The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, [electronic resource] : Shewing, how to measure round, square or other timber, stone, board, glass, paving, painting, wainscot. Also gauging; with instructions in decimals, Mr. Townley's method of the logarithms, and the use of the diagonal scale applied to gunter's chain. By Henry Coggeshall, Gent. Whereto is added, in a short method, the use of scamozzi's lines, for finding the lengths and angles of hips, rasters, &c. at any pitch, in square, bevelling or tapering frames. By John Ham. And to render the book more compleat, in this edition is added, a compendium of practical geometry and the principles of plain trigonometry, with the application thereof, by G. Thomson, A.M.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([12],90,[2][5],96-156p.,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, at the Rose and Crown, in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market, MDCCXXXII. [1732]

Notes:

First published as 'A treatise of measures'.

Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T200534.

OCLC:

509674052