Hall, William. A biography of David Cox; with remarks on his works and genius. Edited, with additions, by John Thackeray BUNCE. N. Y. Cassell. [1881.] xv+268 pp., 1 port. 8° [82,367; 46.] 24:436 Herder, Frau Maria Carolina von. Erinnerungen aus dem Leben Johann Gottfried von Herders. [Herausg. von J. G. MÜLLER.] Stutt. Cotta. 1853-4. 2 v. in 1. (4+)388 pp.; (4+)297 pp. 18° [34,914; 46.] (Herder's Sämmtl. Werke, 39-40.) 56:650 [Hill, F. H.] Political portraits. By a prominent London journalist. Phil. Lippincott. 1873. vii+313 pp. 16° [39,089; 46.] 23:130 Hoffmann, Wilhelm, editor. Encyklopädie der Erd-, Völker- und Staatenkunde, eine geographischstatistische Darstellung der Erdtheile, Länder, Meere, Inseln, Gebirge, Berge, Vorgebirge, Buchten, Häfen, Flüsse, Seen, Völker, Staaten, Städte, Flecken, Dörfer, Bäder, Berg- und Hüttenwerke, Leuchtthürme, Kanäle, Eisenbahnen etc., nebst den geographisch-astronomischen Bestimmungen der Lage der Orte. Leip. Arnold. 1864-9. 3 v. x+1168 pp.; (4+)1169-2072 pp.; (4+)2073-2944 pp. 4° [82,507; 46.]

Contents: Vol. 1. A-J.
Vol. 2. K-Radruz.

Vol. 3. Ridsberg-Z.

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Contents: Queen Victoria.-Princess Frederick William of Prus. sia.-Empress Eugenie -Duchess of Kent -Queen Adelaide.-Lady Jane Grey.-Mary, queen of Scots.--Queen Caroline.-Queen Mari Antoinette.-Josephine, queen and empress -Lady Rachel Russell.—~ Elizabeth Fry, the prison reformer.-Harriet Martineau --Amelia Opie-Lady Huntingdon.--Hannah More.--ElizaCook.--Felicia He. mans.--Mrs. Bunyan,--Charlotte Corday.-- Frederica Bremer.--L. E. L.Jenny Lind.-Joan of Arc.--Miss Borcett-Coutts. -- Florence Nightingale.--Elizabeth, Anna and Emily Blackwell. Junot, Laure Permon, duchesse d'Abrantès. Memoirs of celebrated women of all countries.

Phil. Carey. 1835. 2 v. (4+)14-206 pp.; 200 pp. 16° [30,978; 46.] 23:151-2

Contents: Vol. 1. Maria Letizia Ramolini Bonaparte.--Anna Zingha, queen of Matamba.--Lady Jane Grey.--Donna Catalina de Erauso.-Beatrice Cenci.-Catherine I.. queen of Russia.-Ann Boleyn.-Barone-8 de Staël Holstein.-Charlotte Corday.-Josephine Bonaparte.-Mary the catholic, queen of England. Vol 2. Marina Mniszech.-Christina, queen of Sweden. - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.-Marie Antoinette.-Mary of Medicis.

Lee, Mrs. Hannah F. (Sawyer). Historical sketches of the old painters. New ed., enl. Bost. Hilliard. 1841. 350 pp. 16° [40,978; 46.] 23:125

Contents: Apelles and Protogenes.-Cimabue and Giotto.- Leonardo da Vinci.-Michelangelo Buonarroti-Raffaello Sanzio.-Antonio Allegri da Coreggio.-Giorgione and Tiziano-The three Caracei. -Lodovico.-Annibale and Agostino, with their school-Rubens and Vandyke.-Claude Gelée.-Poussin.-Salvator Rosa.

Lives of British physicians. Lond. J. Murray. 1830. viii+(ii+)341 pp., 4 ports. 18° [25.342; 23:87

46.]
Contents: Linacre. Caius. - Harvey.
Browne.-Sydenham
Radcliffe. Mead. Huxham. Pringle.-Fothergill.-Heberden.-
Cullen.-Hunter-Warren.-Baillie.-Jenner.-Parry.-Gooch.

