Arithmetick and measurement, improv'd by examples and plain demonstrations: wherein are laid down the different customary perches, and other measures, used in the several Parts of Great-Britain and Ireland. Suitable to all Artists; But more especially those who are employed in Building, Gardening, Surveying Land, &c. To which is added, The Use of an Instrument call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Revised, corrected, and improved, by William Davidson, Architect and Land Surveyor

People / Organizations

• Alexander Hogg ("printed for")
• William Halfpenny (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for Alexander Hogg, Pater-Noster Row, [1779?]

Publication year

1779

ESTC No.

T100746

Grub Street ID

154661

Description

[3],vi-vii,[1],164p.,plate : ill. ; 8°.

Note

Anonymous. By William Halfpenny. Horizontal chain lines

A reissue of the edition of 1748, with a cancel titlepage.