Geodæsia : or, the art of surveying and measuring land made easy. Shewing By plain and Practical Rules, to Survey, Protract, Cast up, Reduce or Divide any Piece of Land whatsoever; with New Tables for the Ease of the Surveyor in Reducing the Measure of Land. Moreover A more Facile and Sure Way of Surveying by the Chain, than has hitherto been taught. As also To lay out New Lands in America, or elsewhere: And how to make a Perfect Map of a River's Mouth or Harbour; with several other Things never before Published in our Language. By John Love.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Love, John, fl. 1688.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surveying--Textbooks--1744.

Surveying.

Surveying--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([20],196,[16],4,[36],7,[1]p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

The ninth edition. Corrected and improved by Samuel Clark.

Other Title:

Geodæsia

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. Keith, in Gracechurch-Street; and Robinson and Roberts, in Paternoster-Row, MDCCLXXI. [1771]

Notes:

Includes: 'A table of the northing or southing, easting or westing, of every degree from the meridian', with an explanation of use; 'A table of sines and tangents'; 'A table of logarithm numbers' and 'An appendix'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T127365.

OCLC:

642351544