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



13971 ^REAUMUR (Rene Antoine Ferchault de, de r Academic ; F.R.S.) L'ART de CONVERTIR le 

 FER FORGE en ACIER, et 1'Art d'Adoucir le Fer Fondu, ou de faire des Ouvrages de Fer Fondu 

 au*si finis qui de Fer Forge ; with 17 folding plates, 4to. contemporary calf gilt (back slightly 

 damaged) ; RARE, 2. 2s 1722 



13972 - - THE SAME (wanting plate 14 and pp. 449-56), old calf (back damaged), 15* 



' The art of converting bar-iron into steel is well described by Reaumur in 17'J'J, in his admirable treatise ... He mad.- 

 an extensive series of experiments on the subject, of whidh the records are worthy of being perused at the present day. 

 His work is illustrated with engravings, in which cementation is represented similar in all essential respects to those which 

 have so long been in operation at Sheffield ', etc. etc. etc. John Percy, F.R.S. 



is also valuable for the plates illustrating contemporary apparatus and methods for converting iron into steel. 



13973 RECORDS of the SCHOOL of MINES, Vol. I, Parts I and II, with plate, coloured map, and 

 numerous woodcuts, 2 parts impl. Svo. cl. (scarce), 12s Qd 1852-3 



Containing contributions by Sir H. T. de la Beche, Lord Playfair, Edward Forbes, Robert Hunt, Sir A. C. Ramsay, 

 Sir W. W. Smyth, J. Beete Jukes (On the Geology of the South Staffordshire Coal Field, pp. 1ST), and John Percy, FF.R.S. 



13974 REDDIE (James, Hon. Mem. Dial. Soc. Edin. Univ.) ANNUAL ADDRESS at the first General 

 Meeting of the VICTORIA INSTITUTE, May 27th, 1867, 8vo. (pp. 30), sewn, 2* [1867] 



13975 - The MECHANICS of the HEAVENS, and the New Theories of the Sun's Electro-Magnetic 

 and Repulsive Influence: being an Essay on Revolving Bodies and Centripetal Forces, with 

 Postscript, Svo. (pp. 20), sewn, with author's inscr. pasted on, 3s Qd 1S62 



Mainly an attack on Newton's Principia. ' There is no mathematical demonstration which even attempts to show 

 rigidly how a gravitating body could revolve round a centre of attraction. The point has been taken for granted bv 

 Sir Isaac Newton.' p. 10. 



13976 [ ] SCIENTIA SCIENTIARUM, being some Account of the ORIGIN and OBJECTS of the 



VICTORIA INSTITUTE, by a MEMBER, Svo. (pp. 32), sewn, 3s 1865 



An attack on the Geological Society, and Professor Sedgwick, its president. 



] 3977 VICTORIA TOTO COZLO ; or MODERN ASTRONOMY RECAST : a Paper on the Theoretical 



Motions of the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Planets, Svo. (pp. 64), sewn, 4s 1863 



Another attack on the Prindpia by this sturdy paradoxer, submitted to the Newcastle Meeting of the British 

 Association, but unaccountably rejected. 



1397S _ Vis INERTIA VICTA, or FALLACIES affecting SCIENCE : an Essay towards increasing our 

 Knowledge of some Physical Laws, and a Review of certain Mathematical Principles of Natural 

 Philosophy, with numerous diagrams, Svo. (pp. 65), sewn, with author's inscr., 4s 1862 



'The laws of the universe are chemical rather than mechanical, and an equally constant and universal repulsive 

 influence must operate to counterbalance any force of gravitation, if gravitation be universal.' p. 04. 



