VII. CHEMISTRY, continued : 1849 2884 PLAYFAIR (Lyon first Lord, F.R.S.) On the NITROPRUSSIDES, a NEW CLASS of SALTS, 4to. (pp. 42), sewn, 5s 2885 ANOTHER COPY, sewn, with author's inscr., 6s 'His most important investigations are those on the nitroprussides, a new class of salts which he discovered, etc.'-D. N. B. 2886 POTT (Johann Heinrich; Berlin) LITHOGÉOGNOSIE, ou EXAMEN CHYMIQUE des PIERRES et des TERRES en général, et du Talc, de la Topaze, et de la Stéatite en particulier, avec une Dissertation sur le Feu et sur la Lumière. Ouvrages traduits de l'Allemand: CONTINUATION de la LITHOGÉOGNOSIE PYROTECHNIQUE, où l'on traite plus particuliérement de la Connoissance des Terres et des Pierres, et de la Manière d'en faire l'Examen, 2 vols. 12mo. contemporary French calf gilt, 12s 6d 1753 The author was a disciple of G. E. Stahl, and in the above work did much to promote a knowledge of chemical analysis. He was the first to treat of bismuth and its compounds, and discovered silicic acid, although it was recognised as such only in 1811 by James Smithson, F.R.S., founder of the Smithsonian Institution. 2887 PRIESTLEY (Joseph, LL.D., F.R.S.) EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS on different KINDS of AIR (Vols. I and III first editions, and v. II 2nd Edition), with copperplates, 3 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt (some joints cracked, but a sound copy); RARE, £2. 10s 2888 1774-6-7 Dr. Priestley's most important scientific publication, containing accounts of his discoveries of oxygen, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, sulphurous acid, carbon dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and ammonia gases. The above edition of v. II (with the dedication dated Nov. 1775), is of importance in connexion with the controversy as to the priority of the discovery of oxygen between Priestley and Lavoisier. On p. 320 he states that, while staying in Paris, Oct. 1774, he mentioned to Lavoisier the experiments he made in connexion with his discovery of oxygen, adding: 'He (Lavoisier) presently found what I have called dephlogisticated air, but without investigating the nature of it.' This would settle the question of Lavoisier's claim to be an independent discoverer of oxygen. VOL. I ONLY, first edition, with 2 folding copperplates, 8vo. boards, uncut, 12s 6d 1774 Containing An Account of the Apparatus with which the following Experiments were made' (describing his invention of the pneumatic trough), 'Experiments and Observations made in 1772, 1773, and the Beginning of 1774,' and an Appendix of Letters, including one by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 2889 EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS relating to various Branches of NATURAL HISTORY; with a Continuation of the Observations on Air, 3 folding frontispieces on copper, 3 vols. large 8vo. hf. bound (bindings damaged), wholly uncut, with bookplate of Edward Strutt, 1st Lord Belper, F.R.S. (RARE), £1. 15s 1779-Birmingham, 1781-6 2890 2891 2892 VOLS. I-II ONLY, 2 vols. 8vo. old calf (one board of binding and frontispiece to vol. I missing), 12s 6d Forming a supplement to the foregoing work. Vol. III (pp. 400-26) contains his general theoretical views on chemistry, in which he still clings tightly to the phlogiston theory. Vol. II comprises an analysis of his researches to 1781, and the whole work contains a number of important new researches and experiments. EXPERIMENTS and OBSERVATIONS on different KINDS of AIR, and other Branches of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, connected with the Subject, with 9 folding copperplates, 3 vols. 8vo. old hf. calf, £1. 1s Birmingham, 1790 ANOTHER COPY, 3 vols. original boards, uncut, £1, 5s An abridged and methodized edition of 'Experiments and Observations on different Kinds of Air', 3 v., and 'Experiments and Observations relating to various Branches of Natural History', 3 v. 