HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 481 



9569 HUNT (Robert, F.R.S.) BRITISH MINING: the History, Discovery, Practical Development, 

 and Future Prospects of Metalliferous Mines in the United Kingdom, with 231 illustrations, thick 

 cr. 4to. cl., 18s (p. 2. 2s) 1884 



' Containing a mass of valuable results, e. g., of the Royal Commission of 1866, an historical sketch of mining, the 

 geology of mineral deposits and formation of metalliferous veins, details of the operations of extracting ores, machinery 

 and ventilation of mines, and the future prospects of British mining.' D. N. B. 



9570 PHOTOGRAPHY : a Treatise on the Chemical Changes produced by Solar Radiation, and 

 the Production of Pictures from Nature by the DAGUERREOTYPE, CALOTYPE, and other PHOTO- 

 GRAPHIC PROCESSES, ivith 2 plates and 52 woodcuts, large post 8vo. cl. (scarce), with auto, of Eyre 

 Crowe (historian), Is Qd 1851 



9571 - - POPULAR TREATISE on the ART of PHOTOGRAPHY, including DAGUERREOTYPE, and all 

 the NEW METHODS of PRODUCING PICTURES by the Chemical Agency of LIGHT, first edition, 

 with front, and 29 woodcuts, 8vo. sewn (SCARCE), 1. Is Glasgow, 1841 



First edition of the first work on photography printed in this country. 



9572 RESEARCHES on LIGHT: the Phenomena connected with the Chemical and Molecular 



Changes produced by the Influence of the Solar Rays, embracing all the known PHOTOGRAPHIC 

 PROCESSES, and NEW DISCOVERIES in the Art, coloured front., and woodcuts, 8vo. cl., 6s 1844 

 'Another experimenter who tried to obtain the natural colours of objects by means of photography was Robert 

 Hunt. These researches took place between 1840 and 1843, and the results were set forth in his work ' Researches on 

 Light', published in 1844.' .4. T. Story. 



9573 - - SECOND EDITION [greatly enlarged] , with folding front., and woodcuts, 8vo. cl. (scarce'), 

 10s Qd 1854 



' Mainly a history of photography ; but the 2nd edition (1854) contained a large number of original experiments and new 

 'analyses of the solar ray '.'D. N. B. 



9574 HUNT (Thomas Sterry, F.R.S.) A NEW BASIS for CHEMISTRY: a Chemical Philosophy ; with 

 portrait (inserted), cr. 8vo! cl., 5* (p. 10s) Boston [Mass.'], 1887 



'Showing that solution, fusion, volatilization, liquefaction, solidification, and crystallization in a word, all change of 

 state belong to the domain of chemistry, and that, from a right consideration of these, some of the most obscure 

 problems of the science become clear.' Preface. 



9575 - THOUGHTS on SOLUTION and the CHEMICAL PROCESS, 8vo. (pp. 5), sewn, with inscr. to 

 Sir E. Frankland, F.R.S., 3s [*&.] , 1854 



9576 HURWITZ (Adolf; Zurich) GRUNDLAGEN einer INDEPENDENTEN THEORIE der ELLIPTISCHEN 

 MODULFUNCTIONEN und Theorie der Multiplicator-Gleichungen erster Stufe, 8vo. (pp. 72), sewn, 

 Is Qd Leipzig, 1881 



9577 HUTCHINSON (Benjamin ; Prebendary of Lincoln, F.R.S.) ACCOUNT of a LUMINOUS ARCH 

 [AURORA BOREALIS] , plate, 1 leaf 4to., Is Qd 1787 



9578 CALENDAR of the WEATHER for 1781, with Discourse on the MOON'S INFLUENCE at 



common Lunations in general, and on the WINDS at the ECLIPSES in particular, founded on regular 

 Observations taken at Kimbolton, Hunts, 8vo. (pp. 48), sewn (rare), 8s Qd 1782 



9579 OBSERVATIONS on the DRYNESS of the YEAR 1788, 4to. (pp. 3), sewn, 3s Qd 1789 



Together with 'Method of determining from the real Probabilities of Life, the Value of a contingent Reversion in which 

 Three Lives are involved in the Survivorship,' by RICHARD PRICE, D.D., F.R.S. (pp. 15). 

