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A treatise on mensuration, both in theory and practice By Charles Hutton by Language: English
Publication details: Newcastle upon Tyne Printed by T. Saint for the author, and for John Wilkie in St Paul's Church Yard, and Richard Baldwin in Pater-noster Row, London 1770
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: QUARTO 1770 HUTTON.
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Surveying improved or, the whole art, both in theory and practice, fully demonstrated. In four parts. I. Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal. II. All Definitions, Theorems, and Problems; with Plain Trigonometry, and whatsoever else is useful in the Theory of Surveying. III. The Description and Use of Instruments, necessary in the Practice of Surveying; particularly Gunter's Chain, the Surveying-Wheel, the Theodolite, the Sector, the Circumferentor, the Protractor, the Semicircle, and the Plain-Table; which last, of all others, is esteemed universally useful in every Part of this Art. IV. How to Measure, Cast up, Plot, and Divide Parcels of Land, of what Denomination soever, viz. Meadows, Pastures, Fields, Forests, Woods, Commons, Lordships, Manors, &c. by any one or more of the abovesaid Instruments. Also, to take inaccessible Heights and Distances, with surveying Counties, Roads, Rivers, &c. Likewise to reduce a Plan to a Prospect, and to correct any Survey by Astronomical Calculation: With Directions for making transparent Colours for Maps, &c. With an Appendix concerning Levelling and Conveying of Water to any possible Place assigned. The sixth edition, with additions, illustrated with cuts, &c. and also accurately revised, improved, and augmented. By Henry Wilson, Mathematician. To which is now added, Geodoesia accurata: or, Surveying made Easy by the Chain only. Shewing, How to Measure, Plot, Divide, and Delineate any Parcel of Land, without the Trouble and Charge of any other Instrument but the Chain; with proper Directions for Reducing, Mapping, Colouring, and finding the Content, after an accurate and expeditious Manner. Also, a new essay upon Solids. Shewing how the Dimensions of Timber-Trees, &c. both standing and lying, may be exactly taken, and readily measured various Ways, viz. Vulgarly, Decimally, Duodecimally, Instrumentally, and Tabularly. By William Hume, Philomath. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for J. and F. Rivington, L. Hawes and Co. W. Johnston, T. Longman, S. Crowder, B. Law, and Robinson and Roberts MDCCLXIX. [1769]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1769 WILSON.
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Geodaesia: 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 measures 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 yet published in our language. By John Love by
Edition: The eighth edition. Corrected and improved by Samuel Clark Language: English
Publication details: London Printed for J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. Keith, in Gracechurch-Street; and Robinson and Roberts, in Paternoster-Row MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1768 LOVE.
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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, 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 by
Edition: The seventh edition, carefully corrected Language: English
Publication details: London printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, near the Mansion-House MDCCLXVII. [1767]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1767 COGGESHALL.
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A general treatise of mensuration: containing many useful and necessary improvements Composed for the benefit of artificers, builders, measurers, surveyors, gaugers, farmers, gentlemen, young students, &c. The whole being intended as an easy introduction to several parts of the mathematicks. By J. Robertson, F.R.S. by
Edition: The third edition Language: English
Publication details: London Printed for J. Nourse, and J. Wilcox, in the Strand MDCCLXVII. [1767]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1767 ROBERTSON.
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A new and accurate history and survey of London Westminster, Southwark, and places adjacent; containing whatever is most worthy of notice in their ancient and present state: In which are Described. Their Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Government, Original Constitution, Antiquities, Manufactories, Trade, Commerce, and Navigation; And The several Wards, Liberties, Precincts, Districts, Parishes, Churches, Religious and Charitable Foundations, and other Public Edifices: Particularly The Curiosities of the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Royal Exchange, Sir Hans Sloan's Museum, &c. and whatever is remarkable for Elegance, Grandeur, Use, Entertainment or Curiosity. With The Charters, Laws, Customs, Rights, Liberties and Privileges, Of This Great Metropolis. Illustrated With A Variety of Heads, Views, Plans, and Maps, neatly Engraved. ... . By the Rev. John Entick, M.A. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, near the Mansion-House MDCCLXVI. [1766]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (4)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1766 ENTICK VOL. 1, ...
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The practical surveyor or the art of land-measuring made easy. Shewing, by plain and familiar Rules, how to Survey any Piece of Land whatsoever, by the Plain-Table, Theodolite, or Circumferentor: or, by the Chain only. And how to Protract, Cast up, Reduce and Divide the same. Likewise. An easy Method of Protracting Observations made with the Meridian; and how to cast up the Content of any Plot of Land, by Reducing any Multangular Figure to one Triangle. To which is added, an appendix. Shewing how to draw buildings, &c. in Perspective: Of Levelling; and also how to Measure standing Timber. By Samuel Wyld. by
Edition: The fifth edition. Corrected and enlarged by a careful hand: and illustrated with several copper-plates Language: English
Publication details: London printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street MDCCLXIV. [1764]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (2)Collection, call number: GENERAL OCTAVO 1764 WYLD, ...
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The description and use of the globes, and the orrery To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system. By Joseph Harris, Teacher of the Mathematics by
Edition: The ninth edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for B. Cole, at the Orrery, near the Globe Tavern in Fleet-Street, late the Shop of Mr. Thomas Wright, Instrument-Maker to His Majesty; and E. Cushee, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-Street MDCCLXIII. [1763]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: LAND OCTAVO 1763 HARRIS.
