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



12784 ODDI (Joseph, de V Archiqymnasc de Rome) RECHERCHES MECANIQUES sur la THEORIE du 

 TIRAGE des VOITURES, ou Application des Principes de la Mecanique a cette meme Theorie ; 

 with folding plate, 8vo. sewn, bs 6d 1806 



' Aucun mathematicien n'a applique directement a ce meme exameu les principes de la mecanique.' P. 1. 



12785 ODDI (Muzio, da Urbino ; designer of the Fortress of Lucca) FABRICA et Uso del COM- 

 PASSO POLIMETRO ; with engraved vignette on title, woodcut initials, and numerous diagrams, 

 am. 4to. sound copy in old limp vellum (RARE), 15s Milano, Fr. Fobella, 1633 



' Raro ed apprezzato. Lo strumento di cui 1'autore espone la descrizione e 1'uso, e il compasso di proporzione. o 

 Galileano. In questa come nolle altre f-ue opere, addimostra non commune cognizione delle matematiche, e dalia 

 prefazione possono raccogliersi interessanti nctizie sulla storiadella invenzione di cotesto strumento '. Riccardi. 



1278<> Dello SQUADRO ; with numerous engravings on copper and wood, sm. 4to. sound copy 



in old Italian vellum (RARE), 18* 6d ibidem, Bart. Fobella, 1625 



' E opera rara ed anche pregiata per la qualita della stampa. Questo libro puu considerarsi come un trattato di 

 agrimen:sura : imperocche 1'autore, premessa la descrizione dello squad ro agritnensorio. da. le regole per adpperario 

 nella misurazione di terreni ; e si estende nella risoluzione di problem! relativi alia geomfstria pratica ed all' altimetria. 

 E notevole clie gli squadri agrimensorj allora usati portassero i traguardi corrispondenti ancora all' angolo di GO" ; il c!:^ 

 parmi faciliterebbe anche oggi giorno i rilievi planirnetrici che si possono eseguire con questo strumento'. RieoanK. 



12787 ODLING (William, F.R.S., Waywflete Prof. Chemistry, Oxon.) ABSTRACTS of LECTURES at 

 the ROYAL INSTITUTION [1868-73], Svo. cl., with inscr. to Dr. W. J. Russell, F.R.S. (scarce}, 

 6 1874 



12788 ACCOUNT of GUY'S HOSPITAL WELL, with coloured folding plate, 8vo. (pp. 19), sewn, 



with inscr. to Dr. [Sir Edward] Frankland, F.R.S., }s Qd [c. 1859] 



The Guy's Hospital well was sunk in 1858 through the London Clay to the chalk to a depth of '297 feet. 



12789 On ACIDS and SALTS, 8vo. (pp. 7), sewn, with inscr. to Sir E. Fran/eland, F.R.S. , 



Is Qd I860 



12790 On the CONSTITUTION of the HYDRO-CARBONS, Svo. (pp. 4), unbound, Is i\d 



12791 - - COURSE of PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY for MEDICAL STUDENTS, 4th Edition, with 7 



woodcuts, post 8vo. cl. (some II. pencilled] , Is 6d 

 12792 FIFTH EDITION [revised and enlarged by JOHN WATTS and SIR THOMAS STEVENSON], 



with 71 woodcuts, post Svo. cl., with auto, of W. J. Russell, F.R.S. , 2s Qd (p. 6*) 1876 



12793 - On MR. GRAHAM'S RESEARCHES on DIALYSIS, Svo. (pp. 4), unbound, Is Qd 1862 



12794 On MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM, LITHIUM, and their CONGENERS, 8vo. (pp. 6), unbound, 



Is 6d 1859 



12795 - - MANUAL of CHEMISTRY, Descriptive and Theoretical, PART I (all published), with 

 woodcuts, Svo. boards, or, hf. calf (joints cracked), 5s 



1 This manual purposes to show how the employment of unitary formulae facilitates the generalisation of chemical 

 truths.' Advertisement. It is based on the newer type or substitution theory as propounded by Gerhard t 

 and Laurent. 



