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



7905 FINDLAY (Alexander George) TEXT BOOK of OCEAN METEOROLOGY, compiled from the 

 Sailing Directories for the Oceans of the World, edited by CAPT. W. R. MARTIN, R.N., with 4 

 folding maps and plate, roy. 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 12*) 1887 



A selection from the author's well-known maritime directories, ' a monument of industry and perseverance, and 

 accepted as standard authorities in every quarter of the globe '. Sir Henry Rawlinson. 



7906 FINE (Oronce; latine Orontius Finseus) OPERE : ARIMETICA, GEOMETRIA, COSMOGRAFIA 

 et ORIVOLI, tradotte da Cosmo BARTOLI, et gli SPECCHI, tradotti da ERCOLE BOTTRIGARO, 

 nuovamente poste in Luce; with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, thick 4to. limp vellum (rare), 

 1. Is Venetia, Franc. Franceschi, 1587 



7907 ANOTHER COPY, old vellum (fine copy), 1. 5s 



An Italian version of the Protomathesis, the author's most important work, a full account of which is contained in 

 Prof. Cantor's VorUsungen iiber Geschichte der Mathematik, v. II (1892) pp. 345-6. His treatise on dialling is one of the 

 earliest on the subject. 



7908 In PROPRIUM PLANETARUM AEQUATORIUM, omnium antehac EXCOGITATORU et 



Intellectu et Usu facillimum CANONES, ab ipso Authore recens aucti et emendati ; with woodcut 

 vignette on last I., sm. 4to. sewn (very rare), 1. Is Parisiis, H. Gormontius, 1538 



The author was one of the first to suggest the method of finding the longitude by lunar distances. 



7909 De REBUS MATHEMATICIS, hactenus desideratis, Libri 1III, quibus inter cretera, CIRCULI 



QUADRATURA C MODIS, et suprk, per eundem ORONTIUM recenter excogitatis, demonstrator ; 

 with numerous woodcuts and diagrams, folio, old calf (binding damaged, title soiled, and side 

 margins of last Q II. worn, otherwise a sound and tall copy) ; RARE, 1. 5s 



ibidem, Mich. Vascosanus, 1556 

 With preface, containing a short biography of the author by his friend ANTOINE MIZAULD, which forms one of the 



authorities on the life of Fine, the first French writer of note on astronomy, and ' le restaurateur des mathematiques en 



France ' (Biogr. Gen.), who in spite of royal favour was left to die of starvation. 



' The quadrature of Orontius, and solutions of all the other difficulties, were first published in ' De Rebus Mathe- 



maticis hactenus desideratis ' of which I have noted the date.' Prof, de Morgan. The author's views as contained in the 



above work, which included not only the squaring of the circle, but also the duplication of the cube, the trisection of the 



angle, etc., were refuted by Buteo in 1559 (v. no. 652 ante). 



In VI PRIORES LIBROS GEOMETRICORUM ELEMENTORUM EUCLIDIS DEMONSTRATIONES 

 (1536) v. EUCLID, ante. 



7910 FINLAY (W. H., Cape Observatory] STAR CORRECTION TABLES, roy. 4to., cl., 5s [1895] 



7911 FIORAVANTI (Leonardo Conte) MIROIR UNIVERSEL des ARTS et SCIENCES, traictant de 

 tous les Arts liberaux et mecaniques, et des secrets les plus importans d'iceux, de diverses sciences, 

 histoires et belles contemplations des anciens Philosophes, de plusieurs secrets et inventions 

 necessaires. Plus les CAPRICES, qui sont plusieurs et diverses medecines nouvelles de grande 

 Efficace, k toute sorte de rnaladie, avec la maniere de les practiquer ; mis en Francois par GABRIEL 

 CHAPPUYS, reveu et augmente ; with viqnette on titles. 2 vols. 12mo. in 1, old calf (joints cracked], 

 12s Qd 1598 



' II se fit surtout connaitre par 1'inyention du baume qui porte son nom, et auquel il attribuait des proprietes 

 merveilleuses, celle entre autres de guerir les personnes empoisonnees avec de 1'arsenic.' Biogr. Gen. 



