268 HENRY SOTHEHAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



5270 WATTS (Francis, F.I.C. ; Antigua) INTRODUCTORY MANUAL for SUGAR GROWER, illustrated, 

 post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 6s) 1893 



5271 WATTS (Isaac, D.D. ; hymn-writer) The KNOWLEDGE of the HEAVENS and the EARTH made 

 EASY : or the FIRST PRINCIPLES of ASTRONOMY and GEOGRAPHY, 5th Ed., with plates, 8vo. 

 old calf, 5s 1752 



5272 WATTS (William Marshall, D. sc.) INDEX of SPECTRA, with Preface by SIR HENRY 

 ROSCOE, F.R.S., with 9 plates (1 coloured), 8vo. cl. (scarce), 10* 1872 



5273 REVISED EDITION, greatly enlarged, with Intro, on the METHODS of MEASURING and 



MAPPING SPECTRA, with folding plate, Svo. cl. (SCARCE), 155 Manchester, 1889 



1 The object of this book is to facilitate spectroscopic research by collecting all existing measurements of the spectra of 

 the elements, and presenting them on a uniform scale of wave-lengths.' Preface. 



5274 WATJD (8. W., pr., F.R.A.S.) TREATISE on ALGEBRAICAL GEOMETRY, with diagrams, Svo cl., 

 2s Qd S. D. U. K., 1835 



5275 ANOTHER COPY, ///. calf gilt, 3s 



5276 WEALE (John) DICTIONARY of TERMS in Architecture, Building, Engineering, etc. etc , 4th 

 Ed., with numerous Additions, by ROBERT HUNT, F.R.S., numerous woodcuts, sm. post Svo. cl., ( 2s 

 (p. 5s) 1873 



5277 QUARTERLY PAPERS on ENGINEERING, with fine steel portraits of Brindley, Jessop, 



Chapman, and Clegg, and numerous fine copperplates and plans by Lowry (mostly folding), besides 

 woodcuts, 6 vols. 4to. hf. cl., uncut (SCARCE), 1. 10* 1844-9 



Containing Memoirs of James Brindley, William Chapman, William Jessop, and Samuel Clegg, and Contributions by 

 Sir Samuel Bentham, Sir William Fairbairn, William Pole, F.R.S., John Rennie, F.R.S., F. W. Simms, O.E., James Vetch, 

 r.R.s., etc. etc., also 'Progress of the Machinery and Manufactures in Ot. Britain from the Saxon Era to the Reign of 

 Queen Anne' [anonymous (pp. 234)], and interesting chapters on Atmospheric Railways and Locomotive Engineering, 

 including the Taunus Railway, one of the earliest Continental lines, and the early and classic experiments of MM. Gouin 

 and Le Chatelier on working locomotives expansively. 



5278 WEBB (F. C., A.I.C.E.) TREATISE on the PRINCIPLES of ELECTRICAL ACCUMULATION and 

 CONDUCTION, Part I (all pub.), with 76 woodcuts, post Svo. hf. morocco neat (scarce), 5s 1862 



Interesting as one of the earliest works on the subject, and treating it on original and speculative lines. 



5279 WEBB (Thomas William, pr., F.R.A.S.) CELESTIAL OBJECTS for COMMON TELESCOPES, first 

 edition, with folding map, 12mo. cl., 2s 1859 



5280 FOURTH EDITION, greatly enlarged, with 3 plates and woodcuts, cr. Svo. cl., 4s (p. 9*) 188 1 



5281 FIFTH EDITION, revised and greatly enlarged, by T. E. ESPIN, pr., F.R.A.S., Vol. II : The 



STARRY HEAVENS, with plates and woodcuts, post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 6s Qd) 1894 



' A work which has done more than any other to advance the cause of amateur observation.' D. N. Ji. 



