The marrow of the mathematicks : contracted into a small compass, and made plain and easie to the understanding of any ordinary capacity. Containing the doctrines of arethmetick, geometry, astronomy, gauging, the use of the sector, surveying, dyalling, and the art of navigation, &c. Illustrated with several cuts for the better explanation of the whole matter. After a new, compendious, easie method, by W. Pickering, merchant-adventurer. Licensed Octob. 9th 1685. Rob. Midgley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pickering, W. (William)

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Early works to 1800.

Mathematics.

Measurement--Early works to 1800.

Measurement.

Navigation--Early works to 1800.

Navigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 unnumbered pages, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of folded plates) : illustrations (woodcuts)

Place of Publication:

London : printed by John Richardson for the author, and are to be sold by Tho. Passinger, at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge, and Tho. Sawbridge at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain, 1686.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The "plates" are also woodcuts.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2074:15) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition) P2152A.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.