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



12294 MURDOCH (William) An ACCOUNT of the APPLICATION of the GAS of COAL to ECONOMICAL 

 PURPOSES, read before the Royal Society, on the 25th February, 1808 (Philosophical Transac- 

 tions), 4to. (pp. 9), unbound (RARE), 18s * 1808 



12295 REPRINT, 8vo. (pp. 9), sewn (rare), 12s 6d [1809] 



The account of the author's discovery of gas-lighting. ' In February 1SOS Murdock read a paper before the Royal 

 Society, in which he gave a full account of his investigations, and also of the saving effected by the adoption of gas 

 lighting at Philips & Lee's mill. This paper is the earliest practical essay on the subject. The Ruraford gold medal, 

 bearing the inscription 'ex fumo dare lucem', was awarded to Murdock for this paper, which concludes with these 

 words : ' I believe I may, without presuming too much, claim both the first idea of applying and the first actual applica- 

 tion of this gas to economical purposes '. As to the justice of this claim there can be no doubt.' />. N. B. 



AN ALL BUT UNIQUE WORK: 



12296 A LETTER to a MEMBER of PARLIAMENT, in VINDICATION of his CHARACTER and 



CLAIMS ; in Reply to a Recent Publication, by the Committee for Conducting through Parlia- 

 ment a Bill for Incorporating a Gas-Liifht & Coke Company, 8vo. (pp. 15), sewn (VERY RARE), 

 3. 10s 1809 



'By this time [1S08] gas-lighting had fallen into the hands of company promoters, and in 1809 application was made to 

 incorporate the Gas Light and Coke Company. It was opposed by James Watt the younger on behalf of Boulton .v 

 Watt, who feared that their trade might be interfered with ... In answer to a statement put forth by the promoters 

 i the bill, charging Murdock with plagiarism, he issued on 4 May 1809 'A Letter to a Member of Parliament.' This 

 tract and the paper in the 'Philosophical Transactions' comprise the whole of Murclock's literary efforts. Only tv 

 T.Vree copies of tJie tract seem to have survived.' D. N. B. 



The above copy originally belonged to George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S. 



12297 - : REMARKS upon the BILL for INCORPORATING the GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY, 

 Svo. (pp. 19), sewn (very rare), 18* 1809 



This pamphlet contains the statement, referred to above, in which the Gas Light & Coke Co. charged Murdock with 

 plagiarism. It provoked Murdock's reply in ' A Letter to a Member of Parliament.' The pamphlet was apparently 

 unknown to Murdock's biographer in D. N. . 



12298 MURPHY (Patrick ; weather prophet) The WEATHER ALMANAC, for the Year 1838, 4th 

 Edition, post Svo. sewn (scarce), 6s Qd [1837] 



' Under the date of 20 Jan. he said ' Fair, prob. lowest deg. of winter tern.' By a happy chance this proved to be a 

 -markably cold day, the thermometer at sunrise standing at 4 below zero. This circumstance raised his celebrijy to a 

 ^reat height as a weather prophet, and the shop of his publishers was besieged with customers, while the winter of 1S37-8 

 became known as Murphy's winter. The 1838 almanac ran through 45 editions, and the prophet made 3,000.' />. A'. B. 



12299 MURPHY (Robert, pr., Caius Coll., Cantab.) ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES of the THEORIES 

 of ELECTRICITY, HEAT, and MOLECULAR ACTIONS, PART I [all pub.] : ELECTRICITY, 8vo., cl> 3s 



Cambridge, 1833 



The author introduces in this work Laplace's functions in the mathematical treatment of electrical phenomena. 



12300 - FIRST MEMOIR on the THEORY of ANALYTICAL OPERATIONS, 4to. (pp. 32), seu-n, s ls 6d 1837 



The first and only memoir ever published on this subject. 



12301 TREATISE on the THEORY of ALGEBRAICAL EQUATIONS, 8vo. cL, 3s S. D. U. K. t 1831 



' He had a true genius for mathematical invention, and his works on the theory of equations and on electricity are all 

 ")f high genius.' Prof, de Morgan. 



