3G6 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 37, PICCADILLY, W. 



7168 DANTI (Egnatio, o.p.) TRATTATO dell' Uso cl della EAIVKICA il.-ll' ASTKOLAUIO, con il 

 Planisferio del Roias, prima edizione ; with numerous fine woodcuts, sm. 4 to. sound and large 

 copy in old limp vellum (RARE), 1. 5s Fiorenza, i Giunti, 15(59 



'Son Tmite de I' Astrolabe renferme une remarque capitale, dont les meilleurs auteurs out a tort fait hoimeur ;i Tycho 

 Brahe, savoir la diminution de 1'obliquite de 1'ecliptique, deduite de la eompanison des anciennes observations avec les 

 raoclernes.' Biogr. G<'n. The above edition is very rare, much rarer than the second of 1578. 



'This eminent mathematician was the first maker of a dial sufficiently large to fix correctly the equinoxes and solstices, 

 and also constructed the large dial at Florence, described by Lalande in his Astronomic.' Libri Catalogue. 



7169 DABBOUX (Gaston, de VInstitut) LECONS sur la THEORIE GENERALE des SURFACES, et les 

 Applications Geometriques du Calcul Infinitesimal, PARTIES II et IV : Les Congruences et les 

 Equations Lineaires aux Derivees Partielles : des Lignes tracees sur les Surfaces ; Deformation 

 intiniment Petite et Representation Spherique, 2 vols. large Svo. hf. brown calf (nice copy), 1. Is 

 (p. F. 30 nett sewn) 1889-96 



7170 DABBY (William Arthur, Rector of St. Luke's, Manchester; F.R.A.S.) The ASTRONOMICAL 

 OBSERVER : a Hand-Book to the Observatory and the Common Telescope, with ivoodcuts, roy. Svo. 

 cl., 3s Qd 1864 



DABCET (Jean) v. ARCET, ante. 



7171 DAB WIN (Erasmus, M.D., F.R.S. ; author of ' The Loves of the Plants', and grandfather of 

 Charles Darwin and of Sir Francis Galton) F&IGORIFIC EXPERIMENTS on the MECHANICAL 

 EXPANSION of AIR, explaining the Cause of the Great Degree of Cold on the Summits of High 

 Mountains, the Sudden Condensation of Aerial Vapour, and of the Perpetual Mutability of 

 Atmospheric Heat, 4to. (pp. 10), sewn, 3s 1787 



7172 DABWIN (Sir George Howard; F.R.S.) The TIDES, and kindred Phenomena in the Solar 

 System, with 3 plates, and 43 other illustrations, cr. Svo. cl., 3s Qd (p. Is Qd) 1898 



7173 DAB WIN (Bobert Waring, M.D. ; F.R.S., son of Erasmus Darwin, father of Charles Darwin, 

 and uncle of Sir Francis Galton) NEW EXPERIMENTS on the OCULAR SPECTRA of LIGHT and 

 COLOURS, with folding plate, 4to. (pp. 36), sewn, 3s Qd 1786 



If the Superman always perpetuated his species after the mode of Darwins and Galtons, Hereditary Genius were a fact, 

 and the geniuses might fear a worse fate than Aristides ; but the sage still sometimes begets the simpleton, the House of 

 Lords sits tight on the rock of human nature, and the world wags merrily on. 



7174 DABY (Georges) A TRAVERS I'ELECTRICITE, 3 e Edition ; with 377 illustrations, large impl. Svo. 

 sewn (title torn], 4s 6d (p. F. 10 nett) 1903 



7175 DASYPODIUS [sive BAUHFUSS vel HASENFUSS] (Conrad; Univ. Strassburg) HERON 

 MECHANICUS; sen de Mechanicis Artibus, atque Disciplinis, ejusdem HoROLOGU ASTRONOMICI, 

 ARGENTORATI in summo Templo erecti, Descriptio ; with woodcut on title of the Strassburg Clock, 

 and numerous other woodcuts, sm. 4to. sewn (VERY RARE), 1. 15s Argentorati, N. VVyriot, 1580 



A description of the famous astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral, constructed by the author, which is still 

 partially preserved, forming part of that reconstructed in 1838-42. 



'Cette fameuse horloge est vraiment un chef-d'oeuvre, et le premier de 1'Eorope en CJ genre, par les divers mouvempiis 

 et le nombre des ieux qu'elle execute.' Montuclft. 



7176 DAUBENY (Charles Giles Bridle, M.D., F.R.S.) NARRATIVE of an EXCURSION to LAKE 

 AMSANCTUS, and to MOUNT VULTUR in Apulia in 1834, with 3 plates (water-stained) by Lowru, 

 and map, Svo. sewn, 3s Oxford, 1835 



A study on its volcanoes and geological configuration. 



7177 On the SITE of the ANCIENT CITY of the AURUNCI [RoccA MONFINA, near Naples], 



and on its VOLCANIC PHENOMENA ; with Remarks on Craters 01 Elevation, on the Distinctions 

 between Plutonic and Volcanic Rocks, and on the Theories of Volcanic Action at present most in 

 Repute, with plate and map, Svo. sewn, 3s ib., 1846 



7178 DAUBBEE (Gabriel Auguste, de VInstitut ; F.R.S.) ETUDES et EXPERIENCES SYNTHETIQUES 

 sur le METAMORPHISME, et sur la FORMATION des ROCHES CRISTALLINES, Svo. sewn, with inscr. 

 as below ; scarce, 7s Qd 1859 



< Monsieur le Docteur Phipson, etc. offert par 1'auteur A. DAUnUEE.' Inscr. on cover. 



A classic work on the subject which was awarded the prize of the French Academy. It includes an interesting history 

 of metamcrphisin. 



7179 . EXPERIENCES SYNTHETIQUES relatives aux METEORITES: Rapprochements auxquels 



c-es Experiences conduisent, Svo, (pp. 27), sewn, with inscr. to Dr. Phipson, 2s fid 1866 



7180 NOUVELLE EDITION, refondue et augmented, Svo. (pp. 70), sewn, with inscr, to Dr. 



Phipson, 3s Qd 1868 



The first attempt at a classification of meteorites. 



7181 NOTICE sur la DECOUVERTE et la MISE en EXPLOITATION de NOUVEAU GISEMENTS de 



ClIAUX PHOSPHATEE, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, with inscr. to Dr. Phipson, 2s 1868 



7182 - OBSERVATIONS sur le METAMORPHISME, et Recherches Experimental es sur quelques-uns 

 des Agents qui ont pu le produire, Svo. (pp. 39), sewn, 2s 1858 



7183 DA VIES (David Christopher, F.G.S.) TREATISE on EARTHY and other MINERALS and MINING, 

 2nd Edition, with 76 woodcuts, cr. Svo. cl., 4s Qd (p. 12s Qd) 1888 



7184 THIRD [LATEST] EDITION, thoroughly revised and enlarged by his Son E. HENRY DAVIES, 



with 76 wjodcuts, cr. Svo. cl., 6s Qd (p. 12s Qd) 1892 



71S5 TREATISE on METALLIFEROUS MINERALS and MINING, third Edition, carefully revised, 



with 148 woodcuts, cr. Svo. cl., 5s (p. 12s Qd) 1886 



7186 - FOURTH EDITION, with 148 woodcuts, cr. Svo. cl., 5s Qd (p. 12s Gd') 1888 



One of the best text-books on the subject. At end is a glossary of Mining Terms. 



]5th Ed., enlarged by his Son [R. DAVIES], post Svo. boards, uncut, 7s Qd 1822 



