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MATHEMATICS.

Airy.-Works by Sir G. B. AIRY, K.C.B., late Astronomer Royal

ÉLEMENTARY TREATISE ON PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Designed for the Use of Students in the Universities. With Diagrams. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 55. 6d. ON THE ALGEBRAICAL AND NUMERICAL THEORY OF ERRORS OF OBSERVATIONS AND THE COMBINATION OF OBSERVATIONS. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.

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UNDULATORY THEORY OF OPTICS. Designed for the Use of
Students in the University. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.
ON SOUND AND ATMOSPHERIC VIBRATIONS.
the Mathematical Elements of Music. Designed for the Use of
Students of the University. Second Edition, revised and enlarged.
Crown 8vo. 95.

Designed for the Use of

A TREATISE ON MAGNETISM.
Students in the University. Crown 8vo. 9s. 6d.

Alexander.-ELEMENTARY APPLIED MECHANICS. By THOMAS ALEXANDER, C.E., Professor of Civil Engineering in the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokei, Japan. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. 5,000.12.82.]

Ball (R. S., A.M.).—EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS. A Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. By Robert Stawell BALL, A.M., Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics in the Royal College of Science for Ireland (Science and Art Department). Cheaper Issue. Royal 8vo. IOS. 6d.

Bayma.-THE ELEMENTS OF MOLECULAR MECHANICS. By JOSEPH BAYMA, S.J., Professor of Philosophy, Stonyhurst College. Demy 8vo. IOS. 6d.

Third

Boole.-Works by G. BOOLE, D.C.L, F.R.S., late Professor of Mathematics in the Queen's University, Ireland :— A TREATISE ON DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Edition. Edited by I. Todhunter. Crown 8vo. 145. A TREATISE ON DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. Supple. mentary Volume. Edited by I. TODHUNTER. Crown 8vo.

8s. 6d.

THE CALCULUS OF FINITE DIFFERENCES. Third Edition. Edited by J. F. MOULTON, late Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo. IOS. 6d. Chalmers.-GRAPHICAL DETERMINATION OF FORCES IN ENGINEERING STRUCTURES. BY JAMES B. CHALMERS, C.E. With Illustrations. 8vo. 245.

Cheyne.

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE PLANETARY THEORY. With a Collection of Problems. By C. H. H. CHEYNE, M.A., F. R.A.S. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Clausius.-THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF HEAT. By R. CLAUSIUS. Translated by WALTER R. BROWNE, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. Clifford. Works by W. K. CLIFFORD, F.R.S., Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at University College, London.

7s. 6d.

THE ELEMENTS OF DYNAMIC. An Introduction to the
study of Motion and Rest in Solid and Fluid Bodies. Part I.-
Kinematic. Crown 8vo.
MATHEMATICAL PAPERS. Edited by ROBERT TUCKER,
M.A. With an Introduction by H. J. STEPHEN SMITH, M.A.,
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'Common Sense of the Exact Sciences,' now in the hands of Professor Rowe, will form the most enduring monument of Professor Clifford."-The Times.

MATHEMATICAL FRAGMENTS; being Facsimiles of his unfinished Papers, relating to the THEORY OF GRAPHS, by the late W. K. CLIFFORD. Fcap. folio. IOS. 6d.

Cumming.-AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF
ELECTRICITY. With numerous Examples. By LINNEUS
CUMMING, M.A., Assistant Master at Rugby School. Crown 8vo.
8s. 6d.

Cuthbertson.-EUCLIDIAN GEOMETRY. By F. CUTH-
BERTSON, M.A., Head Mathematical Master of the City of London
School. Extra fcap. 8vo. 4s. 6d.
Everett.-UNITS AND PHYSICAL CONSTANTS. By J.
D. EVERETT, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Professor of Natural
Philosophy, Queen's College, Belfast. Extra fcap. 8vo.
Ferrers. Works by the Rev. N. M. FERRERS, M. A., F.R. S., Master
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AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON TRILINEAR CO-ORDINATES, the Method of Reciprocal Polars, and the Theory of Projectors. Third Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.

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SPHERICAL HARMONICS AND SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THEM. Crown 8vo. Frost. Works by PERCIVAL FROST, M.A., late Fellow of St. John's College, Mathematical Lecturer of King's Coll. Cambridge:THE FIRST THREE SECTIONS OF NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA. With Notes and Illustrations. Also a Collection of Problems, principally intended as Examples of Newton's Methods. Third Edition. 8vo. I25.

