ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. XL Part III 1902-3

1903. ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, VOL. XL PART III FOR THE SESSION 1902-3. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son and Williams & Norgate, London, 1903. Pp. 469-707 + plates. 4to. burgundy cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine sunned, corners bumped. Fine internally. Contents: Mossman, R. C. The Meteorology of Edinburgh. (one plate) Muir, Thos. Vanishing Aggregates of Secondary Minors of a Persymmetric Determinant. Knott, C. G. Change of Electric Resistance of Nickel due to Magnetisation at Different Temperatures. Turner, Sir William. A Contribution to the Craniology of the People of Scotland. (five plates) Muir, Thos. The Generating Function of the Reciprocal of a Determinant. Russell, James. Magnetic Shielding in Hollow Iron Cylinders and Superposed Inductions in Iron. (six plates) Muirhead, George. On the Effect of Temperature on the taking of Salmon with Rod and Fly in the River Spey at Gordon Castle in the Autumns of 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901. (four plates) Traquair, Ramsay H. On the Distribution of Fossil Fish-remains in the Carboniferous Rocks of the Edinburgh District. (two plates) Extra postage required. .

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. XLV Part I 1905

1906. ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH, VOL. XLV PART I FOR THE SESSION 1905-6. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son and Williams & Norgate, London, 1906. Pp. 1-259 + plates. 4to. burgundy cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine sunned, corners bumped. Fine internally. Contents: Muir, Thomas. Elimination in the case of Equality of Fractions whose Numerators and Denominators are Linear Functions of the Variables. Cunningham, D. J. The Varying Form of the Stomach in Man and the Anthropoid Ape. (four plates) Agar, W. E. The Development of the Skull and Visceral Arches in Lepidosiren and Protopterus. (three plates) Simpson, Sutherland & J. J. Galbraith. Observations on the Normal Temperature of the Monkey and its Diurnal Variation, and on the Effect of Changes in the Daily Routine on this Variation. (one plate) Bruce, Alexander. Distribution of the Cells on the Intermedio-Lateral Tract of the Spinal Cord. (one plate, 24 figures) Falconer, J. D. The Igneous Geology of the Bathgate and Linlithgow Hills: II. Petrography. (three plates) Murray, James. The Rotifera of the Scottish Lochs. (six plates) Johnston, S. M. On the Elevation of the Boiling POints of Aqueous Solutions of Electrolytes. Gibson, John. On the Relationship between Concentration and Electrolytic Conductivity in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions. Extra postage required. .

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol XLVIII Part IV 1912

1913. BOTANY ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH VOL XLVIII PART IV 1912-1913. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son/London: Williams and Norgate, 1913. pp. 799-965 + [3] + viii pp. Contents of Vol. XLVIII. 4to. tan wrappers printed in black. Wrappers soiled, dampstained, one inch abrasion to top right corner of front cover (no text affected). Unopened. Text is not dampstained, but there is a faint ripple to the bottom edge of first few pages. Color folding maps, b/w plates and diagrams. Contents: Gibson, A. H. The Loss of Energy at Oblique Impact of Two Confined Streams of Water. With 5 diagrams. Gordon, W. T. On Rhetinangium arberi, a new genus of Cycadofilices from the Calciferous Sandstone series. With 3 plates. Halpern, David. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). Part IV: The Brain. With 1 plate. Haig, Harold Axel. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: A Contribution to the Histology of the Nervous System of the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddelli). With 2 plates and 9 figures. Seward, A. C. & N. Bancroft. Jurassic Plants from Cromarty and Sutherland, Scotland. 2 plates and 6 figures. Turner, Sir William. The Right Whale of the North Atlantic, Balena biscayensis: its Skeleton described and compared with that of the Greenland Right Whale, Balena mysticetus. 3 plates and figures in the text. Campbell, Robert. The Geology of South-Eastern Kincardineshire. 3 plates. .

