Gnomoniques, or The art of drawing sun-dials on all sorts of planes by different methods. With the geometrical demonstrations of all the operations. By Mr. de la Hire of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Rendred into English and illustrated by an example in numbers. By John Leek professor of the mathematicks.

All titles

• Gnomoniques, or The art of drawing sun-dials on all sorts of planes by different methods. With the geometrical demonstrations of all the operations. By Mr. de la Hire of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Rendred into English and illustrated by an example in numbers. By John Leek professor of the mathematicks.
• Gnomonique. English
• Art of drawing sundials on all sorts of planes by different methods Art of drawing sun-dials on all sorts of planes by different methods

People / Organizations

• Philippe de La Hire (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Rich. Northcott adjoyning to St. Peters Alley in Cornhill, and at the Mariner and Anchor upon Fish-street-hil near London-Bridge, 1685.

Publication year

1685-1685

ESTC No.

R32447

Grub Street ID

115158

Description

[16], 108, [44], 15, [1] p., [19] leaves of plates (1 folded) ; 8⁰

Note

N4v: The approbation. This treatise of the gnomiques, or the art of drawing of sun dials, composed by Mr. De la Hire, hath been read to the Assembly of the Academy Royal of Sciences, made the 9th of May 1682. J.B. Du Hamel secretary of the Academy of Sciences. The approbation seen, permitted to be imprinted, made the 23th of May 1682. De la Reynie.

Some plates contain more than one figure; in some copies these may appear separately.

Signatures: A-H? I-N? ?A?.

?A4 missigned B4.

Uncontrolled note

Catalogued from a copy at the British Library