'In the condensed edition of his works, published in 1790, he described interesting experiments on the thermal conductibility of gases, which he found to be much the greatest in the case of hydrogen '.-D. N. B. In this edition he also more fully describes his visit to Paris, and his communications to Lavoisier as to his discovery of oxygen (Vol. II, pp. 108-10). 2893 MEMOIRS of, to the Year 1795, written by himself, with a Continuation to his Decease, by his Son JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, and Observations on his Writings by THOMAS COOPER, President Judge of the 4th District of Pennsylvania, and WILLIAM CHRISTIE, with fine portrait on copper, 8vo. old hf. calf (joints cracked and slightly water-stained); SCARCE, 15s 1806 2894 2896 'Priestley's Memoirs to 1787 were written by himself in Birmingham, and survived the destruction of his papers [by the Tory mob] in 1791; at Northumberland [Pennsylvania] he added a brief continuation to 24 March 1795: the work wes edited, with a supplementary narrative, by his son Joseph, in 1805; the best edition is by Cooper and Christie, 1806.-D.N.B. LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of, by JOHN TOWILL RUTT, 2 vols. roy. 8vo. original hf. cl., uncut (SCARCE), 15s 1831-2 The references above (in D. N. B.) are to the Memoirs and Correspondence (1831-2), by Rutt, who includes the whole of the original memoirs, with extracts from all letters written by or to Priestley that he could collect.-D. N. B. 2895 RAMMELSBERG (Karl Friedrich, Univ. Berlin) HANDBUCH der MINERALCHEMIE, 2. [neueste] Auflage [vollständig umgearbeitet], 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, hf. calf gilt, 9s (p. M. 19 unbound) Leipzig, 1875 This important work contains much original matter, and is still of great value. HANDWÖRTERBUCH der CHEMISCHEN THEILS der MINERALOGIE, mit allen Supplementen (I-V), 7 vols. 8vo. in 2, hf. russia gilt, by C. Lewis (NICE COPY); SCÁRCE, 15s Berlin, 1841-53 2897 RAY (Praphulla Chandra, Presidency Coll., Calcutta) A HISTORY of HINDU CHEMISTRY, from the earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century, with SANSKRIT TEXTS, Variants, Translation, and Illustrations, VOL. I only, with 7 plates, showing Hindoo chemical operations, and 41 pp. of Sanskrit texts, roy. 8vo. sewn, with inscr. and 3-pp. auto. letter to Sir Edward Thorpe, F.R.S., 8s (p. 12s 6d nett) Calcutta, 1902 2898 RICHARDS (Theodore William; Harvard Univ.), and others: CHEMICAL PAPERS, chiefly on ATOMIC WEIGHTS, with illustrations, 32 parts royal 8vo. sewn, some with author's inscr. to Sir Edward Thorpe, F.R.S., £1. 5s 1890-1911 The author's work is of importance for having revised the atomic weight of 19 different elements, and invented in this connexion a number of ingenious apparatus and devices for drying the substances that had to be investigated. v. ATOMIC WEIGHTS, ante. ROYAL INSTITUTION'S PROCEEDINGS-v. Nos. 183-4. SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS-v. No. 185. 2900 RICHTER (M. M.) LEXIKON der KOHLENSTOFF-VERBINDUNGEN, mit Supplement I—III, umfassend die Litteraturzeit v. 1 Apr., 1889 bis 31. Dec., 1904, 5 vols. sq. impl. 8vo. hf. German morocco (backs rubbed), £3. 10s (p. M. 133) Hamburg, 1900-5 This important work, unique of its kind, is arranged according to the atomicity of carbon, from C1 to C867, with a Table of Percentages, and an alphabetical Index. The text is in four languages-German, English, French, and Italian. 'Ein General-Register für das Gesamtgebiet der organischen Chemie. Das vollkommenste Werk, welches auf dem Gebiete des Litteraturnachweises geschaffen ist.'-Ber. d. deutsch. pharm. Ges. 2901 RICHTER (Victor v.) ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, or Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds, edited by PROF. R. ANSCHÜTZ: authorized Translation by EDGAR F. SMITH, Univ. Pennsylvania, with illustrations, 2 thick vols. large cr. 8vo. cl., 12s 6d (p. £1. 