582 HENRY SOTHEKAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



A FINE COMPLETE SET TO JUNE, 1912 : 



11704 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PROCEEDINGS of the INSTITUTION of, complete 

 from its beginning in 1847 to June, 1912, with many plates, diagrams, tables, etc., with 

 GENERAL INDEX, 1847-1910, 4 vols. : BRIEF SUBJECT INDEX of PAPERS, 1847-1910, and 

 LIBRARY CATALOGUE in all 66 vols. 8vo. cL, and the rest [1901-12] in parts, sewn as 

 issued (FINE SET) ; VERY SCARCE, 35. Birmingham and London, 1847-1912 



The above is a very good set of this valuable publication, founded under the Presidency of GEORGE STEPHENSON, and 

 containing a great number of contributions by leading men during sixty of the most important years in the history of 

 English mechanical development. It is of equal importance to the railway and to the general mechanical engineer. 



Complete sets are now exceedingly difficult to get, none having been sold by auction during the last 

 ten years. 



11705 ANOTHER SET, COMPLETE from 1856 to July, 1909, with hundreds of 



plates and oilier illustrations, with General Indexes, 1847-84 in all 47 vols. 8vo. cL, and 

 the rest (1897-1909) in parfcs,sew as issued (VERY SOUND LIBRARY SET), 15. 15s 1856-1909 



11706 MEDINA (Pedro de) L'ART de NAVIGUER, contenant toutes les reigles, secrets, et enseigne- 

 mens necessaires a la bonne navigation, traduict de Castillan en Francois, avec augmentation et 

 illustration de plusieurs figures et annotations, par NICOLAS DE NICOLAI : with fine woodcuts, 

 and numerous diagrams, 4to. old limp vellum (map wanting, but a large and very sound copy) ; 

 RARE, 3. 3s Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1569 



A finely printed edition. 



11707 - NOUVELLE EDITION, reueue et corrigee de nouueau outre les precedentes impressions; 



with woodcuts and diagrams, and folding map showing America (defective), sm. 4to. old vellum 

 (some II. stained). 4. 4s Rouen, R. Mallard, etc., 1577 



The map included in the above edition is remarkable for its large amount of information on AMERICA. 



11708 L'ARTE del NAVEGAR, in laqual si contengono le Regole, Dechiarationi, Secreti, et 



Avisi, alia bona Navegation necessarii, tradotta in volgar Italiano [da VICENZO PALETINO DA 

 CORZULA] ; with woodcuts, diagrams, and map (including AMERICA), sm. 4to. white vellum (sound 

 copy) ; very rare, 4. 10s Vinetia, G. Pedrezano, 1555 



THE FIKST ITALIAN EDITION. 



11709 - NUOVA EDIZIONE, di nuovo ampliata e corretta ; with ivoodcuts, diagrams, and map 

 (showing AMERICA), sm. 4to. sound copy in contemporary vellum (RARE), 2. \ls Qd 



ib., T. Baglioni, 1609 



The sixth book contains an interesting account of the mariner's compass, in which however the author still denies that 

 the declination of the magnetic needle differs at different places. The third book contains a copious account of winds, 

 while the second teaches how to foretell storms by the sun and the moon. 



11710 MEDLEY (Lt.-Col. Julius George, R.E.) The KOORKEE TREATISE on CIVIL ENGINEERING 

 in INDIA (Vol. I 3rd Ed., by MAJOR A. M. LANG, R.K., '78; Vol. II 2nd Ed., '71; Vol. Ill : 

 APPLIED MECHANICS, by'CAPT. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, R.E., '77), with 180 plates (mostly 

 Jolding), and numerous woodcuts, 3 vols. roy. 8vo. cl. (cover of v. I stained), 12s 6e?(p. Us. 34) 



Roorkee, 1871-78 



11711 MEDLOCK (Henry) On the RECIPROCAL ACTION of METALS and the CONSTITUENTS of 

 WELL- and RIVER-WATERS, 2 parts 8vo. (pp. 25), sewn, with inscr. to Sir E. Frankland, F.R.S., 

 2s 1857-8 



11712 RESEARCHES on the AMYL SERIES, 8vo. (pp. 12), sewn, Is 6d n. d. 



11713 MEES (Charles Edward Kenneth, F.C.S.), und Samuel Edward SHEPPABD : Uber 

 APPARATE zu SENSITOMETRISCHEN UNTERSUCHUNGEN, mit einer geschichtlichen Zusammen- 

 fassung, iibersetzt von E. ELLENBERGER ; with 23 illustrations, roy. 8vo. (pp. 34), sewn. 2s 



Leipzig [1904] 



11714 MEES (G. J.) On SHAFTS for TRIPLE EXPANSION ENGINES, roy. 8vo. (pp. 34), sewn, is 6d 



Paris [1886] 

 A formula for the Bureau Veritas Rules for the diameter of shafts in triple-expansion engines. 



11715 MEIBAUER (R. O.) Uber die PHYSISCHE BESCHAFFENHEIT der SONNE, 8vo. (pp. 45), sewn, 

 Is Gd Berlin, 1866 



11716 MEILINK (B.) On the MEASUREMENT of VERY Low TEMPERATURES : VII- VIII, with plate, 

 8vo. (pp. 26), sewn, Is Qd Leiden, 1904 



11717 MEISSEL (Ernest) Uber die ABSOLUTEN MAXIMA der BESSEL'SCHEN FUNKTIONEN, 4to. 

 (pp. 11), sewn, Is 6d Kiel, 1892 



11718 _ tiber die ANZAHL der DARSTELLUNGEN einer GEGEBENEN ZAHL A durch die Form 

 A = 2 p n x n in welcher die 'p' gegebene, unter sich verschiedene Primzahlen sind, 4to. (pp. 8), 

 sewn, Is&d ibidem, 1886 



11719 _ ENTWURF einer TAFEL, aus welcher die sechs Elemente einer beliebigen Menge 

 spharischer Dreiecke sofort entnommen werden kb'nnen, 4to. (pp. 7), sewn, Is ib., 1894 



11720 - - Uber die RELATIVE MENGE gewisser FORMPRIMZAHLEN innerhalb betriichtlicher 

 ZAHLENRAUME, 4to. (pp. 8), sewn, Is ib., 1884 



11721 - Uber RESTSUMMEN, 4to. (pp. 13), sewn, Is 6d ib., 1888 



11722 MELCHER- (Arthur C.) The SOLUBILITY of SILVER CHLORIDE, BARIUM SULPHATE, and 

 CALCIUM SULPHATE at HIGH TEMPERATURES, with diagrams, roy. 8vo. (pp. 17), sewn, Is 6d 



[New York,] 1909 



11723 MELLONI (Macedonio ; Univ. Parma) SAGGI di una ANALISI CALORIFICA dello SPETTRO 

 SOLARE, 4to. (pp. 20), mw, 3s fid [Napoli, c 1850] 



The author found that radiant lieat was as murh subject to the laws of reflexion and refraction as light, and therefrom 

 assumed it to be the invisible ether accompanying light. 



