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



13865 RAMSAY (Sir Andrew Or ombie, F.R.S.) The PHYSICAL GEOLOGY and GEOGRAPHY of GREAT 

 BRITAIN, oth Edition [greatly enlarged], with coloured map, and 115 woodcuts, thick post 8vo. 

 cl, 4s (p. 15) 1878 



This edition contains 'an account of British Formations, showing the topographical range of each in succession, their 

 lithological characters, and the general nature of their fossils.' 



13866 - SIXTH [LAST] EDITION [rewritten], edited by HORACE B. WOODWARD, F.R.S., with col- 

 oured map, and 137 woodcuts, large cr. 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 10* Qd) 1894 



' Xo better introduction to the principles of geology could possibly be recommended to the English reader. It is a 

 work of the highest value, and one worthy to take a foremost place among popular manuals of science.' Nature. 



13867 - - On the RECURRENCE of CERTAIN PHENOMENA in GEOLOGICAL TIME, 8vo. (pp. 22), 

 sewn, Is Qd [1880] 



13868 - - On the SCIENCE of GEOLOGY and its APPLICATIONS, roy. 8vo. (pp. 24), sewn, Is Qd 1852 



13869 - , W. T. AVELINE, and Edward HULL, F.R.S. : GEOLOGY of PARTS of WILTSHIRE 

 and GLOUCESTERSHIRE, with List of Fossils by ROBERT ETHERIDGE. F.R.S., 9 woodcuts, roy. 8vo. 

 sewn, 3s Qd Geological Survey, 1858 



13870 RAMSAY (Sir William, F.R.S.; Nobel Laureate) On the ATOMIC VOLUME of NITROGEN, 

 8vo. (pp. 3), sewn, Is 1881 



13871 On the CRITICAL POINT, with 5 diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 12), sewn, with author's inscr.. 



Is Qd 1880 



13872 On PICOLINE and its DERIVATIVES, 2 parts 8vo. (pp. 26), with author's inscr., 2s 1876-7 



13873 - - UNIVERSITIES ABROAD, 8vo. (pp. 19), sewn, with author's inscr., ]s Qd 1892 



13874 , and Sydney YOUNG ; F.R.S., T.C.D : INFLUENCE of CHANGE of CONDITION from the 



LIQUID to the SOLID STATE on VAPOUR PRESSURE, with 2 plates, 4to. (pp. 18), sewn, 4s 1884 



' Furnishing an experimental proof of the theory advanced by Prof. James Thomson, that the pressure exerted by the 

 vapour of a solid substance at a given temperature is less than the vapour of the substance in the liquid form at the 

 same temperature.' P. 1. 



13875 The INFLUENCE of PRESSURE on the TEMPERATURE of VOLATILIZATION of 



SOLIDS, with 5 woodcuts, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, 3s Qd 1884 



'The experiments described in this paper were undertaken to ascertain whether solids have definite volatilizing points 

 under different pressures, as liquids have definite boiling-points and whether these pressures are identical with their 

 vapour-tensions at those temperatures.' P. 1. 



13876 RESEARCHES on EVAPORATION and DISSOCIATION, with 4 diagrams, 8vo. (pp. 31), 



sewn, 2s 1888 

 v. RAYLEIGH, No. 13952, post. 



13877 RAMSDEN (Jesse, mathematical instrument-maker ; F.R.S.) ACCOUNT of EXPERIMENTS, to 

 determine the SPECIFIC GRAVITIES of FLUIDS, thereby to obtain the Strength of Spirituous 

 Liquors, with Remarks on a Paper entitled, the Best Method of Proportioning the Excise upon 

 Spirituous Liquors, with copperplate, 4to. (pp. 33), sewn, Is Qd 1792 



Describing a new Balance Hydrometer, invented by the author. 



13878 DESCRIPTION of an ENGINE for DIVIDING MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS [with Preface 



by NEVIL MASKELYNE, pr., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal], with 4 large folding copperplates by J. 

