The practical surveyor, or, the art of land-measuring, made easy. Shewing by plain and practical rules, how to survey any piece of land whatsoever, by the Plain-Table, Theodolite, or Circumferentor: Or, by the Chain only. And how to Protract, Cast up, Reduce, and Divide the same. Likewise How to Protract Observations made with the Needle; and how to Cast up the Content of any Plott of Land: By Methods more Exact and Expeditious than heretofore used. To which is added, an appendix, shewing how to draw the plan of buildings, &c. in Perspective, from Observations made by the Theodolite. As also the Use of a new-invented Spirit-Level. With several other Things never before made Publick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

S. W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveying--Early works to 1800.

Surveying.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv,[1],182,[2]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Practical surveyor,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Hooke, at the Flower-de-Luce against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street: and J. Sisson, mathematical instrument-maker, the Corner of Beaufort-Buildings in the Strand, M,DCC,XXV. [1725]

Notes:

Preface signed: S. W., i.e. Samuel Wyld.

With a final advertisement leaf for Edward Laurence and William Gardiner, surveyors.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T99307.

OCLC:

642765191