Geodaesia [electronic resource] : or, The art of surveying, and measuring land made easy. Shewing, by plain and practical rules, to survey, protract, cast up, reduce or divide any piece of land whatsoever; with new tables for the ease of the surveyor in reducing the measure of land: moreover, a more facile and sure way of surveying by the chain, than has hitherto been taught. As also, to lay out new lands in America, or elsewhere: and how to make a perfect map of a river's mouth or harbour; with several other things never before published in the English language. By John Love.
1796
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Geodaesia [electronic resource] : or, The art of surveying, and measuring land made easy. Shewing, by plain and practical rules, to survey, protract, cast up, reduce or divide any piece of land whatsoever; with new tables for the ease of the surveyor in reducing the measure of land: moreover, a more facile and sure way of surveying by the chain, than has hitherto been taught. As also, to lay out new lands in America, or elsewhere: and how to make a perfect map of a river's mouth or harbour; with several other things never before published in the English language. By John Love.
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The thirteenth edition, adapted to American surveyors.
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New-York : Printed and sold by Samuel Campbell, 124 Pearl-Street, 1796.
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United States -- New York -- New York.
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English
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[17],10-189,[16],3,[36],7,[1]p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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"A table of the northing or southing, easting or westing, of every degree from the meridian, to the number of chains run upon any degree."--p. [190-205].
"The use of the foregoing table."--p. 1-3, 4th count.
"A table of sines and tangents to every fifth minute of the quadrant."-- [24] p., 5th count.
"A table of logarithm numbers."--p. [25-35], 5th count.
"An appendix, shewing farther how to survey by the chain only: with an useful table to that purpose."-- 7, [1] p. at end.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
"The use of the foregoing table."--p. 1-3, 4th count.
"A table of sines and tangents to every fifth minute of the quadrant."-- [24] p., 5th count.
"A table of logarithm numbers."--p. [25-35], 5th count.
"An appendix, shewing farther how to survey by the chain only: with an useful table to that purpose."-- 7, [1] p. at end.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
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Evans, 30704
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2384
English Short Title Catalog, W12393.
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2384
English Short Title Catalog, W12393.
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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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