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The English improuer improued or the survey of husbandry surueyed discovering the improueableness of all lands: some to be vnder a double and treble others vnder a five or six fould. And many vnder a tenn fould, yea some vnder a twenty fould improuement. By Wa: Blith a lover of ingenuity All clearly demonstrated from principles of reason, ingenuity, and late, but most real experiences; and held forth at an inconsiderable charge to the profits accrewing thereby, under six peeces of improvement. 1 By floating and watering such land as lieth capable thereof. 2 By draining fen, reducing bog, and regaining sea-lands. 3 By such enclosures as prevents depopulation, & advanceth all interests. 4 By tillage of some land lost for want of, and pasturing others destroyed with plowing. 5 By a discovery of all soyls and composts with their nature and use. 6 By doublin the growth of wood by a new plantation. The third impression much augmented. With an additionall discovery of the severall tooles, and instruments in their forms and figures promised. With a second part; containing six nevver peeces of improvement. ...

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: London printed for John Wright, at the Kings-head in the Old-Bayley 1652Description: [54], 248, [2], 249-256, [2], 261-264, [1], 258-262, [14]p., [4] plates (2 folded) ill. (woodcuts) 4oSubject(s): Action note:
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Summary: An expanded edition of "The English improver".
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OCTAVO 1644 COKE The compleate copy-holder wherein is contained a learned discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copy-holds OCTAVO 1647 GREAVES A discourse of the Romane foot, and denarius OCTAVO 1650 COKE The compleat copy-holder OCTAVO 1652 BLITH The English improuer improued or the survey of husbandry surueyed OCTAVO 1654 EYRE The exact surveyor: or, The whole art of surveying of land OCTAVO 1656 PHILLIPPES The purchasers pattern OCTAVO 1658 ATWELL The faithfull surveyour discovering divers errours in land measuring; and shewing how to measure all manner of ground, and to plot it, and to shut it, and to prove the shutting, by the chain onely; as quickly, exactly, and with less help then with any instrument whatsoever: as also to take distances of a mile-space by the chain without measuring of them, and the situation of any building. Teaching likewise the making and use of a new and general instrument, called a pandoron; which, as exactly and with less charge, supplies the use of the plain-table, theodelete, quadrant, quadrat, circumferentor, and any other observing instrument. To this is added a discovery of divers secrets touching conveying and cleansing of water, flowing and drayning of grounds, quenching houses on fire, &c. With an appendix unfolding errours in board and timber-measure with directions for making a carpenters-ruler. By George Atvvell, aliàs Wells, now teacher of the mathematicks in Cambridge

An expanded edition of "The English improver".