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The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, ... By Henry Coggeshall, ... Whereto is added, in a short method, the use of Scamozzi's lines, ... By John Ham. And to render the book more compleat, in this edition is added, A compendium of practical geometry ... By G. Thomson, A.M.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Coggeshall, Henry, 1623-1690.
Standardized Title:
Treatise of measures
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Measuring instruments--Early works to 1800.
Measuring instruments.
Measurement--Early works to 1800.
Measurement.
Slide-rule--Early works to 1800.
Slide-rule.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([12],90,[2][4],62p.,plates )
Edition:
The fifth edition, carefully revised.
Other Title:
Art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule,
Place of Publication:
London : printed for John Oswald, 1732.
Notes:
In fact a reissue of the fourth edition, 1729, with the addition of 'A compendium of practical geometry' with separate titlepage, pagination and register.
First published as 'A treatise of measures'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T120523.
OCLC:
642323043

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