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The compleat surveyor : containing the whole art of surveying of land, by the plain table, theodolite, circumferentor, and peractor ... : together with the taking of all manner of heights and distances, either accessible or in-accessible. ... : hereunto is added, the manner how to know whether water may be conveyed from a spring head to any appointed place or not, and how to effect the same : with whatsoever else is necessary to the art of surveying / by William Leybourn.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leybourn, William, 1626-1716.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surveying--Early works to 1800.
- Surveying.
- Physical Description:
- xii unnumbered pages, 84, 177-279 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge ..., 1653.
- Notes:
- First published in 1650, under pseudonym, Oliver Wallinby, with title: Planometria, or, The whole art of surveying of land. Cf. Preface.
- Signatures: A⁸B-L⁴M²Aa-Nn⁴.
- Cited in:
- Wing L1907
- OCLC:
- 13176402
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