290 HENRY SOTliEMAN & CO., HO, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



5703 AJASSON de GRANDSAGNE (J. B. Fra^ois Etienne), et Achille THIRION : 

 TRAITE ELEMENTAIRE d'AsTRONOMiE ; avec Extrait de 1' Article sur les COMETES, et Article sur 

 la LUNE ROUSSE par FRANCOIS JEAN DOMINIQUE ARAGO; with 5 folding plates, etc., 24mo. 

 calf gilt, with bookplate of Joseph Gwilt, F.S.A., 4s 1835 



5704 ALBERTI (Wilhelm Christoph) Deutliche und Grimdliche ANLEITUNG zur SALMLAK- 

 FABRIK, welcher dem Egyptischen an Giite und Preise vollkommen iilmlich ist ; init Priifung der 

 bisher vorgeschlagenen Methoden und Materialien, post 8vo. sewn, 6s Berlin, 1780 



Describing a process invented by the author for producing sal ammoniac chemically. 



5705 ALCAN (Michel) FABRICATION des ETOFFES : Traite complet de la FILATURE du COTON, 

 thick 8vo. seiun ; with Atlas, containing 38 folding plates, 4to. hf. cl. portfolio 2 vols., 12s 

 (p. F. 35 nett) 1865-4 



5706 ALCIATO (Andrea; Milanese) LIBELLUS de PONDERIBUS et MENSURIS, item, BUD^I 

 qutedam de eadem Re, adhnc non visa. Item, PHILIPPI MELANCHTHONIS de iisdem ad Geriuan- 

 orum Usum, Sententia. Alciati quoque, et Philippi Meltlchthonis in Laudem Juris Civilis, Ora- 

 tiones dute elegantissiime ; printed in italics, with title within grotesque woodcut border, including 

 printer's device, woodcut initial with portrait, and full -page woodcut, 16mo. boards (VERY LARGE 

 AND FINE COPY), 1. Is [/. 39A :] Venetiis, Melchior Sessa, 1532 



Unknown to Brunet, Graesse, the Biographic Geuerale, etc., but mentioned in Iliccardi's Bibliotcca 



, 



zione dei Fari col GAS ; with 7 COLOURED PLATES (6 folding, including the Eddystone Lighthouse], 

 and map, roy. 8vo. fine copy in the original hf. morocco gilt, with author's inscr. (as below] ; rare, 

 15s Milano, 1823 



' A Mons. le Comte de La Grange, Secretair [sic] d'Ambassade de la Cour de France . . . de la Cour d'Autriche. 

 Hommage d'estime de 1'Auteur.' Inscr. on flyleaf. 



Interesting as the first original Italian work on gas lighting, as well as on the gas-lighting of lighthouses, which was 

 not practised in England till much later. 



5708 -- SHORT ACCOUNT of EXPERIMENTS made in Italy and recently repeated in Geneva and 

 Paris, for PRESERVING HUMAN LIFE and Objects of Value from DESTRUCTION by FIRE, with 

 front, of a wearer of the author's fireproof mask bending over an open fire, 8vo. (pp. 24), sewn 

 (scarce], with inscr. 'from the author', 8s Qd 1830 



' Ces experiences avaient ete faites avec un appareil de sauvetage en asbeste, matiere minerale qui resiste an feu, et que 

 Ton peut tisser comme du lin.' Biogr. Gen. 



5709 ALDIS (William Steadnian) INTRODUCTORY TREATISE on RIGID DYNAMICS, ivi f h diagrams, 

 cr. 8vo. cl., 2s (p. 4s) Cambridge, 1882 



5710 - TEXT BOOK of ALGEBRA [with Answers], thick postSvo cl., 4s (p. 7s 60?) 



Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1887 



5711 ALDOUS (John Clement Primrose; pr., Fellow of Jesus Coll., Cantab.], ELEMENTARY 

 COURSE of PHYSICS, edited by, with very numerous woodcuts, and coloured plate, thick post 8vo. 

 cl., 4s (p. 7s Qd] 1900 



5712 ALEMBERT (Jean le Rond d' ; Encyclopediste, F.R.S.) TRAITE de DYNAMIQUE, dans lequel 

 les Loix de FEquilibre et du Mouvement des Corps sont reunites au plus petit Nombre possible, 

 et, ou Ton donne un Principe general pour trouver le Movement de plusieurs Corps qui agissent 

 les uns sur les autres d'une maniere quelconque, nouvelle Ed., fort augmentee par 1'Auteur ; with 

 5 plates, 4to. contemporary French mottled calf gilt (scarce], 12s Qd 1758 



BEST EDITION. ' In this he enunciates the principle known by his name, namely, that the ' internal forces of inertia' 

 (that is, the forces which resist acceleration) must be equal and opposite to the forces which produce the acceleration . . . 

 The application of this principle enables us to obtain the differential equations of motion of any rigid system.' 

 W. W. R. Ball. 



5713 - TRAITE de I'EQUILIBRE et du MOUVEMENT des FLUIDES, pour servir de Suite au Traite 

 de Dynamique, nouvelle Ed., revue et augmentee; with 10 plates, 4to. contemporary hf. calf 

 (nice copy] ; rare, 15s 1770 



. The author here applies his principle of equilibrium to fluids. 



5714 rALENCE (Joachim d')] TRAITTEZ des BAROMETRES, THERMOMETRES, et NOTIOMETRES, ou 

 HYGROMETRES, par MI; D***, premiere edition; with front, by Schoonebeek, and 35 fine 

 copperplates, 12mo. contemporary calf gilt (FINE COPY) ; RARE, 1. 12s Qd Amsterdam, 1688 



5715 [ - 1 NOUVELLE IMPRESSION ; with front., and 35 copperplates, 12mo. old calf (RARE), 

 1. 2s Qd ibidem, 1708 



The earliest account dealing exclusively with the subject, and especially valuable as the first work laying down rules 

 for the graduation of the thermometer. The above work was unknown to Poggendorff, Brunet, Graesse, etc. 



The author was the first to start La Connalssance des Temps (now issued by the Bureau des Longitudes), the first 6 vols. 

 of which he published between 1679 and 1CS4. 



5716 [ ] TRATTATO CURIOSO di MATEMATICA, nel quale col Mezzo de tre Instrument! cioe del 

 BAROMETRO, TERMOMETRO, ed IGROMETRO, si pub conoscere, e misurare il Peso, la Leggerezza, il 

 Caldo, il Freddo, ]a Secchezza e 1'Umiditk dell' Aria, trad, dal Francese, coll' AGGIUNTA di alcune 

 MEMORIE, ecc. ; with front, and 12 copperplates, 8vo. boards, uncut (rare], 12s Qd Venezia, 1753 



6717 ALEXANDER (John Henry) UNIVERSAL DICTIONARY of WEIGHTS and MEASURES, ANCIENT 

 and MODERN, reduced to the Standards of the United States of America, roy. 8vo. cl., Qs 



Baltimore [1850] 

 This work is alphabetically arranged, and invaluable for historical reference. 



5718 ALEXANDER (Thomas; Prof. Engineering, T.C.D.) ELEMENTARY APPLIED MECHANICS, with 

 64 diagrams, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s Qd (p. 4s Qd] 1880 



5719 [ALLAN (Thomas, F.R.S.)] ALPHABETICAL LIST of the NAMES of MINERALS at present most 

 familiar in ENGLISH, FRENCH, and GERMAN, with Tables of Analyses, 8vo., (?) LARGE PAPER ; 

 boards, with inscr. to James War drop [Edinburgh ophthalmologist}, Is Qd Edin. t 1808 



