HEXRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 299 



5862 ATHEBTON (Charles, M.I.C.E.) MARINE ENGINE CONSTRUCTION and CLASSIFICATION, with 

 2 copperplates and 4 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 4s 1851 



Presentation Edition, with author's inscription. 



5863 ATKINSON (Capt. E. H. de V., R.E.) TEXT-BOOK of PRACTICAL SOLID GEOMETRY, etc., 

 16 folding plates, 8vo. cl., 3s (p. 7* Qd) 1899 



5864 ATKINSON (Henry, of Newcastle-on-Tyne] On ASTRONOMICAL and other REFRACTIONS ; with 

 a connected Inquiry into the LAW of TEMPERATURE in different Latitudes and at different Alti- 

 tudes, with plate, 4to. (pp. 124), sewn (rare], 8* Qd 1825 



'This paper elicited very high encomiums from several of the most learned men in Europe.' D. N. B. 



5865 - On the UTILITY and probable ACCURACY of the METHOD of DETERMINING the SUN'S 

 PARALLAX by OBSERVATIONS on the PLANET MARS near his Opposition, 4to. (pp. 10), sewn 

 2s Qd 1824 



5866 ATWOOD (Edward L., M.I.N.A.) WAR-SHIPS: their Construction, Protection, Stability, 

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5867 ATWOOD (George, F.R.S. ; Fellow of Trinity] The CONSTRUCTION and ANALYSIS of GEO- 

 METRICAL PROPOSITIONS, determining the POSITIONS of HOMOGENEAL BODIES which FLOAT 

 freely, and at Rest, on a Fluid's Surface ; also determining the STABILITY of SHIPS, and of other 

 Floating Bodies, with 4 folding plates, 4to. (pp. 85), sewn, 7s Qd 1796 



This memoir, which was awarded the Copley Medal, first contains the formula known by the author's name for 

 ascertaining the curve of stability of ships. 



5368 _ _ INVESTIGATIONS, founded on the Theory of Motion, for DETERMINING the TIMES of 

 VIBRATION of WATCH BALANCES, with 2 folding plates by Basire, 4to. (pp. 50), sewn, 4s Qd 1794 



5869 - - TREATISE on the RECTILINEAR MOTION and ROTATION of BODIES, with Description of 

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 tree-calf gilt (VERY SCARCE), 1. 15s Cambridge, 1784 



5S70 ANOTHER COPY, boards, uncut, 1. 10.? 



'In this work occurs (p. 298) the first description of the ingenious apparatus since so well known as 'Atwood's 

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5871 AUBERGIER ( , de VEcole de Pharmacie de Paris] NOUVELLE METHODE de VINDICATION : 

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5872 AUBUISSON de VOISINS (Jean Francois d) TRAITE; d'HYDRAULiQUE, a ru sage des 

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5873 [AUDOT (Louis Eustache)] L'ART de FAIRE, a peu de Frais, les FEUX D'ARTIFICE pour les 

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A risky book for the holidays. 



5874 AUERBACH (Felix) Das ZEISSWERK und die CARL-ZEISS-STIFTUNG in JENA ; with 78 illus- 

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A monument of u thoroughgoing science and energy which would ensure success under any fiscal system. 



5875 AUERBACH (G.) ANTHRACEN : its Constitution, Properties, Manufacture, and Derivatives, 

 including ARTIFICIAL ALIZARIN, ANTHRAPURPURIN, etc., with their Applications in DYEING and 

 PRINTING, trans, and ed. from the revised MS. by SIR WILLIAM CROOKES, F.R.S., 8vo. cl. 

 (scarce), 7s Qd 1877 



5876 AUGTI3TIN (Frie-irich Ludwig) VERSUCH einer vollstiindigen systematischen GESCHICHTE 

 der GALVANISCHEN ELECTRICITAT und ihrer medicinischen Anwendung ; with folding plate, 8vo. 

 sewn, Qs Berlin, 1803 



5877 AULDJO (John, F.G.S.) SKETCHES of VESUVIUS, with its principal Eruptions, from A.D. 79, 

 16 lithographic plates (some folding], and coloured map, 8vo. cl., Qs 1833 



5S78 AUSTIN (William, M.D.) EXPERIMENTS on the ANALYSIS of the HEAVY INFLAMMABLE AIR, 

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The author was the first to institute regular chemical lectures at ' Bart's,' which had hitherto got on without them. 



5879 AVEBURY (Sir John Lubbock, Lord, F.R.S.) FIFTY YEARS of SCIENCE : Address to the 

 British Association at York, 1881, 2nd Ed., 8vo. cl., Is Qd 1882 



5880 AVELING (Edward, D.SC.) MECHANICS, as required for the Matriculation Examination of 

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5881 AVELING (Edward Bibbins), and John BOWICK : MECHANICS, and LIGHT and HEAT, 

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5882 AVEZAC (Marie Amand Pascal d', de VInstitut] COUP D'CEcL HISTORIQUE sur la PROJECTION 

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5883 AYRTON" (William Edward, F.R.S.) 'PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY: a Laboratory and Lecture 

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5884 AZTJNI (Domenico Alberto) DISSERTAZIONE sulF ORIGINE della BUSSOLA NAUTICA, 2* 

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' L'auteur essaie de montrer que la boussole 6tait inconnue des anciens, et que les Francais en out les premiers fait 

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5885 BAADER (Joseph, Univ. Munich) Sur 1'AvANTAGE de substituer des CIIEMINS DE FER d'une 

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' Instead of which ' the Canal Fallacy became rampant in France to the permanent burdening oi the budget with 

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