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Autore: |
Mandey Venterus
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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 bricklayers works. As also the measuring of land, and all other superfices and solids, by vulgar arithmetick, without reducing the integers into the least denomination; giving the content of any superfices or solid, consisting of feet, inches, and parts of inches, in a fourth part of the time and labour required by the usual way in vulgar arithmetic. Together with some choice principles and problems of geometry conducing thereto. The whole treatise being comprized in six books, and illustrated with copper cuts. An account whereof is given in the epistle to the reader; the like not heretofore published. By Venterus Mandey
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Pubblicazione: | London, : printed for the author, and sold by Richard Chiswel, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard; and Benjamin Clark, in George-yard in Lumbard-Street; and by the author, at the Red-Heart in Heart-Street in Bloomsbury Market, 1682 |
Descrizione fisica: | [26], 376, [2] p., [12] plates (some folded) : port., ill. (metal cuts) |
Soggetto topico: | Mensuration |
Altri autori: |
HobbesThomas <1588-1679.>
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Persona (resp. second.): | WhiteRobert <1645-1703, > |
Note generali: | The portrait of the author is signed: R. White sculp. |
"A garden of geometrical roses" (a translation by Mandey of "Rosetum geometricum" by Thomas Hobbes), "Some principles and problems in geometry" (a translation by Mandey of "Principia et problemata aliquot geometrica" by Thomas Hobbes), "Measuring of glazing, painting, plaistering, masonsy [sic], joynery, carpenters, and bricklayers, works", "Measuring of superficial plains", and "Measuring of solids" each have separate title page dated 1681. | |
With a final errata leaf. | |
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. | |
Sommario/riassunto: | eebo-0113 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Mellificium mensionis, or, The marrow of measuring ![]() |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996394757303316 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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