Lives of distinguished shoemakers. Port. Davis and Southworth. 1849. iv, 340 pp. 12° [1.139; 46.] 23:89

Contents: Saint Crispin.--James Lackington.-Timothy Bennett, -Roger Sherman.-William Carey.-Robert Bloomfield.-Simon Antoine.-Hans Sachs.--Wiliam Gifford.-Thomas Holerott.-Thomas Hardy-Cloudesley Shovel.-George Fox.-James Woodhouse.Jacob Behmen.-Noah Worcester.--John Pounds.

Lives of eminent persons. Publ. under the super. of the Soc. for the diff. of usef. knowl. Lond. R. Baldwin. [1833.] 12° [10,791; 46.] (Libr. of usef. knowl.) 23:90

Contents: Galileo.-Kepler.-Newton. Mahomet.-Wolsey-Sir E. Coke Lord Somers. -Caxton-Blake.-Adam Smith.-Niebuhr. -Sir C. Wren.-Michael Angelo.

Macquoid, Thomas and Katharine. Pictures and legends from Normandy and Brittany. With 34 illus. N. Y. Putnams. 34 illus. N. Y. Putnams. 1881. x (+ii)+320 pp. 12° [82,534; 46.] 22:2137

Men (The) of the third republic, or, the present leaders of France. Reprinted from the London daily news. Phil. Porter. 1873. (8+)384 12 [38,877; 46.] 23:105

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Contents: Thets.-Macmahon-Gambetta.-Grevy.--St. Hilaire. --Rouher. - uc de Broghe.--Dufaure --A. Puras.--Due D'Audiffret Pasquier. Picard. Fanther be. Dupanloup.- Veuillot. Due d'Aumale-Girardin.~ Hyaciethe. — Erckmann-Chatrin. - Rochefort.-About--Perier.--Simon.-Sardou.--Pothuau.- Blanc. - Hugo. Men who have made themselves: Whence they started. How they journeyed. What they reached. With illus. Lond. J. Blackwood. [n. d.] (iv+)viii +360 pp., 7 pls., illus. t. p. 16° [36,916; 46.] 23:106 Necrology: being memoirs of the lives of eminent and extraordinary characters. Among which are those of Theodore, king of Corsica. Lavoisier, the chemist. Bruce, the celebrated traveller. Daniel Dancer, the miser. L'Abbé Barthelemi. Dr. Kippis. Catharine II. Stanislaus, king of Poland. Dr. Richard Farmer. General Hocke. Thomas Pennant. John Wilkes. Mary Wollstonecraft. Rev. W. Mason. Sir John Dryden. Edmund Burke. Lord Amherst. Including also various articles of neglected biography. 2. ed., with a copious index, and a chronological and alphabetical table. Lond. Lackington. 1805. iv+(iv+)653(+11) pp. 8° [39, 245; 46.] 23:121

Paper and paper-making chronology. Lond. Kent and Co. 1875. (++)24 pp. 12° [49, 394; 46.]

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HISTORY, ETC.

Pierson, Rev. Hamilton W. In the brush; or, old-time social, political, and religious life in the southwest. N. Y. Appleton. 1881. iv+321 21:2399 pp., 6 pls. 12° [82,378; 46.] Porter, Major Whitworth. A history of the Knights of Malta; or, the order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Lond. Longmans. 1858. 2 v. 2 v. xvi+518 pp., 3 pls.; viii+522 pp., 1 pl., 1 fold. map. 8° [24,821; 46.]

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Stewart, K. J. A geography for beginners. Illus. with maps and engr. Richmond, Va. J. W. Randolph. 1864. viii+223 pp., 10 fold. maps. *60:610 12° [31,585; 46.]

[Stewarton, N. N. (pseud.?)] The revolutionary Plutarch, containing the biographical, historical and secret memoirs of the Bonaparte family. 1st. Am. ed., with add. Balt. G. Keatinge. 1806. vii, 303 pp. 12° [37,295; 46.] 23:144

Balt. Bonsal. 1803. viii+496 pp. 8° [41,238; 46.]