10s) 1907 2902 ROSCOE (Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Enfield, F.R.S.), and Carl SCHORLEMMER, F.R.S. : TREATISE on CHEMISTRY, VOL. I: The NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; new [4TH AND LAST] EDITION, completely revised by the AUTHOR, assisted by J. C. CAIN, with 226 woodcuts, thick 8vo. cl. (portrait of Dalton missing, but fresh copy), 14s (p. £1. Is nett) 2903 ROSE (Heinrich, Univ. Berlin; F.R.S.) HANDBUCH der ANALYTISCHEN CHEMIE, 6. [neueste] Auflage, nach dem Tode des Verfassers vollendet von R. FINKENER, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf (SCARCE), £1. ls 1911 Leipzig, 1867-71 'In his Handbuch der analytischen Chemie he collected together in a masterly manner the best of the then known methods in qualitative and quantitative analysis.'-Prof. E. v. Meyer. 2904 SAGE (Balthazar Georges, de l'Institut) MÉMOIRES de CHIMIE; with folding plate of chemical symbols, 8vo. old calf (joints cracked), with book-stamp of the HON. HENRY CAVENDISH, F.R.S. on rev. of title, 10s 6d Imprimerie Royale, 1773 The author describes in the above work hydrofluoric acid, which he considers a variety of phosphoric acid. He was one of the last French adherents of the Phlogiston Theory. 2905 SAKURAI (Joji; Prof. Chemistry, Univ. Tokyo), COLLECTION of PAPERS, contributed on the Occasion of the JUBILEE CELEBRATION of [with Biographical Sketch by NAOKICHI MATSUI], with portrait, 3 plates, and numerous other illustrations, 4to. sewn, 7s 6d Tokyo, 1908 Consisting of 18 original contributions, including: On the Viscosity of Dilute Alcoholic Solutions, by T. HIRATA: Ueber die Anomalie der starken einwertigen Elektrolyte, von M. KATAYAMA : Studies on the Chemical Theory of Solutions, Part I, by K. IKEDA. 2906_SCHERER (Alexander Nicolaus v.; Univ. Dorpat) GRUNDZÜGE der neuern CHEMISCHEN THEORIE; with fine engraved portrait of Lavoisier, 8vo. hf. calf, uncut (rare), 10s 6d Jena, 1795 An exposition of chemical theories based on Lavoisier's anti-phlogistic theory, and containing many original investigations by the author. Pp. 297-384 contain a valuable bibliography. 1894 2907 SCHORLEMMER (Carl, F.R.S.; Univ. Manchester) The RISE and DEVELOPMENT of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; revised Edition, edited [with Biographical Note and Bibliography], by ARTHUR SMITHELLS, F.R.S., with portrait, large cr. 8vo. cl., uncut (scarce), 10s 6d 2908 SCHRÖDER (Heinrich Georg Friedrich) Die MOLECULARVOLUME der CHEMISCHEN VERBINDUNGEN im festen und flüssigen Zustande, roy. 8vo. sewn (scarce), 7s 6d Mannheim, 1843 Among the numerous researches which have been made with the object of discovering a connexion between the volumes of solid compounds and their atomic composition, those of Schröder are especially worthy of note. He assumes volume units of chemically analogous elements, and believes that he has there with found the key to the solution of the above problem.'-Prof. E. v. Meyer. Die SIEDHITZE der CHEMISCHEN VERBINDUNGEN als das wesentlichste Kennzeichen zur Ermittlung ihrer Componenten; nebst vollständigen Beweisen für die Theorie der Molecularvolume der Flüssigkeiten, I. Theil (soweit erschienen): die KOHLENWASSERSTOFFE und KOHLENWASSERSTOFFOXYDE, roy. 8vo. sewn, 6s ibidem, 1844 2909 'Ich glaube in vorliegender Schrift den Beweis zu bringen, dass sich über die Molecularconstitution der flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen sehr bestimmte, und bis jetzt auf keinem anderen, als dem von mir eingeschlagenen Wege zu erlangende Begriffe entwickeln lassen.'-Vorrede. SHARROCK (Robert, Archdeacon of Winchester; botanist)—v. BOYLE (Hon. Robert), ante. 2910 SHAW (Peter, M.D., F.R.S.; editor of Francis Bacon and Robert Boyle) PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES of UNIVERSAL CHEMISTRY, or the Foundations of a scientific Manner of inquiring into and preparing the Natural and Artificial Bodies for the Uses of Life, drawn from the Collegium Jenense of GEORGE ERNEST STAHL, 8vo. sound copy in contemporary panelled calf (RARE), 15s 1730 An adaptation of Stahl's Fundamenta Chimice (q. v. post), one of the works in which he believed he had established his phlogiston