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Record Nr.

UNISA996387773903316

Autore

Mandey Venterus

Titolo

Mellificium mensionis, or, The marrow of measuring [[electronic resource] ] : wherein a new and ready way is shewn how to measure glazing, painting, plastering, masonry, joyners, carpenters and brick-layers work, as also the measuring of land and all other snperficies and solids, by vulgar arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination giving the content of any superficies or solid consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usal way in vulgar arithmetick, together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto / / by Venterus Mandey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Thomas Hawkins in George-yard in Lumbard-Street, 1685

Edizione

[The second edition corrected.]

Descrizione fisica

[26], 376, [2] p., [12] leaves of plates (some folded)

Altri autori (Persone)

HobbesThomas <1588-1679.>

Soggetti

Geometry

Mensuration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title within double line border.

Each of six books, except the first one and the appendix, have special t.p.

Reproduction of original in: British Library.

Nota di contenuto

A garden of geometrical roses, or, Some propositions being hitherto hid are now made known / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey -- Some principles and problems in geometry thought formerly desperate now briefly explained and demonstrated / written in Latin by Thomas Hobbes and now translated into English by Ven. Mandey -- Measuring of [brace] glazing, painting, plaistering, masonry, joyunery, carpenters and bricklayters works by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination by Ven. Mandey -- Measuring of superficial plains / by Vulgar Arithmetick without reducing the integers into the least denomination together with directions for the measuring of land



by Ven. Mandey -- Measuring of solids / by Ven. Mandey.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018