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Contents: Charles James Fox.-William Pitt.-Erasmus Darwin. Henry Dundas.-John Wolcott.-William Herschel.-Marquis Cornwallis.-Joseph Priestley.-D'Israeli.-Lord Nelson.-Gilbert Wake-William Godwin.field. Earl St. Vincent. Robert Southey. William Cowper. Warren Hastings. - Sir Ralph Abercrombie.James Gregory.-William Mavor-Lord Grenville.-Duke of Bridge

- Edmund Ranwater.-Thomas Jefferson.- Bushrod Washington. dolph.- Hugh Blair.-Sir Joseph Banks.-Henry Addington.-John Horne Tooke.-General Bowles.-Count Rumford.- James Beattie.Samuel L. Mitchel.-Dr. Jenner.-General Ira Allen.-Earl Stanhope. -Mr. Curran.

Rossetti, William Michael. Lives of famous poets. A companion volume to the series Moxon's Popular poets. Lond. Moxon. 1878. xii+(ii+) 23:1301 406 pp., 1 port. 120 [82,509; 46.]

Contents: Chaucer.-Spenser.--Shakespeare.-Milton.-Butier.Dryden.-Pope.-Thomson.-Gray.-Goldsmith.-Cowper.-Burns.Wordsworth.-Scott. - - Coleridge.

Campbell. Moore.

Shelley. Mrs. Hemans.-Keats.-Hood.-Longfellow.

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- Byron.

Russell, A. P. Thomas Corwin. A sketch. Cin. Clarke. 1881. 128 pp., 1 port. 12° [82,521; 46.] 24:419 Bost. Houghton. 1881. viii, 243 pp., 4 pls., 1 map, illus. in text. 12° [82,526; 46.] 30:1584 Select female biography; comprising memoirs

of eminent British ladies. Lond. J. Arch. 1821. ix+(ii+)331 pp. 12° [20,988; 46.]

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Lady E. Brooks. Contents: M. Andrews. - A. Askew. Carter. Lady C. Courtin. - - Lady Cutts. - Dairyman's daughter. Lady Jane Grey.-E. Hamilton.--E. Hastings.-C. Hurdis. - L. Hutchinson.-Lady Langham Mary, queen of William III.-Prin cess Charlotte of Wales.--E. Rowe. - Lady R. Russell. — Susannah, countess of Suffolk.-C. Symonds. - E. Smith.-C. Talbot.-A. K. Ward.-Countess of Warwick.

Select lives of foreigners, eminent in piety. 2. ed. Dub. J. Gough. 1796. 179+vi, 60 pp. [10,621; 46.]

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Contents: Peter Poiret.-Antonia Bourignon.-Marquis de Renty. -Francis de Sales.-Gregory Lopez.-Francis de Salignac.-Michael Molinos.-Armelle Nicolas.

worth; a biographical sketch, with selections from his writings in poetry and prose. Bost. Roberts. [1881.] 2 v. xii, 256 pp., 1 port.; x, 256 pp., 1 pl. 16° [82,383; 46.]

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Thomson, James. An introduction to modern Thomson, James. geography, with an appendix, containing an outline of astronomy, and the use of the globes. Lond. 20. ed. Simms and M'Intyre. (6+)288 pp., frontis. 16° [75,377; 46.] 60:626 Topographer, The, for the year 1789, containing a variety of original articles, illustrative of the local history and antiquities of England; particularly in the history and description of ancient and eminent seats and styles of architecture; in the preservation of curious monumental inscriptions; in the genealogies and anecdotes of famous families; in disquisitions upon remarkable tenures, and in delineations of the face of countries. Lond. Robson and Clarke. 1789-90. 2 v. 35 60:2350-51 pls. 8° [28,659; 46.] Treadwell, John H. Martin Luther and his work. N. Y. Putnams. 1881. iv+(+)243 pp., 1 [82,529; 46.] (The new Plutarch.) 24:2358

port. 16°

Trusler, John. The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information useful and necessary to persons living in London, and coming to reside there; in order to enable them to enjoy security and tranquillity, and conduct their domestic affairs with prudence and economy. Together with an abstract of all those laws which regard their protection against the frauds, impositions, insults and accidents to which. Lond. Author. [1786.] they are there liable. *60:2560 xx+191 pp. 16° [42,584; 46.] Turkey. Carte der europäischen Türkey, nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien in 21 Blättern. Nach den besten Hülfsquellen entworfen and gezeichnet durch den k. k. Oberstlieutenant Franz von WEISS. Herausg. vou dem k. k. österreich. Generalquartiermeisterstabe. [Wien.] 1829. 21 fold. maps. 8° [36,574; 46.] *60:3155 Unique, The: or, biography of many distinguished characters. Bost. J. P. Peaslee, 1829. pp. 24° [53,634; 46.]

