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Arithmetick and measurement, improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: wherein are laid down the different customary perches, and other measures, used in the several Parts of Great-Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all Artists; But more especially those who are employed in Building, Gardening, Surveying Land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Revised, corrected, and improved, by William Davidson, Architect and Land Surveyor.

Title
Arithmetick and measurement, [electronic resource] : improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: wherein are laid down the different customary perches, and other measures, used in the several Parts of Great-Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all Artists; But more especially those who are employed in Building, Gardening, Surveying Land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Revised, corrected, and improved, by William Davidson, Architect and Land Surveyor.
Author
Halfpenny, William, -1755.
Publication
London : printed for Alexander Hogg, Pater-Noster Row, [1779?]

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Description
[3],vi-vii,[1],164p.,plate : ill.; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Arithmetic > Early works to 1800
  • Mathematics > Early works to 1800
  • Mensuration > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Anonymous. By William Halfpenny. Horizontal chain lines.
  • A reissue of the edition of 1748, with a cancel titlepage.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642239490
  • ECCO1-T100746
Author
Halfpenny, William, -1755.
Title
Arithmetick and measurement, [electronic resource] : improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: wherein are laid down the different customary perches, and other measures, used in the several Parts of Great-Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all Artists; But more especially those who are employed in Building, Gardening, Surveying Land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Revised, corrected, and improved, by William Davidson, Architect and Land Surveyor.
Imprint
London : printed for Alexander Hogg, Pater-Noster Row, [1779?]
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, T100746.
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Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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