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



15035 STEEN (Aksel Saverin) Die INTERNATIONALE POLARFORSCHUNG 1882-3 : Beobachtungs- 

 Ergebnisse der Norwegischen Polarstation Bossekop in Alten, I. THEIL : Historische Einleitung. 

 Astronomie. Meteorologie ; with 4 charts and 3 woodcuts, impl. 4to. sewn, is (p. 105 Qd) 



Christiania, 1887 



15036 [STEPHENSON (George, C.E., verfecter of the locomotive engine}} : DESCRIPTION of the 

 SAFETY LAMP, invented by George Stephenson, and now in Use in KILLINGWORTH COLLIERY, 

 with Account of the LAMP CONSTRUCTED by SIR HUMPHREY [sic] DAVY, with 4 copperplates, 8vo. 

 (pp. 16), sewn (VERY SCARCE), 1. Is 1817 



' He made numerous experiments on the combustion of the escaping inflammable gases at Killingworth colliery, and 

 eventually designed a safety lamp, by controlling the entry of the air to support combustion, and the escape of the 

 products of combustion by the use of small tubes for the gases to pass through . On 21 Oct. 1815 the first lamp was 

 actually tried, on 4 Nov. a second improved form, and on 30 Nov. a third still better were tested. On this last occasion 

 he entered with his lamp with perfect safety into parts of the workings which were full of gas. Sir Humphry Davy 

 had, unknown to Stephenson. been working on the same subject, and practically at the same time that Stephenson's long 

 experiments bore fruit in his lamp, Davy brought out his well-known [gauze] safety lamp (v. Nos. 977 and 7203, ante). A 

 fierce controversy raged for several years on the question to whom was due the credit of this solution of a problem 

 fraught with life and death to so many thousands of miners. A national testimonial to Davy produced a testimonial to 

 Stephenson, and he was presented with 1000. and an address. There can be little doubt that the two inventions were 

 quite independent of each other, and that both men practically reached the same solution by different methods at the 

 same time.' Prof. T. Hudson Beare. Sir Humphry's lamp soon became known as the ' Davy', and Stephenson's as the 

 ' Geordie'. 



15037 - , and George Parker BIDDER : LONDON and BLACKWALL COMMERCIAL RAILWAY : 

 Report, 8vo. (pp. 22), sewn, 4s 1838 



G. P. Bidder began life almost as a baby in arms as a Calculating Boy, and unlike most of the species grew up into 

 a powerful mathematician and successful practical engineer. 



15038 : SMILES (Samuel, LL.D.) The LIFE of GEORGE STEPHENSON, Railway Engineer, 



LIBRARY EDITION, with steel portrait by W. Holl, thick 8vo. cl. (read copy), 4s (p. 16s) 1857 or '58 



'The standard authority.' D. N. B. It includes a resume of the Railway System and its Results, by ROBERT 

 STEPHENSON. 



15039 NEW EDITION, including a Memoir of his Son, ROBERT STEPHENSON, by SAMUEL 



SMILES, LL D., with 2 portraits, and numerous woodcuts, cr. 8vo. cl., '2s (p. 6*) 1864 



15040 STEPHENSON (George) The PRICING of QUANTITIES, showing a Practical System of pre- 

 paring an Estimate from Bills of Quantities, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 8s nett) 1910 



15041 STEPHENSON (Robert, M.P., F.R.S., son of George Stephenson) REPORT on the ATMOSPHERIC 

 RAILWAY SYSTEM, with 21 plates and folding table of pressure diagrams, the author's own 

 copy, interleaved with writing paper, 4to. (pp. 44), hf. calf (SCARCE), with AUTO. OF ROBERT 

 STEPHENSON on title, 1. 5s 1844 



GEORGE RENNIE'S COPY: 



15042 - - ANOTHER COPY; also: Mallet (Robert; F.R.S., M.I.C.E.) THREE REPORTS on IM- 

 PROVED METHODS of CONSTRUCTING and WORKING ATMOSPHERIC KAILWAYS (pp. 73), with 10 

 plates (mostly folding} 2 vols. 4to. in 1, hf. calf (joints weak], 1. 15s 1844 [-5] 



' Presented to G. Rennie by the Author. Sept. 1845.' Inscr. on title. 