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Welles, Albert.

American family antiquity, being an account of the origin and progress of American families, from their progenitors in this country, connected with their history abroad. This work will illustrate the honors and personal merit of our most eminent men, and deduce their pedigree from the remotest times ascertainable from our ancient histories. N. Y. Society Library. 1880. 3 v. 274 pp., 9 ports., 9 col'd pls.; 260 pp., 8 ports., 8 col'd pls.; 193 pp., 4 ports., 3 col'd pls. fo [82, 449; 46.]

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Contents: Vol. 1. Washington -Barron.-Buell.-Cary.-Page.Frost. Stokes.-Dunbar.-Grace. Vol. 2. Kip.-Cooke.-Lyon.-Kendall.-Flower-Starin.-Connor.-Mortimer. Vol. 3. Snow. -Wheeler.-Martin.-Conover.-Fish.--Waterbury.

Wolcott, Samuel. Memorial of Henry Wolcott. One of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut and of some of his descendants. Printed for

private distribution. N. Y. Randolph. 1881. (iv+)xviii+439 pp., 9 ports., 10 pls., 4 facs., illus. in text. fo [82,508; 46.] (Copy No. 300.)

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Science, Art and Industry. Baker, Thomas. Elementary treatise on land and engineering surveying, with all the modern improvements. Arranged for the use of schools and private students, also for practical land surveyors and engineers. In two parts. A new ed., with corrections, improvements and additions. Lond. J. Weale. 1859. xii+224 pp., 2 pls. (1 fold.), illus. in text. 12° [954; 46.] 52:136 Baker, Thomas.

Elements of mechanism; elucidating the scientific principles of the practical construction of machines. For the use of students in mechanical engineering. With numerous specimens of modern machines. 2. ed., corr. and enl. With remarks on tools and machines, by James NASMYTH. Lond. J. Weale. 1858-9. xx+243 pp., 5 pls., illus. in text. 12° [980; 46.] 52:610

Bakewell, Frederick C. Great facts: a popular history and description of the most remarkable inventions during the present century. N. Y. Appleton. 1860. xii+397 pp., frontis., illus. 52:1206

in text. 12° [16,682; 46.]

Bancroft, Edward.

Experimental researches concerning the philosophy of permanent colours; and the best means of producing them, by dyeing, calico printing, etc. Lond. Cadell and Davies. 1813. 2 v. Ixi(+iii)+542 pp.; 6+518 pp. 12° [7,557-8; 46.]

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Bégat, Pierre. Traité de géodésie à l'usage des marins, ou, méthodes et formules trigonométriques relatives au levé et à la construction des cartes hydrographiques. Publié sous le ministère de M. le vice-amiral Ducampe de Rosamel. Par. Impr. royale. 1839. (4+)288 pp., 3 fold. pls. 8° [16,953; 46.] 52:138

Bernan, Walter. On the history and art of warming and ventilating rooms and buildings by open fires, hypocausts, German, Dutch, Russian and Swedish stoves, steam, hot water, heated air, heat of animals, and other methods; with notices of the progress of personal and fireside comfort, and of the management of fuel. Vol. 1. Lond. G. Bell. 1845. 2 v. in 1. Xxxviii(+ii) +231 pp., illus. in text; (2+)335 pp., illus. in text. 16° [26,392; 46.] 52:933

Bigelow, Jacob. The useful arts, considered in connexion with the applications of science. N. Y. Harpers. 1856. 2 v. 384 pp., 2 pls. (1 fold.), illus. in text; 396 pp., 4 pls. (1 fold.), illus. in text. 12° 15,136-7; 46.] 52:1219-20

Bischoff, Gottlieb Wilhelm. Lehrbuch der Botanik. Stutt. E Schweizerbart. 1834-40. 3 v. in 5. 479+xxii pp., 6 fold. pls. (5 col'd), 1 tab., illus. in text; (4+)548+xxiii-lxx pp., 10 fold. pls.; (4+)839 pp.; viii+524(+4)+529-1296 pp.; 283 pp. 12° [13,293-7; 46.] [13,293-7; 46.] (Naturgesch. der drei Reiche, 4-6; G. W. Bischoff, and others.)