12302 MURPHY (Sir Shirley Forster ; F.R.C.S.) OUR HOMES, and how to make them HEALTHY, 

 >ijith coloured front., and 410 plates and other woodcuts, thick Svo. hf. morocco neat (title stamped) ; 

 o. p., Is Qd (p. 15s in cl.) 1883 



An excellent work, edited by the Consulting Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council, and containing 

 contributions by F. S. B. F. de Chaumont, F.R.S., W. H. Corfield, M.D., Sir Douglas Galton, F.R.S., Sir Malcolm Morris, 

 >-.R.C.S., Benjamin Ward Richardson, M D., F.R.S., and others. 



12303 MURRAY (Andrew, M.I.C.E., Chief Engineer, Portsmouth Dockyard) The THEORY and 

 PRACTICE of SHIP- BUILDING, with Portions of the Treatise on NAVAL ARCHITECTURE by 

 AUGUSTIN F. B. CREUZE : STEAM-SHIPS, by ROBERT MURRAY, C.E., with 27 plates (mostly 

 folding) and numerous woodcuts, 4to. cl., with auto, of Sir F. J. Bramwell, F.E.S., 7s Edin., 1861 



12304 SECOND EDITION [enlarged ; entitled:] SHIP-BUILDING in IRON and WOOD, etc., with 



27 plates (mostly folding) , and many woodcuts, 4to. cl., Is 6d ibidem, 1863 



Containing a good historical account. 



12305 MURRAY (D. A.) ATOMS and ENERGIES [with Introduction by FREDERICK STARR, Univ. 

 Chicago], with diagrams, cr. Svo. cl., 3s (p. 5ft nett) 1901 



' It is long since I read a work in Physical Science which has given me so much pleasure.' Professor F. Starr. 



12306 MURRAY (George, F.R.S.) The ANTARCTIC MANUAL for the Use of the Expedition of 1901, 

 with Preface by SIR CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, F.R.S., with 3 folding maps (in pocket), and numerous 

 woodcuts, thick Svo. cl., 7s Qd (p. 15s nett) 1901 



Including contributions on the Antarctic Climate by R. H. Scott, F.R.S., Atmospheric Electricity by Lord Kelvin, the 

 Aurora by Arthur Schuster, F.R.S., Ice Observations by J. W. Gregory and T. G. Bonney, pr., FF.R.S., an interesting 

 Antarctic Bibliography, etc. etc. 



12307 MURRAY (J. Alan) SOILS and MANURES, with 33 illustrations, large ar. Svo. cl., 4s (p. 6s 

 nett) 1910 



12308 MURRAY (Johann Andreas, Univ. Gottingen) APPARATUS MEDICAMINUM, tarn Simplicium 

 quam Praeparatorum et Compositorum in Praxeos Adiumentum consideratus, VOLL. I-1II, 3 vols. 

 Svo. sound copy in contemporary white parchment, 10s Gfl Gottingae, 1776-84 



' Die hervorragenste unter seinen 'Arbeiten . . . eine vortrefflich bearbeitete Compilation, aus welcher sputere 

 Pharmakplogen reichliches Material geschupft haben.' Allg. Deutsche Biographic. 



12309 MURRAY (Kenneth Sutherland, Engr. Brings Oxygen Co., M.I.MECH.E.) HANDBOOK on 

 the USE of COMPRESSED OXYGEN ; 2nd Edition, with numerous woodcuts and coloured map, 

 8vo. (pp. 73), sewn, 2s 1894 



12810 - On the MECHANICAL APPLIANCES employed in the MANUFACTURE and STORAGE of 



OXYGEN, u-ith 1 plates, 8vo. (pp. 36), sewn, 3s 1890 



The first published account of the earliest manufacture of oxygen on a commercial scale, and its successful distribution 



in steel cylinders, at the Brin oxygen works in the Horsefrrry Road, Westminster, only established three years before in 



1887, with such immediately successful and far-reaching results. 



