PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS, CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND PAPERS RELATING TO ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, &c. INCLUDING THE RONALDS LIBRARY. COMPILED BY SIR FRANCIS RONALDS, F.R.S. WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. EDITED BY ALFRED J. FROST, Acting-Librarian of the Society of Telegraph Engineers and Member of the Library Association of the LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 46, CHARING CROSS. NEW YORK: 446, BROOME STREET. Libr. 10-30-36 32897 PREFACE. TH HE compilation of this Catalogue was commenced at an early date, and was continued up to the death of its compiler in 1873. It contains over 13,000 entries, comprising not only the books, pamphlets, and other publications in the RONALDS LIBRARY, but also the titles of all other works on the subject of Electricity, Magnetism, &c. which came to the notice of its compiler. The titles are arranged under the authors' names, and the anonymous entries have been placed, with a slight attempt at classification, under a separate heading at the end of letter A. After Sir Francis Ronalds retired from the direction of Kew Observatory, he lived for many years abroad, chiefly in Italy, his principal occupation being the compilation of this Catalogue and the formation of his Library. He, consequently, had exceptional opportunities for obtaining the foreign works upon the subject, and the collection is extremely rich in such publications. During this time it was one of his favourite pursuits to obtain as many of the Electrical works as possible which he required, which had belonged to those whose names have become eminent, and are identified with the subject. An instance of this may be given of the celebrated Volta's works, a large number of which he obtained from the Count Zanino Volta at great personal trouble and some expense. There are also in the Library many works which originally belonged to Arago, Faraday, Roget, and others. Many of the most important works relating to Electricity, and, indeed, of most other branches of science, consist of papers contributed to the Transactions and Proceedings of scientific bodies, and |