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1-2648 NICHOLSON (Edward Chambers) On the COMPOSITION of CAFFEIN, and of some of its 



COMPOUNDS, 8vo. (pp. $), sewn. 2* 6d 1847 



12649 - On the COMPOUNDS of PHOSPHORIC ACID with ANILINE, 8vo. (pp. 9), sewn, 2s 6d [1847] 



12650 NICHOLSON (Henry Alleyne, M.D. ; F.R.S.) MANUAL of PALEONTOLOGY, with General 



Introduction to the Principles of Palaeontology [and Glossary] , 2nd Edition, greatly enlarged, with 

 722 woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., with author's signature pasted on title, 15s (p. 2. 2s) Edin., 



1879 



12651 , and Robert ETHERIDGE, F.R.S. : MONOGRAPH of the SILURIAN FOSSILS of the 



GIRVAN DISTRICT in ARYSHIRE, with special Reference to those contained in the ' Gray Collec- 

 tion,' FASCICULI I-II: Protozoa, Actinozoa, and Crustacea, with 24 plates, besides woodcuts, 

 2 parts roy. 8vo. boards, 5s (p. 15s) ibidem, 1878-9 



12652 NICHOLSON (William) The BRITISH ENCYCLOPEDIA, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 

 comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 

 with over 150 fine copperplates by W. Lowry, F.R.S., Scott, Cooper, etc., 6 vols. 8vo. contemporary 

 calf gilt (FINE SET), 15s 1809 



Still of some value for its numerous good articles on the exact sciences. Vol. I contains one on AEROSTATION (pp. 9). 



12653 DESCRIPTION of an INSTRUMENT which, by the TURNING of a WINCH, produces the 



Two States of ELECTRICITY WITHOUT FRICTION or COMMUNICATION with the EARTH, with fold- 

 Ing copperplate, 4to. (pp. 5), sewn, 6s 1788 



Describing the author's electrostatic machine in which the earth conduction is avoided. The principle it is based on 

 is that of Abraham Bennet's 'doubler' (v. No. 6127, ante}. 



Included are : Abstract of a Register of the Barometer, Thermometer, and Rain at Lyndon in Rutland, with the Rain 

 in Hampshire and Surrey, in 1787, by THOMAS BARKER (pp. 6) ; and On the Era of the Mahometans, called the Hejera, by 

 WILLIAM MARSDEN, F.H.S. (pp. 19). 



12654 DICTIONARY of CHEMISTRY, exhibiting the present State of the Theory and Practice of 



that Science, its Application to Natural Philosophy, the Processes of Manufactures, Metallurgy, 

 etc. etc., with a considerable Number of TABLES, expressing the Elective Attractions, Specific 

 Gravities, Comparative Heats, Component Parts, Combinations, and other Affections of the 

 Objects of Chemical Research, with 4 copperplates, 2 vols. 4to. in 1, old calf, with auto, of 

 Edmund Ronalds, 8s 6d 1795 



This work, which was reissued in 1808 in an enlarged form as ' Dictionary of Practical and Theoretical Chemistry ', 

 formed the basis of Ure's Dictionary (v. Nos. 5022-5, ante), ' a book carried on in successive editions to the present 

 day'(0- N. B.). 



12655 EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS on ELECTRICITY, with copperplate, 4to. (pp. 24), sewn, 



5s 6d 1789 



Containing 3 sections : On the Excitation of Electricity ; on the Luminous Appearances of Electricity and the Action 

 of Points ; and of Compensated Electricity. 



The author, together with Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S., was the discoverer of the electrolysis of water by the 

 galvanic current. 



12656 The FIRST PRINCIPLES of CHEMISTRY, first edition, with, folding plate, thick 8vo. 



original boards, uncut, 6s 1790 



12657 ANOTHER COPY, contemporary tree-calf extra (fine copy], 8* 6d 



12658 SECOND EDITION, with Improvements, 8 vo. sound copy in contemporary calf gilt, 6s 6d 1792 



The first 82 pp. contain interesting chapters on physical chemistry, and the appendix tables of ' comparative heats ', 

 ' elective attractions ', etc. etc. 



1-2359 INTRODUCTION to NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, 2nd Edition, with Improvements, with 25 



folding copperplates, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, contemporary hf. calf gilt, 5s 6d 1787 



12660 THIRD EDITION, with Improvements, with 25 folding copperplates, 2 vols. 8vo. con- 

 temporary tree -calf extra (fine copy), 7s 6d 1790 



12661 FOURTH EDITION, with Improvements, with 25 folding copperplates, 2 vols. Svo. oldhf. 



calf, 5s 1796 



The first of the author's numerous publications, ' which soon superseded Rowning's ' System of Natural Philosophy ' as 

 an elementary class-book.' D. N. B. 



12662 JOURNAL of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, and the ARTS [Original Series], 



COMPLETE from the beginning in 1797 to the Conclusion of the original Series in 1802, with 

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In vol. IV. of this publication first apyjeared the important memoir by the EDITOR and his friend SIB ANTHONY 

 CARLISLE, F.R.S., containing the discovery of the electrolysis of water by the galvanic current. 



There are also many other interesting original papers, e.g., 'The Principles and Application of a New Method of con- 

 structing Achromatic Telescopes ', by ROBERT BLAIR, M.D. (containing the discovery of the aplanatic telescope), ' Description 

 and Account of a New Press operating by the Action of Water on the Principle of the Hydrostatic Paradox', by JOSEPH 

 BRAMAH, and others (many on electrical subjects) by TIBERIUS CAVALLO, RICHARD KIRWAN, FF.R.S., SIR BENJAMIN 

 THOMPSON COUNT RUMFORD, MARTINUS VAN MARNUM, etc. etc. 



12663 [New Series], COMPLETE from its beginning in 1802 to its Conclusion in 1813, 



with several hundred copperplates, 36 vols. 8vo. contemporary tree-calf (some joints cracked, other- 

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1-2664 ANOTHER SET, COMPLETE to 1812 (Vols. 1-30), 30 vols. Svo. hf. calf(mcE SET, butvv. 1-2, 



22-3 and 28-9 in old calf, damaged), 2. 2? 1802 12 



12665 A SERIES, Vols. 3-5, 7-8, 12-21, 26-7, and 30 in all 18 vols. Svo. old calf (binding 



damaged), 15* 1802-12 



Nicholson's Journal was published simultaneously with the Philosophical Magazine (v. Nos. 3600-2, ante, and post), to 

 which it forms a necessary supplement. It contains valuable original contributions by JOHN DALTON, SIR HUMPHRY 

 DAVY, WILLIAM HIGOINS, JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D., THOMAS THOMSON, M.D., THOMAS YOUNG, M.D., and many other 

 prominent scientists of the time, besides abridgments of the more important English and foreign memoirs published by 

 the Learned Societies. 



12666 NICOL (W. W. J., F.R.S.E.) On the CONDITION of AMMONIUM SALTS when DISSOLVED in 

 WATER, Part I, 8vo. (pp. 9), sewn, Is Edin., 1882 



12667 The NATURE of SOLUTION, Svo. (pp. 11), sewn, Is 6d 1883 



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