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON CURVE TRACING. 8vo. 125.

SOLID GEOMETRY. Being a New Edition, revised and enlarged, of the Treatise by FROST and Wolstenholm E. Vol. I. 8vo. 16s. Godfray.-Works by HUGH GODFRAY, M.A., Mathematical Lecturer at Pembroke College, Cambridge :

A TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY, for the Use of Colleges and Schools. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE LUNAR THEORY, with a Brief Sketch of the Problem up to the time of Newton. Second Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. 5s. 6d.

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ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS. For the Use of Colleges and Schools. By G. W. HEMMING, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions. 8vo. 9s.

Jackson.-GEOMETRICAL CONIC SECTIONS.

An Elementary Treatise in which the Conic Sections are defined as the Plane Sections of a Cone, and treated by the Method of Projections. By J. STUART JACKSON, M. A., late Fellow of Gonville and Caius College. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. Kelland and Tait.-AN INTRODUCTION TO QUATERNIONS. With numerous Examples. By P. KELLAND, M.A., F.R.S., and P. G. TAIT, M. A., Professors in the department of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Kempe.-HOW TO DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE. A Lecture on Linkages. By A. B. KEMPE, B.A. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Is.6d. [Nature Series. CHEMICAL ARITHMETIC. With 1100 Problems. By SYDNEY LUPTON, M.A., Assistant Master in Harrow School. Globe 8vo. 5s.

Lupton.-ELEMENTARY

Merriman.-ELEMENTS OF THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES. By MANSFIELD MERRIMAN, Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn., U.S.A. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Morgan.-A COLLECTION OF PROBLEMS AND EXAMPLES IN MATHEMATICS. With Answers. By H. A. MORGAN, M. A., Sadlerian and Mathematical Lecturer of Jesus College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 6s. 6d.

Muir.-A TREATISE ON THE THEORY OF DETERMINANTS. With Graduated Sets of Examples. For use in Colleges and Schools. By THOMAS MUIR, M.A., F.R.S.E., Mathematical Master in the High School of Glasgow. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

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Parkinson.-Works by S. PARKINSON, D.D., F.R.S., Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge.

A TREATISE ON OPTICS. Third Edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo. cloth. IOS. 6d.

A TREATISE ON ELEMENTARY MECHANICS. For the Use of the Junior Classes at the University and the Higher Classes in Schools. With a Collection of Examples. Sixth Edition, revised. Crown 8vo 9s. 6d. Phear.-ELEMENTARY HYDROSTATICS. With Numerous Examples. By J. B. PHEAR, M. A., Fellow and late Assistant Tutor of Clare Coll. Cambridge. Fourth Edition. Cr. 8vo. cloth. 5s. 6d. Pirie. LESSONS ON RIGID DYNAMICS. By the Rev. G. PIRIE, M. A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 6s.

Puckle.-AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON CONIC SECTIONS AND ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY. With numerous Examples and Hints for their Solution. By G. HALE PUCKLE, M.A. Fourth Edition, enlarged. Crown 8vo.

7s. 6d.

Rayleigh.-THE THEORY OF SOUND. BY LORD RAYLEIGH.
F.R.S., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo,
Vol. 1. 12s. 6d. ; Vol. II. 12s. 6d. [Vol. III. in preparation.
Reuleaux.-THE KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY.
lines of a Theory of Machines. By Professor F. REULEAUX.
Translated and edited by A. B. W. KENNEDY, C. E., Professor of
Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University College, London.
With 450 Illustrations. Royal 8vo. 205.

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Robinson. MARINE SURVEYING, AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON. Prepared for the use of younger Naval Officers. With Questions for Examinations and Exercises principally from the papers of the Royal Naval College with results. By Rev. JOHN L. ROBINSON, Chaplain and Instructor to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

CONTENTS.-Symbols used in Charts and Surveying-The Construction and Use of Scales-Laying off Angles-Fixing Positions by Angles-Chart and Chart-Drawing-Instruments and Observing-Base lines-Triangulation-Levelling-Tides and Tidal Observations-Soundings-Chronometers-Meridian-Distances-Method of Plotting a Survey-Miscellaneous Exercises -Index.