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



15169 SUCKOW (Georg Adolph; Univ. Heidelberg} ANFANGSGRUNDE der OKONOMISCHEN und 

 TECHNISCHEN CHEMIE ; with copper vignette on title, and 2 folding tables, thick 8vo. sewn, 4s 



Leipzig, 1784 



15170 SUTCLIFFE (John, C.E.) REPORT on the LINE of NAVIGATION from HEXHAM to HAYDON- 

 BRIDGE, proposed as a Continuation of the Stella and Hexham Canal, and a Report on the Line 

 from Newcastle to Haydon Bridge, 8vo. (pp. 74), sewn, 5s Newcastle [1797] 



15171 TREATISE on CANALS and RESERVOIRS, and the best Mode of designing and executing 



them; with Observations on the Rochdale, Leeds and Liverpool, Huddersfield, Bridgewater, 

 Lancaster, and the Kennett and Avon Canals ; and Observations on the best Mode of CARDING, 

 ROVING, DRAWING, and SPINNING all kinds of Cotton Twist, also Instructions for designing and 

 building a CORN MILL, etc. etc., Rochdale, 1816 : TREATISE of UNIVERSAL INLAND NAVIGATIONS, 

 and the USE of all Sorts of MINES, with the Construction, Explanation, and Use of a New 

 Invented Mechanical and Hydraulic Machine, and Supplement, plainly demonstrating the 

 Possibility and Means whereby a Ship of any Size may be launched at any Time, etc. etc., by 

 Edmund Leach, 2nd Edition, with 5 plates, and 15 tables, 1791 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. calf, 

 10s Qd 1816-1791 



15172 SUTHERLAND (William) BRITAIN'S GLORY : or SHIP-BUILDING unvail'd ; being a General 

 Director for Building and Compleating the said Machines, first edition, with 6 copperplates, and 

 numerous woodcuts, folio, old panelled calf, newly rebacked (very rare), 4. 10s 1717 



15173 SECOND EDITION, with the RARE PORTRAIT of GEORGE I., surrounded by the 257 ships of 



the Royal Navy, 6 copperplates, and numerous woodcuts, folio, contemporary mottltd calf (joints 

 cracked, but a FINE COPY), with bookplate of the Rt. Hon. George Rose, M.P., 5. 10s 1729 



Both editions contain a second part, with a separate title-page : The PRICES of the LABOUR in SHIP-BUILDING Adjusted : 

 or the Mystery of Ship-Building Unveiled, being a brief Explanation of the Labouring Port in Ship-Building ; from a Ship 

 of the biggest Magnitude to a small Boat, first shewing the Working of the whole Ship, according to the Length, Breadth, 

 Depth and Girt, and then by Sub-divisions shews the Value of every particular Part' (pp. 286). 



15174 SWAN (William, F.R.S.E. ; Univ. St. Andrews) On Certain PHENOMENA of CAPILLARY 

 ATTRACTION, exhibited by CHLOROFORM, the FIXED OILS, and other Liquids, with Enquiry into 

 some of the Causes which modify the Form of the Mutual Surface of Two Immiscible Liquids in 

 Contact with the Walls of the Vessel in which they are contained, 8vo. (pp. 11), unbound, with 

 author's inscr., Is Qd 1848 



15175 On the CONSTITUTION of FLAME, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, 2s 6d [Edin., 1859] 



15176 - On NEW FORMS of LIGHTHOUSE APPARATUS, with 16 woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 67), sewn, with 

 inscr. to Allen Thomson, F.R.S., 4s ibidem, 1868 



' These papers contain a very full and almost exhaustive analysis of the formation of prisms for lighthouse purposes, 

 and bring out several new and important ideas on the subject.' R. Scottish Soc. of Arts' Committee's Report. 



