The artist's vade mecum: or The most useful arts and sciences improv'd and made easie [[electronic resource] ] : Containing 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. / / By Dr. Colton

• Autore: Colton H., Dr.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Printed for Eben Tracy, at the Three Bibles on London-bridge, 1698
• Descrizione fisica: [29], 510, [16] p., 14 leaves of plates : ill
• Soggetto topico: Geometry; Astronomy; Surveying; Geography; Sundials
• Note generali: Publisher's catalog: p. [13-16] at end.; Imperfect: leaf P⁸ appears lacking; plates 12-14 lacking.; Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0021
• Titolo autorizzato: The artist's vade mecum: or The most useful arts and sciences improv'd and made easie
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996389773203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno