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



I) 463 BREMNER (James, Minister of Walls and Flota, Orkney) PLAN for CONVERTING EVERY SHIP 

 her OWN BOAT into a TEMPORARY LIFE BOAT, with Experiment proving its Practicability and 

 Efficacy, and Observations, etc. pointing out Expedients of great Importance in such Situations ; 

 also Authentic Documents shewing that the Plan has received the entire Approbation of Naval 

 Men. etc. etc., with plate, post 8vo. (pp. 31), sewn (rare), 10s 1809 



6464 [BRETT (John Watkins, M.J.C.E., founder of submarine telegraphy)] On the ORIGIN and PRO- 

 GRESS of the OCEANIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, with a few Facts and Opinions of the Press, 8vo. 

 morocco gilt, g. e., with inscr. (?) by LORD BEACONSFIELD as below (SCARCE), 1. 1* 1858 



'A. D. from Disraeli. 12/70.' Inscr. on flyleaf. 



The author laid in 1850 the cable from Dover to Calais, the first submarine telegraph between England and the Continent. 



' Many persons having now, after the success of the Atlantic Telegraph, put forward claims as having been the first to 

 propose it ; and as it is well known how I have unceasingly laboured for the last 14 years to establish it, and that myself 

 and brother originated this invention, I have consented to furnish the following brief facts of our early labours.' ]'rifare. 



6465 BRETT (Capt. W. P., R.E.) ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM : a Text-Book for Gentlemen 

 Cadets at the It. M. A., Woolwich, with 259 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. cl. (interleaved throughout), 2s 6d 

 (p. 9s) 1899 



6466 [ ] ENLARGED EDITION, with 259 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 3s 6d (p. 9*) 1902 

 (H67 BRETT and LITTLE (Messrs.), COMPENDIUM of the IMPROVEMENTS effected in ELECTRIC 



TELEGRAPHS by, with Description of their PATENT ELECTRO-TELEGRAPHIC CONVERSER, and the 

 Opinions of the Public Press on its Merits, with woodcuts, 12mo. cl. (scarce), 10-s 6d 1847 



The above firm seems to have had no connexion with J. W. Brett, the founder of submarine telegraphy. It claims to 

 have invented a double needle instrument greatly superior to the one then in use. 



6468 BREWER (Ebenezer Cobham, pr., LL.D.) GUIDE to the SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE of THINGS 

 FAMILIAR, 29th Ed., with diagrams, 18mo. cl., 2s 6d 1872 



0469 BREWER (The Compleat) ; or the Art and Mystery of Brewing explained, containing Plain 

 and Easy Directions for Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors in the greatest Perfection ; also the 

 CONSTRUCTION of a BREW-HOUSE, and the Choice of Brewing Vessels, by a BREWER of EXTENSIVE 

 PRACTICE, 12mo. old calf, rebacked in hf. brown morocco gilt, with Beaufoy Library bookplate, 

 Is 6d 1760 



6470 (The London and Country): with PHILOSOPHICAL ACCOUNT of Brewing STRONG OCTOBER 



BEER, by an Ingenious Hand, the 111 Consequences of Clay- Wells and Clay-Bungs, how to brew 

 clear, sound drink with nasty, foul Water, Receipts to cure, preserve and improve Drinks in 

 the Cask, of Pernicious Ingredients to Increase Strength, etc. etc. . . . by a Person formerly 

 concerned in a Common Brewhouse at London, but for Twenty Years past has resided in the 

 Countrv, third Ed., 3 parts in 1 vol. 8vo. contemporary calf gilt (sound copy), with bookplate of 

 Henry *B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S. (rare), 17s 6d 1737-s 



6 171 BREWER'S MONITOR (The Young), with Cautionary Precepts for conducting, with peculiar 

 Economy and Safety, the various critical Operations of the Brewery ; containing a Body of 

 ORIGINAL INFORMATION, combined with rare selected Matter from the most celebrated 

 Theoretic Writers and Practitioners, by a BREWER OF THIRTY YEARS' PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, 

 8vo. boards, uncut, 8s 6d 1824 



The Young Brewer is allowed by his Monitor to use Capsicum, Salt of Steel, and Coculus Indicus, while being reminded 

 of the great risks he runs in adopting them. 



6472 BREWSTER (Sir David, F.R.S.) LETTERS on NATURAL MAGIC, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, 



first edition, with 79 woodcuts, 12mo. cl, 3s 1832 



6473 NEW EDITION, with 84 woodcuts, 12mo. calf gilt, 3s 1833 



6474 - - The MARTYRS of SCIENCE ; or the LIVES of GALILEO, TYCHO BRAKE, and KEPLER, 2nd 

 Ed., 12mo. prize morocco extra, g. e. (nice copy) ; scarce, 6s 6d 1846 



6475 SEVENTH EDITION [enlarged] , with vignette of author, postSvo. cL, uncut (scarce), 10* 1870 



Perhaps the best short biography of these three giants of science. 



MEMOIRS of the LIFE, WRITINGS, and DISCOVERIES of SIR ISAAC NEWTON v. No. 3279, ante. 



6476 MORE WORLDS than ONE : the Creed of the Philosopher, and the Hope of the Christian, 

 first edition, post 8vo. cl., 5s 1854 



6477 - NEW EDITION, corrected and greatly enlarged, post 8vo. cl., 3s Qd 1854, or, '70 



An attack on Dr. Whewell's 'Plurality of Worlds'. 



6478 -- The STEREOSCOPE : its History, Theory, Construction, and Application to the Fine and 

 Useful Arts, and to Education, first edition, with 52 woodcuts and diagrams, post 8vo. cl. 

 (scarce), 9* 1856 



6479 - ANOTHER COPY, cl. (fresh copy) ; with LETTERS addressed by PROF. WHEATSTONE and 

 SIR DAVID BREWSTER to ' The Times ' respecting the ORIGINAL INVENTION of the STEREOSCOPE, 

 roy. 8vo. (pp. 7), sewn -2 vols., with auto, of P. M. Roget, F.R.S., \2s 6d 



6480 REPRINT, with vignette portrait and 52 woodcuts and diagrams, post 8vo. cl., 6s 6d 1870 



Containing the author's discovery of the lenticular stereoscope, which is still in use, and formed an improvement on 



Wheatstone's earlier discovery of the reflecting stereoscope. 



0481 TREATISE on the KALEIDOSCOPE, only edition, with 7 plates, post 8vo. board*, uncut 



(SCARCE), 10* 6d TsWifl., 1819 



The first printed account of the kaleidoscope, the author's own invention. It was duly patented by him, but owing to 

 ' some defect in its registration, it was quickly pirated, and he never realised anything by it.'/). N. /.'. 



0482 - TREATISE on NEW PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS for various Purposes in the Arts and 

 Sciences, with Experiments on Light and Colours, 12 plates, 8vo. boards, 5s ib., 1813 



6433 - TREATISE ON OPTICS, first edition, with vignetteby Finden, and 176 woodcuts, fcap. 8vo. 



cl., uncut, 5s 1831 



6484 - - NEW EDITION, with vignette by Finden, and 239 woodcuts, fcap. 8vo. cl., uncut, 5s [1853] 



6485 ANOTHER COPY, hf. calf extra, 6s 6d 



1 A volume in which ev^ry phenomenon connected with catoptrics or dioptrics known up to th* 1 time of pul.lirat.ion was 

 described with remarkable r-learn^ns nnr\ j,refiinn,' D, N. R. 