15177 - - On NEW METHODS of DETERMINING the INDEX of REFRACTION, with plate, 8vo. (pp. 14), 

 unbound, with inscr. to A. Thomson, F.R.S., 2s io., 1844 



15178 - - On the PRISMATIC SPECTRA of the FLAMES of COMPOUNDS of CARBON and HYDROGEN, 

 with plate, 4to. (pp. 19), sewn, with inscr. to Prof. A. S. Herschel, F.R.S., 3s ib., 1856 



15179 SWTNDEN (Johan Hendrik van; Univ. Franeker) DISSERTATION sur la COMPARAISON des 

 THERMOMETRES ; ivith copperplate, and large folding table, 8vo. sewn, uncut (rare), 10s 6d 



Amsterdam, 1778 



Valuable for containing accounts of 27 thermometric scales, most of which are now forgotten, and can only be traced 

 from the above and a few other contemporary works. 



15180 - - RECUEIL de MEMOIRES sur P ANALOGUE de I'ELECTRICITE et du MAGNETISME, couronne"s 

 et publics par I'Academie de Baviere ; traduits du Latin et de 1'Allemand, augmentes de Notes, 

 et de quelques Dissertations nouvelles ; with 8 folding copperplates, and table, 3 vols. 8vo. sewn, 

 12s La Haye, 1784 



15181 ANOTHER COPY, 3 vols. 8vo. in 2, sound copy in old hf. calf gilt, 15s 



Vol. II contains ' Reponse a la Question sur 1'Analogie de 1'Electricite et du Magnetisme, par CELESTIN STEIGLEHNER 

 [O.S.B.],' 'Memoire sur 1'Analogie de 1'EJectricite et du Magnetisme, par L. HUEBER, s.J.', and 'Dissertation sur un 

 Phenomene Magnetique Paradoxe ', and v. Ill 'Dissertation sur les Mouvemens Irreguliers de 1'Aiguille Aimantee.' 



15182 POSITIONES PHYSICAE, quas, Annuo Lahore, in Scholis Privatis explicat, Experiments 



illustrat, e]b Auditorum suorum Meditationi proponit ; with 1 folding copperplates, and table, 

 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, sound copy in old hf. calf gilt, with auto, of C. G. C. Reinwardt (Prof. Natural 

 History, Leyden), Is Qd Harderovici Gebrorum, 1786 



15183 SYMONS (George James, F.R.S.) BRITISH RAINFALL : on the Distribution of Rain over the 

 British Islands [continued by HuGHRoBERTMiLL],duringl863. 1865-1911, and 1913 (Vols. 4. 6-51.53), 

 with numerous plates, woodcuts, maps and charts, 48 vols. 8vo. cl. (2 vv. sewn), 6. (p. 20. 5s) 



1863-1913 



15184 ANOTHER SET, 1865. '67. '69-72. '74-1910 (Vols. 6. 8. 10-13. 15-50), with numerous 



plates, woodcuts, maps, etc., 42 vols. 8vo. cl., 4. 10s (p. 18. 5s) 1865-1910 



15185 - ANOTHER SET, 1865. '69. '75. '7S. '80-1909 (Vols. 6. 10. 16. 19. 21-49), with numerous 

 plates, woodcuts, maps, etc., 33 vols. 8vo. cl., 3. 3s (p. 15. 15s) 1865-1909 



' In 1898 the number of stations had grown [from 168 in I860] to 3,404, arid they were manned by an army of over 3,000 

 volunteer observers. This unique organisation was kept by Syrnons under close personal supervision, and the upshot 

 was the accumulation of a mass of data of standard value, unmatched in any other country. The sanitary importance of 

 water-supply was a determining motive for its collection.' D. N. B. 



15186 - MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL MAGAZINE [edited after 1900 by HUGH ROBERT MILL], 

 complete from 1870 to 1910 (Vols. V-XLIV), with portraits, plates, woodcuts, maps, and tables, 40 

 vols. 8vo. cl. (vv. 31-40 in parts), 3. 10s (p. 10.) 1870-1910 



15187 - - ANOTHER SET, from 1870 to 1896 (Vols. V XXX), with numerous plates, woodcuts, etc., 

 26 vols. 8vo. cL (12 vv. in parts), 1. 10s 1870-96 