13979 REDDINGTON (William, of Windsor, brewer) PRACTICAL TREATISE on BREWING : con- 

 taining various Instructions and Precautions, Useful and necessary in the Exercise of the Art ; 

 2nd Edition, sm. Svo. old calf (cracked), w ith bookplate of Henry B. H. Beaufoy, F.R.S. , IsQd 1780 



13980 REDFERN (Peter, Univ. Aberdeen) On the NATURE of the TOR'BANEHILL and other 

 VARIETIES of COAL, with 3 coloured plates, roy. Svo. (pp. 25), sewn, 2s [1854] 



13981 REDGRAVE (Gilbert Richard, M.I.C.E.) CALCAREOUS CEMENTS: their NATURE and USES, 

 with Observations on CEMENT TESTING, with numerous diagrams, cr. Svo. cl., 3s Qd(p. 8s Qd) 1895 



13982 REDTENBACHER (Jakob Ferdinand, Karlsruhe) Das DYNAMlDEN-SYSTEM : Grundziige 

 einer mechanischen Physik ; with plate, 4to. hf. cl., 3s Gd Mannheim, 1857 



The Dynamiden-Sjixtem, an elaboration of the atomistic conceptions of Dalton, Fresnel, Ampere, Poisson and Cauchy, 

 was invented by the author as a substitute for the dynamic theory, which he declares to be ' quite useless for the 

 mathematical and practical treatment of physics.' 



13983 RESULTATE fur den MASCHINENBAU, 2. erweiterte Aunage ; with Atlas, containing 44 



plates, 2 vols. sq. Svo. hf. morocco, with auto, of Prof . Hilary Bauerman, F.G.S., 3s ibidem, 1852 



139S4 REDWOOD (Sir Boverton ; F.R.S.E.) The TRANSPORT of PETROLEUM in BULK, with 

 Abstract of the Discussion, edited by JAMES FORREST, with 4 folding plates (one coloured), and 

 diagrams, Svo. (pp. 86), sewn, 3s Inst. C.E., 1894 



13985 , and George T. HOLLO WAY : PETROLEUM : a Treatise on the Geographical 



Distribution and Geological Occurrence of Petroleum and Natural Gas ; the Physical and Chemical 

 Properties, Production, and Refining of Petroleum and Ozokerite ; the Characters and Uses, Test- 

 ing, Transport, and Storage of Petroleum Products, etc. ; with Description of SHALE OIL and 

 Allied Industries, with 17 folding plates and maps, and 327 woodcuts, 2 vols. Svo. cl., 15s 

 (p. 2. 5*) 1896 



The standard work on the subject. 



13986 REECE (Richard, M.D., Medical Hall, Piccadilly) The CHEMICAL GUIDE, or Complete 

 Companion to the Portable Chest of Chemistry, cr. Svo. old sheep gilt (back damaged), 3s 1814 



' He was consulted by Joanna Southcott, who was then 04, as to the possibility of l\er supernatural pregnancy. 1 



13987 REED (Sir Edward James, F.R.S., Chief Constructor to the Navy) SHIPBUILDING in IRON and 

 STEEL : a Practical Treatise, giving full Details of Construction, Processes of Manufacture, and 

 Building Arrangements : with Results of Experiments on Iron and Steel, and on the Strength and 

 Watertightness of Riveted Work, with 5 plates by Lowry, 266 woodcuts, and folding table, thick 

 Svo. cl. (o.p.), 10s Qd (p. 1. 10s) 1869 



Containing :i full description of the BMeropbon and her sister ships. ' With Reed's appointment as Chief Constructor 

 a new epoch of naval construction began. The earliest ironclads were very long and unhandy ships, mounting all their guns 

 on the broadside. Ilis object was to produce shorter ships of great handiness, and to develop their end-on lire without 

 sacrificing their weight of broadside. . . . The Bdleroplwn, the first ship designed by Reed after he took office, was 

 typical of many others that followed, and marked a great advance towards the realisation of the desireo qualities. . . . 

 Structurally also the Uel'erophon was an important ship, for in her Reed introduced a new system of framing, known as 

 the longitudinal and bracket frame system, which was better suited than the old method to the use of iron, which was 

 still quite a novel material for the hulls of men-of-war.' D.N. Ji. 



L3988 REES (George Owen, M.D., F.R.S.) On the CHEMICAL ANALYSIS of the CONTENTS of the 

 THORACIC DUCT in the HUMAN SUBJECT, 4to. (pp. 5). sewn, with inscr. ' R. Phillips, Esq. [F.R.S.], 

 with the best wishes of his obliged young friend the Author ', 3s Qd 1842 



