Arithmetick and measurement, improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: Wherein are laid down, The different customary Perches, and other Measures, used in the several Parts of Great Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all artists ; but more especially those who are employed in building, gardening, surveying land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument (engrav'd on a Copper-Plate) call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Illustrated with a great Variety of useful Cuts. By William Halfpenny, Architect and Land Surveyor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arithmetic--Early works to 1900.

Arithmetic.

Measurement--Early works to 1800.

Measurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([3],vi-vii,[1],164p.,plate ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Arithmetick and measurement,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible and Sun, on Ludgate-Hill, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]

Notes:

Horizontal chain lines.

Price from imprint: price 2s. 6 d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T125957.

OCLC:

642347539