theory. The above work is dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane. v. BOERHAAVE, ante. 2911 SIGAUD DE LA FOND (Jean René) ESSAI sur DIFFÉRENTES ESPÈCES d'AIR, qu'on désigne sous le Nom d'AIR FIXE; with 5 folding plates on copper, 8vo. contemporary mottled calf gilt, 1779 10s 'En 1776 il expérimentait avec Macquer. Occupés à étudier le gaz hydrogène, qu'on nommait alors air inflammable, ils reconnurent que sa combustion produisait de l'eau. Sans doute il y a loin de ce premier jet de lnmière aux grands résultats produits par l'appareil que Lavoisier imagina en 1783; mais il n'en reste pas moins démontré que l'honneur de la découverte appartient à Sigaud-Lafond.'-H. Boyer. 2912 SMITH (Alexander; Prof. Chemistry, Columbia Univ.) INTRODUCTION to GENERAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, with 106 illustrations, large cr. 8vo. (pp. 798), cl., 4s (p. 7s 6d nett) 1907 2913 SMITH (John Lawrence; Univ. Louisville) MINERALOGY and CHEMISTRY: ORIGINAL RESEARCHES, with woodcuts, 8vo. hf. morocco gilt, 7s 6d Louisville, Ky., 1873 SOCIETY of CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, JOURNAL of the-v. Nos. 33-5. of PUBLIC ANALYSTS: PROCEEDINGS-v. No. 178. 2914 SODDY (Frederick, F.R.S., Prof. Chemistry, Aberdeen) The CHEMISTRY of the RADIOELEMENTS, with folding chart and diagrams, 2 vols. 8vo. in 1, cl. boards, 4s (p. 5s 6d nett) 1911-14 VII. CHEMISTRY, continued:- 2916 SPIEGEL (Leopold, Univ. Berlin) Der STICKSTOFF und seine wichtigsten Verbindungen; with woodcuts, 8vo. (pp. 924), hf. cl., 14s (p. M. 20 sewn) Braunschweig, 1903 2917 STAHL (Georg Ernst; originator of the phlogiston theory) FUNDAMENTA CHYMIAE DOGMATICAE et EXPERIMENTALIS, etc. etc., annexus est Tractatus ISAACI HOLLANDI de SALIBUS et OLEIS METALLORUM; Editio II. auctior, 3 vols. 4to. in 1, boards, 15s Norimbergae, 1746-7 'Il y établit l'existence de son phlogistique comme principe.'-Biogr. Gén. See SHAW, ante, for an English adaptation of the work. 2918 STAS (Jean Servais) EUVRES COMPLÈTES, avec NOTICE BIOGRAPHIQUE par W. SPRING; publiées sous la Direction de W. SPRING et J. B. DEPAIRE; with 3 fine heliogravure portraits, plates and woodcuts, 3 thick vols. 4to. sewn, £1. 15s Bruxelles, 1894 Containing the author's 'classical researches on the atomic weights of oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen, sulphur, silver, etc. In Stas's case the extreme limit of accuracy was reached which was possible with the means at command.'-Prof. E. v. Meyer. 2919 STEWART (Alfred Walter, Univ. London) RECENT ADVANCES in ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, with Introduction by J. NORMAN COLLIE, F.R.S.; 2nd Edition, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 7s 6d nett) 1911 RECENT ADVANCES in PHYSICAL and INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, with Introduction by SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY, F.R.S.; 2nd Edition, with illustrations, 8vo. cl., 5s (p. 7s 6d nett) 2920 2921 1912 1907 - STEREOCHEMISTRY, with 87 illustrations, thick post 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 9s nett) 2922 STORER (Frank Humphreys; Mass. Inst. Technology) FIRST OUTLINES of a DICTIONARY of SOLUBILITIES of CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, thick roy. 8vo. hf. calf gilt (fine copy); VERY SCARCE, £2. 10s Cambridge [Mass.], 1864 The only dictionary of chemical solubilities ever attempted, and at the same time the first alphabetical catalogue in English of chemical substances. 