HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 421 



8258 GALTON (Sir Francis, F.R.S.) ENGLISH MEN of SCIENCE: their Nature and NURTURE, 8vo. 

 cl., uncut (scarce), 8s Qd 1874 



A solemn responsibility indeed the Nurture of a Man of Science ! 



To some extent a supplement to ' Hereditary Genius ', and attempting to discover by an inductive process the leading 

 conditions that go to the making of a scientist. 



8259 GALTRTJCHIUS \recte GATJLTRUCHE] (Petrus, s.J.) MATHEMATICS totius . . . clara, 

 brevis, et accurata INSTITUTIO ; with engraved title and plates, 16mo. contemporary calf (newly 

 rebacked), with auto, of Prof . W. A. Copinger, 10s Cantabrigice, Jo. Field, 1668 



This long formed the text-book in use at Cambridge. It includes Astronomy, Dialling, Geography, Optics, and Music. 



8260 GAL V ANT (Aloisio, sive Luigi) De VIRIBUS ELECTRICITATIS in MOTU MUSCULARI 

 Commentarius, cum Jo. ALDINI DISSERTATIONE et NOTIS; accesserunt Epistolre ad Animalis 

 Electricitatis Theoriam pertinentes ; with 3 folding copperplates, roy. Ito.sewn, uncut (RARE), 1. Is 



Mutince, 1792 



Containing the account of the author's experiments on frogs' legs, which eventually led to Volta's discovery of 

 ' galvanic ' electricity. 



8261 Abhandlung iiber die KRAFTE der THIERISCHEN ELEKTRIZITAT auf die Bewegung der 



Muskeln, nebst Schriften von VALLI, CARMINATI und VOLTA iiber diesen Gegenstand, eine 

 Uebersezung herausgegeben von JOHANN MAYER ; with 4 folding plates on copper, 12mo. sewn, 

 uncut, 7s Qd Prag, 1793 



The first German translation of the above work. 



8262 GAMAGHES (Etienne Simon de, Chanoine de Ste.-Croix de la Bretonnerie ; de VAcademie 

 des Sciences) ASTRONOMIE PHYSIQUE, ou Principes generaux de la Nature, appliques au Mecanisme 

 Astronomique, et compares aux Principes de la Philosophic de M. NEWTON ; with numerous 

 vignettes by COCHIN, and 22 folding plates, 4to. old Italian vellum (sound copy], 5s Qd 1740 



An attempt to reconcile Descartes's theory of vortices with the Newtonian system ! 



8263 GAMBLE (John," Chaplain-General to the Forces) ESSAY on the DIFFERENT MODES of 

 COMMUNICATION by SIGNALS, containing an History of the Progressive Improvements in this 

 Art, from the first Account of Beacons to the most Approved Methods of TELEGRAPHIC CORRE- 

 SPONDENCE, with 7 copperplates (3 folding], large roy. 4to. (?) LARGE PAPER ; boards, uncut, with 

 author's inscr. to the [absentee'] Bishop of Landaff (Richard Watson, F.R.S.), and the latter's 

 Calgarth Park booklabel (SCARCE), 1. Is 1797 



'This contained a number of elaborate and ingenious illustrative plates, and many valuable suggestions.' D. N. B. 



8264 OBSERVATIONS on TELEGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS ; or the DIFFERENT MODES which have 



been, or may be adopted for the Purpose of DISTANT COMMUNICATION, with copperplate, roy. 4to. 

 (pp. 20), unbound (rare), 10s Qd [1795] 



' This made some stir in the scientific world, and encouraged the author to produce the more ambitious Essay.' D, N. B. 



Few now remember to what a considerable extent the semaphore telegraph was in use before the applioatipn of 



electricity, though many ' Telegraph Hills ' still give a reminder of it, to say nothing of a thrilling scene in ' Monte Cristo '. 