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Contents Vols. 1-2. Allgemeine Botanik. Vol. 3. Specielle Botanik. Vol. 4. Anhang, enthaltend die botanische Kunstsprache in Form eines Wörterbuches.

Bischoff, Gottlieb Wilhelm, and others. Naturgeschichte der drei Reiche. Zur allgemeinen Belehrung bearbeitet. Stutt. E. Schweizerbart. 1832-43. 14 v. in 12. 12° [13,291-302; 46.] *43:1652-63

Contents: Vol. 1. Allgemeine Einleitung in die Naturgeschichte; Friedrich Sigismund LEUCKART. (6+)130 pp.

Vol. 2. Oryktognosie.-Lithurgik oder Mineralien und Felsarten; J. Reinhard BLUM. (2+)509 pp., illus.; vi+501 pp., 3 pls., illus. Vol. 3. Geognosie und Geologie; Karl Caesar v. LEONHARD. Xvi +869 pp., 7 fold. pls. (1 col'd).

Vols. 4, 5 (pts. 1-2), 6 (pts. 1-3). Botanik; Gottlieb Wilhelm BISCHOFF. (Vol. 6., pt. 3. Anhang, enthaltend die botanische Kunstsprache in Form eines Wörterbuches.) 479+ xxii pp., 6 fold. pls. (5 col), 1 tab., illus.; (4+)548 xxii-lxx pp., 10 fold. pls.; (4+)839 pp.; viii+1296 pp; 28 pp.

Vols. 7-12. Zoologie; Friedrich Sigmund VOIGT. 502 pp., 2 fold. pls.; (4+)432 (+2) pp., 4 fold. pls. (1 col'd); (4+)563 pp, 3 fold. pls.; (4+)459 pp., 6 fold. pls.; (4+)459 pp., 1 fold. pl.; (4+)288(+8) pp., 4 fold. pls.

Vols. 13-14. Geschichte der Natur; Heinrich Georg BRONN.

xviii(+1)+447 pp., 5 fold. pls. (1 col'd), illus. in text; xiv(+11) +836 pp. Bland, William. Experimental essays on the principles of construction in arches, piers, buttresses, etc. Made with a view to their being useful to the practical builder. 3. ed. Lond. Virtue. 1867. vi+138 pp., illus. in text. [24,964; 46.]

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Blum, J. Reinhard. Lithurgik oder Mineralien und Felsarten nach ihrer Anwendung in ökonomischer, artistischer und technischer Hinsicht systematisch abgehandelt. Stutt. E. Schweizerbart. 1840. vi+501 pp., 3 pls., illus. in text. 12° |13,291; 46.7 (Naturgesch. der drei Reiche, 2 (suppl.); G. W. Bischoff, and others.) In 43:1652 Bronn, Heinrich Georg. Handbuch einer Ge

schichte der Natur. Stutt. E. Schweizerbart. 1841-3. 2 v. xviii(+ii)+447 pp., 5 fold. pls. (1 col'd), illus. in text; xiv(+ii)+836 pp. 12° [13,301-2; 46.] (Naturgesch. der drei Reiche, 13-14; G. W. Bischoff, and others.) *43:1662-3

Note. Plate mentioned on t. p. of vol. 2 is wanting.

Contents Vol. 1. Einleitung. Pt. 1. Kosmisches Leben. Pt. 2. Telluri-ches Leben.

Vol. 2. Pt. 3. Organisches Leben. Ergebnisse hauptsächlich aus der lebenden Welt über Entwickelung, Verbreitung und Untergang der früheren Bevölkerungen der Erde.

2 v.

