[Sammelband of Six Works by Mexican Civil Engineer, Meteorologist, and Statistician Vicente Reyes] - 1880

[Mexico, 1880. Very good.. Contemporary red quarter cloth and marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine titles. Moderate wear and rubbing to boards, edges and spine ends scuffed. A wonderful collection of six Mexican scientific works by Vicente Reyes, three of which appear unrecorded, all bound together in chronological order around the time of publication of the latter works. Vicente Reyes was a civil engineer, architect, and member of the Observatorio Meteorological Central and other scholarly organizations. The contents of each work ranges from technical or instructional pamphlets to more analytical reports that used data and statistics, especially in relation to climate studies, as a tool for social progress. Further details on each work are as follows: 1) Apuntes Sobre la Disposicion y Uso de los Tablas Trigonometricas. [N.p., n.d.]. 12pp. A primer on Napier's trigonometric tables. No copies reported in OCLC. 2) Instrucciones Especiales para Hacer las Observaciones Internacionales Simultaneas. Mexico: Imprenta y Litografia de Ireneo Paz, 1877. 47pp., plus twenty-five tables, and one blank folding chart for recording meteorological observations. Also includes instructions to meteorologists for conducting observations in alignment with international standards. Just three copies in OCLC. 3) Datos Altimetricos. Memoria Presentada a la Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica. [Mexico, 1878]. 29pp. The work concerns the use of barometric measuring statistics to determine the altitudes of Mexican cities. Only one copy in OCLC, at the American Philosophical Society. 4) Ensayo Estadistico-Geografico Sobre la Mortalidad en el Estado de Morelos. Mexico: Imprenta de Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1879. 25pp., plus six color folding maps illustrating mortality rates in the state of Morelos; one map is headed, "Carta Necrologia." Includes a statistical breakdown of mortality rates and causes in the state. None in OCLC. 5) Memoria Sobre el Departamento Magnetico del Observatorio Meteorologico Central de Mexico. Mexico: Imprenta de Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1880. 60pp., plus nine plates of technical figures. A history of the Mexican Meteorological Observatory and a technical description of its equipment. About ten physical copies in OCLC. 6) Datos Meteorologicos; Resument de las Observaciones Practicadas en Varios Lugares de la Republica Durante el Ano de 1879. Mexico: Imprenta de Francisco Diaz de Leon, 1880. 24pp., plus folding table. A summary of national climate statistics for 1879. No copies in OCLC.