Research Catalog

Title

The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, [electronic resource] : ... By Henry Coggeshall, ... Whereto is added, in a short method, the use of Scamozzi's lines, ... By John Ham. And to render the book more compleat, in this edition is added, A compendium of practical geometry ... By G. Thomson, A.M.

Author

Coggeshall, Henry, 1623-1690.

Publication

London : printed for John Oswald, 1732.

Details

Description

[12],90,[2];[4],62p.,plates; 12⁰.

Uniform Title

Treatise of measures

Alternative Title

Treatise of measures

Subject

• Measuring instruments > Early works to 1800
• Mensuration > Early works to 1800
• Slide-rule > Early works to 1800

Note

• In fact a reissue of the fourth edition, 1729, with the addition of 'A compendium of practical geometry' with separate titlepage, pagination and register.
• First published as 'A treatise of measures'.
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

• 642323043
• ECCO1-T120523

Author

Coggeshall, Henry, 1623-1690.

Title

The art of practical measuring, by the sliding rule, [electronic resource] : ... By Henry Coggeshall, ... Whereto is added, in a short method, the use of Scamozzi's lines, ... By John Ham. And to render the book more compleat, in this edition is added, A compendium of practical geometry ... By G. Thomson, A.M.

Imprint

London : printed for John Oswald, 1732.

Edition

The fifth edition, carefully revised.

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, T120523.

Connect to:

Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.