LEADER 02637nam 2200433Ia 450 001 996389773203316 005 20210104171908.0 035 $a(CKB)4940000000095438 035 $a(EEBO)2240869837 035 $a(OCoLC)ocm80922315e 035 $a(OCoLC)80922315 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000095438 100 $a20070131d1698 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 14$aThe artist's vade mecum: or The most useful arts and sciences improv'd and made easie$b[electronic resource] $eContaining 1. The curious art of dialing, in drawing and placing all sorts of sun-dials by a true or more exact rule than hitherto found out. 2. Geometry applied to the most profitable arts of surveying, measuring timber, or any solid bodies; gauging casks, brewers tuns, wine-vessels, &c. 3. Finding the length and circumference answering any arch, in degrees and decimal parts. 4. The area or segments of a circle, whose whole area is unity, to the ten thousandth of the diameter; with many other useful tables, ready stated. 5. A compleat body of astronomy, or a view of the caelestial globe; places of the sun, moon, and fixed stars, the names of the most noted stars, in what signs they are posited; their longitude and latitude, &c. The doctrine of the primum mobile, and the account of time rectified and freed from error; compared with the Julian and Gregorian calenders. : To which is added, A compleat body of geography; describing all the empires, kingdoms, and states in the known parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The like never before made publick; illustrated with 14 copper-plates. /$fBy Dr. Colton 210 $aLondon: $cPrinted for Eben Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge$d1698 215 $a[29], 510, [16] p., 14 leaves of plates $cill 300 $aPublisher's catalog: p. [13-16] at end. 300 $aImperfect: leaf P? appears lacking; plates 12-14 lacking. 300 $aReproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. 330 $aeebo-0021 606 $aGeometry$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aAstronomy$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aSurveying$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aGeography$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aSundials$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aGeometry 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aSurveying 615 0$aGeography 615 0$aSundials 700 $aColton$b H.$cDr.$01001735 801 0$bUMI 801 1$bUMI 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996389773203316 996 $aThe artist's vade mecum: or The most useful arts and sciences improv'd and made easie$92299121 997 $aUNISA