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The line of proportion or numbers, commonly called Gunter's line, made easie by which may be measured all manner of superficies and solids; as Board, Glass, Pavement, Timber, Stone, &c. also, How to perform the same by a Line of Equal Parts, drawn from the Centre of a Two-Foot-Rule. Whereunto is added, The Use of the Line of Proportion Improved: Whereby all manner of Superficies and Solids, may both exactly and speedily be measured, without the help of Pen or Compasseses, by Inspection, looking only upon the Ruler. The ninth edition carefully corrected, and other new ways of measuring added. By William Leybourn.

Title
The line of proportion or numbers, commonly called Gunter's line, made easie [electronic resource] : by which may be measured all manner of superficies and solids; as Board, Glass, Pavement, Timber, Stone, &c. also, How to perform the same by a Line of Equal Parts, drawn from the Centre of a Two-Foot-Rule. Whereunto is added, The Use of the Line of Proportion Improved: Whereby all manner of Superficies and Solids, may both exactly and speedily be measured, without the help of Pen or Compasseses, by Inspection, looking only upon the Ruler. The ninth edition carefully corrected, and other new ways of measuring added. By William Leybourn.
Author
Leybourn, William, 1626-1716.
Publication
London : printed by and for Tho. Norris: and sold by Edw. Midwinter at the Looking glass on London-Bridge, [1726?]

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Description
[6],17,[1],168p.; 12⁰.
Subject
  • Slide-rule
  • Mensuration > Early works to 1800
  • Mathematical instruments > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642195914
  • ECCO1-N33730
Author
Leybourn, William, 1626-1716.
Title
The line of proportion or numbers, commonly called Gunter's line, made easie [electronic resource] : by which may be measured all manner of superficies and solids; as Board, Glass, Pavement, Timber, Stone, &c. also, How to perform the same by a Line of Equal Parts, drawn from the Centre of a Two-Foot-Rule. Whereunto is added, The Use of the Line of Proportion Improved: Whereby all manner of Superficies and Solids, may both exactly and speedily be measured, without the help of Pen or Compasseses, by Inspection, looking only upon the Ruler. The ninth edition carefully corrected, and other new ways of measuring added. By William Leybourn.
Imprint
London : printed by and for Tho. Norris: and sold by Edw. Midwinter at the Looking glass on London-Bridge, [1726?]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N33730.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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