 The author is ignored in D. N. B. 



9580 HUTCHINSON (Henry Neville, pr.) The AUTOBIOGRAPHY of the EARTH : a Popular Account 

 of Geological History, with 27 illustrations, post 8vo. cl., 3s Qd (p. 7s Qd) 1890 



9581 HUTCHINSON (Graham) TREATISE on the CAUSES and PRINCIPLES of METEOROLOGICAL 

 PHENOMENA ; also Two Essays : on Marsh Fever, and on the System of Equality proposed by MR. 

 OWEN of New Lanark, for Ameliorating the Condition of Mankind, with plate and map, thick 8vo. 

 cl., uncut, with author's inscr. to the Meteorological Soc. (scarce), 10s Qd Glasgow, 1835 



9582 ANOTHER COPY, prize calf gilt, newly rebacked, 12s 



.. Sir John Hersohel specially quotes in his ' Meteorology ' Hutchinson's account of thunderstorms in Jamaica. 



9583 HUTTE : Des INGENIEURS TASCHENBUCH, herausg. vom akademischen Verein ' Hlitte ', 19. neu 

 bearbeitete Aunage ; with over 1600 illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo. (pp. 2277), cl., 8s (p. M. 16 nett) 



Berlin, 1905 



9584 - ACHTZEHNTE AUFLAGE : BAND II (enthalt Zivil-Ingenieurwissenschaften, Schiffbau, 



Eisenbahnwesen, Eisenhiittenkunde, Elektrotechnik und Gasfabrikation) ; with 493 illustra- 

 tions, post 8vo. brown limp roan, t. e. g., 3s ibidem, 1902 



9585 HUTTON (Frederick Remsen, Columbia Univ.) The GAS-ENGINE: a Treatise on the Internal- 

 Combustion Engine using Gas, Gasoline, Kerosine, or other Hydrocarbons as Source of Energy, 

 with 243 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 10s (p. 1. Is nett) New York, 1903 



9586 The MECHANICAL ENGINEERING of POWER PLANTS; 2nd Edition, revised, with 512 



illustrations, 8vo. cl., 10s (p. 1. Is nett) ibidem, 1906 



9587 HUTTON (James, M.D. ; geologist) DISSERTATIONS on different Subjects in NATURAL PHILO- 

 SOPHY, 4to. old calf (fine tall copy) ; RARE, 1. Is Edin., 1792 



9588 ANOTHER COPY, cl., 18s Qd 



Containing the ' Meteorological Dissertations on Rain and Wind ', one of his most important works, wherein he ascribes 

 the formation of rain to the mingling of two strata of air of different temperatures and the subsequent condensation of the 

 mixture ; a remark in it also contains the first suggestion of the dry-arid-wet-bulb hygrometer. There are also papers on 

 phlogiston, and the laws of matter and motion. 



There is no copy of this important work in the Royal Meteorological Society's Library Catalogue (1891). 



9589 HUTTON (Walters.) The PRACTICAL ENGINEER'S HAND-BOOK, comprising a Treatise on 

 Modern Engines and Boilers, and containing a large Collection of Rules and Practical Data, etc. 

 etc., 4th Edition, with Additions, front, and 371 illustrations, thick 8vo. cl., 7s Qd (p. 1. 5s) 1892 



9590 HUTTON (William ; F.R.S.) NOTES on the NEW RED SANDSTONE of the County of DURHAM, 

 below the Magnesian Limestone, with2 woodcuts, 4to. (pp. 17), sewn, with inscr. to Thomas Allan, 

 F.R.S., 2s Qd Newcastle, 1830 



