Publications of Benjamin Talbot

Author

• Talbot, Benjamin. The new art of land measuring; or, a turnpike road to practical surveying : Leading to a new and exact Method of Measuring and Maping of Lands, Woods, Waters, &c. by the Catoptric Sextant, and to cast up the same by the Pen only. Also, To many new Discoveries in Laying Out, Dividing, and Reducing of Land. To Levelling for the Conveyance of Water, either in Pipes or open Canals: together with an appendix, containing a new theory of the catoptric sextant, and its farther use, In an entire new Method of taking Heights and Distances, independent of Trigonometry: also, Measuring of Standing Timber. To which are added, Several new and useful Tables. The whole illustrated with copper-plates. By B. Talbot, of the Mathematics at Cannock. Wolverhampton: printed for the author, and sold by J. Smart. Sold also by T. Lowndes, Fleet-Street, London; Messirs. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham; and by all other booksellers, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]. ESTC No. T121394. Grub Street ID 172224.
• Talbot, Benjamin. The compleat art of land-measuring; or, a guide to practical surveying: teaching an exact method of Measuring and Mapping of Lands, Woods, Waters, &c. by the Catoptric Sextant, and of Casting up the same by the Pen. Together with Directions for Levelling, in order to convey Water either in Pipes or Canals. To which is added an appendix, containing a new theory of the catoptric sectant, and its Use in taking Heights and Distances, independent of Trigonometry: also, Instructions for Measuring of Standing Timber. With several plain and useful tables. The second edition, illustrated with copper-plates. By B. Talbot, Teacher of the Mathematics at Cannock. London : printed for T. and W. Lowndes, No. 77, Fleet-Street: and sold by Mess. Pearson and Rollason, Birmingham; J. Smart, Wolverhampton; and the author, at Cannock, MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]. ESTC No. N27793. Grub Street ID 17032.