The surveyor's guide, or, A new introduction to the whole art of surveying land, both by the chain and all instruments now in use : now first published from an original m.s. : to which is added, all the useful geometrical definitions, axioms, problems, and theorems, which relate to this art ... 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 .. / by Edward Laurence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laurence, Edward, -1740?

Contributor:

Whiston, William, 1667-1752.

Ditton, Humphry, 1675-1715.

Series:

Making of the modern world

Making of the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveying--Early works to 1800.

Surveying.

Logarithms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

Surveyor's guide

New introduction to the whole art of surveying land, both by the chain and all instruments now in use

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J., J., and P. Knapton, 1736.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"A table of logarithms from unity to 1000": p. 1-53 (3rd group).

"A table of artificial sines and tangents for every degree and minute of the quadrant, fitted to the size of the logarithms," London, 1735: p. [55]-145 (3rd group). Has separate t.p.

Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 07344.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns

OCLC:

65343068

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.