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035 _a(Sirsi) u155244
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aLaurence, Edward
_dd. 1740
245 0 4 _aThe young surveyor's guide
_bor, a new introduction to the whole art of surveying land, both by the chain and all instruments now in use. Now first publish'd from an original M.S. To which is Added, All the useful Geometrical Definitions, Axioms, Problems and Theorems, which relate to this Art. As also the Method of Casting up the Dimensions of Artificers Work. Very useful for all Gentlemen and Others. There is also added, by way of appendix, a new way of Surveying large Tracts of Land, according to the Learned Mr Whiston's and Mr Ditton's New Method of Surveying England by Explosions. The manner of making up and preparing Transparent Colours for Beautifying Maps, Charts, Pictures, &c. The Tables of Artificial Numbers, Sines and Tangents, to every Degree and Minute of the Quadrant. All which is very much Improved and Corrected, by Edward Laurence, surveyor.
260 _aLondon
_bprinted for James Knapton, at the Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard
_c1716
300 _a[8], 230 [i.e.231], [1], 145, [1] p., plates
_c12o
583 _aCondition reviewed
_c20120620
_lcondition level 1
651 4 _aGreat Britain
_y1707-
690 _aMeasurement
_96256
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999 _c113424
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