Sciographia, or The art of shadovves : Plainly demonstrating, out of the sphere, how to project both great and small circles, upon any plane whatsoever: with a new conceit of reflecting the sunne beames upon a diall, contrived on a plane, which the direct beames can never shine upon. Together with the manner of cutting, the five regular platonicall bodies; and two other, the one of 12, the other of 30 rhombes, never discovered heretofore; also the finding of ther declinations, and reclinations, and adorning them with variety of dials. All performed, by the doctrine of triangles; and for ease, and delight sake by helpe of the late invented, and worthily admired numbers, called by the first inventor logarithmes. By I.W. Esquire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

J. W. (John Wells)

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sundials--Early works to 1800.

Sundials.

Logarithms--Early works to 1800.

Logarithms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 unnumbered pages, 427 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 13 unnumbered plates (some folded)) : illustrations (woodcuts)

Other Title:

Sciographia

Art of shadowes.

Sciographia, or The art of shadowes.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Thomas Harper, and are to be sold [by Andrew Hebb] in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Bell, 1635.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Printer's name from STC.

2F1,2 printed as 2a7,8.

With slip-cancel diagrams on C6r, R2r, R5v.

The "plates" are woodcut diagrams.

Variant: issued with unsold sheets of logarithmic tables by H. Briggs and A. Vlacq, published at Gouda by P. Rammaseyn, 1626.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

2F² bound as printed after 2a6.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 979:10) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

STC (2nd edition) 25234.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.