 BASIRE, 4to. (pp. 18), sewn (VERY RARE), 1. Is 1777 



13879 ANOTHER COPY, sewn (wanting Plates I, III and IV), Is Qd 



' In the preface by Maskelyne it is stated that he received 315. from the Government by way of premium for this 

 important invention, and 300. for his property in it ... A duplicate of his dividing-engine was said to have been 

 introduced by President Saron into France, concealed in the pedestal of a table.' Miss Agn?s M. Clerkc. 



This work is very rare, most copies having been destroyed in a fire in the printer's warehouse. See Lalande's preface 

 to No 13881 infra. 



13880 DESCRIPTION of an ENGINE for DIVIDING STRAIT LINES on MATHEMATICAL INSTRU- 

 MENTS, with 3 large folding copperplates by J. BASIRE, 4to. (pp. 16), unbound, 12s 1779 



Both the above woiks were published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude. 



Ramsden was perhaps our greatest mathematical instrument maker, the son of an innkeeper at Salterhebble, near 

 Halifax, and called by Delambre ' le plus grand de tous les artistes '. 'The demand from all parts of Europe for his 

 incomparable instruments was greater than could be satisfied bv the constant labour of sixcy workmen. His life was 

 one of extreme frugality. His favourite scientific authors were Euler and Bouguer, and in advanced years he learned 

 French enough to read Boileau and Moliere. Most of his evenings were spent drawing plates by the kitchen tire, a cat 

 on one side, a mug of porter and plate of bread and butter on the other, while some apprentices sat round, and he whistled 

 or sang. In consequence of his disregard of gain he left but a small fortune, mostly divided by will among his workmen. 

 Miss Clerke. 



13881 DESCRIPTION d'une MACHINE pour DIVISER les INSTRUMENTS de MATHEMATIQUES, 



traduite de 1'Anglois, augmented de la Description d'une MACHINE a DIVISER les LIGNES DROITES, 

 et de la Notice de divers Ouvrages de M. RAMSDEN, par M. DE LA LANDE ; with 7 folding plates 

 on copper, roy. 4to. (pp. 46), sewn (some blank margins wormed) ; RARE, J5s Firmin Didot, 1790 



' Un de ses plus precieux puvrages est sa machine a diviser : la description, quoique imprimee, n'existe plus, ayant 

 etc consumee par un incendie. M. Shepherd, 1'un des commissaires du bureau des longitudes, a bien voulu me confier 

 son exemplaire. Cette machine, dont M. Rarnsden s'est occupe pendant dix ans, a ete regardee comme un tresor pour 

 la marine angloise, et tous les artistes qui font des sextants pour 1'observation des longitudes les envoient diviser chex 

 M. Ramsden. 'Preface. 



13882 RANGE (Charles Eugene de, A.I.C.E., F.G.S.) NOTES on the GEOLOGY of the MANCHESTER 

 [SHIP] CANAL, with folding plate, roy. 8vo. (pp. 8), sewn, Is Qd 1890 



13883 The WATER SUPPLY of ENGLAND and WALES ; its Geology, Underground Circulation, 



Surface Distribution, and Statistics, with Q coloured maps, 8vo. cl., 10s (p. 1. 4s) 1882 



A standard work, specially recommended as an authority by Sir Joseph Prestwich, K.R.S. 



13884 BAND (Cater) DESCRIPTION and USE of the PATENT MILITARY and NAVAL TELESCOPE, for 

 MEASURING DISTANCES and the Extension of Objects at Sight ; by Means of a new Micrometrical 

 Adjustment, with vignette on title and folding copperplate, post 8vo. seicn (rare), IQs Qd 



printed for the Author [1799] 



An early form of a range-finder, consisting mainly of a micrometer fixed to the eye-piece of a telescope. The inventor, 

 a Lewes man, was encouraged by the Duke of York as Commander-in-Chief. 



