A compleat body of surveying : formerly publish'd by Vincent Wing, Math. now much augmented and improv'd; with an appendix thereunto subjoin'd, shewing the whole art of surveying by a new instrument, called the emperial table; performing exactly in all respects, and in all cases that can possibly happen in the practical part of surveying, the work of the theodolite, circumferentor, semi-circle, chard and needle. With the description and use of a new quadrant. To which is added by way of supplement, Scientia stellarum: containing new and accurate tables of the planetary motions, whereby the planets places both in longitude and latitude, the places of the fix'd stars, with the eclipses of the luminaries, are more easily attain'd, than by any yet extant. / By John Wing, math.

Author/creator Wing, Vincent
Other author Wing, John, 1643-1726.
Other author Wing, John, 1643-1726.
Other author Wing, John, 1643-1726.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : printed for A C. and sold by W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row [1699]
Description[8], 384, 134 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., tables
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Caption title Art of surveying
Variant title Divisional title following book III: Canon triangulorum
Variant title Stella stellarum
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General notePreface dated at end: November 27th, 1699; date of publication from Wing.
General noteAnother edition of this compilation, dated 1700, appears to have the same text and arrangement under the title: Geodætes practicus redivivus.
General noteBooks 5-7 of "The art of surveying" have been much revised and augmented by John Wing.
General noteBooks 3-7 of "The art of surveying" have separate title pages, dated 1699; pagination and register are continuous.
General note"An appendix to the art of surveying" by John Wing, which follows book 4, has separate title page, dated 1699; pagination and register are continuous.
General note"Scientia stellarum: or, The starry science exposed in the calculation of the planets places" has a separate title page, dated 1699, and pagination; register starts with quire 4A.
General noteIncludes advertisement.
General noteReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
References Wing (2nd ed.) W2987A
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2103:34)
Other title Geodætes practicus redivivus.
Contains title Stella stellarum.
Stock numberCL0037000083 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106

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