12796 On the NATURAL GROUPINGS of the ELEMENTS, PART I, Svo. (pp. 35), sewn, 3s 1857 



interesting as having been written S years before Newlands published his theory of chemical octaves [y. No. 12481], 

 afterwards developed into the Periodic Law by Mendelejeff and Lothar Meyer. The author enumerates 13 groups. 



12797 On ORTHO- and META-SILICATES, 8vo. (pp. 7), sewn, with inscr. to Sir E. Frankland 



F.R.S., Is 6d 1859 



12798 OUTLINES of CHEMISTRY, or Brief Notes of Chemical Facts, post Svo. (pp. 468), cl.(o. p.), 



with auto, of W. J. Russell, F.R.S., 3s Qd 



12799 REMARKS on the DOCTRINE of EQUIVALENTS, Svo. (pp. 9), sewn, Is 6d 185S 



12800 REPORT on the EFFECTS of SEWAGE CONTAMINATION upon the RIVER THAMES, Svo. 



(pp. 22), sewn, 2s 6d Lambeth, by Order of the Vestry, 1858 



Curious as a minimising report on the state of the River at the time when it stank out the House of Commons ; a):-l 



directed against the main drainage scheme long since carried out, which has helped to make London the healthiest grea:, 



town in the world. No doubt it comforted the Vestry. 



12801 - - On SOME FAILURES of MARSH'S PROCESS for the DETECTION of ARSENIC, Svo. (pp. 8), 

 unbound, with author's inscr. to Sir E. Frankland, F.R.S., 2s n. <i. 



' Odlitig deserves credit for being instrumental in causiug a constant replaceable value to be ascribed to particular 

 elements, to hydrogen and oxygen in particular, whereby the atomic weights of those two latter served as standards i 

 fixing replaceable values of other elements and compound radicals.' Prof. J. v. Mi-yi-r. 



12802 O'DBISCOLL (Florence, A.M.I.C.E.) NOTES on the TREATMENT of GOLD ORES, with 28 wood- 

 cuts, roy. Svo. (pp. 200), cl. 3.? Qd (p. 8s 6d nett) 1889 



12H03 OERSTED (Hans Christian, Univ. Copenhagen; F.R.S.) RECHERCHES sur 1'lDENTiTE des 



FORCES CHIMIQUES et KLECTRIQUES, traduitde 1'Allemand par MAROEL DE SERRES ; with plate, 



Svo. sewn (rare), 8s 6d 1813 



Important in connexion with the dynamic theory of chemistry, first propounded by Berthollet, to whom the work s 



dedicated. The author is well-known as the discoverer of electro-magnetism. 



12804 OGILBY (William, Trinity Coll., Cantab, F.G.S., M.R.I.A.) NEW THEORY of the FIGURE of 

 the EARTH, considered as a SOLID of RKVOLUTION, founded on the Direct Employment of the 

 Centrifugal Force, instead of the common Principles of Attraction and Variable Density, diagrams, 

 roy. 4to. (pp. 121), sewn, 45 (>d 1872 



'' The theory of the figure of the earth is perhaps better adapted than any other problem of physical science to 

 exhibit the abuses of the analytical treatment here referred to, and the fallacy of its results.' Preface. The author 

 claims that the figure of the earth is the result of centrifugal force only, and not of gravitation, 



12805 OIL and COLOBMAN (The), and PAINTERS' MANUAL, conducted by PETER THOMPSON, 

 Svo. (pp. 496), cl., 5* 1863 



All that was published of a work to elevate the British Oilman. The editor produced designs for the new Houses f 

 Parliament, and for Healthy Moral Homes for Agricultural Labourers. There are many articles on White Lead, t 1 > 

 Electric Light, Petroleum, etc. etc., and weekly Prices Current. 



12S(X) OLDHAM (Richard Dixon ; F.R.S. ; Geol. Survey, India) On the PROPAGATION of EARTH- 

 QUAKE MOTION to GREAT DISTANCES, roy. 4to. (pp. 40), sewn, Is 6d 1990 



