HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 655 



13090 PEMBLE (William;/>r., Magdalen Hall, Oxon.] A BRIEFE INTRODUCTION to GEOGRAPHY, 

 containing a Description of the Grounds, and Generall Part thereof , very necessary to young 

 Students in that Science, first edition, with woodcuts and diagrams, sm. 4to. (pp. 50), unbound 

 (table and last 5 II. badly defective, also waterstained) ; RARE, 10s 60? 



Oxford, John Lich field for Edward Forrest, 1330 



First edition of this early University text-book on physical geography, which was often reprinted. It is interesting 

 for still advocating the Ptolemean astronomy : 'The earth resteth immovable in the midth of the whole world' (p. 12). 

 Eight pages are devoted to ' proving ' this argument. 



13091 PENGELLY (William ; F.R.S.) The LIGNITES and CLAYS of BOVEY TRACEY, DEVONSHIRE, 

 with portrait (inserted), 2 plates, and coloured map (pp. 20) : Heer (Oswald) On the FOSSIL 

 FLORA of BOVEY TRACEY, with 17 tinted lithographs (pp. 48), 2 vols. 4to. in 1, cl., 10s Qd [1862] 



* Pensellv's reputation rests especially on three arduous tasks of scientific exploration undertaken in Devonshire : the 



y Heathfield ' ], that of Brixham Cave, and that of 

 were secured ; these were afterwards examined by 

 but at present they are more generally assigned 

 to the middle eocene.' D. N. B. 



13092 PENNA (Girolamo, Bolognese) I PRIMI ELEMENTI dell' AGRIMENSURA ; with etched title, 

 and 9 plates (some folding), Bologna, 1643: MISURA de' CORPI MISTI con sue Gravitk, della 

 Forma del p : Deposito fabricate di Marmo, Ferro, e Piombo ; with engraved title and foldina 

 plate, s. 1. ed a. (slightly wormed) 2 vols. folio in 1, old limp Italian vellum, 10s 6d Bologna, 1643 



' Raro. ' Riccardi. 



13093 PENNING (W. Henry, F.G.S.) FIELD GEOLOGY ; with Section on PALAEONTOLOGY by A. J. 

 JUKES-BROWNE, F.G.S., with coloured front., and 23 woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., 2s Qd (p. 6s) [18761 



13094 PENNY (Frederick, F.C.S., Univ. Glasgow) On the COMPOSITION and PHOSPHORESCENCE of 

 PLATE-SULPHATE of POTASH, 8vo. (pp. 8), sewn, Is 6d 1855 



13095 On the ESTIMATION of IODINE, 8vo. (pp. 4), unbound, with inscr. to Allen Thomson, 



F.R.S., Is 6rf [1852] 



13096 REPORT on the EXPERIMENTAL OPERATIONS at LOCH KATRINE, 8vo. (pp. 32), sewn, 



IsQd 1855 



Investigations on the chemical action of water on lead piping, of vital importance where a drinking-water supply is 

 derived fro/n a catchment area of peat. 



13097 On the VALUATION and COMPOSITION of PROTOCHLORIDE of TIN, 8vo. (pp. 12), 



unbound, Is 6d [1851] 



13098 , and William WALLACE : NOTICE on CHLORIDE of ARSENIC, 8vo. (pp. 6), unbound, 



with inscr. to Allen Thomson, F.R.S., Is Qd [1852] 



13099 PENNY CYCLOPAEDIA (The) of the SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, 

 with numerous woodcuts, 27 vols. folio in 12, cl., with bookplate of Prof. Lloyd Tanner, F.R.S., 

 1. Is 1833-44 



Charles Knight's 'Penny Cyclopaedia' was an extraordinary production, as he enlisted as contributors a large pro- 

 portion of the very ablest men of the day, a great number of whose articles may be read to advantage still, in addition to 

 their historical interest. Many of its articles on exact science by well-known writers (e.g. Prof. A. de Morgan) have never 

 been reprinted in any other form. 



13100 PENROSE (Francis Cranmer, F.R.S., F.R.I. B.A., F.R.A.S. ; Surveyor to St. Paul's) On a 

 METHOD of PREDICTING by GRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION OCCULTATIONS of STARS by the MOON, 

 and SOLAR ECLIPSES, for any given Place, with more rigorous Methods of Reduction for the 

 accurate Calculation of LONGITUDE ; 2nd Edition, with 4 plates, icy. folio, cl. (p.p.), 8s (p. 12s 

 nett) 1902 



The office of architect to St. Paul's Cathedral is only second to the blue ribbon of the profession of Architecture, that 

 of Surveyor to Westminster Abbey, and it is notable that it has so often been combined with proficiency in the exact 

 sciences, and especially astronomy, from Sir Christopher's day until now. 



13101 PEPPER (John Henry ; exhibitor of ' Pepper's Ghost') CYCLOPEDIC SCIENCE SIMPLIFIED; 

 with coloured frontispiece and 537 woodcuts (including 1he Ghost), cr. 8vo. cl., g.e., 3s Qd 1869, or, n.d. 



An interesting popular exposition of physics aid chemistry, including portions of papers by Faraday, Daniel], Wheat- 

 stone, Brewster, Tyndall, etc. etc. 



13102 PEPYS (William Hasledine, F.R.S.) On the RESPIRATION of the LEAVES of PLANTS, with 

 folding plate, 4to. (pp. 4), sewn, with inscr. to Richard Phillips, F.R.S., 3s Qd 1843 



From his experiments the author concludes that plants do not produce carbon dioxide when the leaf is in health. He 

 used in these experiments the mercury gasometer, which was invented by him. 



13103 PERCIVAL (Archibald Stanley, Trinity Coll., Cantab.) OPTICS : a Manual for Students, 

 with 131 diagrams, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 10s nett) 1899 



13104 PERDONNET (Albert Auguste), Gabriel LAME, et Benoit Pierre Emile CLAPEY- 

 RON : NOTICES sur les CHEMINS de FER, 8vo. (pp. 38), sewn (scarce), 6s Qd 1832 



One of the very earliest proposals for constructing a general railway system for France. The first and larger part is 

 on their advantages in comparison with canals ; the second on their use for national defence. 



13105 PEREGRINUS (Petrus, de Maricourt, in Picardy ; contemporary of Roger Bacon) and his 

 EPISTOLA de MAGNETE, by SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, F.R.S., with fs. from 'Bodleian MS. 7027, 

 roy. 8vo. sewn, Is Qd [1906] 



13106 PERING (Richard, Clerk of the Checque of Plymouth Dockyard) TREATISE on the ANCHOR, 

 shewing how the component Parts should be combined to obtain the greatest Power, and most 

 perfect Holding, with a Table of Dimensions, graduated from 1 to 95 Cwt. : and a Schedule of 

 proportionate Weights of Anchors, suitable to the Tonnage of every Class of Vessel, etc., with 

 some Observations on the CHAIN CABLE, shewing the Proportion it bears to that of Hemp, and 

 to the Weight of the Anchor, with 3 folding plates, roy. 8vo. cl., or, sheep (scarce). 10s Qd 



Plymouth Dock [hodie Devonport], 1819 



This work claims to be the first practical treatise on the construction of the anchor. It contains an improved anchor 

 and anchor weight of the author's own invention. 

 There was no copy of the work in the Scott Library. 