5282 WEBBER (William Hosgood Young, Gas Light and Coke Co.] TOWN GAS, and its Uses for 

 the Production of Light, Heat, and Motive Power, with 71 illustrations, Svo. cl., 4s (p. 6s nett) 



1907 



52S3 WEBER (Ernst Heinrich und Wilhelm Eduard) \VELLENLEHRE auf EXPEBIMENTE 



GEGRUNDET, oder iiber die Wellen tropfbarer Fliissigkeiten init Anwendung auf die SCHALL- und 



LICHTWELLEN ; with 18 fine folding plates on copper, and folding table, thick post Svo. hf. mottled 



calf gilt (fine copy) ; RARE, 1. Is Leipzig, 1825 



5284 ANOTHER COPY, hf. russia (plates slightly foxed), 17s Qd 



This classic on wave-motion, which is dedicated to Cliladni, 'first demonstrated the interference of sound-waves by the 

 tuning-fork. 



'The subject of stationary waves was h'rst experimentally treated by the Messrs. Weber, in their excellent researches 

 on Ware-motion.' Prof. Tyndall. 



5285 WEBER (Heinrich; Univ. Strassburg) LEHRBUCH der ALGEBRA; with diagrams, 2 vols. Svo. 

 (pp. 14nO), sewn, 12s Qd (p. M. 36) Braunschweig, 1895-6 



5286 WEBSTER (John, practitioner in physic and chirurgery ; author of * The Desplaying of 

 Supposed Witchcraft') METALLOGRAPHIA : or an HISTORY of METALS, wherein is declared the 

 signs of Ores and Minerals both before and after digging, the causes and manner of their genera- 

 tions, their kinds, sorts, and differences ; with the description of sundry NEW METALS, or Semi- 

 Metals, and many other things pertaining to Mineral knowledge, as also, the handling and shew- 

 ing of their Vegetability, and the discussion of the most difficult Questions belonging to MYSTICAL 

 CHEMISTRY, as of the PHILOSOPHERS GOLD, their Mercury, the Liquor Alkahest, Aurum potabilo, 

 and such like, gathered forth of the most Authors that have written in Greek, Latine, or High- 

 Dutch ; with some Observations and Discoveries of the Author himself, sm. 4to. (pp. 404), large 

 and sound copy in old panelled calf, rebacked (RARE), 1. 15s Walter Kettilby, 1671 



One of the earliest English works on metallurgy. It is dedicated to Prince Rupert. Pp. 2/i-39 contain an interesting 

 account 'of those Authors [chiefly Alchemists] that have treated of Metals and Minerals.' There are also several 

 chapters on Alchemy, and pp. 356-88 'of the Transmutation of Metals.' 



PRESENTATION COPY TO CHARLES DICKENS : 



5287 WEBSTER (Thomas, F.R.S., Q.c.) The CASE of JOSIAH MARSHALL HEATH, the Inventor and 

 Introducer of the Manufacture of WELDING CAST STEEL from BRITISH IRON, roy. Svo. cl. boards 

 (scarce), 12s Qd 1856 



' Charles Dickens Esq r . from the author.' Inscr. on title. 



The pathetic case of the inventor of the manganisation of iron and steel, who lost his law case and patent-rights against 

 a combination of steel-manufacturers. 'My fiiend, Mr. Webster, who was one of the counsel for Heath, has published 

 an excellent report [the above] of all the legal proceedings in this celebrated patent case, from which I have obtained my 

 information on the subject.' John Percy, F.R.S. It was doubtless sent to Charles Dickens from his known sympathy 

 with all cases of right against wrong. Heath is not mentioned in D. N. B. 



52S8 MINUTES of EVIDENCE and of PROCEEDINGS on the LIVERPOOL and BIRKENHEAD DOCK 



BILLS in the Sessions of 1848, 1850, 1851, and 1852, with folding plates of tidal diagrams and 

 plans, roy. Svo. cl. (scarce), 10* Qd 1853 



' For many years the standard work of reference relating to the river Mersey.' D. ^V. B. The above copy belonged to 

 George Rennie, C.E., and has his auto. ' George Rennie May 1856 ' on title. 