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol XLVIII Part II 1911

1912. ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH VOL XLVIII PART II 1911-1912. Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son/London: Williams & Norgate, 1912. pp. 231-520. 4to. tan wrappers printed in black. Light soil to wrappers, interior fine. Unopened. B/w plates. Contents: Simpson, Sutherland. The Effects of changing the Daily Routine on the Diurnal Rhythm in Body Temperature. 13 figures. Kidston, R. On the Carboniferous Flora of Berwickshire. Part I - Stenomyelon Tuedianum Kidston. 4 plates. Hoyle, William Evans. The Cephalopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Stephenson, J. On Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, and on a new species of Limnodrilus with distinctive characters. 2 plates. Herdman, W. A. The Tunicata of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904. 1 plate. Hepburn, David. Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Observations on the Anatomy of the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddelli). Part III. Melvill, James Cosmo. The Marine Mollusca of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Part II. 1 plate. Jackson, J. Wilfrid. The Brachiopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902 to 1904). 2 plates. Gibson, A. H. The Equilibrium of the Circular-Arc Bow-Girder. 11 diagrams. Fulton, Angus R. Experiments to Show how Failure under Stress occurs in Timber, its Cause, and Comparative Values of the Maximum Stresses induced when Timber is fractured in various ways. 8 plates, 5 figures. Reid, Alexander. The Cestoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. 2 plates. Chilton, Charles. The Amphipoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. 2 plates. .

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Edwards, Milne, and Achille Comte

Cahiers D'Histoire Naturelle

1840. Edwards, Milne, and Achille Comte. CAHIERS D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE a l'Usage des Colleges et des Ecoles Normales Primaires. Paris, Fortin, Masson & Cie, 1840. Octavo. (viii) 100, 141, 96, 88, 82, 126, 100pp. plus 37 plates and several tables, three of them folding. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Seven "Cahiers" cover anatomy, zoology, botany and geology, each with five to seven engraved plates, and one hand-colored folding plate showing a geological cross-section. An interesting indication of the high standard of primary education in the sciences at this time. Light wear to extremities, and one hinge of folding plate fragile, else fine. .

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EHRLICH, P.

Histology of the Blood, Normal and Pathological

1900. EHRLICH, P. and A. Lazarus, ed./transl. W. Myers. HISTOLOGY OF THE BLOOD, NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL. Cambridge: University Press, 1900. 216 pp. 12mo. green cloth. Ex-library, usual markings. Spine slightly shaken, frayed/chipped heel and crown. Cloth rubbed. Occasional neat ink margin marks/underlining. With duotone plates. .

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EIFFEL, G.

The Resistance of the Air and Aviation: Experiments Conducted at the

1913. EIFFEL, G. transl. Jerome C. HUNSAKER. THE RESISTANCE OF THE AIR AND AVIATION: EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED AT THE CHAMP-DE-MARS LABORATORY. London: Constable & Co./Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co. 1913. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. xvi + 242 pp. 4to. red cloth sunned to brown at spine, stamped in gilt and blind. Cloth soiled, corners bumped. B/w photo reproductions, diagrams in the text; large folding b/w charts at rear. A few of the charts have pencil notations. Binding sound and text clean, complete. .

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ELECTRICITY

Report of the Electrical Conference at Philadelphia in September, 1884

1886. [ELECTRICITY] REPORT OF THE ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE AT PHILADELPHIA IN SEPTEMBER, 1884. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. 183 pp. 8vo. red pebbled cloth with gilt cover lettering. Ex-library with usual markings, minor shelfwear to heel of spine. Light soil to spine and boards. Proceedings of the National Conference of Electricians at the International Electrical Exhibition. B/w diagrams. .

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ENTOMOLOGY

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Interrupted Run 1859 -

1859. [ENTOMOLOGY] ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE, INTERRUPTED RUN 1859 - 1920, BOUND VOLUMES AND ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Societe Entomologique de France. Over 150 color plates, hundreds morte monochrome/tinted plates. Offered as a lot. 24 bound volumes, the rest in parts in original wrappers. Condition good to excellent. A few covers are detached or spines split in the paper issues, and spines of a few of the bound volumes are chipped (and backstrip is detached, 1859 volume). Very few plates are flawed: a few may have partial dampstaining. Overall the color plates are delicate and vivid, in excellent condition. As follows: Series 3, 1859-60, 2 volumes Series 4, 1861-67, 1869-70, 9 volumes Series 5, 1872-1879, 8 volumes Series 6, 1883-1890, 8 volumes 1891-1895, 1897-1899, 1902-1903, 1906, 1909, 1913-1920 (LX - LXXXIX), 20 volumes (1895 vol LXIV lacks part 3). Complete list available upon request. .

