Mechanick dialling: or, the new art of shadows: freed from the many obscurities, superfluities and errors of former writers upon this Subject. The whole laid down after so plain a Method that any Person (tho' a Stranger to the Art) With a Pair of Compasses and Common Rules only, May make a Dial upon any Plane for any Place in the World, as well as those who have attained to the greatest Knowledge and Perfection in the Mathematicks. Illustrated with many copper plates, and examples of dials for London, Exeter, Bristol, Worcester, Oxford, Cambridge, Norwich, Lincoln, Chester, Liverpool, York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Edinburgh, Dublin, &c. To which are added, 1. A choice collection of mottos in Latin and English. 2. A New and Correct Alphabetical table of the mos eminent cities, towns, in the whole World; shewing the elevation of the Pole, and the Difference of their Meridian from London. 3. The best and most approved methods of painting sun dials. A Work not only useful for Artifice

People / Organizations

• Charles Leadbetter (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Edward Wicksteed at the Black Swan in Newgate-Street, 1737.

Publication year

1737-1737

ESTC No.

T133701

Grub Street ID

182431

Description

xvi,22,17-193,[1]p.,plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

Between pp. 17-18 three leaves, signed *B1-*[B]3, have been inserted; text is continuous.

Uncontrolled note

12 plates numbered 2-10, X, the final plate is not numbered