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Surveying Improved or, the whole art, both in theory and practice, fully demonstrated. In four parts. .I Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal. II All definitions, theorems, and problems; with Plain Trigonometry, and whatsoever else is useful in the theory of surveying. III The description and use of instruments, necessary in the Practice of Surveying; particularly Gunter's Chain, the Surveying Wheel, the Theodolite, the Sector, the Circumferentor, the Protractor, the Semicircle, and the Plan-Table; which last, of all others, is esteemed universally useful in every Part of this Art. IV How to Measure, Cast up, Plot, and Divide Parcels of Land, of what Denomination, soever, viz. Meadows, Pastures, Fields, Forests, Woods, Commons, Lordships, Manors &c. by any one or more of the abovesaid instruments. Also, to take inaccessible Heights and Distances, with Surveying Counties, Roads, Rivers, &c. Likewise to reduce a Plan to a Prospect, and so correct any Survey by Astronomical Calculation: With Directions for making transparent Colours for Maps, &c. With an Appendix concerning Levelling and Conveying of Water to any possible Place assigned. The Fifth Edition, with Additions; embellished and illustrated with proper Cuts, ... By Henry Wilson, ... To which is now added, Geodoesia Accurata: or, Surveying made Easy by the Chain only. ... By William Hume, ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Rivington, W. Johnston, S. Crowder and Co, and B. Law MDCCLXII [1762]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1762 WILSON.
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The practical surveyor, or The art of Land-Measuring made easy Shewing by plain and familiar rules, how to survey any piece of land whatsoever, by the plain-table, theodolite, or circumserentor: or, by the chain only. And how to protract, castup, reduce and divide the same. Likewise, an easy method of protracting observations made with the meridian; and how to cast up the content of any plot of land, by reducing any multangular figure to one triangle. To which is added, an appendix. Shewing how to draw buildings, &c. in perspective: of levelling; and also how to measure standing timber. By Samuel Wyld. by
Edition: The fourth edition: corrected and enlarged by a careful hand; and illustrated with several Copper-Plates Language: English
Publication details: London Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street MDCCLX. [1760]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1760 WYLD.
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Surveying improved or, the whole art, both in theory and practice, fully demonstrated. In four parts. ... The fourth edition, with additions; embellished and illustrated with proper cuts, &c. ... By Henry Wilson, ... To which is now added, Geodoesia accurata: or, surveying made easy by the chain only. ... Also, a new essay upon solids. ... By William Hume, ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and J. Rivington, W. Johnston, and P. Davey and B. Law MDCCLV [1755]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1755 WILSON.
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The complete measurer or, the whole art of measuring. In two parts. The first part teaching decimal arithmetic, with the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. And also the Multiplication of Feet and Inches, commonly called Cross-Multiplication. The second part teaching to measure all sorts of superficies and solids, by Decimals, by Cross-Multiplication, and by Scale and Compasses: Also the Works of several Artificers, relating to Building; and the Measuring of Board and Timber. Shewing the common Errors. And some Practical Questions. The eighth edition. To which is added, an appendix, 1. Of Gauging. 2. Of Land-Measuring. Very useful for all Tradesmen, especially Corpenters, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Painters, Joiners, Glasiers, Masons, &c. By William Hawney, Philomath. Recommended by the Rev. Dr. John Harris, F. R. S. by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, J. Hodges, S. Austen, J. and J. Rivington, and J. Ward M.DCC.LI. [1751]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1751 HAWNEY.
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The practical surveyor containing the most approved methods for surveying of lands and waters, by the several instruments now in use: particularly exemplified with the common and new theodolites. And also How to plot and cast up such Surveys, with the Manner of adorning the Maps thereof. To which are added, Some uses of the new Theodolite, viz. In drawing the perspective Appearance of Buildings, &c. In levelling, for the conducting of Water, and In taking the Dimensions of standing Timber. Together with the Description and Use of An improved Sliding-Rule for Timber, &c. An Universal Dial. A Measuring Wheel, and The Pantographer, for copying of Drawings. First published in part, by John Hammond; since enlarged, by Samuel Warner; And now revised, corrected, and greatly augmented by
Edition: The third edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for T. Heath, mathematical-instrument-maker, at the Hercules and Globe, near Exeter-Exchange in the Strand MDCCL. [1750]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (4)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1750 HAMMOND, ...
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The pocket remembrancer or, a Concice History of the City of London. Containing among other Things, I. Its Name and Antiquity, Situation, Magnitude, Number of Inhabitants, the River of Thames and the Trade thereof. II. Of the Ecclesiastical Government, to which is added a particular Account of each Vicar and Rector's Yearly Income in each Parish, and in whose Gift the Living is (very useful for all Clergymen) III. The Lord Mayor of the City's Election, and his Authority, with an Account of the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common-Council Men. IV. Of the Publick Offices, with a List of the Commissioners thereof. V. Of the Tower of London, a particular Account thereof. VI. Of the Custom-House. Vii. An Account of Guildhall, with the Business done there Viii. Of the Publck Schools and Colleges. IX. List of the Governors of the Charter-House, Modern-College on Black-Heath, Christ's Hospital, St. Bartholomew's, and Emanuel-College, &c. Language: English
Publication details: London printed and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, and by most Booksellers in London and Westminster [1750?]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: OCTAVO 1750 POCKET.
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