2923 TACHEN [Latine TACHENIUS] (Otto) ANTIQUISSIMÆ HIPPOCRATIÆ MEDICINÆ Clavis, manuali Experimentia in Naturæ Fontibus elaborata, qua per Ignem et Aquam inaudita Methodo, Occulta Naturæ et Artis, compendiosa operandi Ratione manifesta fiunt, et dilucidè aperiuntur, editio princeps, 16mo. old calf (back damaged, and partly water-stained); rare, 12s 6d 2924 Venetiis, 1669 HIPPOCRATES CHIMICUS, qui novissimi Viperini Salis antiquissima Fundamenta ostendit, Editio III., cæteris magis emendata, ac Indice locupleti donata; with engraved title showing alchemical laboratory, Lugd. Bat., 1671: Schuyl (F1.) Pro VETERI MEDICINA; with folding copperplate of vivisected dog, ib., 1670-2 vols. 18mo. old white vellum (fine copies), l5s 1671-70 'Tachenius proved himself an independent investigator, to whom chemistry is indebted both for extremely valuable observations, and for speculations deduced from these... Among his other valuable observations, he contributed materially to elucidating that problem which Boyle considered the most important of all, viz. a knowledge of the composition of bodies. It was with him that the first serviceable definition of the term 'salt,' as a compound of an acid and an alkali, originated. His statements on the composition of various compounds show great acuteness, which is also seen in the value which he laid on certain reactions as tests for different substances. Tachenius thus laid the foundations of qualitative chemistry in a more systematic manner than his predecessors.'-Prof. E. v. Meyer. 2925 THÉNARD (Louis Jacques Baron; de l'Institut; F.R.S.) TRAITÉ de CHIMIE, élémentaire, théorique et pratique, 6e [dernière] Edition [augmentée], avec un Essai sur la Philosophie Chimique et un Précis sur l'Analyse, 5 vols. ; with Atlas, containing 21 folding plates-6 vols. 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 12s 1834-5 Thénard's Traité de Chimie, a text-book which was most widely used, thanks to the happy synoptical arrangement of its contents, was of great merit.'-Prof. E. v. Meyer. 'Malgré les récentes découvertes, cet ouvrage jouit encore aujourd'hui d'une grande autorité.'-Biogr. Gén. 2926 THIBAUT (P., Chymist to the French King) The ART of CHYMISTRY, as it is now practised, now translated by a FELLOW of the ROYAL SOCIETY, 12mo. sewn (rare), 15s J. Starkey, 1668 Unknown to Watt, Brunet, Graesse, Poggendorff, and others, and containing much pharmaceutical matter: also at end, 'A Little Treatise of Chymistry; or, an Abridgement of the precedent Treatise (pp. 31). 2927 THOMSON (Thomas, M.D., F.R.S.; Prof. Chemistry, Glasgow) SYSTEM of CHEMISTRY, fourth Edition, with plates, 5 vols. 8vo. contemporary scored calf (backs rubbed), 12s 6d Edin., 1810 2928 2C29 ANOTHER COPY, 5 vols. old calf gilt, 12s FIFTH EDITION [partly rewritten], 4 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 10s 6d 1817 'He visited Dalton in Manchester on 26 August, 1804, and received from him an account of the new [atomic] theory which he introduced into the third edition of his 'System' published in 1807. This was the first detailed public announcement of the theory, for Dalton did not publish his New System of Chemical Philosophy' (q. v. ante) until 1808. The later editions contain many of his own discoveries besides those of contemporaries. The work helped to improve the system of classification adopted in chemical science.'-D. N. B. 2930 THORPE (Sir Thomas Edward, F.R.S.) ESSAYS in HISTORICAL CHEMISTRY, 8vo. cl., 6s (p. 12s nett) 1902 Including Robert Boyle, Dr. Priestley, Scheele, Cavendish, James Watt, Lavoisier, Faraday, Thomas Graham, Wöhler, Dumas, Kopp, Victor Meyer, Mendeléeff, Cannizzaro, the Rise and Development of Synthetical Chemistry, the Progress of Chemistry in Gt. Britain and Ireland during the XIX. Century, etc. 2931 TREADWELL (Frederick Pearson, Zürich Polytechnikum) ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, translated by WILLIAM T. HALL; Vol. I: QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; 2nd Edition, with 14 illustrations, 8vo. cl., 6s 6d (p. 12s 6d nett) New York, 1908 2932_VENABLE (Francis Preston; Pres., Univ. N. Carolina) The DEVELOPMENT of the PERIODIC LAW, with 2 folding plates, and diagrams, cr. 8vo. hf. cl., 7s (p. 10s 6d nett) Easton, Pa., 1896 The only history of its interesting subject, from Prout to Masson. At end is a valuable Bibliography of 24 pp. with 267 titles. VII. CHEMISTRY, continued : 2934 VILLE (Georges) RECHERCHES EXPÉRIMENTALES sur la VÉGÉTATION; with 2 large plates and numerous woodcuts, super-impl. 4to. boards, with author's inscr. to Prof. A. W. Williamson, F.R.S. (0. p.), 10s 6d 1853 'Ce volume a pour objet de mettre en évidence l'absorption de l'azote de l'air par les plantes et de faire connaître les circonstances qui modifient l'activité de cette absorption.