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EPPINGER, Hans

Vagotonia: A Clinical Study in Vegetative Neurology

1917. EPPINGER, Hans and Leo Hess. VAGOTONIA: A CLINICAL STUDY IN VEGETATIVE NEUROLOGY, 2 volumes. New York: The Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, 1915-1917. 93 pp. ea volume. 8vo, wrappers as issued. Ex-library with inkstamps and labels on wrappers. Very good, edges of wrappers nicked, slightly creased. Interiors fine. Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series No. 20. Garrison Morton 2234. .

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ERNST, Harold C.

Infectiousness of Milk: Result of Investigations Made for the Trustees

1895. (ERNST, Harold C.) INFECTIOUSNESS OF MILK: RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS MADE FOR THE TRUSTEES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. Boston: Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 1895. Signed by the author on the front fly-leaf. 141 pp. including many tables, and 17 plates: b/w illustrations of bacteria viewed through a microscope. 8vo. two-toned cloth binding (maroon/beige) with gilt lettering and insignia on upper board, and a leather spine label. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine is chipped at heel and crown, and heavily sunned. Over opened at title-page. Text and illustrations clean. About very good. .

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FABRE, Pierre

Traite Des Maladies Veneriennes

1795. FABRE, Pierre F. TRAITE DES MALADIES VENERIENNES. Paris, Didot, 1795. 8vo. xvi,576pp. Fourth edition, revised, corrected, and expanded by the author. A thorough treatment of the subject and its remedies, starting with the importation of disease by Christopher Columbus. Intended for the instruction of young surgeons "to make them worthy of the public trust." Fabre, originally from Provence, was Provost and Professor at the College Royale de Chirurgie. An authoritative text which went into many editions. In early calf, gilt. Quite worn to extremities; boards starting; library marks. Internally fine. .

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FLUCKIGER, Friedrich August

Pharmaceutische Chemie

1879. FLUCKIGER, Friedrich August. PHARMACEUTISCHE CHEMIE. Berlin: Verlag von Rudolph Gaertner, 1879. 2 Vols bound in one. 8vo. pp. 910. Three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library with bookplate and stamps to ffep. Leather rubbed on spine and extremities. Interior slightly darkened but clean throughout. Binding is tight. Very Good. .

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FORBES, Murray

A Treatise Upon Gravel and Gout

1793. FORBES, Murray. A TREATISE UPON GRAVEL AND GOUT in which their Sources and Connection are ascertained; with an Examination of Dr. Austin's Theory of Stone, and other critical remarks. A Dissertation on the Bile, and its Connections, and an Inquiry into the Operation of Solvents. London, T. Cadell, 1793. 8vo. xii,258pp. = [1] blank leaf, and 16pp. publisher's ads. First edition in this form. In early calf, quite worn, with hinges cracked and front board nearly detached. Library markings and bookplate. Forbes wrote three different versions of his book on Gravel and Gout, none of which are currently available on the market. .

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FORDYCE, George

Five Dissertations on Fever

FORDYCE, George. FIVE DISSERTATIONS ON FEVER. Second American edition: From the latest English edition of each respective dissertation. Boston: Published by T. Bedlington and C. Ewer, 1823. [2],iv,442,[2] pp. Octavo. Contemporary binding of mottled leather, red morocco label, all edges stained yellow. Ink ownership at front pastedown. The binding is lightly soiled and edgeworn, sunned at spine, and boards are bowed; in addition, the upper joint has a superficial hairline crack. Text leaves are lightly age-browned; though the concluding leaves are a bit darker and have some dampstaining in the top margin. Very good. .

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