The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule

Coggeshall, Henry 1623-1690

The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule Shewing how to measure Round, Square, or other Timber, Stone, Board, Glass, Paving, Painting, and 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, rafters, &c. at any pitch, in Square, Bevelling, or Tapering Frames. By John Ham - The seventh edition, carefully corrected - London printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, near the Mansion-House MDCCLXVII. [1767] - 96p., plates 12o

First published as "A treatise of measures".


Great Britain--1707-