelt Sueuiiis. 



