HENRY SOTHERAN & CO., 140, STRAND, W.C., AND 43, PICCADILLY, W. 727 



14539 ROWLAND (Charles, harbour-master of the Port of London) OBSERVATIONS and ARGUMENTS 

 in Favour of the proposed COLLIER DOCK, in the ISLE of DOGS, 8vo. (pp. 44), sewn, 3s 1825 



14540 ROWLAND (John) THE CALOTYPE and COLLODION PROCESSES, 12mo. (pp. 12), sewn, 

 2s 1855 



14541 BOWNEY (Thomas H., F.C.S.) On the CHEMICAL COMPOSITION of MINERAL CHARCOAL, 8vo. 

 (pp. 7), sewn, Is fid [Edin., 1855] 



14542 RESEARCHES on the AMIDES of the FATTY ACIDS, 4to. (pp. 10), sewn, 2s ibidem, 1855 



14543 ROWNING (John, Rector of Anderby) A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, 

 PART III : OPTICS, with DISSERTATION on the Subject of the HORIZONTAL MOON, with 5 folding 

 plates, 8vo. (pp. 96), sewn, 2* 1737 



14544 COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM of NATURALPHILOSOPHY : with Notes, containing Mathematical 



Demonstrations, and some Occasional Remarks ; 6th Edition, with Additions, numerous plates* 

 2 vols. 8vo. old calf (joints weak and binding damaged), 7s fid 1767 



Prof, de Morgan (Budget cf Paradoxes) quotes ' a very pretty conceit on the subject of attraction ' in this work, ' which 

 Boscovich afterwards developed.' 



14545 ROYAL INSTITUTION of Great Britain, JOURNALS of the, VOL. I, 8vo. in sheets (VERY 

 SCARCE), 1. Is 1802 



The only volume published. It contains original contributions by SFR HUMPHRY DAVY, F.R.S. : Account of a new 

 Eudiometer: Outlines of a View of Galvanism : Method of constructing Simple and Compound Galvanic Combinations, 

 without the Use of Metallic Substances : Some Experiments in Galvanic Electricity : Method of copying Paintings on 

 Glass, and others: THOMAS YOUVG, M.D., F.R.S. : On the Velocity of Sound : Description of his Apparatus for exhibiting 

 the Colour of Thin Plates: SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON, COUNT RUMFORD, F.R.S. : The Means of increasing the Quantities of 

 Heat in the Combustion of Fuel : On the Use of Steam, as a Vehicle for conveying Heat from one Place to another ; and 

 by other well-known authors. It was edited by the above three authors. 



A COMPLETE 'SET TO 1912 : 



14546 SOCIETY of LONDON, ABSTRACTS of the PAPERS printed in the PHILO- 

 SOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS of the, COMPLETE from the Beginning in 1800 to 1854, 6 v., and 

 the PROCEEDINGS, from 1854 to 1912 [Continuation of the foregoing], 82 v. 

 together 88 vols. 8vo. (13 v. roy. 8vo.), with numerous plates and ivoodcuts ; hf. red roan 

 (some vv. newly bound), the rest in parts, sewn as issued (VERT SCARCE), 36. 1832-1912 



14547 , PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS of the, complete from 



their Beginning in 1665 to 1910, viz., the Abridgement to 1750 by Lothrop, Jones, 

 Eames, and Martyn, 11 vols. calf, and Continuation at large (including both A andB 

 Series) to 1910, viz., 1751-1817 (Vols. 47-107), 6L v. calf gilt (a number of vv. newly 

 rebacked)-, 1818-34 (Vols. 108-24), 17 v. hf. calf; 1835-52 (Vols. 125-42), 18 v. in 

 parts as issued ; 1853-77 (Vols. 143-67), 48 parts cl. ; Extra Volume 168, cl ; 1878-86 

 (Vols. 169-77), 23 parts cl. ; 'A' Series, Vols. 178-210 (1887-1910), 33 v. cl. s 4 B' 

 Series, Vols. 178-201 (1887-1910), 24 v. clin all 199 vols. 4to., with mar-y hundred 

 plates and other illustrations ; calf, hf. calf, cL, and sewn, as detailed above (a sound 

 library set) ; VERY RARE, 185. 1665 [1705] -1910 



Complete sets of the Philosophical Transactions, even abridged to 1750 as the above, are increasingly difficult to get, 

 many of the volumes issued between 1750 and 1830 being VERY SCAKCE. 



14548 : CATALOGUE of the SCIENTIFIC BOOKS in the LIBRARY of the ROYAL 



SOCIETY, thick 8vo. cl., with auto, of George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S., 3s fid 1839 



14549 [NEW EDITION, greatly enlarged] . 2 vols. 8vo. (pp. 262+ 1199), cl., with auto, of Sir 



Frederick Bramwell, F.R.S., 12s (p. 1. nett) 1881-3 



Vol. I contains Transactions, Journals, Observations and Reports, Surveys, and Museums ; and vol. II Books. 

 This catalogue is valuable for tracing old scientific books. 



14.550 VOL. I ONLY [as detailed above] , 8vo. cL, 2s Qd (p. 5s nett) 1881 



14551 : A COLLECTION of AUTHENTIC TRACTS, relating to some late DISPUTES 



in the ROYAL SOCIETY, 8vo. boards, uncut (RARE), with auto. O/NEVIL MASKELYNE, pr., F.R.S.. 



Astronomer Royal, 12s fid 1784 



Tantsene animis cselestibus irse ? They arose in the revolt of some of the Fellows against the high-handed manner of 

 Sir Joseph Banks, the President, who forced Dr. Charles Hutton to resign his appointment of Foreign Secretary. The 

 pieces are: Authentic Narrative of the Dissensions and Debates of the Royal Society, containing Speeches at large of 

 Drs. Horsley and Maskelyue, and Messrs. Maseres, Poore, Glenie, Watson, and Maty (pp. 155) : Appeal to the Fellows con- 

 cerning the Measures taken by Sir Joseph Banks, their President, to compel Dr. Hutton to resign the Office of Secretary 

 to the Society for their Foreign Correspondence, by a Friend to Dr. Huttou, with SUPPLEMENT (pp. 31 + 16) : History of 

 the Instances of Exclusion from the Royal Society, which were not suffered to be argued in the Course of the late Debates 

 by some Members in the Minority (pp. 27). 



14552 ANOTHER COPY, with an Article ' STATE of the DISSENTIONS of the ROYAL SOCIETY ', 



published by FRANCIS MASERES, F.R.S., and corrected by him, 8vo. old calf (joints cracked), with 

 auto, of Baron Maseres, 14s 



14553 , The RECORD of the, with 2 fine plates of portraits, and illustrations of the 



medals, etc., 8vo. cl., 2s fid 1897 



14554 SECOND EDITION [enlarged], with 11 plates and 3 other illustrations, 8vo. cl., 5s 



(p. 12s Qd nett) 1901 



This edition contains a complete list of the membership, and is very useful for tracing past Fellows. 



14555 : REPORT of the COMMITTEE of PHYSICS, including METEOROLOGY, on the 



Objecls of Scientific Inquiry in those Sciences, with 4 folding charts, 8vo. sewn, 3s 1840 



14556 ANOTHER COPY, with SUPPLEMENTAL and REVISED INSTRUCTIONS for the MAGNETICAL 



OBSERVATORIES (pp. 9 + 47), 8vo. sewn, 4s 1840 2 



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