A treatise upon the dendrometer, a new-invented instrument for the more certain and ready measurement of standing timber, by inspection only: for facilitating the practical operations of engineering, land-surveying, levelling, mineing, &c. And for performing mechanically the various cases of plane trigonometry, by a short and familiar process, without calculation.
| Author/creator | Whittell, Thomas |
| Other author | Duncombe, John. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : printed for the patentees: and sold by F. Newbery; J. Bennett, instrument-maker to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Glocester and Duke of Cumberland; B. Cole, instrument-maker; and T. Whittell. By whom subscriptions are received, [1768?] |
| Description | 8 unnumbered pages, 15, 2 unnumbered pages, *12-*16, 17-86 pages, plate : illustrations ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | At head of title: 'By the King's patent'. |
| General note | Issued with 'Tables of solid measure, for finding, by inspection, the quantity of timber in any tree, .. ' which is dated 1768. |
| General note | As both p.78 and p.86 have the catch-word 'Tables', the appendix appears to have been added later. |
| General note | The title page is followed by a dedication leaf, a preface leaf, and a leaf with the 'Terms of subscriptions.'. |
| General note | With the monogram of Whittell and Duncombe on titlepage. |
| General note | Dedication signed: Thomas Whittell, John Duncombe. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Roscoe, A623 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT3134. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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