Buchanan, Robertson. Practical essays on mill work and other machinery. With notes and additional articles, containing new researches on various mechanical subjects, by Thomas TREDGOLD. And now rev. into a 3. ed., with additions by George RENNIE. Lond. J. Weale. 1841. xii +*xiii-*xlvii+xiii-li( +iii)+479 pp., illus. in text; 64 pls. (43 fold.) 8° [23,915; 46.] 8° [23,915; 46.] 52:616 618 Bulkley, Lucius Duncan. Eczema and its treatment. A practical treatise based on the study of 2500 cases of the disease. N. Y. Putnams. 1881. x+344 pp. 8° [82,577; 46.] 46:4395 Byrn, M. Lafayette, compiler. The artist and tradesman's companion; embracing the manufacture and the application of varnishes to painting and other branches of the arts; instructions for working enamel, foil, etc.; the art of glazing, imitation of gold color, tortoise-shell, marble, and art of staining wood and metal; imitation of fancy woods, granite, precious stones, silver, brass and copper; house-painting, carriage-painting, etc., with everything relating to the fine arts, etc., etc., entirely simplified. N. Y. J. G. Gregory. 1867. xi, 214 pp., frontis. 16° [23,627; 46.]

52:1253 Calvert, F. Crace. Lectures on coal tar colours,

and on recent improvements and progress in dyeing and calico printing, embodying copious notes taken at the last London International exhibition, and illustrated with numerous patterns of fabrics dyed with aniline and other colours. Phil. H. C. Baird. [n. d.] 64 pp. 12° [20,822; 46.] Charcot, Jean Matin.

52:1545 Lectures on the pathological anatomy of the nervous system. Diseases of the spinal cord. Tr. from the reports by Dr. E. Brissaud in the Progrès medicale by Cornelius G. COMEGYS. With illus. Cin. P. G. Thomson. 1881. xi+165 pp. 8° [82,578; 46.] 46:1216 Claus, Carl. Beobachtungen über Lernæocera, Ein Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Lernæen. Marb. N. G. Elwert. 1868. vi+32 pp., 4 pls. 4° [81,385; 46.1 (Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg. Supplement.) In *41:3009

Peniculus und Lernæa.

Claus, Carl. Beobachtungen über die Organisation und Fortpflanzung von Leptodera appendiculata. Marb. N. G. Elwert. 1868. (2+)24 pp., 3 pls. 4° [81,385; 46.] (Schriften der Gesellsch. zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg. Supplement.) In *41:3009 Claus, Carl. Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abänderungen "im Sinne Darwin's." Marb. N. G. Elwert. 1866. (2+)34(+10) pp., 5 pls. 4° [81,385; 46.] (Schriften der Gesellsch. zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg. Supplement.) In *41:3009

Claus, Carl. Die Cypris-ähnliche Larve (Puppe) der Cirripeden and ihre Verwandlung in das festsitzende Thier. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Rankenfüssler. Marb. N. G. Elwert. 1869. (2+)17 pp., 2 pls. 4° [81,385; 46.] (Schriften der Gesellsch. zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg. Supplement.)

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Claus, Carl. Ueber Euplectella aspergillum. (R. Owen) Ein Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte der Kieselschwämme. Marb. N. G. Elwert. 1868. (4+)28 pp., 4 pls. (1 photo.) 4° [81,385; 46.] (Schriften der Gesellsch, zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg. Supplement.) In *41:3009

Danz, C. F. and Fuchs, C. F. Physisch-medicinische Topographie des Kreises Schmalkalden. Mit 8 Tafeln fo Marb. N. G. Elwert, 1848. xii +354(+2) pp. 12° [81,385; 46.] (Schriften der Gesellsch. zur Beförd. der gesammten Naturwissensch. zu Marburg, 6.) In *41:177 ATLAS. 2 maps, 6 plans. fo

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Dempsey, G. Drysdale. Tubular and other iron

girder bridges, particularly describing the Britannia and Conway tubular bridges; with a sketch of iron bridges, and illustrations of the application of malleable iron to the art of bridgebuilding. Lond. J. Weale. 1850. viii+132 pp., frontis., illus. in text. 16° [942; 46.] 52:37 Dodd, George. The curiosities of industry and the applied sciences. Lond. Routledge. 1854. (360) pp. 12° [5,142; 46.] 52:1265

Contents: Glass and its manufacture.-Iron and its manufacture. -Wood and its applications.-Calculating and registering machines. -India rubber and gutta percha.-Industrial applications of electricity. Gold: in the mine, the mint, and the workshop.-Paper: its applications and its novelties.-Printing: its modern varieties.-Cotton and flax: a contrast, -Corn and bread: what they owe to machinery. A ship, in the 19. century.-Fire and light: contrivances for their production.-Wool and silk, fur and feathers.-The chemistry of manufactures.-Steam-power and water-power.

