HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 399 



7796 FARADAY (Michael, F.B.S.): GLADSTONE (John Hall, F.R.S.) MICHAEL FARADAY, first 

 edition, post 8vo. cl. (SCARCE), 10s Qd 1872 



7797 SECOND [LAST] EDITION [slightly enlarged], with fine steel portrait by Jeens, post Svo.c/. 



(SCARCE), 12s Qd 1873 



Containing the author's interesting personal reminiscences. The chapters include: Study of Faraday's Character; 

 Fruits of his Experience ; his Method of Working ; Value of his Discoveries. 



7798 _ : JONES (Henry Bence, F.R.S.) The LIFE and LETTERS of FARADAY, 2nd [last] Edition, 

 revised, with fine steel portrait by Adlard, plates and woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., uncut (o. p.), 14* 

 (p. 1. 8s) 1870 



7799 ANOTHER COPY, hf. brown calf gilt, uncut, t. e. g., by Riviere, 18s Qd 



The standard biography of its subject, containing very copious extracts from Faraday's journals and correspondence. 



7800 - : TYNDALL (John, F.R.S.) FARADAY as a DISCOVERER, first edition, in large type, with 

 2 steel portraits by Adlard, large post 8vo. cl., 4s Qd 1868 



7801 NEW [2ND] EDITION, with 2 steel portraits by Adlard, large 12mo. cl., 2s Qd 1870 



7802 FARBEN INDUSTRIE (Die) : Vierteljahresbericht iiber die Leistungen auf dem Gebiete des 

 Steinkohlentheers, der Chemie der aromatischen Verbindungen, der kiinstlichen Farbstoffe, der 

 Farberei, Bleicherei, des Zeugdruckes und der Appretur, im Verein mit fachkundigen Mitar- 

 beitern herausgegeben von E. BORNSTEIN, Heft 1-6 (soweit erschienen), 6 parts impl. 8vo. sewn, 15s 

 (p. M. 32.50) Berlin, 1889-90 



7803 FAREY (John, C.E.) TREATISE on the STEAM ENGINE : Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, 

 with 25 plates of historical steam-engines by Lowry, 4to. (pp. 728), hf. calf, 10s Qd 1827 



The above volume contains an ' Historical Account of the Origin and Progress of the Invention of the Steam Engine, 

 from the Discovery of its Principle, to its present State.' A proposed second volume, containing the practical portion, 

 was never issued. 



7804 FARISH (William, pr., Jacksonian Prof., Cantab.} On ISOMETRICAL PERSPECTIVE, with 

 plate, 4to. (pp. 19), sewn, 2s [Cambridge, 1820] 



7805 FARLEY (Richard) TABLES of SIX-FIGURE LOGARITHMS, with Formulae for the Solution of 

 Plane and Spherical Triangles, and Table of Constants, post 8vo. cl., 3s 1859 



7806 FAUJAS de ST.-FOND (Barthelemi) DESCRIPTION des EXPERIENCES de la MACHINE 

 AEROSTATIQUE de MM. DE MONTGOLFIER, et de celles auxquelles cette de*couverte a donne 

 lieu ; suivie de Recherches sur la Hauteur a laquelle eat parvenu le Ballon du Champ-de-Mars, 

 sa route, et les differens degres de pesanteur de 1'air dans les couches de 1'atmosphere ; d'un 

 M^moire sur le gaz inflammable et sur celui qu'ont employe MM. de Montgolfier, 1'art de faire les 

 Machines aerostatiques . . . et sur la maniere de dissoudre la gomme elastique, etc. etc., d'une 

 Lettre sur les moyens de diriger ces Machines, etc. etc., premiere edition ; with fine front, by 

 de Launay of the ascent (slightly stained), and 8 other copperplates, illustrating the balloon, its 

 fittings, machinery, etc., 8vo. sound copy in old French calf gilt (RARE), 1. 15s 1783 



7807 ANOTHER COPY, new hf. calf gilt, t. e. g. (last 3 II. slightly stained, and 1 /. containing 



part of the, 'privilege ' torn out), 1. 7s Qd 



The most important work in the history of ballooning, describing the first successful ascent at Annonay (June 1783) 

 of a balloon made of packcloth, and inflated with heated air, as well as the historical ascent from the Champ de Mars on 

 Aug. 27th, 1783, in the presence of 800,000 spectators. The work contains moreover a large amount of interesting 

 technical details. At end is a 4-pp Supplement on the ascent of the Marquis d'Arlandes from the Chateau de la Muette. 



THE COMPLETE WORK: 



7808 SECONDE EDITION ; with 9 plates (margin of front, and the first 5 II. slightly damaged) ; 



avec le Supplement : PREMIERE SUITE de la DESCRIPTION des EXPERIENCES AEROSTATIQUES de 

 MM. DE MONTGOLFIER, et celles auxquelles cette de"couverte a donne" lieu, contenant les VOYAGES 

 AERIENS de la Muette, des Tuileries, de Lyon, de Milan, etc. etc., PLUSIEURS MEMOIRES sur la 

 MANIERE de DIRIGER les AEROSTATES, sur la dilation de 1'air et les moyens les plus simples et les 

 moins dangereux d'augmenter ou de diminuer la chaleur a volonte ; diffe"rentes manieres d'obtenir 

 1'air inflammable . . . et Memoire sur la gomme elastique ou caoutchouc, ayec la maniere de faire 

 un vernis a pen de frais, absolument semblable a celui de la gomme Elastique, etc. etc. ; with 5 

 copperplates (3 very fine ones by de Launay, representing the first three Balloon Ascents ; partly 

 water-stained)^ vols. 8vo. in 1, old hf. calf, 3. 15s 1784 



The supplementary volume is EXCESSIVELY RARE, and contains a large amount of additional technical information. 

 No continuation of the above ' Premiere Suite ' has ever been published. 



7809 - MINERALOGIE des VOLCANS, ou Description de toutes les Substances produites ou rejetees 

 par les Feux Souterrains ; with 3 copperplates, 8vo. contemporary boards extra (nice copy), with 

 auto. ofL.A. Necker on title, 8s Qd 1784 



The author was the first to prove conclusively the volcanic origin of basalt. 



7810 FAULHABER (Johann, Rechenmeister in Ulm) FAMA SYDEREA NOVA. Geinein offentlichea 

 Ausschreiben anlangend den NEUEN und durch ein sonderbare Invention lang zuvor prognosticirten 

 COMETSTERN . . . nun alien Gottliebenden Hertzen zu fernerer Nachrichtigung, den Siindlichen 

 Weltburgern, zur ernstlichen Warming . . . publicirt durch JULIUM GERHARDINUM ; with copper- 

 plate, sm. 4to. (pp.23), sewn (rare), 10s Qd Nurnberg [1619] 



Including a long list of the author's writings. 



7811 FAURE (Giambattista, s. j.) CONGETTURE FISICHE intorno allaCAGiONi de' FENOMENI nella 

 MACCHINA ELETTRICA, sm. 4to. boards (rare), 12s Qd Roma, 1747 



Unknown to Riccardi, Poggendorff, and other bibliographers. 



7812 FAUST (Edwin Stanton ; Univ. Wilrzburg) Die TIERISCHEN GIFTE, 8vo. sewn, 4s (p. M. 6) 



Braunschweig, 1906 



7813 FAVARGER (A., ingenieur) L'ELECTRiciTE et ses APPLICATIONS k la CHRONOMETRIE, 2 a 

 Edition, augmentee ; with 139 illustrations, roy. 8vo. boards, uncut, 5s 1892 



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