92 HENRY SOTHERAX & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 



13830 BAGONA (Domenico, Direttore, Osservatorio di Palermo) OSSERVAZIONI sulla SECONDA 

 COMETA del 1854 : Osservazioni e Risultati, 4to. (pp. 31), sewn, 2s Qd Palermo, 1854 



13831 - Sulla TERZA COMETA del 1854 : Osservazioni e Risultati, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, '2s ibidem, 1858 



13832 BAHNENFUHBEB (Friedrich ; Sternwarte Konigsberg] Die POLHOHE von KONIGSBERG : 

 Resultate der von H. STRUVE und F. RAHNENFUHRER in 1899/1900 und 1905/1907 nach der 

 Horrebowrnethode angestellten Beobachtungen, roy. 4to. (pp. 30), sewn, 3s Konigsberg, 1908 



13833 BAIL- WAY, OBSERVATIONS on a GENERAL IRON : showing its great Superiority, by the 

 GENERAL INTRODUCTION of MECHANIC POWER, over all the present Methods of Conveyance by 

 Turnpike Roads and Canals ; fourth Edition, considerably improved, with large folding frontis- 

 piece, shotting steam-coaches and goods-waggons attached to Blenkinsop engines, with engine-drivers 

 and guards in top-hats, and 4 other plates (one folding), 8vo. (pp. 143), sewn (VERY SCARCE), with 

 auto, of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., on title, 1. 5s 1823 



' lu a treatise entitled Observation* on a General Iron Rail-way (4th edition, London, 1823) it is proposed to employ 

 Blenkiusop's engines and rack rail, of which views are given. The author exhibits the utmost confidence in regard to 

 the future of the locomotive engine. . . . The pamphlet was published anonymously, but. is stated to be from the pen 

 of THOMAS GRAY, a native of Leeds ;' Railways, Steamers, and Telegraphs ', by George Dodd, 1868, p. 15). ... He would 



appear to have been the earliest to propose the construction of the Manchester and Liverpool railway as a locomotive 

 liB.' <3o#otcy's StmmEngine, p. -210. The construction work was largely to be done by the forced labour of the varied 

 criminal class with which England then swarmed. 



L3834 RAILWAY MAGAZINE (The), 8 numbers in 1 vol. (all published), with plates and folding 

 maps, '35 : with the New Series: The RAILWAY MAGAZINE, and STEAM NAVIGATION JOURNAL, 

 containing copious Accounts of all Railways at Home and Abroad, Notices of Inventions, and 

 Scientific Discoveries, by JOHN HERAPATH| with maps and numerous woodcuts, '36-9, 6 vols. in 

 all 7 vols. 8vo. new hf. calf gilt (VERY SCARCE), with auto, of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., on title 

 of v. I., 5. 5s 1835-9 



A COMPLETE SET OF THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION, which is now very difficult to get, especially with the volume of the 

 original series. Only 1 vol. of this, and of the new series, were published. The publication was continued after 

 1839 as ' Herapath's Railway and Commercial Journal,' a weekly paper in quarto. The social as well as the scientific 

 interest of the above volumes is very great, as the first fragmentary openings of most of the original English as well as 

 Continental lines are recorded as they happened, with many details and comments of the most naif kind. 



The above copy belonged to GEORGE RENNIE, C.E., F.R.S., a frequent contributor to the journal. 



L3&35 PROSPECTUSES, etc., An INTERESTING COLLECTION of, as under, originally collected 



by SIR JOHN and GEORGE RENNIE, FF.R.S., folio, in sheets (VERY SCARCE), 5. 1830-6 



CONTENTS : BASING to NEWBORY RAILWAY, '34 : COMMERCIAL RAILWAY to Blackwall and the East and West India 

 Docks, with _' map* and views, n.d.: EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, and LEITH RAILWAY, 2 schemes, with maps, '31-5 : FOREST 

 of DEAN, Case of the Opponents to a Fourth Railway in the, with coloured 'nio.p, n.d. : GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, Aston 

 Park lease against, with coloured map and and view ['34] : GRAND SOUTHERN RAILWAY [Dorking and Horshain route to 

 Shoreham, Brighton, and Southampton], map only, '33: LIMERICK and WATKRFORD RAILWAY, '33 : LIVERPOOL and MAN- 