-Preface. 2935 WALKER (James, Prof. Chemistry, Edin., F.R.S.) INTRODUCTION to PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; 4th Edition [enlarged], with 53 illustrations, 8vo. cl., t. e. g., 6s (p. 10s nett) 1907 2936 WATSON (Richard; Prof. Chemistry, Cantab., afterwards absentee Bp. of Llandaff; F.R.S.) CHEMICAL ESSAYS, 2 vols. 8vo. old tree-calf, 10s Dublin, 1791 A piratical reprint of the first edition. 2937 NEW EDITION (Vols. I-III 5th Ed., IV 4th Ed., V 1st Ed.), 5 vols. 12mo. old calf (some joints cracked), 12s 6d 1789-91-89 2938 1800 'The most notable essays are (1) On the Degrees of Heat at which Water boils', describing an experiment on the boiling of water, in a closed flask nearly free from air, which has become classical; (2) 'On Pit-Coal' (1781), suggesting the condensing of the volatile products from coke-ovens, an operation which has recently become of great industrial importance; (3) On the Smelting of Lead Ore' (1781), suggesting the condensation of lead fume, and of the sulphurous acid produced in the roasting of sulphide ores; (4) On Zine' (1786).'-D. N. B. SEVENTH [LAST] EDITION, 5 vols. 12mo. hf. calf, 10s 6d The Chemical Essays' also include the author's contributions to the 'Philosophical Transactions', and the Transactions of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, comprising his discovery of the black-bulb thermometer, and his ingenious' Experiments and Observations on various Phænomena attending the Solutions of Salts', which procured his election to the Royal Society. 2939 WATT (James, F.R.S.; perfecter of the steam-engine), CORRESPONDENCE of, on his DISCOVERY of the THEORY of the COMPOSITION of WATER, with Letter from his SON, edited, with introductory Remarks and Appendix, by JAMES PATRICK MUIRHEAD, with steel portrait by Finden, and 2 plates, 8vo. cl., 10s 1846 2940 A LARGE PAPER COPY, 4to. cl., uncut, 12s 6d 'In the controversy respecting the priority of Watt or of Henry Cavendish in the discovery of the composition of water, Muirhead took infinite pains to sift every particle of evidence. Not satisfied with free access to the Watt and Boulton papers, and to such living authorities as Brewster, Davy, Jeffrey, and Brougham, he visited Paris in 1842 to confer with Arago, Berzelius, and other savants, and in 1846 published a clear vindication of Watt's rights'.-D. N. B. 2941 WATTS (Henry, F.R.S.) DICTIONARY of CHEMISTRY, and the ALLIED BRANCHES of other Sciences, founded on that of DR. URE, with woodcuts, 5 thick vols. 8vo. cl. (covers worn), 10s 1863-8 2942 ANOTHER COPY, 5 vols., with SUPPLEMENTS I-III, part I, 3 vols., with woodcuts-in all 8 thick vols. 8vo. cl., £1. 5s 1863-79 ANOTHER COPY, with ALL THE SUPPLEMENTS, 9 thick vols. 8vo. the first 6 vv. in hf. black morocco neat, cl. sides, and the rest in cl., £1. 15s 1863-82 The work in its original form includes chemical technology, which was left out in the revised edition, and on this account is still in much demand. It contains excellent summaries of the facts and theories of chemistry, presented in an unusually readable and attractive form.'-D. N. B. 2943 2944_WHETHAM (Willism Cecil Dampier, F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity; eugenist) TREATISE on the THEORY OF SOLUTION, including the Phenomena of ELECTROLYSIS, with 66 illustrations, 8vo. cl. (SCARCE), 16s Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1902 With introductory chapters on thermodynamics. the phase rule, and osmotic pressure. 