HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 615 



12346 NAIBOD [sive NABOB] (Valentin) ASTRONOMICARUM INSTITUTIONUM Libri III, quibus 

 DOCTRINE SPHAERIOE ELEMENTA METHODO NOVA, facili, et ad Captum Tyronum aptissima 

 traduntur ; with woodcuts and numerous diagrams, 12mo. old vellum extra (wormed on blank 

 margin, and some II. browned, otherwise a fine copy) ; RARE, 15s Venetiis, 1580 



The author was professor of mathematics in the University of Cologne, and according toAllgevieine Deutsche Biograph-ie, 

 an adept in astrology, who had found a new method of casting the horoscope. 



Towards the end of his life he never left his room for fear of meeting a violent death elsewhere. Curiously enough his 

 decaying body was found after all in his room, he having been murdered there in spite of all his precautions. 



12347 NAQ.UET (Alfred, M.D.) CONSIDERATIONS on the Two MEMOIRS of SIR B. C. BRODIE on the 

 CALCULUS of CHEMICAL OPERATIONS [with Notes by SIR B. C. BRODIE, F.R.S.], 8vo. (pp. 15), 

 sewn, with Sir B. C. Brodie's inscr., 2s , 1879 



12348 PRINCIPES de CHIMIE fondee sur les THEORIES MODERNES, 2 e Ed., considerablement 



augmentee, Tome II : CHIMIE ORGANIQUE ; with 16 woodcuts, thick cr.Svo. sewn, 2s Gd 1867 



12349 PRINCIPLES of CHEMISTRY, founded on MODERN THEORIES, translated by WILLIAM 



CORTIS, revised by SIR THOMAS STEVENSON, M.D., with 51 woodcuts, thick Svo. cl., 6s 6d 

 (p. 1. 5s) 1868 



Naquet's work is valuable in connexion with the doctrine of valency. He and Wurtz maintained that many elements 

 had a varying valency, against the views of Kekule, that the valency was as unalterable as the atomic weights. Naquet 

 also held that the atoms were 'furnished with small hooks by which they catch hold of one another* (Prof. E. v. Mayer). 



12350 NARRIEN (John, F.R.S.) HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of the ORIGIN and PROGRESS of ASTRO- 

 NOMY, with 5 plates illustrating the ancient systems, Svo. calf gilt (scarce), Ss Qd 1833 



12351 ANOTHER COPY, d. (slightly soiled ; cheav), 6s 



12352 REPRINT, with 5 plates, 8vo. cl., with bookplate of G. F. Chambers, F.R.A.S, 7s 6d 1850 



1 A work of considerable merit and research.' Miss Agnes M. Clerke. ' The. chapters on the Hindu and other Asiatic 

 systems are particularly valuable, and embody much matter that is nowhere else accessible to the English reader.' 



12353 PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY and GEODESY, including the Projections of the Sphere and 



Spherical Trigonometry, with diagrams, Svo. cl. (rubbed), 4s (p. 14s) 1845 



12354 NASINI (Raffaello, direttore) KICERCHE SPERIMENTALI, esiguite nelP Anno 1892, nelP 

 ISTITUTO di CHIMICA GENERALE, della R. UNIVERSITA di PADOVA, 15 parts in 1 vol. impl. Svo. 

 sewn, with author's inscr., 4s Padova, 1893 



Including contributions by G. Carrara, F. Zecchini, F. Anderlini, A. Volpi, A. Ghira, and others. 