The report was undertaken for the Chester and Holyhead Railway Co. (then promoting their bill in Parliament), and 

 saved them from the disaster of adopting the atmospheric system. 



'He appears to have been the first independent investigator of the atmospheric system, in its application on a 

 practical scale.' IF. Pole. 



' The Third Report [of the second work] enunciates my invention of the method of obtaining vacuum for atmospheric rail- 

 ways by the direct condensation of steam in close vessels and reservoirs, capable of being brought into communication 

 with the main.' Intro. 



15043 : JEAFFRESON (John Cordy) The LIFE of ROBERT STEPHENSON, F.R.S., with Chapters on 



some of his most important PROFESSIONAL WORKS by WILLIAM POLE, F.R.S., with 2 fine portraits 

 and 5 plates by Adlard, besides woodcuts, 2 vols. 8vo. cl., 7s Qd (p. 1. 12s) 1864 



Including a full and very fair account by Mr. Pole of the Atmospheric delusion. 



15044 STEPHENSON (Samuel Martin, M.D.) On the LINEN and HEMPEN MANUFACTURES in the 

 PROVINCE of ULSTER, 4to. (pp. 82), sewn (title wanting), 3s 6d [Belfast, 1808] 



Pp. 42-SO contain chapters on'bleaching. 



15045 STERNHEIM (Hermann) POPUL A RE i GNOMONIK, oder CONSTRUCTION der gebrauchlichsten 

 Arten von SONNENUHREN, mit Thierkreislinien und Beleuchtungsscalen ; with 10 folding plates, 

 and 2 folding tables, post 8vo. boards (nice copy), 8s 6d Weimar und Ilmenau, 1835 



15046 STEVENSON \hic STEPHENSON] (William ; father of Mrs. Gaskell) The SYSTEM of 

 LAND SURVEYING at present adopted by Surveyors and Commissioners in old and new INCLOSURES, 

 conducted as an Actual Survey, on a Plan consisting of Open Fields, Ings, and Common and Old 

 Inclosure ; with Rules shewing how Lines may be Measured where there are Impediments, or 

 not, to obstruct the Sight, etc. etc. ; 2nd Edition, with 6 plates (3 folding), folding map, and Field 

 Book, 4to. boards, 5s 1810 



15047 STEVENSON (William Ford, F.R.S., F.S.A.) The COMPOSITION of HYDROGEN and the NON- 

 DECOMPOSITION of WATER Incontrovertibly ESTABLISHED, in Answer to the Award of a Medal 

 by the ROYAL SOCIETY, whereby the Contrary Doctrines are Absolutely Affirmed; also the 

 ABSURDITY of the EXISTING SYSTEMS of ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM Demonstrated and the 

 True ones given ; 2nd Edition, revised with important Additions, 8vo. cl. (scarce], 12* 1849 



The author tries to prove that water is an element, and not a chemical compound as first proved by Lavoisier in 1783. 

 According to him water is non-decomposable, while hydrogen is a chemical compound of electricity and water. 



15048 [ ] MOST IMPORTANT ERRORS in CHEMISTRY, ELECTRICITY, and MAGNETISM, pointed 



out and refuted ; and the Phenomena of Electricity, and the Polarity of the Magnetic Needle 

 accounted for and explained, by a FELLOW of the ROYAL SOCIETY, 8vo. (pp. 47), sewn (scarce), 

 10s Qd 1846 



A scientific paradox by a Fellow of the Royal Society ! and perhaps most remarkable for the ignorance displayed by 

 the author. 