2945 WIEGLEB (Johann Christian) CHEMISCHE VERSUCHE über die ALKALISCHEN SALZE, neue verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage, Svo. sewn (rare), 8s 6d Berlin, Friedrich Nicolai, 1781 An important work, in which the author proved the existence of alkalies in fresh plants, against the opinion then held that they only existed in the burnt ones. 2946 WILLSTÄTTER (Richard), und Arthur STOLL: UNTERSUCHUNGEN über CHLOROPHYLL aus dem Kaiser Wilhelm-Institut für Chemie: Methoden und Ergebnisse; with 11 plates and 18 text-illustrations, large 8vo. sewn, 12s 6d (p. M. 18) Berlin, 1913 'Die folgende Mitteilung macht das Chlorophyll und seine Derivate für künftige Untersuchungen leicht zugänglich.' -Vorwort. 2947 WILSON (George, Chymist) COMPLEAT COURSE of CHYMISTRY, containing near Three Hundred Operations, several of which have not been Publish'd before; also the Structure of several Furnaces, with near 300 Characters, which are dispers'd in Chymical Authors, and such Instruments and Vessels as are necessary in a Compleat Elaboratory, first edition, with 8 plates of chemical characters and apparatus, 8vo. old calf (sound copy); RARE, 16s 6d W. Turner, 1699 2948 WINTERSTEIN (Ernst, Zürich), und Georg TRIER: Die ALKALOIDE: eine Monographie der natürlichen Basen, roy. 8vo. sewn, 7s (p. M. 11) Berlin, 1910 2949 WOLFRUM (A.) CHEMISCHES PRAKTIKUM, II. TEIL: Präparative und fabrikatorische Übungen; with 13 illustrations, thick cr. 8vo. cl., 8s (p. M. 15) Leipzig, 1903 2950 WOLLASTON (William Hyde, M.D., F.R.S.) SYNOPTIC SCALE of CHEMICAL EQUIVALENTS, with plate, 4to. (pp. 22), sewn, with inscr. to Thomas Allan, F.R.S. (scarce), 10s 6d 1814 'Wollaston's most important paper in theoretical chemistry. He proposes, in order to avoid undue use of hypothesis, to replace Dalton's 'atomic weights' by 'equivalents' which were to express the bare facts of quantitative analysis. Wollaston's criticism of Dalton in this paper is fundamental.... The battle between 'atomic weights' and 'equivalents' lasted, with many fluctuations, down to recent times.'-D. N. B. 2951 WURTZ (Charles Adolphe) DICTIONNAIRE de CHIMIE PURE et APPLIQUÉE, avec Discours preliminaire Histoire des Doctrines chimiques depuis Lavoisier, 5 v. Supplément, 2 v.: Deuxième Supplément, v. I-IV, and v. V, parts 1-5 (A-Hydrazones)—in all 11 vols. and 5 parts roy. 8vo. with numerous illustrations; the first 7 bound in 9 vv. calf antique, t. e. g., and the rest in parts as issued (FINE SET), £4. 10s (p. F. 222.50 nett unbound) [1868-1904] ANOTHER COPY, complete to Deuxième Supplément, part 23, with numerous illustrations, 9 vols. and 3 parts roy. 8vo. sewn, £2. 10s (p. F. 171 nett) [1868-96] 2952 The magnum opus in chemistry of French scholarship, containing contributions by the foremost French chemists of the day. VII. CHEMISTRY, continued :— 2954 YEATS (Grant David; M.D., F.R.S.) OBSERVATIONS on the CLAIMS of the MODERNS to some DISCOVERIES in CHEMISTRY and PHYSIOLOGY, with 2 plates, 8vo. hf. calf (one joint cracked); rare, 10s 6d 1798 'His most important work. In it he called attention to the experiments of JOHN MAYOW, whose merits Thomas Beddoes had discovered two years before. Like most of Mayow's admirers, Yeats applauded with too little discrimination, but he assisted to rescue his achievements from oblivion.'-D. N. B. An appendix contains letters from T. BEDDOES, J. INGENHOUSZ, and A. N. v. SCHERER. 2955 YOUNG (Sydney, F.R.S., Prof. Chemistry, Univ. Dublin) STOICHIOMETRY, with Introduction to the Study of Physical Chemistry by SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY, F.R.S., with 88 illustrations, cr. 8vo. cl. (cover damp-stained), 3s 6d (p. 6s 6d nett) 2956 ANOTHER COPY, cl. (good copy), 4s 6d ZEITSCHRIFT für CHEMIE und PHARMACIE—v. No. 213. 1908 VIII. CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. 