414 HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, \V. 



8138 FBEKE (John, M.D., F.R.S.) ESSAY to shew the CAUSE of ELECTRICITY ; and why some Things 

 are Non-Electricable, with its Influence in the Blasts on Human Bodies, in the Blights on Trees, 

 in the Damps in Mines, and as it may affect the Sensitive Plant, etc. ; 2nd Edition, with 

 APPENDIX, 8vo. (pp. 64), sewn (rare), 10s Qd 1746 



8139 TREATISE on the NATURE and PROPERTY of FIRE. I. Shewing the CAUSE of VITALITY, 



and Muscular Motion ; with many other Phenomena. II. On ELECTRICITY. III. Shewing the 

 MECHANICAL CAUSE of MAGNETISM ; and why the Compass varies in the Manner it does, 8vo. 

 hf. calf (rare), 15s 1752 



A reprint of the foregoing ' Essay,' with additions. 



' Freke supposed that the cause of the closing of the leaves of the sensitive plant when touched was that it discharged 

 electricity, and he devised an experiment to illustrate this, in which a small tree was placed in a pot on a cake of resin 

 and then electrified. He found that the leaves stood erect, falling down as soon as the electricity was discharged by 

 touching the plant. He further conjectured that pollen was attracted from the stamen of one plant to the stigma of 

 another by electricity.' D. N. B. 



The author is referred to twice in Fielding's Tom Jones. 



8140 FBEMY (Edmond, de VInstitut) RECHERCHES sur le COBALT, 8vo. (pp. 55), sewn (scarce), 

 Is Qd 1852 



Containing valuable original researches on the salts of cobalt. 



8141 9 Auguste BOTJBGOIN, etc. : NOMENCLATURE, EQUIVALENTS, ATOMES, OXYGENE, 



OZONE, AZOTE, AIR, HYDROGENE, EAU ; with 82 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. sewn, 5s ] 882 



Forming part of Fremy's ' Encyclopedic Chimique '. 



8142 , Adolphe CABNOT, timile JUNGFLEISCH, et Auguste TEBBEIL: Les 



LABORATOIRES de CHIMIE ; with 8 large folding plates, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. sewn, 12s Qd (p. Fr. 25 nett) 



1881 



8143 FBENCH (John, M.D.) The ART of DISTILLATION : or Treatise of the Choicest Spagiricall 

 Preparations performed hy way of Distillation, with Description of the CHIEFEST FURNACES and 

 VESSELS used by Ancient and Modern Chymists, also Discourse of Spagiricall Experiments and 

 Curiosities, the Anatomy of Gold and Silver, etc. etc. , with the LONDON-DISTILLER : exactly 

 and truly showing the way to draw all sorts of Spirits and Strong- Waters, with the Additions of 

 other Excellent Waters, 4th [and Last] Edition, to which is added, SUBLIMATION and CALCIN- 

 ATION, with numerous woodcuts of CHEMICAL APPARATUS, 2 vols. sm. 4to. in 1, contemporary 

 calf (title wanting, and binding slightly damaged, but sound clean copy) ; RARE, 1. Is E. Cotes, 16(57 



With interesting preface on the chemical quack of the time. 



It contains numerous very curious recipes, viz. ' To fortifie a Load -stone, that it shall be able to draw a Nail out of a 

 piece of Wood ', ' To make perpetual motion in a Glass ', and ' To make a Luminous Water that shall give light by night ' 

 by distilling glow-worms' tails or herrings' skins ! 



.8144 FBEND (William) TANGIBLE ARITHMETIC ; or, the Art of Numbering made Easy, by means 

 of an Arithmetical Toy, which will express any Number up to 16,666,665 ; and with which, by 

 moving a few Balls, a great variety of Operations in Arithmetic may be performed, 12mo. boards, 

 uncut (scarce), IQs Qd 1805 



' The toy is the Chinese instrument or abacus, called the Schwanpan.' Prof, de Morgan, who only knew the 2nd Edition 

 of 1806. 



4 Frend was the last of the learned anti-Newtonians, and a noted oppugner of all that distinguishes algebra from arith- 

 metic. ' 



-8145 FBENET (Frederic) RECUEIL d'ExERCiCES sur le CALCUL INFINITESIMAL, 4 e Edition, 

 augmentee, 8vo. sewn, 3s (p. F. 7.50 nett) 1882 



8146 FBENICLE [de BESSY (Bernard, de V Academic)] Des QUARREZ ou TABLES MAGIQUES, 4to. 

 sprinkled calf gilt (joints rubbed, otherwise a fine copy) ; rare, 10s Qd s. d. [? 1729] 



' II decouvrit non-seulement de nouvelles regies pour les carres impairs ; mais il en donna aussi pour les pairs, et il 

 enseigna a les varier d'une multitude de manieres.' Biogr. Gen. 



8147 FBESENIUS (Carl Bemigius) ANLEITUNG zur QUALITATIVEN CHEMISCHEN ANALYSE, mit 

 Vorwort von JUSTUS FREIHERR v. LIEBIG, 15. neu bearbeitete Auflage ; with coloured plate, and 

 46 woodcuts, 8vo. buckram, 4* Qd (p. M. 12) Braunschweig, 1885 



8148 QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 10th [LAST] EDITION, translated from the 15th 



German Edition by C. E. GROVES, F.R.S., with coloured frontispiece and 46 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 7s Qd 

 (p. 15s) 1887 



8149 NINTH EDITION, translated from the 14th German Edition by A. VACHER, with coloured 



front., and 47 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 4s (p. 12s Qd) 1876 



8150 ANLEITUNG zur QUANTITATIVEN CHEMISCHEN ANALYSE, 6. [NEUESTE] VERMEHRTE 



AUFLAGE ; with numerous woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. sewn (v. II wanting part 5), 15s (p. M. 30) 



Braunschweig, 1875-87 



8151 QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 6th Edition, translated from the 5th German 



Edition by A. VACHER, with 186 woodcuts, thick 8vo. hf. calf neat, 4s Qd 1873 



6152 SEVENTH [LATEST] EDITION, translated from the 6th German Edition by A. VACHER, 



Vol. I, with 106 woodcuts, 8vo. cl., Is Qd (p. 15s) 1876 



8153 FBESHFIELD (Douglas William, P.A.C.), and Bear-Adml. Sir William James Lloyd 

 WHABTON, F.R.S. : HINTS to TRAVELLERS : Scientific and General, 7th Edition, with 8 plates 

 (Q folding), and numerous other illustrations, sq. post 8vo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 8s nett) 1893 



8154 FBEYCINET (Charles Louis deSau Ice de, de VInstitut; ancien Ministre) De I'EXPERIENCE 

 en GEOMETRIE, 8vo. buckram, t. e. g., with bookplate of Dr. Emil Reich, 3s 1903 



8155 [FBEZIEB (Amedee Francois)] TRAITE des FEUX d' ARTIFICE, pour le Spectacle ; nouvelle 

 Ed., toute changee, et considerablement augmentee, par M. F*** D.D.F.D.B. ; with engraved 



title, 2 pretty vignettes by COCHIN, and 13 copperplates, 8vo. old calf (joint cracked), with auto, of 

 Gen. Robert Melville, F.R.S. (1723-1809), on title, 15s 1747 



' Livre que Ruggieri n'a paa hesite, de nos jours, et malgre les progres de la pyrotechnie, a qualifier de savant '. 

 Jtiogr. Gen. 



