HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 331 



6145 BRAKE (Tyge, latine Tycho) : GASSENDI (Pierre) TYCHONIS HRAHEI, Equitis Dani, Astro- 

 nomorum Corypluei VITA, accessit NICOLAI COPERNICI, GEORGII PEURBACHII, et JOANNIS 

 REGIOMONTANI, Astronomorum celebrium Vita, Editio Secnnda auctior et correctior ; with fine 

 portraits of Brake and Copernicus by J. v. Meurs, and 2 woodcuts, sin. 4to. fine copy in old calf 

 extra, with old armorial bookplate (RARE), 1. 10* Hagiv-Com., A. Vlacq, 1655 



6446 - ANOTHER COPY, old vellum, 1. 5s 



6447 _ ANOTHER COPY, contemporary white vellum (FINE AND LARGE COPY), 1. 10s 



' Giving not only a masterly account of the lives of these men, but likewise a complete history of astronomy down to his 

 own time.' , 



6448 BRAHY (Edouard) EXCERCICES METHODIQUES de CALCUL DIFFERENTIEL, 8vo. sewn, 3s 



Bruxelles, 1867 



6449 BRAMER (Benjamin) APOLLONIUS CATTUS, oder Geometrischer Wegweiser. I. Theil, in 

 welchem die FLJNDAMENTA der allerlieb- und sinnreichsten CONISCHEN SECTIONEN . . . auss 

 leichten Euclidischen Griinden erwiesen werden ; neben angehenckten unterschiedenen Wegen, 

 die drey Conische Linien, als Parabolam, Hyperbolam und Ellipsin in piano zu verzeichnen. II. 

 Theil. De SECTIONE CYLINDRI, in welchem gewiesen wird ein newe leichte und sehr bequeme 

 WeiseallerhandSoNNENUHREN . . . aussm Cylinder zu schneiden und aufFzureissen ; with numer- 

 ous folding plates, including the author's Universal Conic Instrument, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, sewn 

 (RARE), 1. 10s Cassel, 1646-7 



Containing the author's invention of an instrument drawing conic figures -an improvement on that constructed by 

 Christoph Scheiner, s.j. The above edition is rare and was unknown to Prof. Cantor, who erroneously gives that o. 

 1684 as the first printed edition. The latter only was known to Kiistner and Graesse. 



' Dans cet ouvrage Bramer developpe quelques inventions ingenieuses de geometric pratique.' Montuda. 



6450 BRATTDE (William Thomas, F.R.S.) MANUAL of CHEMISTRY, third Ed., with plates and 

 numerous woodcuts, 2 vols Svo. boards (backs gone), 5s 1830 



'The text-book of the day.' D. N. Ji. It comprises a very full and interesting history of chemistry. The author 

 succeeded Sir Humphry Davy as professor ot chemistry at the Royal Institution, where Faraday acted as his assistant. 



One of the plates is a tine folding view of the unpretending Chemical Laboratory of the Royal Institution, where some 

 of the most important discoveries by Faraday and Davy were made. 



6451 BRANDER (Georg- Friderich, Mechanicus in Augspurg) KURZE BESCHREIBUNG einer NEUEN 

 ART einer CAMERAE OBSCURAE, ingleichen eines SONNEN MICROSCOPS, welches man bequem 

 aller Orten hinstellen und ohne Verfinsterung des Zimmers gebrauchen kan, womit auch allerley 

 Objekte auf eine sehr leichte Art in einer selbst beliebigen Grb'sse gezeichnet und aufgerissen 

 werden konnen ; with 3 folding plates, 12mo. sewn (rare), 10s Qd Augspurg, 1767 



' I/invention des micrometres sur verre appartient a Brander.' Mogr. Gen. 



