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A geometrical practical treatize named Pantometria : diuided into three bookes, longimetria, planimetria, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundrie strange conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by glasses to set forth the true description or exact platte of an whole region. First published by Thomas Digges Esquire, and dedicated to the graue, wise, and honourable, Sir Nicholas Bacon ... With a mathematicall discourse of the fiue regular platonicall solides, and their metamorphoses into other fiue compound rare geometricall bodyes, conteyning an hundred newe theoremes at least of his owne inuention, neuer mentioned before by anye other geometrician.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Digges, Leonard, -approximately 1559.
- Digges, Thomas, approximately 1546-1595, author.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Standardized Title:
- Pantometria
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Measurement--Early works to 1800.
- Measurement.
- Geometry--Early works to 1800.
- Geometry.
- Surveying--Early works to 1800.
- Surveying.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 195 pages, 3 unnumbered pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Lately reuiewed by the author himselfe, and augmented with sundrie additions, diffinitions, problemes and rare theoremes, to open the passage, and prepare away to the vnderstanding of his treatise of martiall pyrotechnic and great artillerie, hereafter to be published.
- Other Title:
- Pantometria.
- Place of Publication:
- At London : Printed by Abell Ieffes, Anno. 1591.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- An expansion of the 1571 edition begun by Leonard Digges and finished by his son Thomas Digges.
- The first leaf is blank.
- With a final errata leaf.
- Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 288:02) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd edition) 6859.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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