The art of shadows : or, universal dialling : ; with tables exactly calculated for the lat. of 51 deg. 30 min. viz. London. Teaching any Person, the of an ordinary Capacity, and unlearned in the Mathematicks, to draw a true Sun-Dial, upon any given Plan, however Situated, in respect of destination and reclination. And A Table shewing the Distance of each ... from the Meridian, upon all Horizontal-Dials. Likewise Arithmetical, Spot, Concave, Convex, Instrumental, Reflex, Cylindrical, Dialling. With the manner of ornamenting these several Sorts of Dialling with all Useful Furniture; and how to Cut the five Regular Bodies, and two others, one of Twelve Rhombe, and the other of Thirty. The third edition, with additions. By John Good, Teacher of Mathematicks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Good, John, fl. 1706-1733.

Standardized Title:

Multum in parvo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sundials--Early works to 1800.

Sundials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],184p.,plates )

Other Title:

Art of shadows

The art of shadows

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by Thomas Page, and William Mount, on Tower-Hill, 1731.

Notes:

Originally published as: Multum in parvo.

A reissue of the 1721 third edition with a cancel titlepage.

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T122464.

OCLC:

642333010