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A new and complete system of practical husbandry containing all that experience has proved to be most useful in farming, Either in the Old or New Method; With a Comparative View of Both; And whatever is beneficial to the Husbandman, or conducive to the Ornament and Improvement of the Country Gentleman's Estate. By John Mills, Esq; Editor of Du Hamel's Husbandry. ... by Language: English
Publication details: London printed for R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Longman, J. Coote, J. Hinxman, W. Nicoll, and S. Davis MDCCLXII. [1762]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (5)Collection, call number: HUSBANDRY OCTAVO 1762 MILLS VOL. 1, ...
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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 gentleman and cabinet-maker's director being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great Variety of Chairs, Sofas, Beds, and Couches; China-Tables, Dressing-Tables, Shaving-Tables, Bason-Stands, and Teakettle-Stands; Frames for Marble-Slabs, Bureau-Dressing-Tables, and Commodes; Writing-Tables, and Library-Tables; Library-Book-Cases, Organ-Cases for private Rooms, or Churches, Desks, and Book-Cases; Dressing and Writing-Tables with Book-Cases, Toilets, Cabinets, and Cloaths-Presses; China-Cases, China-Shelves, and Book-Shelves; Candle-Stands, Terms for Busts, Stands for China Jars, and Pedestals; Cisterns for Water, Lanthorns, and Chandeliers; Fire-Screens, Brackets, and Clock-Cases; Pier-Glasses, and Table-Frames; Girandoles, Chimney-Pieces, and Picture-Frames; Stove-Grates, Boarders, Frets, Chinese-Railing, and Brass-Work, for Furniture. And Other Ornaments. To which is Prefixed. A Short Explanation of the Five Orders of Architecture; with Proper Directions for executing the most difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimensions of each Design specified. The Whole comprehended in Two Hundred Copper-Plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life. By Thomas Chippendale, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London. by
Edition: The third edition Language: English
Publication details: London printed for the author, and sold at his House, in St. Martin's Lane; also by T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, in the Strand MDCCLXII. [1762]
Availability: Items available for loan: Historic collection (1)Collection, call number: FOLIO 1762 CHIPPENDALE.
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