 CHESTER RAILWAY, History of: Bethell's Broad Sheet, e. 1830 (scarce) : LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY, with a Branch 



to Shoreham, 3 different Prospectuses, with 2 maps, '36 : Results of the Evidence before the Commons, n.i!. : 



LONDON and DOVER RAILWAY, with extraordinary map, n.d.: LONDON GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY [a very cross letter], '36: 



: Report of the Directors, with map and 2 forlorn views of tlw viaduct and terminus in Skinner St., "35 : MIDLAND 



COL-NTIES RAILWAY, with map, '33: NORTHERN and EASTERN RAILWAY from London to Cambridge and York, with map 

 ['35] : SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY Co. (with Extract from the Brighton Gazette, Sept. 17, 1S35), '35 : YORK and NORTH 

 MIDLAND RAILWAY, mav only, '35. 



13836 RAILWAYS : A BRIEF STATEMENT of the ADVANTAGES which will result to the PUBLIC 

 from the Establishment of a Communication by RAILROAD between LONDON and BLACKWALL, 

 with Estimate of the probable Return to the Subscribers, with large folding route-map and view 

 of Brunswick Steam Wharf, East India Docks, 8vo. (pp. 42), sewn (SCARCE), 10* Qd 1837 



This was an advance prospectus of the Blackwall Railway, the next metropolitan line after the Greenwich Railway. 

 It suggests locomotive traction, although steam rope traction was actually adopted and worked for many years. At end 

 is the engineer's report by SIR WILLIAM CKBITT, F.R.S., P.I.C.E., the constructor of the South Eastern Railway. 



13837 : PRACTICAL INQUIRY into the LAWS of EXCAVATION and EMBANKMENT on RAIL- 

 WAYS : an Attempt to develope the NATURAL CAUSES which affect the PROGRESS of such Works, 

 and to point out the Means by which the greatest Expedition and Economy in Execution may be 

 obtained, with Appendix, by a RESIDENT ASSISTANT ENGINEER, with 3 folding lithographs, 8vo. 

 cl., uncut (SCARCE), 155 1840 



The author claims this to be the first attempt to reduce to formulas the estimating of earthwork, which had hitherto 

 only been done by rule of thumb. ' Few men, not even contractors, make out their estimates of expenditure and time 

 on any fixed principles, ... and hence doubtless arose the late disastrous effects on the railway system.' The last 

 plate quaintly illustrates ' The Bredon Cutting, as it appeared in March 1840.' 



23838 : SUB-RAILWAYS : the STREETS of LONDON made PERFECT, as they should be, without 



Opening the Ground for Sewers, Pipes, or any other Purpose, with folding plate of a Holborn 

 Viaduct, Svo. (pp. 20), sewn (VERY SCARCE), 12s Qd Ejfingham Wilson, 1835 



This is a curious and probably the very earliest adumbration of an underground railway, besides a sewer and pipe 

 subway, which had already been suggested, ' in order to clear the streets from the danger of walking ami riding in them 

 from the unusual speed and frequent racing of omnibusses and cabriolets, modern vehicles unknown till within these 

 few years, and to preserve the streets clean from a great proportion of the filth and mud they contain.' No railway of 

 course was yet open in London. The method proposed was cut-and- cover. 



13839 BAIN: SOGNO FiLospFico intorno alle CAUSE della PIOGGIA, di MODERNO AUTORE, 2 d;i 

 Edizione, rivveduta, e diligentemente corretba ; with 2 copperplates, post Svo. seivn, 5s 



Bologna, 1753 



13840 BALFE (Charles Henry, Caius Coll.) OUTLINES of PHYSIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, including 

 the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Tissues, Fluids, and Excretory Products, with 

 18 woodcuts, 12mo. cl., with author's inscr., and auto, of W. J. Russell, F.R.S., Is Qd 1873 



13841 BAMDOHB (G.) Ueber STYRACIN und STYRON: Inaugural-Dissertation, Svo. (pp. 40}, sewn, 

 2s Marburg, 1857 



13842 BAMOND (G.) GEOLOGIE des INDES ANGLAISES (Stratigraphie et Tectonique), d'apres R. D. 

 OLDHAM, roy. Svo. (pp. 93), sewn, 2s 1895 



