Mellificium mensionis: or, The marrow of measuring. Wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters, and bricklayers works. As also the measuring of land, and all other superfices and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination; giving the content of any superfices or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usual way in vulgar arithmetic. Together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto. The whole treatise being comprized in six books, and illustrated with copper cuts. An account whereof is given in the epistle to the reader; the like not heretofore published. By Venterus Mandey.

Author/creator Mandey, Venterus
Other author Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
Other author White, Robert, 1645-1703, engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : printed for the author, and sold by Richard Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard; and Benjamin Clark, in George-yard in Lumbard-Street; and by the author, at the Red-Heart in Heart-Street in Bloomsbury Market, 1682.
Description[26], 376, [2] p., [12] plates (some folded) : port., ill. (metal cuts)
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Variant title Mellificium mensionis
Variant title Garden of geometrical roses.
Variant title Some principles and problems in geometry.
Variant title Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonsy, joynery, carpenters, and bricklayers, works.
Variant title Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joynery, carpenters, and bricklayers, works.
Variant title Measuring of superficial plains.
Variant title Measuring of solids.
Variant title Marrow of measuring.
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteThe portrait of the author is signed: R. White sculp.
General note"A garden of geometrical roses" (a translation by Mandey of "Rosetum geometricum" by Thomas Hobbes), "Some principles and problems in geometry" (a translation by Mandey of "Principia et problemata aliquot geometrica" by Thomas Hobbes), "Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonsy [sic], joynery, carpenters, and bricklayers, works", "Measuring of superficial plains", and "Measuring of solids" each have separate title page dated 1681.
General noteWith a final errata leaf.
General noteReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References Wing (2nd ed.) M420A.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1762:17)
Other title Rosetum geometricum.
Other title Principia et problemata aliquot geometrica.
Stock numberCL0037000066 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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