Geometry improv'd : 1. By a large and accurate table of segments of circles, its construction and various uses in the Solution of several difficult Problems. With Compendious Tables for finding a true Proportional Part, and their Use in these or any other Tables; exemplify'd in making out Logarithms or Natural Numbers from them, to sixty Figures, there being a Table of them for all Primes to 1100, true to 61 Figures. 2. A concise treatise of polyedra, or solid bodies of many bases, Both the Regular and others: To which are added Twelve New ones, with various Methods of forming them, and their exact Dimensions in Surds or Species, and in Numbers; Illustrated with Variety of Copper Plates. By A.S. Philomath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Abraham, 1651-1742.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logarithms.

Geometry--Early works to 1800.

Geometry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],40,96p.,table,plates )

Other Title:

Geometry improv'd

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Richard Mount on Tower-Hill, and John Sprint in Little-Britain, 1717.

Notes:

A.S. = Abraham Sharp.

Two of the intitial pages, and p.[62] are blank.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T85398.

OCLC:

642716286