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 (engrav'd on a Copper-Plate) call'd a Tangent Rule, for the taking any given Distance within a Quarter of a Mile. Illustrated with a great Variety of useful Cuts. By William Halfpenny, Architect and Land Surveyor

People / Organizations

• William Halfpenny (Author)
• Richard Ware I ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for Richard Ware, at the Bible and Sun, on Ludgate-Hill, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]

Publication year

1748

ESTC No.

T125957

Grub Street ID

176009

Description

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

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Horizontal chain lines

Price from imprint: price 2s. 6 d.