The practical surveyor, or, The art of Land-measuring made easy : Shewing by plain and familiar rules, how to survey any piece of land whatsoever, by the plain-table, theodolite, or circumserentor: or, by the chain only. And how to protract, cast up, reduce, and divide the same. Likewise, an easy method of protracting observations made with the meridian; and how to cast up the content of any plot of land, by reducing any multangular figure to one triangle. To which is added, an appendix, shewing how to draw buildings, &c. in perspective; of levelling; and also how to measure standing timber. By Samuel Wyld.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wyld, Samuel
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for H. Lintot, at the Cross-Keys, against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street, [1730?]
Edition:The second edition: corrected and enlarged by a careful hand.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:With two final leaves of tables.
The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall.
The work is listed in 'The monthly catalogue' for July 1737 and in 'The gentleman's magazine'.
Price in square brackets: (Price Three Shillings.)
Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 188, 4 unnumbered pages, 6 plates)
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.