Duncan, Andrew. The practical surveyor's guide, containing the necessary information to make any person of common capacity, a finished land surveyor, without the aid of a teacher. Phil. H. C. Baird. 1860. vi, 121 pp., illus. in text. 16° [23,713; 46.]

52:148 Easton, Alexander. A practical treatise on street or horse-power railways; their location, construction and management; with general plans and rules for their organization and operation;

Easton, Alexander.-(continued.)

together with examinations as to their comparative advantages over the omnibus system; and inquiries as to their value for investment; including copies of municipal ordinances relating thereto. Phil. Crissy and Markley. 1859. vi+ 68+91-139 pp., 24 pls. 8° [39,558; 46.] 52:41 Edinburgh.-Royal Society. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vols. 1-29. Edin. 1788-1880. 29 v. 4° [13,340-59; 81,155; 46.] *41:1091-1112.22-9 Eidlitz, Leopold. The nature and function of art, more especially of architecture. N. Y. A. C. Armstrong. 1881. xxii+493 pp. 8° [82,580; 46.] 53:49 Ellet, Charles, jr. The Mississippi and Ohio rivers; containing plans for the protection of the delta from inundation; and investigations of the practicability and cost of improving the navigation of the Ohio and other rivers by means of reservoirs. With an appendix, on the bars at the mouths of the Mississippi. Phil. Lippincott, Grambo and Co. 1853. viii+17-367 pp., 12 pls. (2 fold.) 8° [2,485; 46.] 52:45 Hand-book of wood enEmerson, William H. graving, with practical instruction in the art for persons wishing to learn without an instructor; containing a description of tools and apparatus used and explaining the manner of engraving various classes of work. Also a history of the art from its origin to the present time. New ed. Bost. Lee and Shepard. 1881. 95 PP., 1 col'd pl. 18° [82,569; 46.] 53:863 Ewbank, Thomas. A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines or raising water, ancient and modern; with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts including the progressive development of the steam engine. 16. ed. With additional matter. N. Y. Tribune Assoc. 1870. (ii)xvi 612 pp., illus. in text. 8° [25,852; 46.] 52:50 Fairbairn, Sir William. On the application of cast and wrought iron to building purposes. 4. ed., with additions. Lond. Longmans. 1870. xvii(+iii)+376 pp., 6 fold. pls., illus. in text. [23,927; 46.] 52:962 Fenwick, Thomas and Baker, Thomas. Subterraneous surveying, with and without the magnetic needle. New ed., with 76 diagrams, and a general index. Lond. Virtue. [n. d.] xiii(ii) +165 pp., illus. in text. 12° [24,978; 46.]

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52:151 Five black arts. A popular account of the history, processes of manufacture, and uses of printing, pottery, gas-light, glass, iron. Condensed from the Encyclopædia Britannica. Col. Pollett, Foster and Co. 1861. vii, 392 pp., 32 pls. [14,745; 46.] Fock, H. C. A. L. Popular æsthetic considerations on the symmetry of pleasing proportions. Tr. from the original by F. LowE. Camb. 1877. (ii+)iv+37 pp., 34 pls. fo [82,512; 46.]

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French, Benjamin Franklin. History of the rise and progress of the iron trade of the United States, from 1621 to 1857. With numerous statistical tables, relating to the manufacture, importation, exportation, and prices of iron for more than a century. N. Y. Wiley and Halsted. 1858. xvi+179 pp. 8° [5,145; 46.] 52:413

Frisi, Paul A treatise on rivers and torrents; with the method of regulating their course and channels. To which is added, an essay on navigable canals. Tr. by John GARSTIN. A new ed., corr. Lond. Virtue. [1868.] xxiv+226 pp., 2 fold. maps. 12° [24,980; 46.]

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Glynn, Joseph. Rudimentary treatise on the power of water, as applied to drive flour mills, and to give motion to turbines and other hydrostatic engines. With illus., and an appendix on centrifugal and rotary pumps. Lond. J. Weale. 1853. xii+148 pp., illus. in text. 12° [968; 46.] 52:61

Glynn, Joseph. Rudimentary treatise on the

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