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The theory and practice of gauging, demonstrated in a short and easy method. Containing, among other Particulars, The Method of Computing Decimally; extracting the Square Root, with the Construction and Use of the Sliding-Rule explain'd at large. The Elementary Properties of the Conic Sections, and the Manner of describing them in Plano. General Principles of Mensuration, with Theorems for Measuring all right-lin'd Planes, Parallelopipedons, Prismatic Solids, the Conic Sections, Conoids, Spindles, their Segments, and Frustums, &c. A General Proposition for measuring the Hoofs or Ungula's of any Cone or Pyramid; and a new Method for Measuring by Approximation. With the Application of the preceeding Principles to Practice; and illustrated throughout by particular Examples. Published with the particular Approbation of the Honourable Commissioners of Excise. Design'd for the Use of the Officers of that Revenue. By Robert Shirtcliffe.

Title
The theory and practice of gauging, [electronic resource] : demonstrated in a short and easy method. Containing, among other Particulars, The Method of Computing Decimally; extracting the Square Root, with the Construction and Use of the Sliding-Rule explain'd at large. The Elementary Properties of the Conic Sections, and the Manner of describing them in Plano. General Principles of Mensuration, with Theorems for Measuring all right-lin'd Planes, Parallelopipedons, Prismatic Solids, the Conic Sections, Conoids, Spindles, their Segments, and Frustums, &c. A General Proposition for measuring the Hoofs or Ungula's of any Cone or Pyramid; and a new Method for Measuring by Approximation. With the Application of the preceeding Principles to Practice; and illustrated throughout by particular Examples. Published with the particular Approbation of the Honourable Commissioners of Excise. Design'd for the Use of the Officers of that Revenue. By Robert Shirtcliffe.
Author
Shirtcliffe, Robert.
Publication
London : printed by H. Woodfall, without Temple-Bar, for the author: and are to be had at his house in Portland-Street, the Corner of Mortimer-Street, near Oxford-Market, MDCCXL. [1740]

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Description
xiii,[1],283,[1]p.VIIplates; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Gaging
  • Mensuration > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642335550
  • ECCO1-T122843
Author
Shirtcliffe, Robert.
Title
The theory and practice of gauging, [electronic resource] : demonstrated in a short and easy method. Containing, among other Particulars, The Method of Computing Decimally; extracting the Square Root, with the Construction and Use of the Sliding-Rule explain'd at large. The Elementary Properties of the Conic Sections, and the Manner of describing them in Plano. General Principles of Mensuration, with Theorems for Measuring all right-lin'd Planes, Parallelopipedons, Prismatic Solids, the Conic Sections, Conoids, Spindles, their Segments, and Frustums, &c. A General Proposition for measuring the Hoofs or Ungula's of any Cone or Pyramid; and a new Method for Measuring by Approximation. With the Application of the preceeding Principles to Practice; and illustrated throughout by particular Examples. Published with the particular Approbation of the Honourable Commissioners of Excise. Design'd for the Use of the Officers of that Revenue. By Robert Shirtcliffe.
Imprint
London : printed by H. Woodfall, without Temple-Bar, for the author: and are to be had at his house in Portland-Street, the Corner of Mortimer-Street, near Oxford-Market, MDCCXL. [1740]
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, T122843.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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