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041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aLeybourn, William
_d1626-1716
245 0 0 _aCursus mathematicus. Mathematical sciences
_bin nine books. Comprehending arithmetick, vulgar, decimal, instrumental, algebraical. Geometry, plain, solid. Cosmography, coelestial, terrestrial. Astronomy, theorical, practical. Navigation, plain, spherical. Trigonometry, rectilinear, circular. With the description, construction, and use of geometrical and nautical instruments: and the doctrine of triangles applied to practice in mensurations of all kinds: as in longimetria, planometria, military architecture, or taking of heights, distances, &c. surveying of land, woods, roads, &c. fortification. And in navigation, dialling, &c. All which are disposed in such method and order as they ought to be read and practised, by such as would attain to a competent proficiency in them by their own industry. By William Leybourn, philomath
260 _aLondon
_bprinted for Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John Churchill
_cMDCXC. [1690]
300 _a[16], 360, [2], 355-440 p., 441-526 leaves, [2], 547-652 p., 653-694, [1], 698-724 leaves, [2], 731-904, [92] p., [44] leaves of plates
_bdiagrams, ill. tables
_c2o
520 _aTitle page in red and black.
520 _aOne of Library's copies consists of Book V: trigonometry only.
583 0 _aCondition reviewed
_c20120620
_lcondition level 2
651 4 _aGreat Britain
_y1707-
690 _aMeasurement
_96256
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999 _c113754
_d113754