6452 BRANSBY (John) The USE of the GLOBES, with New Methods of constructing Maps, the 

 Use of the Astromenuma, and Gunter's Quadrant, and the Art of Dialling, 2nd Ed., enlarged, 

 with plates and map, Svo. old calf (binding damaged), 4s Qd Ipswich, 1808 



6453 BRASGH (Richard, Kissingen) ANWENDUNG der PHYSIKALISCHEN CHEMIE auf die PHYSIO- 

 LOGIE und PATIIOLOGIE ; roy. 8vo. sewn, with auto, of Dr. A. Macfadyen, 3s Wiesbaden, 1901 



645* BRASSER (J. R., lantmeeter tot Hoorn) REGULA Cos, of ALGEBRA, zijnde de alder-konstrijck- 

 sten REG EL om het onbekende bekent te maken . . . ofte Onderwij singe in het UYTTRECKEN der 

 WORTELEN, de Spetien in Surdische, Twee-namige, en Cossische Getallen ... by ghevoeght de 

 GEOMETRIA van NICOLAUS PETRI Daventriensis, ende andere Questien van de Algebra, als mede 

 eenige Exernpelen van GERRITS EVERTSZ. BACKER; printed in gotfjic letter; with numerous 

 diagrams, 4to. sound copy in old Dutch vellum (rare), 15s Amsterdam, 1663 



' Hoewel voor desen wel eenighe van de algebre hebben gheschrevcn in onse nederduytsche tael, iiiaer niet met soo klare 

 uytwerkinghen tot vergenoegen.' Voorreed. 



6455 BRAY (Charles, Determinist mentor of l George Eliot') On FORCE, its MENTAL and MORAL 

 CORRELATES ; and on that which is supposed to underlie all Phenomena; with SPECULATIONS on 



SPIRITUALISM, and other Abnormal Conditions of Mind, Svo. cl., 4s Qd [1866] 



' Phrenology and the doctrine of necessity form the groundwork of all his writings.' D. N. Ji. 



6456 BREED (Charles B.), and George L. HOSMER, Mass. Inst. Technology: PRINCIPLES and 

 PRACTICE of SURVEYING [with Logarithmic Tables], 192 illustrations, Svo. cl., 8s (p. 12s Qd nett) 



New York, 1906 



6457 BREES (S. C., C.E.) GLOSSARY of CIVIL ENGINEERING, comprising the Theory and Modern 

 Practice, with the Subjects of Field and Office Work, Mechanical Engineering, etc., with view of 

 London and Birmingham By. ivorks near the Hampstead Road, 1836, and numerous woodcuts, Svo. 

 cl., 6s 1844 



, Including articles on locomotive engines, railroads, steamboats, etc. etc. 



6458 BREGEAUT (R. L.) MANUEL Complet The"orique et Pratique du DESSINATEUR et de 1'lM- 

 PRIMEUR LITHOGRAPHS, 2 Ed., augmentee; with 12 plates (one torn), 16mo. sewn (rare), 8s Qd 1827 



One of the earliest practical treatises on lithography. 



6459 BREITHAUPT (Christian) ARS DECIFRATORIA, sive Scientia Occultas Scripturas solvendi et 

 legendi, cum DISQUISITIONS HISTORICA de variis MODIS OCCULTE SCRIBENDI ; with folding table, 

 12mo. fine copy in contemporary white vellum, with bookplate of James Maidment (rare), 10s 



Helmstadii, 1737 



6460 BREITHAUPT (Wilhelm Ritter v.) ENTWICKLUNGSGANG und die darauf gegriindete 

 SYSTEMATIK des ZL V NDWESENS, sowie das einheitliche SPRENGGESCHOSSFEUER ; with 3 large 

 f olding plates (linen-mounted), large Svo. hf. calf gilt (SCARCE), 15s Cassel, 1868 



This important work describes the author's discovery of' the time-fuse, the principle of which is still in use in shrapnel 

 and other similar shells. 



6461 BRESSON (G.), et E. GRUNER : PROGRES REGENTS de I'AFFINAGE et de la DEPHOSPHORA- 

 TION dans la FABRICATION des FERS et ACIERS, roy. Svo. (pp. 23), sewn, 2s 1889 



6462 BRESTER (A.) ESSAI d'une EXPLICATION CHIMIQUE des principaux PHENOMENES LUMINEUX 

 STELLAIRES, 8vo. (pp. 27), sewn, Is Qd Delft, 1888 



