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



6586 BUCHNER (Johann Peter) TRACTATUS PHYSIOLOGICO-PATIIOLOGICUS de VISIONE SIMPLIC! 

 et DUPLICI, ex Principiis Optices METHODO EUCLIDEA deductus, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, 5s 



Argentorati, 1753 



6587 BUCK (George Watson, M.I.C.E.) PRACTICAL and THEORETICAL ESSAY on OBLIQUE BRIDGES, 

 with 12 plates (chiefly folding), 4to. cl. (cover damaged), 4s 1839 



The fruit of the author's experience as resident engineer on the construction of the London and Birmingham Railway 

 between London and Tring. 



6588 THIRD EDITION, revised by his Son, J. H. WATSON BUCK, with the Addition of Descrip- 

 tion to Diagrams for facilitating their Construction, by W. H. BARLOW, with 13 folding plates, and 

 diagrams, iinpl. 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 12*) 1880 



' The standard work for all engineers regarding skew arches. It would be impossible to consult a better.' Enyineer. 



6589 BUCK (J. H. Watson, M.I.C.E.) The CONSTRUCTION of LARGE TUNNEL SHAFTS, with 8 folding 

 plates, roy. 8vo. cl. (toiled), 5s (p. 12s) 1880 



6590 BUCK (John, Queen's Coll., Cantab.) NEW, GENERAL, and ALGEBRAICAL SOLUTION of the HIGHER 

 ORDERS of EQUATIONS, to the Tenth Degree inclusive, 8vo. (pp. 106), sewn, 3s 6d 1823 



6591 BUCKLE (J. G., A.R.I.B A.) THEATRE CONSTRUCTION and MAINTENANCE : useful Hints on 

 Planning, Construction, Lighting, Fire-Prevention, and the general Structural Arrangements of a 

 Model Theatre ; including the Metropolitan Regulations and a Model Set of Rules, with folding 

 front., roy. Svo. cl., 4s 1888 



6592 BUCKLEY (Arabella Burton; MRS. FISHER, secretary to Sir Charles Li/ell) SHORT HISTORY 

 of NATURAL SCIENCE, and the PROGRESS of DISCOVERY from the Greeks to the present Day, 2nd 

 Ed., with Additions, with coloured plate, and 74 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl. (out of print), 4s 6d 1879 



An excellent popular history of science. 



6593 BUCKLEY (W. J.) ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANTS : their Cost and Operation, with 20 folding 

 plates (linen -mounted), and numerous cuts, cr. 8vo. hf. morocco, 2s 60? (p. 105) Chicago, 1894 



6594 BUCKNILL (Lt.-Col. John Townsend, R.E.) SUBMARINE MINES and TORPEDOES, as 

 applied to HARBOUR DEFENCE, with 116 woodcuts (including 2 folding plates), Svo. cl., 6s 

 (p. 12* Qd) 1889 



6595 BUFF (Heinrich, Univ. Giessen) LEHRBUCH der PHYSIKALISCHEN MECHANIK ; with 378 wood- 

 cuts, 2 v. : Liibsen (H. B.) EINLEITUNG in die MECHANIK ; with 162 diagrams 3 vols. 8vo. in 1, 

 cl., with bookplate of Dr. Emil Reich, 5s (p. M. 28.50) Braunschweig, 1871-3 Leipzig, '66 



6596 BUGGE (Thomas, F.R.S., Univ. Copenhagen) ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS on the PLANETS 

 VENUS and MARS, with a view to determine the Heliocentric Longitude and Annual Motion of 

 their Nodes, and the greatest Inclination of their Orbits, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, 3s 1789 



With ' Accoxint of some Luminous Ai'ches' by WILLIAM HKV, K.R.S. (pp. 11). 