ANNO 1893, 8vo. sewn, with editor's inscr., 6s 6d ibidem, 1894 



12355 ANNO 1894-5, roy. Svo. sewn, with editor's inscr. to Sir E. Thorpe, 



F.R.S. , 6s 6d ib. t 1896 



12356 ANNI 1898-1900, Svo. sewn, with inscr. to the same, 6s 6d ib., 1901 



12357 , e T. COSTA: Sulle VARIAZIONI del POTERE RIFRANGENTE e DISPERSIVO dello 



ZOLFO, nei suoi COMPOSTI, roy. Svo. seivn, with Prof. Nasini's inscr. to Sir E. Thorpe, 5s 



Roma, 1891 



12358 NASKE (Carl) Die PORTLAND-CEMENT-FABRIKATION : ein Handbuch fiir Ingenieure und 

 Cementfabrikanten ; with 3 folding plates, and 183 other illustrations, roy. Svo. sewn, 5s 

 (p. M. 10) Leipzig, 1903 



12359 NASMYTH (James ; inventor of the steam-hammer) On the STRUCTURE of the LUMINOUS 

 ENVELOPE of the SUN, with plate, Svo. (pp. 5), seivn (scarce), 4s 6d 1861 



The account of the author's supposed discovery that the luminous stratum of the sun consists of numberless 

 elongated stripes, crossing each other, and shaped like willow leaves, which were placed over a darker background. It 

 gave rise to a prolonged controversy. 



12360 , and James CARPENTER, F.R.A.S. : The MOON : considered as a PLANET, a 



WORLD, and a SATELLITE, first edition, with 24 fine plates (one coloured), and numerous 

 woodcuts, 4to. cl., t. e. g., with AUTO. LETTER FROM NASMYTH to Edward Whymper, 14s 

 (p. 1. 10) 1874 



First and best edition, with superior impressions of the beautiful plates, ' consisting of photographs of carefully con- 

 structed models placed in strong sunlight, which give a better idea of the telescopic aspect of the moon than photographs 

 taken direct.' D. N. B. 



12361 SECOND EDITION [unchanged], with 24 fine plates (1 coloured), and numerous woodcuts, 



4to. cl., t. e. g. (worn), with bookplate of Prof. Lloyd Tanner, F.R.S., 105 6d (p. 1. 10*) 1874 



12362 POPULAR [FOURTH] EDITION, with 26 plates and numerous diagrams, large cr. Svo. 



cl., t. e. g., 3s 6d (p. 5s nett) 1903 



12363 : JAMES NASMYTH, ENGINEER : an AUTOBIOGRAPHY, edited by SAMUEL SMILES; LIBRARY 



EDITION, with fine etched portrait by Rajon (on India paper), and numerous illustrations, Svo. cl., 

 5s (p. 16s) 1883 



Including a chronological list of the author's numerous mechanical inventions. 



12364 NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (The) : Guide to the MINERAL GALLERY, with Student's 

 Index : Collection of METEORITES ; FOSSIL FISHES ; Department of GEOLOGY and PALEONTO- 

 LOGY, etc. etc., illustrated, in 1 vol. Svo. cl., 3s 1881-5 



12365 REVIEW (The), and QUARTERLY JOURNAL of SCIENCE, edited by W. H. 



HARVEY. SAMUEL HAUGHTON, pr., ARTHUR R. HOGAN, pr., E. PERCIVAL WRIGHT, and others, 

 vv. I VII, with numerous plates (some COLOURED), maps, and woodcuts, 7 vols. Svo. hf. calf gilt, 

 2. 10s Dublin, and London, 1854-60 



The above series embraces the Transactions of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Cork Cuvierian 

 Society. Dublin N.H.S ., Dublin University Zoological Association, and the Literary and Scientific Institution of Kilkenny. 



12366 NAUMANN (Carl Friedrich) ELEMENTS der MINERALOGIE, 8. vermehite Auflage; with S36 

 woodcuts, large Svo. cl., 2s 6d (p. M. 10 sewn) Leipzig, 1871 



12367 ZEIINTE giinzlich neubearbeitete AUFLAGE von FERDINAND ZIRKEL ; with 891 woodcuts, 



Svo. hf. calf, 4s (p. M. 14 sewn) ibidem, 1877 



12365 NAVILLE (Ernest ; Univ. Geneva) MODERN PHYSICS : Studies Historical and Philosophical, 

 translated by HENRY DOWNTON, pr., post Svo. cl., 2s 6d (p. 5s) Edin., 18S4 