8265 GANOT (Adolphe) ELEMENTARY TREATISE on PHYSICS, Experimental and Applied, translated 

 and edited by E. ATKINSON ; llth Edition, enlarged, with 5 coloured plates and maps and 898 

 woodcuts, thick 8vo. tree-calf extra, 4s 1883 



8266 THIRTEENTH EDITION, revised and enlarged, with 9 coloured plates and maps, and 987 



woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl., 4s Qd (p. 15s) 1890 



8267 GANTILLON (Peter John Francis, pr.) COLLECTION of CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATION PAPERS 

 in ARITHMETIC and ALGEBRA, as given at all the Colleges, chiefly for the last Five Years, 8vo. 

 hf. cL, 4s Cambridge, 1853 



8263 GARATTI (Francesco, Veneto) II DIVERTIMENTO ARITMETICO, con diverse Notitie di Monete, 

 Pesi, Misure, et CURIOSE PRATTICHETTE di CONTEGGIARE per Aritmetica ordinaria, e per 

 Algebra: SAGGIO di SCRITTURA DOPPIA di MERCANTIE, e di CAMBII, col quale s'insegna con 

 Facilita la vera Maniera di Scritturare conf orme 1' Uso praticato al presente da Mercanti, e con un 

 Primordio di Scrittura da Publico Ragionato, e da Fattore 2 vols. 16mo. in 1, old vellum (RARE), 

 1. 15s Venetia, 1686-8 



' Questo raro libretto III Divertimento] contiene le soluzione di parecchi problem! aritmetico-algebrici.' Riccardi. 



8269 GARBETT (Captain Hubert J. G., R.N.) NAVAL GUNNERY : a Description and History of the 

 Fighting Equipment of a Man-of- War, with 12 plates, and 113 other illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl., 

 2s Qd (p. 5s) 1897 



8270 GARDINER (William) TABLES de LOGARITHMES, contenant les Logarithmes des Nombres, 

 depuis 1 jusqu'a 102100, et les Logarithmes des Sinus et des Tangentes, de 10 en 10 Secondes 

 pour chaque Degre* du Quart de Cercle, avec differentes autres Tables ; nouvelle Ed., augmentee 

 des Logarithmes des Sinus et Tangentes, pour chaque Seconde des quatre premiers Degres 

 [publiees par les PP. E. PEZENAS, DUMAS, et BLANCHARD] ; roy. 4to. contemporary hf. calf gilt, 

 1. Is Avignon, 1770 



This very interesting copy belonged to J. F. T. BARON MAURICE, who added the following MS. note : ' Get exemplaire 

 est de la plus rare correction. Feu Mr. Mallet, 1'astronome, y avoit corrige a la main toutes les fautes connues a sa 

 mort, arrive'e en 1790 ; et depuis j'y ai corrige' moi-meme toutes celles qui ont ete publics : je 1'ai d'ailleurs collationne 

 avec soin sur celui de Mr. Legendre qui ayant beaucoup calcule a 1'aide du sien, se croyoit sur de n'avoir rien laisse 

 echapper. Ensorte que je le crois absolument sans faute. Maurice (8t>re 1811). En Aoftt j'y ai encore corrige les fautes 

 signalees par Hutton en 1811. En tout j'ai corrige au moins 107 fautes dans les tables & 7 ou 8 dans le discours.' 



8271 GARFORTH (William Edward, M.I.C.E.) SUGGESTED RULES for RECOVERING COAL MINES 

 after EXPLOSIONS and FIRES, with 3 folding plates, cr. 8vo. leather, 2s (p. 3s Qd nett) 1909 



8272 GARNETT (Thomas, M.D., Prof. Chemistry and Natural Philosophy, Roy. Inst.) ANNALS of 

 PHILOSOPHY, Natural History, Chemistry, Literature, Agriculture, and the Mechanical and Fine 

 Arts, for 1800, VOL. I (all pub.), with copperplate, 8vo. contemporary tree-calf gilt, Gs 1801 



8273 GARNETT (W. H. Stuart) TURBINES ; 2nd Edition [revised]', with 83 full-page and other 

 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 5s nett) 1908 