6597 - - DETERMINATION of the HELIOCENTRIC LONGITUDE of the DESCENDING NODE of SATURN, 

 with plate : Baxter (Alexander) DESCRIPTION of a Set of HALO'S and PARHELIA, seen in 1771, 

 in N. America 4to. (pp. 10), sewn, 2s Qd 1786 



6598 - - The LATITUDES and LONGITUDES of several PLACES in DENMARK, calculated from the 

 Trigonometrical Operations, with plate, 4to. (pp. 4), sewn, 2s 1794 



6599 BUIJS BALLOT (Christoffel Hendrik Diederik, Univ. Utrecht) Het KARAKTER der REDE ; 

 uitgedrukt in de Wiskunde, Svo. (pp. 64), sewn, 3s Rotterdam, 1847 



6COO [ ] SUGGESTIONS on a UNIFORM SYSTEM of METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, with the 



Sequel, 2 parts roy. 8vo. sewn, 6s Qd Utrecht, 1872-3 



The author is well-known in meteorological science as the originator of the ' Law of the Winds ' known by his name, as 



the inventor of the aeroklinoscope, and, in the above work, as the originator of international uniformity in meteorological 



observations. 



6801 BUILDER'S PRACTICAL DIRECTOR (The), of PLANS, SECTIONS, and ELEVATIONS for 

 Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Schools, etc., with Detailed Estimates, Quantities, 

 Prices, etc., with Supplement, with 180 horrible plates (many coloured), and numerous diagrams, 

 2 vols. 4to. in 1, /if. calf gilt, 7s Qd (p. 1. 16s) 1856-8 



6602 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, NOTES on, Parts I III, with SOO woodcuts, 3 vols. roy. Svo. 

 hf. calf (used copy), 6* (p. 2. 2*-) 1875-9 



6603 - - NOTES on STAIRS : a Pn-print from the above, with 40 woodcuts, Svo. hf. calf, 2s 



Chatham, lssr> 



0004 BUIST (George; F.K.S.) REPORT on the METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS made at COLAIJA. 



Bombay, from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31, 1842, with General Notice of the Weather for 1842, a lithographic 



facsimile, with charts, 4to. sewn, 5s [/ Bombay, 1843] 



The author, who began life as a Scottish journalist, was editor of the Bombay Times for twenty years, during; which he 



was also unpaid inspector of the Government astronomical, magnetic, and meteorological observatories of Bombay. 



BULLIALDUS (Ismael, F.R.S.) v. BOULLIAU, ante. 



6605 BULLOCK (John, C.E.) The AMERICAN COTTAGE BUILDER : Designs, Plans, and Specifications, 

 from $200 to $20,000, for Homes for the People, revised Ed., with 22 plates, besides woodcuts, post 

 8vo. hf. morocco (foxed, and binding damaged), 3s New York, 1854 



6606 BUNSEN (Robert Wilhelm v. ; F.R.S.) FLAMMENREACTIONEN, 2. Auflage ; with plate, Svo. 

 boards, 2s Heidelberg, 1886 



6607 GASOMETRISCHE METHODEN, 2. [neueste] umgearbeitete Auflage; with 70 woodcuts, Svo. 



hf. German calf gilt, with auto, of Prof. A. Macfadyen, M.D. , 55 Braunschweig, 1877 



6608 GASOMETRY, comprising the leading Physical and Chemical Properties of Gases, trans, by 



SIR HENRY ENFIELD KOSCOE, F.R.S., with 60 illustrations, Svo. cl. (scarce), 10s Qd 1857 



Bunsen was the founder of the analysis of gases, the inventor of the burner and galvanic cell named after him, and the 

 discoverer with KirchhofT of spectrum analysis. 



' For thf best methods of collecting gases from mineral springs and waters, from volcanic lakes, geysers, or boiling 

 springs, from openings in vo.-ks, clefts of glaciers, furnaces, fissures in volcanic craters, etc.. reference may be made to 

 Bunsen's Gatotnetry, translated by Hoscoe.'- Chamber s's Ency. it is >un a standard \vm-k <DI \\i,- icienee which it created, 