7912 FIRE-ARMS, OBSERVATIONS on the MANUFACTURE of, for MILITARY PURPOSES ; on the Number 

 supplied from BIRMINGHAM to the British Government during the late War ; on the PROOF to 

 which the Barrels are subjected ; and on the BIRMINGHAM PROOF-HOUSE, etc. etc., 8vo. sewn, 5s 



1829 



7913 FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE (British), PUBLICATIONS of the, edited by EDWIN O. 

 SACHS, Vols. I IV and VI, with numerous plates, maps, and other illustrations, 5 vols. 8vo. hf. 

 red roan, 1. 15s (p. 4. 7s Qd) 1898-1901 



7914 THE SAME, Vols. II, IV, and VI, with plates, maps, etc., 3 vols. 8vo. hf. red roan, 1. Is 



(p. 3.) 1900-1 



7915 THE SAME, Vols. IV and VI only, with plates, etc., 2 vols. 8vo. hf. red roan, 12s Qd 1900-1 



One of the best of all fire-prevention methods would be for all the Tariff Fire Oflices to prosecute in all cases of arson, 

 instead of paying without question and getting the money back out of innocent insurers by means of the Average Clause. 



7916 FIRMICUS MATERNUS (Julius) ASTRONOMICORUM Libri VIII integri et emendati, ex 

 Scythicis Oris ad nps nuper allati ; with diagrams, folio, OLD ENGLISH RED MOROCCO EXTRA, 

 Harleian good tooling on sides, neatly rebacked with hf. calf (RARE), 2. 10s 



[col. :] Venetiis in cedibus ALDI Romani menseJunio, MID (1499) 



Forming part of the original edition of ' Astronomic! Veteres '. 



' L'ouvrage est une introduction a 1'astrologie judiciaire conformement aux doctrines des Egyptiens et Babyloniens, 

 telles qn'elles avaient 6te exposees par les mattres les plus renommes, parmi lesquels Firmicus cite Petosfris, Necepso, 

 Abraham etOrphee. 



7917 FISCHER ( Amand) ZENITDISTANZEN zur BESTIMMUNG der HOHENLAGE der NORDSEE-INSELN, 

 HELGOLAND, NEUWERK und WANGEROOG, sowie des Leuchtturmes auf Roter Sand, iiber den 

 Festlandspunkten Cuxhaven und Schillig ; with 2 plates and map, roy. 4to. (pp. 344), cl., Qs Qd 



Berlin, 1895 



7918 FISCHER (Emil, Univ. Berlin) GUIDE de PREPARATIONS ORGANIQUES : Traduction par H. 

 DECKER et G. DUN ANT ; with woodcuts, cr. 8vo. sewn, Is Qd 1907 



7919 FISCHER (Ferdinand, Univ. Gottingen) Das STUDIUM der TECHNISCHEN CHEMIE an den 

 Universitaten und technischen Hochschulen Deutschlands, und das Chemiker-Examen, 8vo. 

 sewn, Is Qd Braunschweig, 1897 



7920 FISCHER-HINNEN ( J.) Die WIRKUNGSWEISE, BERECHNUNG und KONSTRUKTION ELEKTRI- 

 SCHER GLEICHSTROM-MASCHINEN, 3 umgearbeitete Auflage ; with 3 folding plates and 207 other 

 illustrations, large post 8vo. cl., 3s (p. M. 10.80) Zurich, 1897 



7921 CONTINUOUS-CURRENT DYNAMOS, in Theory and Practice ; with Details of Methods and 



Formulae used in Construction, 6 folding plates and over 250 woodcuts, 8vo. cl.., 4s Qd (p. 1. Is) J 899 



