A compendious system of practical surveying, and dividing of land [electronic resource] : concisely defined, methodically arranged, and fully exemplified. The whole adapted for the easy and regular instruction of youth, in our American schools. Compiled by Zachariah Jess, schoolmaster in Wilmington. Copy right secured according to law.
1799
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A compendious system of practical surveying, and dividing of land [electronic resource] : concisely defined, methodically arranged, and fully exemplified. The whole adapted for the easy and regular instruction of youth, in our American schools. Compiled by Zachariah Jess, schoolmaster in Wilmington. Copy right secured according to law.
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Jess, Zachariah.
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Wilmington [Del.] : Printed by Bonsal and Niles--for the compiler, 1799.
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United States -- Delaware -- Wilmington.
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English
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v, [3], 212, [1], 3, 5-91, [3], 59, [1] p. : ill. ; 8⁰.
Note
"Tables of difference of latitude and departure: constructed to every quarter of a degree of the quandrant .."--91, [3] p., second count, with separate title page (Evans 36236). Jess implies in his preface that he compiled these tables; however, they seem to be identical with the tables prepared by John Robertson and issued with the Philadelphia, 1792 and later editions of: Gibson, Robert. Treatise of practical surveying.
Table of logs, 59, [1] p. at end.
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Table of logs, 59, [1] p. at end.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
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Evans, 35670
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2390
Rink, E. Delaware, 512
English Short Title Catalog, W30453.
Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2390
Rink, E. Delaware, 512
English Short Title Catalog, W30453.
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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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Bonsal, Vincent, d. 1811, printer.
Niles, Samuel, 1674-1762, printer.
Jess, Zachariah, publisher.
Niles, Samuel, 1674-1762, printer.
Jess, Zachariah, publisher.
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