Measuring instruments - Early works to 1800
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The pracitcal [sic] surveyor , or the art of land-measuring made easy. ... To which is added, an appendix. Shewing how to draw buildings, ... By Samuel Wyld.
Wyld, SamuelDate: 1769- E-books
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The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule , Shewing, how to measure round, square or other timber, stone, board, glass, paving, painting, wainscot. Also gauging; with instructions in decimals, Mr. Townley's method of the logarithms, and the use of the diagonal scale applied to gunter's chain. By Henry Coggeshall, Gent. Whereto is added, in a short method, the use of scamozzi's lines, for finding the lengths and angles of hips, rasters, &c. at any pitch, in square, bevelling or tapering frames. By John Ham. And to render the book more compleat, in this edition is added, a compendium of practical geometry and the principles of plain trigonometry, with the application thereof, by G. Thomson, A.M.
Coggeshall, Henry, 1623-1690.Date: MDCCXXXII. [1732]- E-books
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Art and ingenuity made easy . In two parts. Part I. The exciseman's companion: or, gauging made easy, ... Part II. Containing short-hand arithmetick, ... By William Fory, ..
Fory, WilliamDate: 1729