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The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule 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.

By: Language: English Publication details: London Printed for John Oswald, at the Rose and Crown, in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market MDCCXXXII. [1732]Edition: The fifth edition, carefully revisedDescription: [12], 90, [2]; [4], 62p., plates 12oUniform titles:
  • Treatise of measures
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Summary: In fact a reissue of the fourth edition, 1729, with the addition of "A compendium of practical geometry" with separate titlepage, pagination and register.Summary: First published as "A treatise of measures".
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In fact a reissue of the fourth edition, 1729, with the addition of "A compendium of practical geometry" with separate titlepage, pagination and register.

First published as "A treatise of measures".