The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, [electronic resource] : 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.
1732
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The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, [electronic resource] : 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.
Uniform Title
Treatise of measures
Edition
The fifth edition, carefully revised.
Publication Details
London : Printed for John Oswald, at the Rose and Crown, in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market, MDCCXXXII. [1732]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[12],90,[2];[5],96-156p.,plates ; 12⁰.
Note
First published as 'A treatise of measures'.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, T200534.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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