The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule : 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.

Author/creator Coggeshall, Henry
Format Electronic
EditionThe fifth edition, carefully revised.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for John Oswald, at the Rose and Crown, in the Poultry, near Stocks-Market, MDCCXXXII. [1732]
Description12 unnumbered pages, 90, 2 unnumbered pages;5 unnumbered pages, 96-156 pages, plates ; 12⁰.
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Uniform titleTreatise of measures
General noteFirst published as 'A treatise of measures'.
General noteReproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, T200534.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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