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 Info | London : 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 |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240939254 |
| Subjects |
| Caption title | Art of surveying |
| Variant title | Divisional title following book III: Canon triangulorum |
| Variant title | Stella stellarum |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Preface dated at end: November 27th, 1699; date of publication from Wing. |
| General note | Another edition of this compilation, dated 1700, appears to have the same text and arrangement under the title: Geodætes practicus redivivus. |
| General note | Books 5-7 of "The art of surveying" have been much revised and augmented by John Wing. |
| General note | Books 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 note | Includes advertisement. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) W2987A |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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 number | CL0037000083 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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