1813 2957 ACCUM (Friedrich Christian; gasworks pioneer) ELEMENTS of CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, after the Method of HAÜY; with, or without, Series of GEOMETRICAL MODELS, both Solid and Dissected, with 4 copperplates (stained or foxed), and woodcut figures, 8vo. boards, uncut, 6s The first English treatise on Crystallography on the structural theory, based on Haüy's epoch-making work. 2958 BAUMHAUER (Heinrich; Prof. Mineralogy, Freiburg i. Ue.) Die Neuere EntwicKELUNG der KRISTALLOGRAPHIE; with 46 illustrations, 8vo. buckram, 3s (p. M. 4 sewn) Braunschweig, 1905 2959 BOURGUET (Louis) LETTRES PHILOSOPHIQUES sur la FORMATION des SELS et des CRYSTAUX et sur la Génération et le Mechanisme Organique des Plantes et des Animaux à l'Occasion de la PIERRE BELEMNITE, et de la PIERRE LENTICULAIRE, avec Mémoire sur la THÉORIE de la TERRE, première édition; with folding plate, 12mo. contemporary parchment (RARE), 17s 6d Amsterdam, 1729 'Il essaya de montrer que la cristallisation est le résultat d'un mécanisme géométrique, comme la conception et la production des êtres organisés est un développement operé par un mécanisme organique. Il expliqua la manière dont se forment sous nos yeux certaines espèces de roches, et il tira de là quelques conjectures sur la manière dont ont dû se produire les roches anciennes et les fossiles L'hypothèse de l'échelle des êtres, qui est en général attribué a Ch. Bonnet, appartient à Bourguet.'-Biogr. Gén. Beaumont. 2960 BRAVAIS (Auguste, de l'Institut) ÉTUDES CRYSTALLOGRAPHIQUES [avec Éloge historique par ÉLIE DE BEAUMONT, de l'Institut]; with 5 plates (4 folding), 4to. cl. (SCARCE), 16s 1866 Containing all the author's crystallographical essays, including his investigations on the inner structure of crystals, which confirmed the results arrived at by C. HESSEL. 'Par son travail sur la crystallographie, M. Bravais avait associé son nom à celui de notre immortel Haiy.'—Élie de 2961 [BROOKE (Henry James, F.R.S.)] CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (Encyclopaedia Metropolitana), with 5 plates, 4to. (pp. 39), unbound, 3s [1830] 2962 FAMILIAR ÎNTRODUCTION to CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, including the Principle and Use of the GONIOMETER; with Appendix on the Mathematical Relations of Crystals, Rules for drawing their Figure, an alphabetical Arrangement, etc, etc., with 391 woodcuts, 8vo. boards (scarce), 7s 6d The author discovered thirteen new crystalline systems. 1823 [1830] 2963 [- -] MINERALOGY (Encyclopædia Metropolitana), 4to. (pp. 63), unbound, 3s He contributed the important articles on 'Crystallography' and Mineralogy' to the 'Encyclopædia Metropolitana', in which he first introduced six primary crystalline systems.'-D. N. B. 2964 CLOIZEAUX (Alfred des: Prof. Mineralogy, Ecole Normale supérieure) MÉMOIRE sur l'EMPLOI du MICROSCOPE POLARISANT, et sur l'Etude des Propriétés Optiques birefringentes propres à déterminer le Système cristallin dans les Cristaux naturels et artificiels; with 2 folding plates (one coloured), 8vo. (pp. 39), sewn (scarce), 6s 1864 Containing the author's discovery that the optical axis of crystals is influenced under the action of heat, and a 'description of his polarising microscope. 2965 NOUVELLES RECHERCHES sur les PROPRIÉTÉS OPTIQUES des CRISTAUX naturels et artificiels, et sur les Variations que ces Propriétés éprouvent sous l'Influence de la Chaleur; with diagrams, 4to. sewn (scarce), 10s Imprimerie Impériale, 1867 Containing further details on the author's discovery that the optical axes of crystals are influenced by the action of heat. 2966 DAUBRÉE (Gabriel Auguste; de l'Institut, F.R.S.) ÉTUDES et EXPÉRIENCES SYNTHÉTIQUES sur le MÉTAMORPHISME, et sur la FORMATION des ROCHES CRISTALLINES, 4to. (pp. 126), sewn (scarce), 10s [1860] This important memoir, which was awarded the prize of the French Academy, contains the author's experiments, showing the crystallising action of superheated water. 2967_FLETCHER (Sir Lazarus, F.R.S., Director Natural History Museum) The OPTICAL INDICATRIX, and the TRANSMISSION of LIGHT in CRYSTALS, with 19 diagrams, large 8vo. cl. (0. p.), 5s 1892 2968 GROTH (Paul H. Ritter v.; Univ. Munich) PHYSIKALISCHE KRYSTALLOGRAPHIE, und Einleitung in die krystallographische Kenntniss der wichtigeren Substanzen; with 3 folding plates (1 coloured), and 557 woodcuts, 8vo. hf. calf neat, 5s (p. M. 16 unbound) Leipzig, 1876 First edition of this classic work. |